2014–15 Northern Premier League

The 2014–15 season was the 47th season of the Northern Premier League Premier Division, and the seventh season of the Northern Premier League Division One North and South. The league sponsors for 2014–15 were Evo-Stik.^[1]

Premier Division

Northern Premier League
Premier Division

Season	2014–15
Champions	F.C. United of Manchester
Promoted	Curzon Ashton F.C. United of Manchester
Relegated	Belper Town Trafford Witton Albion
Top goalscorer	Aaron Williams (28 goals)[2]
Biggest home win	Ilkeston 6–0 Trafford[3] (23 August 2014)
Biggest away win	Grantham Town 1–7 Blyth Spartans[3] (20 December 2014)
Highest scoring	Stourbridge 5–3 Nantwich Town[3] (2 September 2014) Grantham Town 1–7 Blyth Spartans[3] (20 December 2014)
Highest attendance	3,588[4] F.C. United of Manchester 1–0 Stourbridge F.C. (21 April 2015)
Lowest attendance	101[5] Nantwich Town 2–0 Barwell (9 December 2014) Barwell 2–1 Marine (13 December 2014)
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The Premier Division featured six new teams:

• Belper Town, promoted via play-offs from NPL Division One South
• Curzon Ashton, promoted as champions of NPL Division One North
• Halesowen Town, promoted as champions of NPL Division One South
• Ramsbottom United, promoted via play-offs from NPL Division One North
• Stourbridge, transferred from the Southern League Premier Division
• Workington, relegated from Conference North

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	F.C. United of Manchester (C) (P)	46	26	14	6	78	37	+41	92	Promotion to National League North
2	Workington	46	27	9	10	63	39	+24	90	Qualification for the playoffs
3	Ashton United	46	24	12	10	75	54	+21	84
4	Curzon Ashton (O) (P)	46	23	14	9	79	46	+33	83	Qualification for the playoffs, then promoted to the National League North
5	Ilkeston	46	22	15	9	79	56	+23	81	Qualification for the playoffs
6	Blyth Spartans	46	21	16	9	84	54	+30	79
7	Skelmersdale United	46	21	10	15	58	48	+10	73
8	Barwell	46	21	10	15	69	63	+6	73
9	Rushall Olympic	46	21	9	16	76	64	+12	72
10	Buxton	46	18	17	11	70	57	+13	71
11	Halesowen Town	46	13	20	13	56	48	+8	59
12	Grantham Town	46	15	14	17	64	72	−8	59
13	Whitby Town	46	14	16	16	56	63	−7	58
14	Matlock Town	46	15	11	20	57	60	−3	56
15	Nantwich Town	46	16	7	23	61	76	−15	55
16	Stourbridge	46	14	11	21	59	72	−13	53
17	Ramsbottom United	46	15	8	23	66	80	−14	53
18	King's Lynn Town	46	14	10	22	60	81	−21	52	Transferred to the SFL Premier Division
19	Frickley Athletic	46	12	14	20	60	73	−13	50
20	Stamford	46	13	11	22	56	75	−19	50
21	Marine	46	11	16	19	58	69	−11	49	Reprieved from relegation†
22	Witton Albion (R)	46	14	7	25	58	86	−28	49	Relegation to Division One North
23	Trafford (R)	46	6	15	25	58	93	−35	33
24	Belper Town (R)	46	6	14	26	62	96	−34	32	Relegation to Division One South

Updated to games played on 25 April 2015.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
^†The level 6 was one team short after Salisbury City from Conference South demised. Marine reprieved from relegation, as the best of Level 7 teams finished in the relegation zone.

Play-offs

	Semifinals					Final
	2	Workington	0
	5	Ilkeston	1
						4	Curzon Ashton	1
						5	Ilkeston	0
	3	Ashton United	1 (2)
	4	Curzon Ashton	1 (4)

Semi-finals

Workington v Ilkeston

28 April 2015	Workington	0–1	Ilkeston	Borough Park, Workington
19:45			Richards  56'	Attendance: 1,391

Ashton United v Curzon Ashton

28 April 2015	Ashton United	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Curzon Ashton	Hurst Cross, Ashton-under-Lyne
19:45	Baguley  7'		Brooke  80'	Attendance: 1,049
		Penalties
	Johnson Young Leadbitter Gee		Thornton Hunt Walker Guest Stott

