Northern Premier League Division One North

Northern Premier League Division One North
Country  England
Founded 2007
Number of teams 22
Level on pyramid Level 8
Promotion to NPL Premier Division
Relegation to Northern League Division One
NWCL Premier Division
NCEL Premier Division
Domestic cup(s) FA Cup
FA Trophy
Challenge Cup
Peter Swales Shield
Current champions Warrington Town
(2015–16)
Website Official website
2015–16

Division One North is one of the two second-tier divisions of the Northern Premier League. It is at tier 4 of the National League System, tier 8 of the English football league system. For sponsorship reasons, it is also referred to as the Evo-Stik League Division One North.

The league currently covers the English regions of the North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber and the High Peak district of Derbyshire.

The split of the Northern Premier League First Division resulted in the creation of the Division One North and the Division One South. The division began play at the start of the 2007–08, initially with 18 teams.

At the end of the season, the champion of the league is promoted to the Northern Premier Division. The teams placed 2nd to 5th engage in a playoff to determine which team is also promoted. The teams placed 21st and 22nd are relegated to level 9.[1]

League system

The League operates a double round robin system, where each team plays each other team twice, once at home and once away. After 42 games the team that are placed top of the league will automatically be promoted to the Northern Premier League Premier Division and the two teams at the bottom of the league will be relegated to one of the feeder leagues (Usually either the North West Counties, Northern Counties East or Northern League).

The teams placed 2nd to 5th will play off for the final promotion spot.

However, for the 1st season of the new division in 2007–08 season, when the league originally split from its traditional one division into a Division North and Division South, the league operated with 18 teams, leading to splitting the league into two separate groups of nine teams each. Each team would play each team in their own group three times (once at home, once away then an extra game where each team received an extra four home games) and play the teams in the other group home and away once each.

This changed back to the traditional format in 2008–09 when more teams entered the league.

Current clubs

Club
Finishing position 2015–16
Bamber Bridge12th
Brighouse Town14th
Burscough5th
Clitheroe7th
Droylsden19th
Farsley9th
Glossop North End 4th
Kendal Town15th
Lancaster City6th
Mossley13th
Northwich Victoria3rd
Ossett Albion10th
Ossett Town17th
Prescot Cables16th
Radcliffe Borough18th
Scarborough Athletic20th
Trafford8th
Witton Albion11th

Past champions

From 1987 until 2007, the league was united and just known as the Northern Premier League First Division, before being split into North and South subsections. Here are the champions from when the league was just the NPL First Division.

League summaries

Season Winners Promoted Playoffs Relegated
2007–08 Bradford Park Avenue Bradford Park Avenue
FC United of Manchester
FC United of Manchester
Skelmersdale United
Curzon Ashton
Bamber Bridge
Bridlington Town
2008–09 Durham City Durham City
Newcastle Blue Star
Skelmersdale United
Newcastle Blue Star
Colwyn Bay
Curzon Ashton
No relegation
2009–10 FC Halifax Town FC Halifax Town
Colwyn Bay
Lancaster City
Colwyn Bay
Curzon Ashton
Skelmersdale United
Rossendale United
2010–11 Chester Chester
Chorley
Skelmersdale United
Chorley
Curzon Ashton
AFC Fylde
No relegation
2011–12 A.F.C. Fylde A.F.C. Fylde
Witton Albion
Curzon Ashton
Witton Albion
Farsley
Garforth Town
Durham City
Woodley Sports#
2012–13 Skelmersdale United Skelmersdale United
Trafford
Cammell Laird
New Mills
Trafford
Mossley
Garforth Town
2013–14 Curzon Ashton Curzon Ashton
Ramsbottom United
Darlington
Warrington Town
Bamber Bridge
Ramsbottom United
Wakefield
2014–15 Salford City Salford City
Darlington 1883
Darlington 1883
Bamber Bridge
Northwich Victoria
Spennymoor Town
Padiham
2015–16 Warrington Town Warrington Town
Spennymoor Town
Burscough
Glossop North End
Northwich Victoria
Spennymoor Town
Harrogate Railway Athletic
New Mills

# Relegated for ground standards.
† Voluntarily asked for relegation.

See also

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