2015–16 Northern Premier League

The 2015–16 season is the 48th season of the Northern Premier League Premier Division, and the eighth season of the Northern Premier League Division One North and South. The League sponsors for 2015–16 are Evo-Stik.^[1]

Premier Division

Northern Premier League
Premier Division

Season	2015–16
Champions	Darlington 1883
Promoted	Darlington 1883 Salford City
Relegated	Colwyn Bay Hyde United Ramsbottom United Stamford
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The Premier Division featured six new teams:

• Colwyn Bay, relegated from Conference North
• Darlington 1883, promoted via play-offs from NPL Division One North
• Hyde United, relegated from Conference North and changed name from Hyde
• Mickleover Sports, promoted as champions of NPL Division One South
• Salford City, promoted as champions of NPL Division One North
• Sutton Coldfield Town, promoted via play-offs from NPL Division One South

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Darlington 1883 !Darlington 1883 (C) (P)	46	33	5	8	106	42	+64	104	Promotion to National League North
2	Blyth Spartans !Blyth Spartans	46	32	3	11	89	41	+48	99	Qualification for Play-offs
3	Salford City !Salford City (O) (P)	46	27	9	10	94	48	+46	90
4	Ashton United !Ashton United	46	26	9	11	90	52	+38	87
5	Workington !Workington	46	25	11	10	78	50	+28	86
6	Stourbridge !Stourbridge	46	25	9	12	90	63	+27	84
7	Frickley Athletic !Frickley Athletic	46	22	11	13	69	46	+23	77
8	Nantwich Town !Nantwich Town	46	20	15	11	94	62	+32	75
9	Barwell !Barwell	46	23	4	19	82	66	+16	73
10	Rushall Olympic !Rushall Olympic	46	19	12	15	74	61	+13	69
11	Buxton !Buxton	46	21	4	21	71	74	−3	67
12	Sutton Coldfield Town !Sutton Coldfield Town	46	17	11	18	59	66	−7	62
13	Halesowen Town !Halesowen Town	46	17	11	18	53	63	−10	62
14	Ilkeston !Ilkeston	46	15	9	22	61	79	−18	54
15	Marine !Marine	46	12	17	17	53	61	−8	53
16	Skelmersdale United !Skelmersdale United	46	14	11	21	66	82	−16	53
17	Matlock Town !Matlock Town	46	14	10	22	59	79	−20	52
18	Grantham Town !Grantham Town	46	13	12	21	51	85	−34	51
19	Whitby Town !Whitby Town	46	12	11	23	60	79	−19	47
20	Mickleover Sports !Mickleover Sports	46	11	13	22	50	74	−24	46
21	Stamford !Stamford (R)	46	12	9	25	71	97	−26	45	Relegation to NPL Division One North/South
22	Hyde United !Hyde United (R)	46	11	7	28	53	90	−37	40
23	Colwyn Bay !Colwyn Bay (R)	46	10	8	28	51	95	−44	38
24	Ramsbottom United !Ramsbottom United (R)	46	5	11	30	43	112	−69	26

Updated to games played on 23 April 2016.
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	Blyth Spartans	3
	5	Workington	4
						3	Salford City	3
						5	Workington	2
	3	Salford City (a.e.t.)	3
	4	Ashton United	1