Final

Curzon Ashton v Ilkeston

2 May 2015	Curzon Ashton	1–0	Ilkeston	Tameside Stadium, Ashton-under-Lyne
15:00	Woodford  18'			Attendance: 1,212

Results

Home ╲ Away

ASH

BAR

BLP

BLY

BUX

CZA

FCU

FRK

GRN

HAL

ILK

KLT

MAR

MAT

NAN

RAM

RSO

SKU

STM

STB

TRA

WTB

WTN

WRK

Ashton United

3–1

4–3

3–0

1–1

2–2

0–2

2–2

2–0

1–0

0–2

3–1

2–2

2–0

3–1

1–0

1–2

1–0

0–1

3–0

1–1

1–0

2–1

3–2

Barwell

1–0

1–0

2–1

1–2

1–1

0–0

2–2

3–0

0–1

2–1

4–3

2–1

1–3

3–2

3–4

3–1

2–0

1–0

2–2

2–0

1–0

0–2

1–2

Belper Town

2–2

2–2

3–4

1–1

2–0

1–3

2–0

1–2

2–1

2–3

3–3

2–2

3–3

1–4

1–2

0–3

1–1

2–3

0–4

2–0

0–2

5–0

1–2

Blyth Spartans

1–1

1–1

2–0

0–1

2–1

0–1

1–1

2–1

2–1

0–1

3–2

1–2

0–0

2–1

4–0

3–3

1–1

4–1

2–0

1–0

2–2

2–1

1–0

Buxton

2–3

1–1

5–1

2–3

2–1

1–1

4–0

5–1

2–1

1–1

1–1

1–1

3–2

0–1

1–1

0–3

1–2

1–2

4–1

3–2

1–1

0–3

1–1

Curzon Ashton

3–2

4–1

2–2

1–1

0–0

0–4

3–0

2–4

4–1

4–0

4–0

1–0

3–0

0–1

1–0

2–3

2–0

3–1

3–0

2–1

3–0

2–1

0–0

F.C. United of Manchester

3–0

3–1

2–2

0–0

1–1

1–1

3–2

3–1

1–0

2–2

3–1

5–2

0–0

2–1

3–1

1–0

1–2

3–1

1–0

3–0

2–0

4–0

1–0

Frickley Athletic

1–3

1–3

2–0

2–1

1–1

1–1

4–1

2–4

1–1

0–2

1–1

1–0

1–0

0–1

4–2

1–1

0–1

0–2

1–0

4–0

1–1

2–3

1–2

Grantham Town

0–0

1–1

1–0

1–7

3–1

1–1

1–2

1–1

0–2

1–0

3–3

1–1

2–1

4–0

0–1

0–1

1–1

1–4

1–1

4–3

0–1

3–1

1–0

Halesowen Town

2–3

4–1

1–1

1–2

2–1

0–0

0–1

1–1

1–1

0–0

1–1

0–2

4–3

1–1

2–0

3–0

2–0

1–1

2–0

1–1

3–3

1–0

0–1

Ilkeston

0–0

2–1

1–0

1–1

0–0

1–1

3–1

1–0

1–1

2–2

3–3

1–0

1–0

2–1

2–4

2–1

2–0

1–2

3–4

6–0

1–1

1–1

0–3

King's Lynn Town

1–1

0–1

1–0

1–3

1–2

1–3

1–2

2–1

1–0

0–0

3–0

3–1

1–3

2–1

2–1

0–4

0–3

1–0

1–0

0–1

0–1

2–0

1–2

Marine

1–0

2–0

2–2

3–3

1–2

1–1

0–0

2–0

2–2

1–1

1–2

1–2

0–2

0–1

1–3

2–1

1–0

2–0

1–1

2–2

2–1

0–1

0–1

Matlock Town

0–1

3–1

3–1

1–1

0–0

0–3

0–0

3–0

0–2

0–4

0–0

3–1

3–2

2–1

1–1

1–2

1–1

1–2

4–1

2–4

0–1

3–0

0–1

Nantwich Town

1–3

2–0

2–1

1–1

1–1

1–2

1–2

3–2

0–3

1–0

1–1

2–1

2–1

3–0

3–2

0–1

0–1

0–3

2–3

0–0

2–1

3–0

2–3

Ramsbottom United

0–3

0–1

4–2

3–3

2–0

1–1

0–2

0–0

3–1

1–1

1–2

2–3

3–2

0–1

1–4

2–3

0–3

3–1

0–1

1–2

4–0

3–2

1–1

Rushall Olympic

1–2

0–3

2–1

1–2

3–0

2–1

1–1

1–3

0–0

1–1

1–3

3–1

1–1

1–0

2–1

2–4

0–0

0–0

3–0

6–1

1–5

2–1

3–0

Skelmersdale United

1–1

1–3

2–1

1–0

2–3

1–1

1–0

3–2

1–1

1–1

1–4

1–1

3–1

0–1

1–0

3–0

1–2

0–3

2–1

3–0

4–0

1–0

1–0

Stamford

0–2

0–2

0–1

1–1

1–3

0–1

1–1

1–3

1–1

1–2

0–4

2–1

0–1

0–1

2–2

1–1

3–0

1–3

2–3

3–3

1–1

3–2

2–1

Stourbridge

1–1

0–2

4–0

0–3

0–3

0–1

2–1

2–1

1–2

1–1

3–3

3–0

2–2

1–0

5–3

1–2

0–0

1–0

1–1

1–1

2–1

3–0

0–1

Trafford

1–2

1–1

2–2

1–4

0–1

0–1

1–1

2–3

3–1

0–2

2–4

1–3

2–3

0–0

4–0

0–1

0–3

0–1

2–2

2–2

3–3

1–1

2–3

Whitby Town

2–0

0–1

3–3

1–0

0–1

0–1

0–4

1–1

2–1

0–0

1–3

2–2

2–2

1–1

3–1

2–0

2–1

0–2

3–0

1–0

1–1

1–1

0–0

Witton Albion

5–2

2–2

0–0

1–5

1–1

1–3

0–0

1–2

1–3

2–0

1–4

0–1

3–1

1–3

3–0

2–1

3–2

2–0

3–0

2–1

0–5

0–3

1–2

Workington

1–2

2–1

3–0

1–1

1–2

3–2

1–0

1–1

2–1

0–0

2–0

2–0

0–0

2–1

0–0

1–0

3–2

2–1

2–0

1–0

1–0

3–0

1–2

Updated to games played on 25 April 2015.
Source: NPL Premier Division results grid
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

Ashton United

Barwell

Belper Town

Blyth Spartans

Buxton

Curzon Ashton

Frickley Athletic

F.C. United

Grantham Town

Halesowen Town

Ilkeston

King's Lynn Town

Marine

Matlock Town

Nantwich Town

Ramsbottom

Rushall Olympic

Skelmersdale

Stamford

Stourbridge

Trafford

Whitby Town

Witton Albion

Workington

Locations of the 2013–14 Northern Premier League Premier Division teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Grantham Town	South Kesteven Sports Stadium	7,500
F.C. United of Manchester	Bower Fold and Tameside Stadium (groundsharing)	4,000–6,500
King's Lynn Town	The Walks	5,733
Buxton	The Silverlands	5,200
Halesowen Town	The Grove	5,000
Witton Albion	Wincham Park	4,813
Ashton United	Hurst Cross	4,500
Blyth Spartans	Croft Park	4,435
Curzon Ashton	Tameside Stadium	4,000
Ilkeston	New Manor Ground	3,500
Nantwich Town	The Weaver Stadium	3,500
Whitby Town	Turnbull Ground	3,500
Workington	Borough Park	3,101
Marine	The Arriva Stadium	2,800
Barwell	Kirkby Road	2,500
Skelmersdale United	West Lancashire College Stadium	2,500
Trafford	Shawe View	2,500
Belper Town	Christchurch Meadow	2,400
Matlock Town	Causeway Lane	2,214
Frickley Athletic	Westfield Lane	2,087
Stourbridge	War Memorial Athletic Ground	2,014
Ramsbottom United	The Harry Williams Riverside	2,000
Stamford	Kettering Road	2,000
Rushall Olympic	Dales Lane	1,400

Division One North

Northern Premier League
Division One North

Season	2014–15
Champions	Salford City
Promoted	Darlington 1883 Salford City
Relegated	Padiham
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1554 (3.36 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nathan Cartman 35
Biggest home win	Darlington 1883 7–0 Kendal Town (25 August 2014)
Biggest away win	Bamber Bridge 1–7 Droylsden (16 August 2014) Padiham 0–6 Salford City (25 February 2015) Prescot Cables 0–6 Clitheroe (20 December 2014)
Highest scoring	Spennymoor Town 8–3 Clitheroe (14 March 2014) (11 goals)
Highest attendance	1,882 Spennymoor Town 0-2 Darlington 1883 (19 August 2014)
Lowest attendance	58 Harrogate RA 1–0 Clitheroe (8 September 2014)
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

Division One North featured four new teams:

• Brighouse Town, promoted as champions from the NCEL Premier Division
• Spennymoor Town, promoted as champions from the NFL Division One
• Droylsden, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
• Scarborough Athletic, transferred from the NPL Division One South

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Salford City (C) (P)	42	30	5	7	92	42	+50	95	Promotion to NPL Premier Division
2	Darlington 1883 (O) (P)	42	28	7	7	99	37	+62	91	Qualification for Play-offs
3	Bamber Bridge	42	25	8	9	88	58	+30	83
4	Northwich Victoria	42	25	7	10	75	39	+36	82
5	Spennymoor Town	42	22	11	9	76	45	+31	77
6	Scarborough Athletic	42	23	6	13	80	61	+19	75
7	Mossley	42	23	6	13	79	63	+16	75
8	Harrogate Railway Athletic	42	19	10	13	85	75	+10	67
9	Warrington Town	42	19	8	15	65	55	+10	65
10	Droylsden	42	20	3	19	98	84	+14	63
11	Lancaster City	42	18	8	16	65	53	+12	62
12	Farsley	42	18	7	17	73	64	+9	61
13	Clitheroe	42	14	10	18	73	81	−8	52
14	Brighouse Town	42	14	9	19	64	81	−17	51
15	Burscough	42	12	12	18	62	73	−11	48
16	Kendal Town	42	12	10	20	81	92	−11	46
17	Ossett Albion	42	13	7	22	49	72	−23	043^†
18	Ossett Town	42	12	6	24	48	89	−41	42
19	Radcliffe Borough	42	8	11	23	49	91	−42	35
20	Prescot Cables	42	7	12	23	45	84	−39	33
21	New Mills	42	6	7	29	56	107	−51	25	Reprieved from relegation
22	Padiham (R)	42	6	6	30	50	112	−62	24	Relegation to Level 9

Updated to games played on 25 April 2015.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
^†Ossett Albion were deducted 3 points.

