1995–96 Northern Premier League

The 1995–96 Northern Premier League season was the 28th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First. It was known as the Unibond League for sponsorship reasons.^[1]

Premier Division

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season	1995–96
Champions	Bamber Bridge
Relegated	Droylsden Matlock Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1350 (2.92 per match)
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The Premier Division featured three new teams:

Bamber Bridge promoted as runners up from Division One
Blyth Spartans promoted as champions from Division One
Leek Town transferred from the Southern League

League Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bamber Bridge !Bamber Bridge (C)	42	20	16	6	81	49	+32	076^*
2	Boston United !Boston United	42	23	6	13	86	59	+27	75
3	Hyde United !Hyde United	42	21	11	10	86	51	+35	74
4	Barrow !Barrow	42	20	13	9	69	42	+27	73
5	Gainsborough Trinity !Gainsborough Trinity	42	20	13	9	60	41	+19	73
6	Blyth Spartans !Blyth Spartans	42	17	13	12	75	61	+14	64
7	Accrington Stanley !Accrington Stanley	42	17	14	11	62	54	+8	062^#
8	Emley	42	17	10	15	57	53	+4	61
9	Spennymoor United !Spennymoor United	42	14	18	10	67	61	+6	60
10	Bishop Auckland !Bishop Auckland	42	16	11	15	60	55	+5	59
11	Guiseley !Guiseley	42	15	14	13	62	57	+5	59
12	Marine !Marine	42	15	14	13	59	54	+5	59
13	Witton Albion !Witton Albion	42	17	8	17	60	62	−2	59
14	Chorley !Chorley	42	14	9	19	67	74	−7	51
15	Knowsley United	42	14	6	22	61	89	−28	48
16	Winsford United !Winsford United	42	10	16	16	56	79	−23	46
17	Leek Town !Leek Town	42	10	15	17	52	55	−3	45
18	Colwyn Bay !Colwyn Bay	42	8	21	13	43	57	−14	45
19	Frickley Athletic !Frickley Athletic	42	11	14	17	63	87	−24	044^#
20	Buxton !Buxton	42	9	11	22	43	72	−29	38
21	Droylsden !Droylsden (R)	42	10	8	24	58	100	−42	38	Relegation to NPL Division One
22	Matlock Town !Matlock Town (R)	42	8	11	23	23	71	−48	35	Relegation to NPL Division One