Semi-finals

Final

Results

Home ╲ Away

Ashton United !ASH

Barwell !BAR

Blyth Spartans !BLY

Buxton !BUX

Colwyn Bay !COL

Darlington 1883 !DAR

Frickley Athletic !FRK

Grantham Town !GRN

Halesowen Town !HAL

Hyde United !HYD

Ilkeston !ILK

Marine !MAR

Matlock Town !MAT

Mickleover Sports !MIC

Nantwich Town !NAN

Ramsbottom United !RAM

Rushall Olympic !RSO

Salford City !SLC

Skelmersdale United !SKU

Stamford !STM

Stourbridge !STB

Sutton Coldfield Town !SUT

Whitby Town !WTB

Workington !WRK

Ashton United !Ashton United

2–0

0–2

3–1

1–2

1–2

2–0

2–0

3–0

3–0

2–1

3–2

4–4

0–0

4–2

6–0

2–3

0–3

5–0

1–0

2–3

3–0

2–0

0–1

Barwell !Barwell

0–1

0–1

1–0

3–0

2–1

1–0

3–1

6–0

2–0

4–0

1–1

4–0

2–4

0–4

2–1

2–3

0–1

3–1

0–1

3–1

2–0

2–1

0–1

Blyth Spartans !Blyth Spartans

1–1

4–0

1–0

3–0

0–1

2–3

1–0

0–1

3–0

1–0

1–2

1–0

4–0

1–1

5–0

3–0

2–1

1–2

4–3

4–3

1–2

3–2

3–0

Buxton !Buxton

2–1

5–1

0–4

2–0

2–0

0–2

3–0

1–1

2–1

3–1

2–3

3–0

4–1

3–1

2–1

1–2

0–2

2–1

3–1

2–3

2–2

3–2

0–2

Colwyn Bay !Colwyn Bay

0–2

0–4

1–3

3–2

2–4

0–2

0–1

1–1

2–0

0–2

0–3

1–4

1–2

1–1

4–1

1–2

2–3

1–4

2–1

0–2

3–0

1–4

0–2

Darlington 1883 !Darlington 1883

1–1

3–1

2–1

3–1

3–0

3–0

2–0

2–1

2–3

3–1

0–1

3–0

2–1

2–1

2–1

1–0

3–2

3–0

2–1

1–1

2–0

2–2

4–0

Frickley Athletic !Frickley Athletic

0–0

1–0

2–3

5–1

1–0

3–1

3–1

1–2

3–0

3–1

0–1

1–2

2–0

1–0

3–0

0–2

0–1

3–0

3–1

2–1

3–1

2–2

1–1

Grantham Town !Grantham Town

3–3

0–5

2–3

0–3

0–0

0–2

1–0

2–0

2–0

1–2

0–0

2–1

2–0

0–3

0–4

2–2

2–0

2–2

3–1

2–2

2–1

1–0

0–1

Halesowen Town !Halesowen Town

1–2

1–1

0–1

1–1

1–0

0–3

1–1

3–0

1–1

2–0

1–0

3–2

1–1

1–1

2–1

1–3

0–1

2–1

1–3

2–0

2–2

0–0

2–0

Hyde United !Hyde United

0–4

1–0

0–4

2–1

3–2

1–3

1–1

2–2

0–1

1–3

0–2

2–2

0–1

0–4

5–0

2–2

1–2

1–1

7–1

0–2

1–2

2–1

0–4

Ilkeston !Ilkeston

1–1

1–0

3–4

3–1

0–0

1–1

0–2

2–1

1–3

3–1

0–0

0–1

0–2

3–1

3–0

4–1

2–1

1–3

0–3

4–3

1–1

2–1

0–3

Marine !Marine

0–0

1–2

0–2

1–2

2–2

0–1

1–1

1–1

0–3

2–3

3–1

2–1

3–3

1–2

3–0

1–1

0–2

2–2

1–1

1–3

2–1

2–1

1–2

Matlock Town !Matlock Town

1–0

1–3

0–2

1–2

1–1

0–5

3–0

3–1

0–3

2–1

1–0

0–0

2–0

1–1

2–0

1–0

1–2

1–2

0–1

1–1

2–2

1–0

0–1

Mickleover Sports !Mickleover Sports

1–3

1–3

0–2

2–0

1–2

1–5

0–1

2–3

2–0

1–0

1–1

1–1

2–0

1–1

3–1

1–1

1–2

2–1

0–1

1–3

0–1

1–0

1–2

Nantwich Town !Nantwich Town

2–2

2–1

1–2

1–2

3–2

0–5

1–0

6–2

3–0

3–0

1–1

1–1

2–2

1–1

7–1

3–3

1–1

1–0

6–3

1–0

4–1

1–2

2–0

Ramsbottom United !Ramsbottom United