Play-offs

	Semifinals					Final
	2	Darlington 1883	3
	5	Spennymoor Town	2
						2	Darlington 1883	2
						3	Bamber Bridge	0
	3	Bamber Bridge (a.e.t.)	2
	4	Northwich Victoria	1

Semi-finals

Bamber Bridge v Northwich Victoria

28 April 2015	Bamber Bridge	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Northwich Victoria	Sir Tom Finney Stadium, Bamber Bridge
19:45	Macken  43' Linney  115'		Grayson  76'	Attendance: 550

Darlington 1883 v Spennymoor Town

29 April 2015	Darlington 1883	3–2	Spennymoor Town	Heritage Park, Bishop Auckland
19:45	Armstrong  43' Hatch  79' Dowson  89'		Tait  60' Roberts  76'	Attendance: 1,987

Final

Darlington 1883 v Bamber Bridge

2 May 2015	Darlington 1883	2–0	Bamber Bridge	Heritage Park, Bishop Auckland
15:00	Cartman  52' Armstrong  56'			Attendance: 1,876

Results

Home ╲ Away

BAM

BRT

BUR

CLT

DAR

DRO

FAR

HRA

KEN

LNC

MOS

NEM

NOR

OSA

OST

PAD

PRC

RAD

SLC

SCA

SPE

WAR

Bamber Bridge

4–2

2–1

3–1

1–2

1–7

3–1

1–2

3–2

3–3

1–0

2–1

2–0

3–1

4–1

3–1

2–0

1–1

1–2

0–0

2–1

3–1

Brighouse Town

2–3

0–1

2–4

1–3

1–3

1–0

1–4

3–1

1–3

3–2

4–3

2–2

1–1

2–1

3–1

6–3

2–1

3–1

0–4

1–4

0–0

Burscough

1–1

2–1

1–2

2–2

3–2

1–3

1–3

2–2

2–3

2–0

4–1

2–5

0–1

3–1

1–1

1–1

4–0

1–2

2–3

0–1

1–3

Clitheroe

1–2

2–2

1–1

2–1

3–2

0–0

2–1

6–4

0–1

0–1

2–2

3–1

1–1

3–2

1–4

3–3

1–1

2–1

0–1

0–2

2–1

Darlington 1883

2–1

2–0

3–0

1–1

5–2

1–1

7–1

7–0

3–0

3–1

3–1

0–1

2–0

5–0

1–0

4–2

2–2

0–1

3–0

1–0

2–0

Droylsden

4–3

0–0

1–2

2–0

2–1

0–2

6–1

4–1

2–0

2–4

0–1

0–2

5–3

4–1

5–1

4–1

4–2

3–2

1–2

0–0

3–1

Farsley

2–2

0–1

2–2

2–0

3–2

2–1

4–2

2–3

0–1

3–4

2–0

1–0

4–0

2–1

5–0

2–1

3–0

1–1

2–2

1–1

1–0

Harrogate Railway Athletic

1–1

1–1

4–0

1–0

1–5

4–3

2–4

0–0

3–0

5–5

3–0

2–1

2–1

4–0

2–0

1–2

0–1

1–0

3–0

1–1

1–2

Kendal Town

1–1

2–2

0–4

2–2

4–2

1–0

0–3

4–3

0–0

2–3

4–4

0–3

2–3

3–2

1–2

6–0

4–1

6–0

0–3

2–4

3–0

Lancaster City

1–0

2–0

4–1

1–3

0–0

4–0

3–0

0–1

2–3

4–1

4–0

0–1

1–0

0–2

3–3

3–0

3–1

0–2

1–2

1–4

1–1

Mossley

0–1

2–3

1–1

4–1

0–3

4–2

2–1

2–2

0–4

3–0

2–0

0–1

1–0

3–0

3–2

3–1

4–1

1–3

2–1

2–0

1–2

New Mills

1–4

1–4

1–2

3–3

1–5

2–3

2–1

1–2

2–0

1–4

1–3

1–2

1–2

1–2

3–2

0–2

2–2

0–3

3–3

2–3

0–3

Northwich Victoria

1–0

1–0

5–0

3–0

0–1

3–0

5–1

2–2

0–0

0–1

0–0

2–1

1–0

1–1

5–1

2–0

2–0

2–2

2–3

1–4

2–0

Ossett Albion

2–3

1–2

1–3

2–0

0–2

1–3

2–1

2–3

3–2

2–2

0–2

3–2

1–2

1–1

2–1

1–0

1–0

0–1

3–1

1–1

0–3

Ossett Town

0–2

3–2

2–2

2–1

0–2

2–0

1–2

3–1

2–2

2–1

0–1

5–0

0–2

0–3

1–0

1–0

0–1

0–3

3–1

1–3

0–2

Padiham

1–2

1–1

1–3

2–3

1–3

3–5

3–1

1–1

1–5

0–3

1–2

0–1

0–2

1–0

2–2

4–0

2–1

0–6

0–3

0–2

1–3

Prescot Cables

1–4

0–0

0–0

0–6

0–2

1–1

4–0

2–2

1–1

1–0

1–2

3–3

2–3

0–0

0–1

5–1

3–0

0–1

2–2

0–0

2–1

Radcliffe Borough

2–2

1–3

2–1

0–4

1–1

5–3

1–4

4–3

3–1

3–2

0–2

2–2

0–2

1–1

1–1

2–2

3–1

0–2

0–3

0–0

1–4

Salford City

3–0

2–0

1–0

2–1

2–0

2–1

3–2

1–4

2–1

0–2

2–2

2–0

2–1

4–0

5–0

5–1

6–1

2–1

4–1

2–0

2–2

Scarborough Athletic

1–2

4–0

2–0

2–1

1–2

1–2

3–1

3–2

2–1

0–0

2–1

3–2

1–2

2–0

2–0

6–1

2–1

2–0

1–3

1–0

2–4

Spennymoor Town

1–6

4–1

1–1

8–3

0–2

3–2

1–0

1–3

2–1

0–0

2–2

1–0

2–1

5–0

3–0

3–1

0–0

2–1

0–0

4–1

2–0

Warrington Town

0–3

1–0

1–1

4–2

1–1

3–4

2–1

0–0

3–0

2–1

0–1

1–3

1–1

0–3

3–1

3–0

2–0

3–0

0–2

1–1

1–0

Updated to games played on 25 April 2015.
Source: NPL First Division North results grid
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