Updated to games played on 7 November 2015.
Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^*Bamber bridge were not promoted due to ground standards.
^#Accrington Stanley and Frickley Athletic were docked 3 points.
(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.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Accrington Stanley !ACC	Bamber Bridge !BAM	Barrow !BRW	Bishop Auckland !BIS	Blyth Spartans !BLY	Boston United !BOS	Buxton !BUX	Chorley !CHO	Colwyn Bay !COL	Droylsden !DRO	Emley	Frickley Athletic !FRK	Gainsborough Trinity !GAI	Guiseley !GUI	Hyde United !HYD	Knowsley United	Leek Town !LEE	Marine !MAR	Matlock Town !MAT	Spennymoor United !SPU	Winsford United !WNS	Witton Albion !WTN
Accrington Stanley !Accrington Stanley		1–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–2	1–0	7–3	3–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	4–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–2
Bamber Bridge !Bamber Bridge	1–1		2–2	0–2	3–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	5–0	3–2	0–1	2–3	1–1	3–1	3–3	2–2	0–0	4–4	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–1
Barrow !Barrow	0–3	0–2		0–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	6–2	1–1	3–3	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–1	7–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–0
Bishop Auckland !Bishop Auckland	2–2	1–1	1–2		3–0	1–3	1–1	3–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–3	1–2	1–0	1–2
Blyth Spartans !Blyth Spartans	2–2	1–1	1–2	6–0		0–3	1–1	3–2	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–3	5–1	4–1	2–1	2–2	3–0	3–1	3–2	2–0
Boston United !Boston United	4–0	0–3	2–1	1–0	1–0		9–3	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–3	1–2	4–3	0–3	4–2	2–2	0–1	1–0	4–1	2–2	1–2
Buxton !Buxton	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–3		5–2	0–1	0–3	1–2	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	3–2	1–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–3	0–4
Chorley !Chorley	0–0	0–0	2–3	2–0	1–4	0–2	2–1		1–1	6–0	1–0	1–1	0–6	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	3–2	0–3	1–1	4–0
Colwyn Bay !Colwyn Bay	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–3	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1		0–0	1–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–3	2–3	1–1	1–1
Droylsden !Droylsden	1–2	1–2	0–4	1–4	2–2	2–5	1–3	0–6	0–1		3–0	2–2	1–2	1–2	0–2	5–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–1
Emley	1–3	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–3	2–0	2–1	0–3	4–1	4–0		5–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–3	0–1	2–0	3–2	0–2	1–1	1–0
Frickley Athletic !Frickley Athletic	4–1	0–5	0–0	0–3	1–2	1–2	0–2	1–0	1–1	4–5	2–1		3–0	2–2	3–0	4–3	1–1	1–1	1–4	2–3	3–3	1–1
Gainsborough Trinity !Gainsborough Trinity	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	2–2	7–1	0–3	0–2		0–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–0
Guiseley !Guiseley	1–3	4–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	4–2	1–0	0–3	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–3		0–1	1–1	3–1	2–4	4–2	2–2	1–1	0–1
Hyde United !Hyde United	0–0	2–3	0–0	3–1	4–1	2–4	7–0	3–1	5–1	1–1	7–2	4–1	1–2	1–1		5–0	3–2	4–0	1–1	3–2	0–1	1–0
Knowsley United	1–0	2–2	0–2	1–2	1–0	2–4	2–0	1–2	1–3	2–0	1–3	1–2	2–3	1–1	2–1		3–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	4–1	2–2
Leek Town !Leek Town	2–2	2–3	2–0	0–1	1–3	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–0		0–1	4–2	0–2	5–1	2–1
Marine !Marine	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–2	0–0	0–4	1–1	2–1	1–1	6–1	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	4–0	2–1	2–1		1–0	2–1	3–1	2–1
Matlock Town !Matlock Town	2–0	0–1	0–4	1–1	3–3	0–2	0–1	4–3	1–4	2–2	1–1	6–0	0–2	3–0	1–3	8–0	0–1	3–3		1–1	1–1	5–2
Spennymoor United !Spennymoor United	3–4	4–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–3	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–4	4–2	2–2	1–1		3–3	3–1
Winsford United !Winsford United	2–2	1–4	4–3	0–4	2–4	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–3	3–2	0–4	4–1	1–1	1–2	1–4	0–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–2		2–1
Witton Albion !Witton Albion	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–3	2–1	3–1	5–0	0–2	3–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	3–2	2–2	2–0

Updated to games played on 4 May 1996.
Source: Northern 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.

Division One

Northern Premier League
Division One
Season	1995–96
Champions	Lancaster City
Promoted	Lancaster City Alfreton Town
Relegated	None
Matches played	420
Goals scored	1345 (3.2 per match)
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

Division One featured four new teams:

Bradford Park Avenue promoted as champions from the NWCFL Division One
Leigh RMI relegated from the Premier Division
Lincoln United promoted as champions from the NCEFL Premier Division
Whitley Bay relegated from the Premier Division

League Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lancaster City !Lancaster City (C) (P)	40	24	11	5	79	38	+41	83	Promotion to Premier Division
2	Alfreton Town !Alfreton Town (P)	40	23	9	8	79	47	+32	78	Promotion to Premier Division
3	Lincoln United !Lincoln United	40	22	7	11	80	56	+24	73
4	Curzon Ashton !Curzon Ashton	40	20	7	13	73	53	+20	67
5	Farsley Celtic !Farsley Celtic	40	19	9	12	66	61	+5	66
6	Radcliffe Borough !Radcliffe Borough	40	17	13	10	70	48	+22	64
7	Eastwood Town !Eastwood Town	40	18	9	13	60	47	+13	63
8	Whitley Bay !Whitley Bay	40	18	8	14	72	62	+10	62
9	Ashton United !Ashton United	40	19	7	14	73	65	+8	060^*
10	Atherton Laburnum Rovers !Atherton Laburnum Rovers	40	15	12	13	60	61	−1	57
11	Worksop Town !Worksop Town	40	16	8	16	84	90	−6	56
12	Gretna !Gretna	40	13	13	14	75	65	+10	52
13	Warrington Town !Warrington Town	40	13	10	17	75	72	+3	49
14	Leigh RMI !Leigh RMI	40	14	7	19	53	59	−6	049^#
15	Netherfield	40	13	10	17	64	73	−9	49
16	Workington !Workington	40	11	12	17	50	62	−12	45
17	Bradford Park Avenue !Bradford Park Avenue	40	9	14	17	57	72	−15	41
18	Congleton Town !Congleton Town	40	11	11	18	36	59	−23	041^†
19	Great Harwood Town !Great Harwood Town	40	9	7	24	44	78	−34	033^‡
20	Fleetwood !Fleetwood	40	7	10	23	41	81	−40	31	Club folded at the end of the season
21	Harrogate Town !Harrogate Town	40	7	10	23	54	96	−42	31