0–2

1–3

0–0

0–1

2–2

0–3

0–2

2–2

0–2

1–4

4–0

1–1

0–3

1–1

1–4

2–1

0–4

0–3

1–1

1–2

0–1

4–1

1–1

Rushall Olympic !Rushall Olympic

0–2

2–0

0–1

0–1

2–1

1–0

0–1

4–0

0–0

2–0

2–2

3–0

2–3

1–1

1–0

2–0

2–3

0–0

5–1

1–2

0–1

3–1

1–1

Salford City !Salford City

3–1

7–0

0–1

2–0

2–2

3–4

2–2

5–0

3–1

0–1

2–0

0–0

2–2

1–1

1–1

4–0

1–3

4–0

1–0

0–1

2–0

0–0

5–3

Skelmersdale United !Skelmersdale United

1–2

3–3

2–1

2–1

3–4

1–1

1–1

0–1

1–0

2–1

2–1

2–3

3–2

1–1

0–1

1–1

4–1

3–1

1–4

1–2

1–2

0–0

2–0

Stamford !Stamford

3–4

1–2

0–1

2–4

2–3

1–4

1–0

1–3

1–2

2–1

1–1

0–0

2–0

2–0

0–4

3–3

2–3

1–1

5–2

2–2

3–3

2–2

1–2

Stourbridge !Stourbridge

1–2

2–3

3–0

3–0

2–0

1–0

1–1

1–1

3–2

5–1

1–2

2–0

4–1

2–1

4–3

2–3

2–2

1–2

3–1

2–0

2–0

2–0

0–0

Sutton Coldfield Town !Sutton Coldfield Town

0–1

1–5

1–0

0–0

5–0

0–1

2–2

2–0

3–0

0–0

0–2

4–2

2–2

2–0

0–1

2–2

2–1

0–2

3–1

2–0

2–3

1–0

0–2

Whitby Town !Whitby Town

0–2

2–1

0–2

1–0

2–0

1–7

1–1

1–1

2–1

0–3

4–2

1–0

2–1

4–1

3–3

1–1

1–3

2–3

1–1

3–5

4–0

0–1

1–0

Workington !Workington

5–2

1–1

2–0

5–0

1–2

2–1

1–3

1–1

3–0

2–0

3–2

1–0

4–1

2–2

1–1

4–0

1–1

1–4

2–1

2–0

1–1

1–1

3–1

Updated to games played on 23 April 2016.
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

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Grantham Town !Grantham Town	South Kesteven Sports Stadium	7,500
Buxton !Buxton	The Silverlands	5,200
Halesowen Town !Halesowen Town	The Grove	5,000
Ashton United !Ashton United	Hurst Cross	4,500
Blyth Spartans !Blyth Spartans	Croft Park	4,435
Hyde United !Hyde United	Ewen Fields	4,250
Ilkeston !Ilkeston	New Manor Ground	3,500
Nantwich Town !Nantwich Town	The Weaver Stadium	3,500
Whitby Town !Whitby Town	Turnbull Ground	3,500
Marine !Marine	Marine Travel Arena	3,185
Workington !Workington	Borough Park	3,101
Barwell !Barwell	Kirkby Road	2,500
Skelmersdale United !Skelmersdale United	West Lancashire College Stadium	2,500
Colwyn Bay !Colwyn Bay	Llanelian Road	2,500
Matlock Town !Matlock Town	Causeway Lane	2,214
Frickley Athletic !Frickley Athletic	Westfield Lane	2,087
Stourbridge !Stourbridge	War Memorial Athletic Ground	2,014
Darlington 1883 !Darlington 1883	Heritage Park (groundshare)	2,004
Ramsbottom United !Ramsbottom United	The Harry Williams Riverside	2,000
Stamford !Stamford	Zeeco Stadium	2,000
Sutton Coldfield Town !Sutton Coldfield Town	Central Ground	2,000
Mickleover Sports !Mickleover Sports	The Raygar Stadium	1,500
Rushall Olympic !Rushall Olympic	Dales Lane	1,400
Salford City !Salford City	Moor Lane	1,400