Bamber Bridge

Brighouse T

Burscough

Clitheroe

Darlington 1883

Farsley

Harrogate RA

Kendal Town

Lancaster City

Mossley

New Mills

Northwich Victoria

Ossett A

Ossett T

Padiham

Prescot Cables

Radcliffe

Salford City

Scarborough Athletic

Spennymoor Town

Warrington

Locations of the 2013–14 Northern Premier League Division One North teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Mossley	Seel Park	4,000
Spennymoor Town	The Brewery Field	4,000
Farsley	Throstle Nest	3,900
Harrogate Railway Athletic	Station View	3,500
Lancaster City	Giant Axe	3,500
Radcliffe Borough	Stainton Park	3,500
Warrington Town	Cantilever Park	3,500
Prescot Cables	Valerie Park	3,200
Burscough	Victoria Park	3,054
Droylsden	Butcher's Arms Ground	3,000
Ossett Albion	WareHouse Systems Stadium	3,000
Scarborough Athletic	Queensgate	3,000
Kendal Town	Lakeland Radio Stadium	2,400
Bamber Bridge	QED Stadium	2,264
Clitheroe	Shawbridge	2,000
Northwich Victoria	Valley Road (former ground of Flixton)	2,000
Ossett Town	Ingfield	2,000
Darlington 1883	Heritage Park (groundshare with Bishop Auckland)	1,994
Padiham	Arbories Memorial Sports Ground	1,688
New Mills	Church Lane	1,400
Salford City	Moor Lane	1,400
Brighouse Town	St Giles' Road	1,000

Division One South

Northern Premier League
Division One South

Season	2014–15
Champions	Mickleover Sports
Promoted	Mickleover Sports Sutton Coldfield Town
Relegated	Rainworth Miners Welfare Brigg Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1520 (3.29 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jake Woolley 25
Biggest home win	Gresley FC 10–0 Brigg Town
Biggest away win	Loughborough Dynamo 0–6 Spalding United Loughborough Dynamo 1–7 Leek Town
Highest scoring	Gresley FC 10–0 Brigg Town
Highest attendance	Stafford Rangers 1-0 Gresley FC 807
Lowest attendance	Romulus 1–2 Brigg Town 31
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

Division One South featured five new teams:

• Norton United, promoted as champions from the NWCFL Premier Division
• Spalding United, promoted as champions from the UCL Premier Division
• Tividale, promoted as champions from the Midland Alliance
• Stafford Rangers, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
• Stocksbridge Park Steels, relegated from the NPL Premier Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mickleover Sports (C) (P)	42	31	5	6	105	40	+65	98	Promotion to 2014–15 NPL Premier Division
2	Leek Town	42	28	5	9	90	38	+52	89	Qualification for Play-offs
3	Newcastle Town	42	27	6	9	92	46	+46	87
4	Sutton Coldfield Town (O) (P)	42	25	8	9	75	41	+34	83
5	Gresley	42	25	6	11	96	51	+45	81
6	Stafford Rangers	42	23	12	7	68	33	+35	81
7	Spalding United	42	23	10	9	84	41	+43	79
8	Tividale	42	20	11	11	65	43	+22	71
9	Lincoln United	42	19	9	14	72	55	+17	66
10	Coalville Town	42	19	4	19	76	71	+5	61
11	Norton United	42	19	4	19	79	75	+4	61	Club Resigned And Folded[6]
12	Romulus	42	18	7	17	69	65	+4	61
13	Chasetown	42	14	9	19	60	64	−4	51
14	Loughborough Dynamo	42	13	9	20	71	87	−16	48
15	Sheffield	42	14	6	22	74	93	−19	48
16	Goole	42	12	10	20	53	66	−13	46
17	Stocksbridge Park Steels	42	10	11	21	53	84	−31	41
18	Carlton Town	42	11	6	25	52	79	−27	39
19	Market Drayton Town	42	11	4	27	66	109	−43	37
20	Kidsgrove Athletic	42	9	9	24	48	96	−48	36
21	Rainworth Miners Welfare	42	8	6	28	46	91	−45	30	Resigned to Step 5 of the National League System[7]
22	Brigg Town	42	3	3	36	26	153	−127	12

Updated to games played on 22 April 2015.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Play-offs

	Semifinals					Final
	2	Leek Town	1
	5	Gresley	0
						2	Leek Town	0
						4	Sutton Coldfield Town	2
	3	Newcastle Town	1
	4	Sutton Coldfield Town	3

Semi-finals

Newcastle Town v Sutton Coldfield Town

28 April 2015	Newcastle Town	1–3	Sutton Coldfield Town	Lyme Valley Stadium, Newcastle-under-Lyme
19:45	France  62'		Richards  18' O'Callaghan  60' Nadat  84'	Attendance: 384

Leek Town v Gresley

29 April 2015	Leek Town	1–0	Gresley	Harrison Park, Leek
19:45	Johnson  7'			Attendance: 873

Final

Leek Town v Sutton Coldfield Town

2 May 2015	Leek Town	0–2	Sutton Coldfield Town	Harrison Park, Leek
15:00			Taylor  60' O'Callaghan  76'	Attendance: 1,237