Updated to games played on May 1996.
Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^*Ashton United were docked 4 points.
^#From this season onwards Horwich RMI were known as Leigh RMI.
^†Congleton Town were docked 3 points.
^‡Great Harwood Town were docked 1 point.
(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.

Promotion and relegation

In the twenty-eighth season of the Northern Premier League Bamber Bridge should have been (as champions) automatically promoted to the Football Conference, but were not as they did not meet the Conference's requirements. Droylsden and Matlock Town were relegated to the First Division; these two clubs were replaced by relegated Conference side Runcorn, First Division winners Lancaster City and second placed Alfreton Town. In the First Division Fleetwood folded at the end of the season and were replaced by newly admitted Stocksbridge Park Steels and Flixton.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup: Teams from both leagues.

Hyde United bt. Leek Town

President's Cup: 'Plate' competition for losing teams in the NPL Cup.

Worksop Town bt. Guiseley

Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.

Hyde United bt. Bamber Bridge

References

↑ Unibond League

External links

Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF

Northern Premier League

Premier Division	Ashton United Barwell Blyth Spartans Buxton Coalville Town Corby Town Frickley Athletic Grantham Town Halesowen Town Hednesford Town Ilkeston Marine Matlock Town Mickleover Sports Nantwich Town Rushall Olympic Skelmersdale United Spennymoor Town Stafford Rangers Stourbridge Sutton Coldfield Town Warrington Town Whitby Town Workington

Division One North	Bamber Bridge Brighouse Town Burscough Clitheroe Colne Colwyn Bay Droylsden Farsley Celtic Glossop North End Goole Hyde United Kendal Town Lancaster City Mossley Ossett Albion Ossett Town Prescot Cables Radcliffe Borough Ramsbottom United Scarborough Athletic Tadcaster Albion Trafford

Division One South	AFC Rushden & Diamonds Basford United Bedworth United Belper Town Carlton Town Chasetown Gresley Kidsgrove Athletic Leek Town Lincoln United Loughborough Dynamo Market Drayton Town Newcastle Town Northwich Victoria Romulus Rugby Town Shaw Lane Sheffield Spalding United Stamford Stocksbridge Park Steels Witton Albion

Seasons	1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

See also: Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, Northern Premier League President's Cup, Northern Premier League Chairman's Cup, Peter Swales Shield

1995–96 in English football

« 1994–95

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FA competitions

Premier League and
Football League

Football Conference

Football Conference
Conference League Cup

Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Chelsea Coventry City Everton Leeds United Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wimbledon

First Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Derby County Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leicester City Luton Town Millwall Norwich City Oldham Athletic Portsmouth Port Vale Reading Sheffield United Southend United Stoke City Sunderland Tranmere Rovers Watford West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Blackpool Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Burnley Carlisle United Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Hull City Notts County Oxford United Peterborough United Shrewsbury Town Stockport County Swansea City Swindon Town Walsall Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers York City

Third Division	Barnet Bury Cambridge United Cardiff City Chester City Colchester United Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Fulham Gillingham Hartlepool United Hereford United Leyton Orient Lincoln City Mansfield Town Northampton Town Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Rochdale Scarborough Scunthorpe United Torquay United Wigan Athletic

Others	Newport

List of transfers

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