Division One North

Northern Premier League
Division One North

Season	2015–16
Champions	Warrington Town
Promoted	Warrington Town Spennymoor Town
Relegated	New Mills Harrogate Railway Athletic
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Division One North featured three new teams:

• Glossop North End, promoted as champions from the NWCFL Premier Division
• Trafford, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
• Witton Albion, relegated from the NPL Premier Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Warrington Town !Warrington Town (C) (P)	42	34	4	4	121	36	+85	106	Promotion to NPL Premier Division
2	Spennymoor Town !Spennymoor Town (O) (P)	42	27	10	5	113	35	+78	91	Qualification for Play-offs
3	Northwich Victoria !Northwich Victoria	42	29	5	8	102	41	+61	083†	Qualification for Play-offs and transferred to NPL Division One South
4	Glossop North End !Glossop North End	42	24	9	9	78	41	+37	81	Qualification for Play-offs
5	Burscough !Burscough	42	25	5	12	81	50	+31	80
6	Lancaster City !Lancaster City	42	18	15	9	74	57	+17	69
7	Clitheroe !Clitheroe	42	22	3	17	90	86	+4	69
8	Trafford !Trafford	42	19	8	15	78	51	+27	65
9	Farsley Celtic !Farsley Celtic	42	18	9	15	82	50	+32	63
10	Ossett Albion !Ossett Albion	42	20	3	19	56	63	−7	63
11	Witton Albion !Witton Albion	42	18	7	17	85	72	+13	61	Transferred to NPL Division One South
12	Bamber Bridge !Bamber Bridge	42	16	12	14	73	55	+18	60
13	Mossley !Mossley	42	18	6	18	80	76	+4	60
14	Brighouse Town !Brighouse Town	42	17	8	17	75	72	+3	59
15	Kendal Town !Kendal Town	42	14	10	18	62	80	−18	52
16	Prescot Cables !Prescot Cables	42	13	7	22	66	99	−33	46
17	Ossett Town !Ossett Town	42	12	7	23	51	94	−43	43
18	Radcliffe Borough !Radcliffe Borough	42	11	7	24	54	75	−21	40
19	Droylsden !Droylsden	42	11	6	25	68	139	−71	39
20	Scarborough Athletic !Scarborough Athletic	42	10	8	24	40	64	−24	38
21	Harrogate Railway Athletic !Harrogate Railway Athletic (R)	42	6	8	28	52	115	−63	26	Relegation to NCEL Premier Division
22	New Mills !New Mills (R)	42	0	3	39	26	156	−130	3	Relegation to NWCFL Premier Division

Updated to games played on 23 April 2016.
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.
^† Northwich Victoria were deducted 9 points for fielding an ineligible player in four matches, three of which they had won.^[2]

Play-offs

	Semifinals					Final
	2	Spennymoor Town	3
	5	Burscough	1
						2	Spennymoor Town	2
						3	Northwich Victoria	0
	3	Northwich Victoria	2
	4	Glossop North End	1