Results

Home ╲ Away

BRG

CAR

CHA

COA

GOO

GRE

KID

LEE

LIN

LOU

MAR

MIC

NEW

NOR

RAI

ROM

SHE

SPA

STA

STO

SUT

TIV

Brigg Town

0–0

0–0

3–0

0–2

0–7

2–2

0–3

0–3

1–3

0–6

0–5

1–3

1–7

1–4

1–3

0–2

1–6

0–1

1–0

0–3

0–2

Carlton Town

3–1

1–0

0–1

3–0

2–2

3–1

0–2

0–1

1–3

2–1

0–3

3–2

1–3

2–1

0–1

1–4

1–1

1–3

2–0

0–1

1–2

Chasetown

3–0

0–3

4–1

3–2

2–1

2–2

2–3

2–1

3–1

5–3

0–4

1–1

0–1

2–1

0–4

1–2

1–1

0–2

4–0

1–1

0–0

Coalville Town

7–0

3–0

2–0

4–2

2–3

3–1

0–1

2–1

3–2

2–0

0–2

0–1

5–2

2–1

2–1

2–2

1–2

1–2

4–2

1–0

2–2

Goole

4–0

2–1

2–1

1–2

4–2

1–3

0–2

1–1

0–0

2–2

0–3

1–2

3–0

2–2

2–4

3–1

0–0

0–1

2–0

1–2

1–0

Gresley

10–0

1–0

2–1

2–1

2–0

4–0

2–0

4–1

4–0

2–0

1–6

2–0

3–1

4–2

1–1

5–2

1–0

1–1

2–0

0–0

1–1

Kidsgrove Athletic

7–2

2–4

2–0

1–0

0–0

0–5

1–3

0–2

0–0

0–0

0–2

1–6

0–2

0–1

1–0

1–1

0–1

0–6

1–2

2–0

1–1

Leek Town

6–0

2–3

2–0

2–0

1–1

1–0

3–1

0–2

1–2

6–1

4–1

3–0

1–0

6–0

0–2

2–2

1–1

2–0

0–0

6–1

2–0

Lincoln United

2–0

2–2

0–0

4–1

0–1

1–3

6–0

0–0

2–4

1–3

2–3

1–1

4–1

2–1

3–1

2–1

1–1

2–0

5–0

1–2

1–3

Loughborough Dynamo

9–0

3–2

3–2

2–2

4–0

2–4

5–1

1–7

1–2

0–2

2–3

0–4

2–0

1–1

1–2

4–1

0–6

2–2

0–2

0–5

1–3

Market Drayton Town

2–1

3–2

1–2

5–3

1–2

1–2

2–4

1–2

0–2

2–5

1–6

2–5

2–1

2–0

3–1

1–6

0–4

1–2

2–3

1–1

2–2

Mickleover Sports

1–0

3–1

2–1

0–1

1–0

2–1

2–3

5–1

2–2

7–1

3–0

1–0

3–1

2–0

2–0

1–1

2–1

2–0

6–0

1–0

0–1

Newcastle Town

7–1

3–0

2–1

2–0

2–0

2–0

3–1

1–0

1–0

1–0

5–3

1–2

2–2

4–1

2–2

2–0

3–1

0–2

2–3

0–2

2–1

Norton United

7–4

3–1

1–3

5–1

2–1

4–1

2–1

0–1

2–3

1–0

4–2

0–1

0–5

0–1

4–2

3–2

2–2

0–0

2–1

1–2

0–1

Rainworth Miners Welfare

4–2

0–0

1–2

1–1

1–1

0–1

3–4

0–1

0–2

1–2

4–3

2–2

0–1

0–2

0–2

2–3

1–4

1–3

1–2

2–1

1–2

Romulus

1–2

4–0

1–0

2–1

0–0

1–4

2–2

0–4

1–2

1–1

1–2

2–0

2–2

2–3

1–2

4–2

3–0

1–0

3–2

1–2

2–1

Sheffield

1–0

3–2

2–6

2–6

0–2

3–1

2–1

1–2

2–3

3–2

1–0

2–3

0–3

1–2

5–0

2–3

4–3

0–3

3–2

2–3

0–3

Spalding United

4–1

3–0

0–2

2–1

4–1

2–1

5–0

4–1

3–0

2–1

2–0

2–2

1–2

2–1

2–0

1–0

2–0

4–0

1–1

1–0

0–2

Stafford Rangers

3–0

1–1

2–1

0–2

3–3

1–0

4–0

1–0

0–0

1–1

4–1

3–1

2–2

1–0

3–0

1–1

0–0

0–0

4–0

1–0

0–0

Stocksbridge Park Steels

4–0

3–2

0–0

1–1

2–1

1–1

1–1

1–4

2–0

0–0

5–0

1–4

1–3

2–2

0–2

1–2

2–2

0–2

1–4

0–2

1–1

Sutton Coldfield Town

6–0

2–1

2–2

2–0

1–0

2–0

2–0

0–1

2–2

2–0

4–1

1–1

1–0

2–1

5–2

2–1

3–0

2–0

1–0

3–3

1–3

Tividale

2–0

3–0

2–0

3–0

3–2

1–3

1–0

1–2

2–0

0–0

0–1

1–3

1–2

3–4

1–1

4–1

2–1

1–1

0–1

2–1

1–1

Updated to games played on 25 April 2015.
Source: NPL First Division South results grid
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

Brigg Town

Carlton Town

Chasetown

Coalville Town

Goole

Gresley

Kidsgrove Athletic

Leek Town

Lincoln United

Loughborough Dynamo

Market Drayton Town

Mickleover Sports

Newcastle Town

Norton United

Rainworth Miners Welfare

Romulus

Sheffield

Stocksbridge Park Steels

Sutton
Coldfield Town

Tividale

Locations of the 2014–15 Northern Premier League Division One South teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Brigg Town	The Hawthorns	4,000
Newcastle Town	Lyme Valley Stadium	4,000
Stafford Rangers	Marston Road	4,000
Leek Town	Harrison Park	3,600
Spalding United	Sir Halley Stewart Field	3,500
Stocksbridge Park Steels	Look Local Stadium	3,500
Goole	Victoria Pleasure Grounds	3,000
Tividale	The Beaches	3,000
Gresley	The Moat Ground	2,400
Chasetown	The Scholars Ground	2,000
Coalville Town	Owen Street Sports Ground	2,000
Kidsgrove Athletic	The Seddon Stadium	2,000
Lincoln United	Ashby Avenue	2,200
Rainworth Miners Welfare	Welfare Ground	2,000
Romulus	The Central Ground (Sutton Coldfield Town ground share)	2,000
Sheffield	Coach and Horses Ground	2,000
Sutton Coldfield Town	The Central Ground	2,000
Carlton Town	Bill Stokeld Stadium	1,500
Loughborough Dynamo	Nanpantan Sports Ground	1,500
Mickleover Sports	Raygar Stadium	1,500
Norton United	Norton Cricket Club & Miners Welfare Institute	1,500
Market Drayton Town	Greenfields Sports Ground	1,000

Challenge Cup

2014–15 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup

Country	England
Teams	68
Champions	Warrington Town
Runners-up	Farsley
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup is the 45th season of the Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, the main cup competition in the Northern Premier League. It will be sponsored by Doodson Sport for a fourth consecutive season. 68 clubs from England will enter the competition, beginning with the Preliminary Round on 1 September, and all ties will end will end after 90 minutes and conclude with penalties.^[8]

The defending champions are A.F.C. Fylde, who defeated Skelmersdale United 1–0 in the 2014 Final. A.F.C. Fylde will be unable to defend their title as they were promoted to the Conference North through the play–offs.

Calendar

Round	Clubs remaining	Clubs involved	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Scheduled playing date
Preliminary round	68	8	0	8	1 September–11 November 2014
First round	64	64	4	60	10–25 November 2014
Second round	32	32	32	none	1 December 2014 – 6 January 2015
Third round	16	16	16	none	6–27 January 2015
Quarter-finals	8	8	8	none	10–25 February 2015
Semi-finals	4	4	4	none	24 March–8 April 2015
Final	2	2	2	none	30 April 2015

Preliminary Round

Eight teams from the Northern Premier League Division One North or Northern Premier League Division One South have to compete in the Preliminary round to win a place in the competition proper. The draw for this round was made on 23 July 2014.

New Mills v Northwich Victoria

1 September 2014	New Mills	0–1	Northwich Victoria	New Mills, Derbyshire
19:45		New Mills report Northwich Victoria report	Amis  68'	Stadium: Church Lane Attendance: 68

Loughborough Dynamo v Rainworth Miners Welfare

2 September 2014	Loughborough Dynamo	4–2	Rainworth Miners Welfare	Loughborough, Leicestershire
19:45	Wood  9' Norris  22' Watson  27', 54'	Loughborough Dynamo report Rainworth Miners Welfare report	Gill  28' Hewitt  72'	Stadium: Nanpantan Sports Ground Attendance: 49

Norton United v Tividale

11 November 2014	Norton United	1–1 (5–6 p)	Tividale	Smallthorne, Staffordshire
19:45	Baker  90'	Tividale report	Edwards  55'	Stadium: Norton Cricket Club & Miners Welfare Institute Attendance: 54
		Penalties
	Cropper Beaumont Sheldon Smith Lennon Green Bradbury Hawthorne		Foster Downing Ashton Penney Smith Paskin Bellis Winwood

Scarborough Athletic v Brigg Town

14 October 2014	Scarborough Athletic	1–1 (3–1 p)	Brigg Town	Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire
19:45	Evans  90'	Brigg Town report	Lightowler  62'	Stadium: Queensgate Attendance: 123

Source:^[9][10][11]

First Round

Teams that were not in the preliminary round from Northern Premier League Division One North or Northern Premier League Division One South entered at this stage as well as teams from the Northern Premier League Premier Division, along with the winners from the preliminary round. The draw for this round was made on 23 July 2014.