Semi-finals

Final

Results

Home ╲ Away

Bamber Bridge !BAM

Brighouse Town !BRT

Burscough !BUR

Clitheroe !CLT

Droylsden !DRO

Farsley Celtic !FAR

Glossop North End !GNE

Harrogate Railway Athletic !HRA

Kendal Town !KEN

Lancaster City !LNC

Mossley !MOS

New Mills !NEM

Northwich Victoria !NOR

Ossett Albion !OSA

Ossett Town !OST

Prescot Cables !PRC

Radcliffe Borough !RAD

Scarborough Athletic !SCA

Spennymoor Town !SPE

Trafford !TRA

Warrington Town !WAR

Witton Albion !WTN

Bamber Bridge !Bamber Bridge

3–0

3–5

0–1

5–1

1–1

2–3

5–0

1–1

2–2

4–1

3–0

1–0

2–0

0–1

1–1

1–3

0–0

2–2

1–0

2–2

1–4

Brighouse Town !Brighouse Town

0–1

1–0

3–4

8–0

2–1

0–0

3–1

4–2

2–2

3–1

6–1

1–2

1–3

1–2

5–3

1–0

2–1

0–4

1–1

0–2

1–5

Burscough !Burscough

1–0

2–1

6–1

3–1

0–0

0–3

3–2

2–0

1–2

3–2

2–0

1–1

2–0

1–2

0–1

1–0

3–0

0–2

4–1

4–1

2–3

Clitheroe !Clitheroe

1–4

3–4

0–2

6–1

2–5

3–0

3–0

0–0

4–2

2–0

5–1

2–0

1–3

1–2

3–1

2–1

4–2

0–1

2–4

2–5

2–0

Droylsden !Droylsden

4–0

4–3

2–4

1–5

0–4

2–1

2–3

3–4

1–1

1–1

4–1

1–6

1–2

1–3

4–3

3–3

4–2

1–3

1–3

0–9

1–4

Farsley Celtic !Farsley Celtic

2–1

0–1

0–3

2–0

6–0

1–3

3–1

0–3

0–0

1–2

4–0

1–2

1–0

3–0

3–0

2–1

3–1

1–1

2–0

0–1

7–0

Glossop North End !Glossop North End

2–2

2–0

0–1

4–1

6–0

2–1

5–1

2–0

3–1

5–1

2–0

0–2

2–3

2–1

2–1

2–1

0–0

1–1

2–1

0–1

1–0

Harrogate Railway Athletic !Harrogate Railway Athletic

1–2

1–1

1–2

1–3

1–1

1–1

2–4

1–3

1–3

2–0

4–1

0–1

1–3

1–2

2–1

4–1

0–6

0–4

0–5

0–7

2–2

Kendal Town !Kendal Town

1–2

1–3

2–1

1–3

0–1

1–1

0–3

3–1

2–2

3–1

3–0

0–5

1–3

2–0

5–5

3–2

1–0

0–0

0–2

0–3

1–1

Lancaster City !Lancaster City

1–1

2–1

1–0

1–2

1–1

2–2

1–1

1–0

3–1

0–3

2–0

2–2

6–1

3–2

5–0

4–1

1–1

0–3

0–1

2–1

3–2

Mossley !Mossley

2–1

1–2

2–3

3–0

5–1

3–3

1–0

5–3

3–2

2–0

3–0

2–3

0–0

2–1

0–1

4–1

1–0

1–3

0–0

2–3

4–0

New Mills !New Mills

0–7

1–1

1–2

2–3

1–4

1–4

0–3

0–3

0–2

1–3

2–7

1–5

1–4

0–2

1–7

0–5

0–3

0–9

0–4

0–5

3–3

Northwich Victoria !Northwich Victoria

2–0

1–0

4–0

0–0

8–2

0–5

0–1

1–1

3–0

2–1

5–1

2–0

2–0

5–0

5–2

4–0

0–1

3–0

1–2

3–2

2–1

Ossett Albion !Ossett Albion

0–1

1–2

1–1

6–1

1–0

1–0

0–0

2–1

1–3

1–3

4–3

2–0

0–3

1–0

0–1

0–2

1–0

0–4

2–1

0–3

4–0

Ossett Town !Ossett Town

1–1

1–1

2–2

1–5

2–3

2–5

1–3

2–1

1–1

2–2

2–2

2–0

0–4

2–3

1–1

1–2

2–0

1–5

1–0

0–4

0–5

Prescot Cables !Prescot Cables