Ashton United v Salford City

11 November 2014	Ashton United	1–1 (4–5 p)	Salford City	Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester
19:45	Mukendi  79'		Seddon  17'	Stadium: Hurst Cross Attendance: 111

Belper Town v Grantham Town

11 November 2014	Belper Town	3–1	Grantham Town	Belper, Derbyshire
19:45	Holden  9' Cotton  71' Burbeary  75'		Meadows  25'	Stadium: Christchurch Meadow Attendance: 116

Blyth Spartans v Frickley Athletic

11 November 2014	Blyth Spartans	0–2	Frickley Athletic	Blyth, Northumberland
19:45			Thompson  15' South  23'	Stadium: Croft Park Attendance: 248

Brighouse Town v Stocksbridge Park Steels

11 November 2014	Brighouse Town	2–1	Stocksbridge Park Steels	Brighouse, West Yorkshire
19:45	Matthews  75' (pen.) Law  83'		Biggins  24'	Stadium: St Giles' Road Attendance: 85

Carlton Town v Barwell

11 November 2014	Carlton Town	0–4	Barwell	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
19:45			Towers  8' Nisevic  46', 68' Charley  90'	Stadium: Bill Stokeld Stadium Attendance: 66

Coalville Town v Stamford

11 November 2014	Coalville Town	1–1 (4–3 p)	Stamford	Coalville, Leicestershire
19:45	Kay  78'		Bettles  54'	Stadium: Owen Street Sports Ground Attendance: 85

Darlington 1883 v Whitby Town

12 November 2014	Darlington 1883	3–3 (1–3 p)	Whitby Town	Bishop Auckland, County Durham
19:45	Pennal  20' Williams  28' (o.g.) Stephenson  32'		Robinson  40' (pen.) Hopson  60' Gardner  72'	Stadium: Heritage Park Attendance: 165

Droylsden v Trafford

11 November 2014	Droylsden	6–0	Trafford	Droylsden, Greater Manchester
19:45	Kilheeney  28' (pen.) Deegan  36' Morning  45' Moke  53', 82' Brown  77'			Stadium: Butcher's Arms Ground Attendance: 114

Curzon Ashton v F.C. United of Manchester

10 November 2014	Curzon Ashton	0–0 (4–3 p)	F.C. United of Manchester	Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester
19:45				Stadium: Tameside Stadium Attendance: 415

Gresley v Loughborough Dynamo

11 November 2014	Gresley	4–2	Loughborough Dynamo	Church Gresley, Derbyshire
19:45	Peel  43' Harrison  49' King  63' Riddell  90'		Way  9' Harrison  67' (o.g.)	Stadium: Moat Ground Attendance: 155

Harrogate Railway Athletic v Goole

24 November 2014	Harrogate Railway Athletic	2–1	Goole	Harrogate, North Yorkshire
19:45	Cartman  89', 90'		Law  50'	Stadium: Station View Attendance: 57

Kendal Town v Marine

25 November 2014	Kendal Town	0–2	Marine	Kendal, Cumbria
19:45			Codling  40' Clair  85'	Stadium: The Northgate Vehicle Hire Stadium Attendance: 100

King's Lynn Town v Lincoln United

11 November 2014	King's Lynn Town	0–3	Lincoln United	King's Lynn, Norfolk
19:45			Brooks  13' Cotton  49' Asplin  76'	Stadium: The Walks Attendance: 186

Lancaster City v Clitheroe

18 November 2014	Lancaster City	5–0	Clitheroe	Lancaster, Lancashire
19:45	Marshall  16' Pearce  31' Dodgson  38' Winder  63' Taylor  66'			Stadium: Giant Axe Attendance: 85

Market Drayton Town v Leek Town

11 November 2014	Market Drayton Town	1–3	Leek Town	Market Drayton, Shropshire
19:45	Bramall  84'		Grice  8' Shotton  38' (pen.) Shelley  44'	Stadium: Greenfields Sports Ground Attendance: 65

Matlock Town v Ilkeston

18 November 2014	Matlock Town	0–1	Ilkeston	Matlock, Derbyshire
19:45			Williams  10'	Stadium: Causeway Lane Attendance: 150

Mossley v Northwich Victoria

11 November 2014	Mossley	1–5	Northwich Victoria	Mossley, Greater Manchester
19:45	Matthews  89'		Burnett  21', 90' Abadaki  24' Dixon  68' Sherratt  8' (pen.)	Stadium: Seel Park Attendance: 73

Nantwich Town v Stourbridge

11 November 2014	Nantwich Town	2–3	Stourbridge	Nantwich, Cheshire
19:45	Winslade  48' Richards  49' (o.g.)		Bowerman  3', 80' Ramsey-Dickson  9'	Stadium: The Weaver Stadium Attendance: 122

Newcastle Town v Halesowen Town

11 November 2014	Newcastle Town	3–0	Halesowen Town	Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
19:45	Gordon  5', 42' Urwin  43'			Stadium: Lyme Valley Stadium Attendance: 71

Tividale v Stafford Rangers

18 November 2014	Tividale	0–2	Stafford Rangers	Tividale, West Midlands
19:45			Dacres  47' Cope  72'	Stadium: The Beeches Attendance: 58

Ossett Albion v Spennymoor Town

11 November 2014	Ossett Albion	0–3	Spennymoor Town	Ossett, West Yorkshire
19:45			Fisher  67' Brown  88' Sayer  90'	Stadium: Warehouse Systems Stadium Attendance: 97

Padiham v Bamber Bridge

19 November 2014	Padiham	1–4	Bamber Bridge	Padiham, Lancashire
19:45	Byrom  4'		Marlow  2' Pickup  51' Waddecar  71' Kay  84'	Stadium: Arbories Memorial Sports Ground Attendance: 129

Prescot Cables v Buxton

11 November 2014	Prescot Cables	1–2	Buxton	Prescot, Merseyside
19:45	Edgar  90'		Corner  31' Williams  48'	Stadium: Valeria Park Attendance: 86

Radcliffe Borough v Warrington Town

18 November 2014	Radcliffe Borough	0–3	Warrington Town	Radcliffe, Greater Manchester
19:45			Metcalfe  19' (pen.) Mannix  32' Foster  65'	Stadium: Stainton Park Attendance: 69

Ramsbottom United v Burscough

25 November 2014	Ramsbottom United	5–1	Burscough	Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester
19:45	Piacentile  17' Duff  27' (o.g.) Howson  45' Hulme  67' Spencer  80'		Joyce  8'	Stadium: The Harry Williams Riverside Stadium Attendance: 140

Romulus v Sutton Coldfield Town

11 November 2014	Romulus	0–3	Sutton Coldfield Town	Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
19:45			Taylor  6' Kalonji  26' Marshall  31'	Stadium: The Central Ground Attendance: 78

Rushall Olympic v Chasetown

18 November 2014	Rushall Olympic	0–0 (3–2 p)	Chasetown	Rushall, West Midlands
19:45				Attendance: 114

Scarborough Athletic v Farsley

11 November 2014	Scarborough Athletic	0–2	Farsley	Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire
19:45			Porritt  22' Savory  29'	Stadium: Queensgate Attendance: 133

Sheffield v Ossett Town

11 November 2014	Sheffield	5–3	Ossett Town	Sheffield, South Yorkshire
19:45	Stirrup  6' Gregory  32' Whittaker  38' Purkiss  70', 77'		Patterson  16' Smith  58', 80'	Stadium: Coach and Horses Ground Attendance: 77

Spalding United v Mickleover Sports

11 November 2014	Spalding United	5–1	Mickleover Sports	Spalding, Lincolnshire
19:45	Waumsley  50', 75', 90', 90' Oliver  56'		Demidh  36'	Stadium: Sir Halley Stewart Field Attendance: 94

Witton Albion v Kidsgrove Athletic

11 November 2014	Witton Albion	4–1	Kidsgrove Athletic	Northwich, Cheshire
19:45	Rainford  12' Titchiner  69', 87' Henders  83'		Booth  32'	Stadium: Wincham Park Attendance: 124

Workington v Skelmersdale United

11 November 2014	Workington	3–0	Skelmersdale United	Workington, Cumbria
19:45	Mwasile  9' Tinnion  29' Salmon  70'			Stadium: Borough Park Attendance: 238

Source:^[11]

Second Round

The 32 winners from the First Round were entered into the Second Round draw on 19 November 2014. The ties are originally scheduled to be played between December 2 and 3.^[12]

Barwell v Gresley

16 December 2014	Barwell	3–1	Gresley	Barwell, Leicestershire
19:45	Nisevic  37', 79' Tomkinson  90'	Barwell report Gresley report	Smyth  70'	Stadium: Kirkby Road Attendance: 79 Referee: Neil Pratt

Belper Town v Ilkeston

2 December 2014	Belper Town	0–1	Ilkeston	Belper, Derbyshire
19:45		Belper Town report	Williams  71'	Stadium: Christchurch Meadow Attendance: 171 Referee: Dave Plowright

Brighouse Town v Spennymoor Town

2 December 2014	Brighouse Town	1–1 (4–5 p)	Spennymoor Town	Brighouse, West Yorkshire
19:45	Gay  89'	Brighouse Town report	Gibson  55'	Stadium: St Giles' Road Attendance: 86
		Penalties
	Matthews Scott Hall Boafo Baldwin Gay Wilson		Dunlavey Brown Roberts Brown Ward Gibson Brown

Droylsden v Marine

2 December 2014	Droylsden	0–1	Marine	Droylsden, Greater Manchester
19:45		Droylsden report Marine report	Conchie  27'	Stadium: Butcher's Arms Ground Attendance: 70 Referee: Christopher Hope

Farsley v Curzon Ashton

2 December 2014	Farsley	2–2 (4–3 p)	Curzon Ashton	Farsley, West Yorkshire
19:45	Hancock  74' Priestley  82'	Farsley report Curzon Ashton report	Hunt  18' Coley  60'	Stadium: Throstle Nest Attendance: 74
		Penalties
	Priestley Harris		Thornton

Harrogate Railway Athletic v Frickley Athletic

1 December 2014	Harrogate Railway Athletic	7–1	Frickley Athletic	Harrogate, North Yorkshire
19:45	Ible  34' (o.g.) Baker  35' Farquharson  43', 59', 63', 69' Cartman  72'	Frickley Athletic report	Johnson  80'	Stadium: Station View Attendance: 79

Lancaster City v Witton Albion

2 December 2014	Lancaster City	4–2	Witton Albion	Lancaster, Lancashire
19:45	Winder  48', 76' (pen.) Akrigg  82' Taylor  89'	Lancaster City report	Read  13' Henders  50' (pen.)	Stadium: Giant Axe Attendance: 79

Lincoln United v Buxton

2 December 2014	Lincoln United	2–1	Buxton	Lincoln, Lincolnshire
19:45	Cotton  35', 43'	Lincoln United report Buxton report	Niven  34'	Stadium: Ashby Avenue Attendance: 57

Newcastle Town v Sutton Coldfield Town

2 December 2014	Newcastle Town	1–1 (3–4 p)	Sutton Coldfield Town	Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
19:45	Munoz  54'	Newcastle Town report	Boothe  75'	Stadium: Lyme Valley Stadium Attendance: 57
		Penalties
	Askey Dickin		Nadat

Northwich Victoria v Bamber Bridge

2 December 2014	Northwich Victoria	2–1	Bamber Bridge	Flixton, Greater Manchester
19:45	Burnett  28' Sherratt  36'		McKenna  76'	Stadium: Valley Road Attendance: 75

Salford City v Ramsbottom United

2 December 2014	Salford City	1–3	Ramsbottom United	Salford, Greater Manchester
19:45	Webber  24'		Hulme  11' Spencer  65', 90'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 189

Spalding United v Coalville Town

2 December 2014	Spalding United	5–1	Coalville Town	Spalding, Lincolnshire
19:45	Tidswell  2', 7' Hempenstall  22' Nuttell  40' Waumsley  80'		Brooks  84'	Stadium: Sir Halley Stewart Field Attendance: 90

Stafford Rangers v Rushall Olympic

6 January 2014	Stafford Rangers	2–2 (5–6 p)	Rushall Olympic	Stafford, Staffordshire
19:45	Curtis  71', 89'		Mugisha  34' Heath  88'	Stadium: Marston Road Attendance: 192

Stourbridge v Leek Town

2 December 2014	Stourbridge	1–1 (2–4 p)	Leek Town	Stourbridge, West Midlands
19:45	Morgan-Parker  47'		Shotton  90'	Stadium: War Memorial Athletic Ground Attendance: 146

Workington v Warrington Town

2 December 2014	Workington	2–3	Warrington Town	Workington, Cumbria
19:45	Newby  41', 43'	Workington report Warrington Town report	Colbeck  4', 33' Ruane  61'	Stadium: Borough Park Attendance: 237

Whitby Town v Sheffield

3 December 2014	Whitby Town	1–4	Sheffield	Whitby, North Yorkshire
19:45	Mason  73'	Whitby Town report Sheffield report	Longstaff  5', 20' Walker  11' Purkiss  90'	Stadium: Turnbull Ground Attendance: 141

Source:^[5][13]

Third Round

The 16 winners from the Second Round were entered into the Third Round draw on 4 December 2014. The ties are originally scheduled to be played between January 12 and 20.^[14]

Farsley v Sheffield

13 January 2015	Farsley	4–2	Sheffield	Farsley, West Yorkshire
19:45	Priestley  48', 90' Grant  60' Nightingale  62'	Farsley report Sheffield report	Walker  10' Hadfield  33'	Stadium: Throstle Nest Attendance: 83

Harrogate Railway Athletic v Spennymoor Town

26 January 2015	Harrogate Railway Athletic	5–1	Spennymoor Town	Harrogate, North Yorkshire
19:45	Martin  6', 10', 18' (pen.) Youhill  41' Hickey  83'	Spennymoor Town report	Brown  71'	Stadium: Station View Attendance: 84

Ilkeston v Lincoln United

6 January 2015	Ilkeston	2–1	Lincoln United	Ilkeston, Derbyshire
19:45	Williams  69' Morgan  87'	Ilkeston report Lincoln United report	Jacklin  70'	Stadium: New Manor Ground Attendance: 109

Lancaster City v Marine

13 January 2015	Lancaster City	2–1	Marine	Lancaster, Lancashire
19:45	Pearce  42' Kilifin  59'	Lancaster City report Marine report	Wearing  44' (o.g.)	Stadium: Giant Axe Attendance: 100 Referee: David Underwood

Ramsbottom United v Northwich Victoria

27 January 2015	Ramsbottom United	3–1	Northwich Victoria	Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester
19:45	Brooks  15' Bennett  62' Slaven  90'	Ramsbottom United report Northwich Victoria report	Abadaki  9'	Stadium: The Harry Williams Riverside Stadium Attendance: 158

Spalding United v Barwell

6 January 2015	Spalding United	4–1	Barwell	Spalding, Lincolnshire
19:45	Tidswell  17', 87' Griffiths  24' Webb  89'	Spalding United report Barwell report	Hadland  64'	Stadium: Sir Halley Stewart Field Attendance: 64

Rushall Olympic v Warrington Town

13 January 2015	Rushall Olympic	0–3	Warrington Town	Rushall, West Midlands
19:45		Rushall Olympic report Warrington Town report	McCarten  17' Duggan  30' (o.g.) Burke  55'	Stadium: Dales Lane Attendance: 101

Sutton Coldfield Town v Leek Town

13 January 2015	Sutton Coldfield Town	0–3	Leek Town	Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
19:45		Sutton Coldfield Town report Leek Town report	Shelley  20' Shotton  75' Johnson  77'	Stadium: The Central Ground Attendance: 54

Source:^[13]

Quarter-finals

The 8 winners from the Third Round were entered into the Quarter-final draw on 20 January 2015. The ties are originally scheduled to be played between February 17 and 25.^[15]

Farsley v Lancaster City

17 February 2015	Farsley	3–0	Lancaster City	Farsley, West Yorkshire
19:45	Porritt  47' O'Brien  53' Tonkinson  70'	Farsley report		Stadium: Throstle Nest Attendance: 112

Ilkeston v Spalding United

17 February 2015	Ilkeston	2–2 (5–4 p)	Spalding United	Ilkeston, Derbyshire
19:45	Reid  45' Wright  63'	Spalding United report	Leary  16' Griffiths  48'	Stadium: New Manor Ground Attendance: 120
		Penalties
	Wright		J. Thurlbourne Leary Hall Hodge L. Thurlbourne

Leek Town v Warrington Town

25 February 2015	Leek Town	0–1	Warrington Town	Leek, Staffordshire
19:45		Leek Town report Warrington Town report	Metcalfe  78'	Stadium: Harrison Park Attendance: 111

Ramsbottom United v Harrogate Railway Athletic

10 February 2015	Ramsbottom United	3–1	Harrogate Railway Athletic	Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester
19:45	McDermott  29' Pugh  35' (pen.) Hartley  90'	Ramsbottom United report	Yates  38'	Stadium: The Harry Williams Riverside Stadium Attendance: 131

Source:^[16]

Semi-finals

The 4 winners from the Quarter-finals were entered into the Semi-final draw on 18 February 2015. The ties are originally scheduled to be played between March 24 and April 8.^[17]

Warrington Town v Ilkeston

24 March 2015	Warrington Town	3–0	Ilkeston	Warrington, Cheshire
19:45	Metcalfe  17', 27' Wharton  35'	Warrington Town report Ilkeston report		Stadium: Cantilever Park Attendance: 356

Ramsbottom United v Farsley

8 April 2015	Ramsbottom United	1–2	Farsley	Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester
19:45	Abadaki  32'	Ramsbottom United report Farsley report	Grant  15' O'Brien  52'	Stadium: The Harry Williams Riverside Stadium Attendance: 189

Source:^[18][4]

Final

The Challenge Cup Final was played at Edgeley Park, the home ground of Stockport County.^[19] This was Farsley's first final appearance and the second final appearance for Warrington Town (they advanced to the Final in 1993 but were defeated by Winsford United). This was the first final in which both teams were from lower divisions.

Farsley v Warrington Town

30 April 2015 19:45 BST

Farsley	0–0	Warrington Town
	Farsley report Warrington Town report
	Penalties
Harris Welsh O'Brien Priestley Savory	2–3	Burke Wharton Metcalfe Gahgan

Edgeley Park, Stockport Attendance: 731

Source:^[4]

See also

• Northern Premier League
• 2014–15 Isthmian League
• 2014–15 Southern League

References

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2. "Goal scorers Archives 14-15 Season". The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier. Pitch Hero. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
3. "Results grid Archives 14-15 Season". The Northern Premier League. Pitch Hero. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
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6. Allcock, Alan (9 April 2015). "Norton United". The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier. Pitch Hero. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
7. Allcock, Alan (13 April 2015). "League Statement - Club Resignations". The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier. Pitch Hero. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
8. Allcock, Alan (23 July 2014). "Doodson Sport League Cup Preliminary & First Round draws.". Pitch Hero. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
9. "The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier Results – September". The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier. Pitch Hero Ltd. September 2014. Archived from the original on 14 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
10. "The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier Results – October". The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier. Pitch Hero Ltd. November 2014. Archived from the original on 5 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
11. "The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier Results – November". The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier. Pitch Hero Ltd. November 2014. Archived from the original on 3 December 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
12. Allcock, Alan (19 November 2014). "DOODSON SPORT LEAGUE CUP 2nd Round Draw". The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier. Pitch Hero Ltd. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
13. "The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier Results – January". The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier. Pitch Hero Ltd. January 2015. Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
14. Allcock, Alan (4 December 2014). "Doodson Sport League Cup – 3rd Round Draw". The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier. Pitch Hero Ltd. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
15. Allcock, Alan (21 January 2015). "DOODSON SPORT LEAGUE CUP QUARTER FINAL". The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier. Pitch Hero. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
16. "The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier Results – February". The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier. Pitch Hero Ltd. February 2015. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
17. Allcock, Alan (18 February 2015). "Doodson Sport League Cup Semi-Final Draw". The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier. Pitch Hero. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
18. "The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier Results – March". The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier. Pitch Hero Ltd. March 2015. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
19. Allcock, Alan (9 April 2015). "Doodson Sport League Cup Final". The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier. Pitch Hero Ltd. Retrieved 9 April 2015.

External links

• Official website