1–1

2–1

0–3

1–1

3–2

2–0

0–4

4–2

2–2

2–3

0–2

5–2

0–2

4–0

1–3

0–1

1–1

0–1

4–1

0–3

0–6

Radcliffe Borough !Radcliffe Borough

1–1

2–2

2–2

1–6

1–3

3–1

0–1

0–0

0–1

1–1

0–2

4–0

1–2

1–0

4–0

3–0

2–1

1–4

0–3

1–3

2–2

Scarborough Athletic !Scarborough Athletic

0–3

0–1

0–3

1–3

2–4

1–0

0–0

2–2

2–1

0–1

0–2

2–1

0–3

1–2

2–1

0–3

1–0

1–1

1–0

0–1

2–3

Spennymoor Town !Spennymoor Town

1–0

1–3

3–1

5–0

5–0

0–4

2–2

1–1

6–1

1–1

4–1

9–0

2–0

3–0

5–0

3–0

1–0

2–2

2–2

2–3

3–0

Trafford !Trafford

3–1

2–2

1–0

2–0

1–1

3–0

1–1

6–0

2–2

2–1

2–1

3–2

2–2

0–1

4–0

8–0

2–0

0–1

0–2

1–2

1–2

Warrington Town !Warrington Town

1–0

2–0

1–3

5–0

5–1

1–1

3–0

6–3

3–0

1–1

5–0

1–0

4–2

1–0

2–1

6–1

2–0

1–0

1–0

4–1

4–2

Witton Albion !Witton Albion

2–4

4–1

0–2

2–3

4–0

2–1

3–0

5–0

2–3

0–1

1–1

2–2

1–2

1–0

3–1

1–2

2–0

1–0

1–2

2–0

1–1

Updated to games played on 23 April 2016.
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

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Northwich Victoria !Northwich Victoria	Wincham Park (Ground share with Witton Albion)	4,813
Witton Albion !Witton Albion	Wincham Park	4,813
Mossley !Mossley	Seel Park	4,000
Spennymoor Town !Spennymoor Town	The Brewery Field	4,000
Farsley Celtic !Farsley Celtic	Throstle Nest	3,900
Harrogate Railway Athletic !Harrogate Railway Athletic	Station View	3,500
Lancaster City !Lancaster City	Giant Axe	3,500
Radcliffe Borough !Radcliffe Borough	Stainton Park	3,500
Warrington Town !Warrington Town	Cantilever Park	3,500
Prescot Cables !Prescot Cables	Valerie Park	3,200
Burscough !Burscough	Victoria Park	3,054
Droylsden !Droylsden	Butcher's Arms Ground	3,000
Ossett Albion !Ossett Albion	Our Physio Stadium	3,000
Scarborough Athletic !Scarborough Athletic	Queensgate	3,000
Trafford !Trafford	Shawe View	2,500
Kendal Town !Kendal Town	Lakeland Radio Stadium	2,400
Bamber Bridge !Bamber Bridge	QED Stadium	2,264
Clitheroe !Clitheroe	Shawbridge	2,000
Ossett Town !Ossett Town	4G Voice & Data Stadium	2,000
New Mills !New Mills	Church Lane	1,400
Glossop North End !Glossop North End	The Arthur Goldthorpe Stadium	1,350
Brighouse Town !Brighouse Town	St Giles' Road	1,000

Division One South

Northern Premier League
Division One South

Season	2015–16
Champions	Stafford Rangers
Promoted	Stafford Rangers Coalville Town
Relegated	Tividale
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Division One South will feature five new teams:

• Basford United, promoted as champions from the Midland Football League Premier Division
• Belper Town, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
• Daventry Town, transferred from the Southern Football League Division One Central
• Rugby Town, transferred from the Southern Football League Division One Central
• Shaw Lane Aquaforce, promoted as champions from the NCEL Premier Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Stafford Rangers !Stafford Rangers (C) (P)	42	29	8	5	79	31	+48	95	Promotion to 2016–17 NPL Premier Division
2	Shaw Lane Aquaforce !Shaw Lane Aquaforce	42	28	10	4	95	40	+55	94	Qualification for Play-offs
3	Coalville Town !Coalville Town (O) (P)	42	25	10	7	81	46	+35	85
4	Basford United !Basford United	42	22	10	10	67	42	+25	76
5	Lincoln United !Lincoln United	42	21	11	10	70	46	+24	74
6	Stocksbridge Park Steels !Stocksbridge Park Steels	42	20	9	13	72	53	+19	69
7	Chasetown !Chasetown	42	19	11	12	68	49	+19	68
8	Leek Town !Leek Town	42	18	9	15	61	56	+5	63
9	Rugby Town !Rugby Town	42	17	9	16	73	68	+5	60
10	Romulus !Romulus	42	18	6	18	76	74	+2	60
11	Market Drayton Town !Market Drayton Town	42	16	10	16	65	65	0	58
12	Spalding United !Spalding United	42	14	14	14	52	54	−2	56
13	Belper Town !Belper Town	42	15	9	18	66	65	+1	54
14	Newcastle Town !Newcastle Town	42	15	8	19	65	68	−3	53
15	Kidsgrove Athletic !Kidsgrove Athletic	42	12	14	16	81	78	+3	50
16	Gresley !Gresley	42	16	2	24	58	75	−17	50
17	Sheffield !Sheffield	42	13	8	21	61	71	−10	47
18	Carlton Town !Carlton Town	42	14	5	23	60	72	−12	47
19	Goole !Goole	42	10	8	24	51	87	−36	38	Transferred to the NPL Division One North
20	Loughborough Dynamo !Loughborough Dynamo	42	10	5	27	60	108	−48	35
21	Daventry Town !Daventry Town	42	10	3	29	43	112	−69	33	Resigned to United Counties League at the end of the season[3]
22	Tividale !Tividale (R)	42	5	11	26	52	95	−43	26	Relegation to Midland Football League

Updated to games played on 23 April 2016.
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	Shaw Lane Aquaforce	3
	5	Lincoln United	2
						2	Shaw Lane Aquaforce	1
						3	Coalville Town	3
	3	Coalville Town	5
	4	Basford United	0

Semi-finals

Final

Results

Home ╲ Away

Basford United !BAS

Belper Town !BLP

Carlton Town !CAR

Chasetown !CHA

Coalville Town !COA

Daventry Town !DAV

Goole !GOO

Gresley !GRE

Kidsgrove Athletic !KID

Leek Town !LEE

Lincoln United !LIN

Loughborough Dynamo !LOU

Market Drayton Town !MAR

Newcastle Town !NEW

Romulus !ROM

Rugby Town !RUG

Shaw Lane Aquaforce !SAQ

Sheffield !SHE

Spalding United !SPA

Stafford Rangers !STA

Stocksbridge Park Steels !STO

Tividale !TIV

Basford United !Basford United

3–0

1–2

2–0

0–1

3–1

1–0

2–0

1–0

2–1

0–1

3–2

2–2

1–1

0–1

3–0

1–1

1–2

2–2

1–1

1–2

4–2

Belper Town !Belper Town

0–2

1–3

0–0

1–0

2–0

2–3

5–2

1–1

2–0

0–0

1–2

2–0

3–3

2–0

0–2

0–2

0–3

1–1

0–1

2–1

3–0

Carlton Town !Carlton Town

0–1

1–2

2–3

1–1

5–2

0–0

0–1

1–4

1–3

2–3

1–0

3–2

1–3

0–2

1–3

0–3

2–0

0–0

0–2

3–2

5–2

Chasetown !Chasetown

0–1

1–3

2–0

1–3

2–1

1–1

2–1

1–1

2–2

2–2

9–1

0–1

3–0

1–1

3–1

1–2

1–3

3–1

1–0

0–1

2–1

Coalville Town !Coalville Town

0–1

3–2

2–1

1–1

5–0

6–2

1–0

0–0

1–1

0–1

3–0

0–0

1–0

3–2

5–4

3–2

3–2

2–1

1–1

2–1

3–1

Daventry Town !Daventry Town

0–2

0–6

1–0

1–0

1–4

2–3

0–7

0–5

0–4

0–5

1–0

1–3

1–3

3–0

0–4

0–1

1–4

0–1

1–2

1–3

1–1

Goole !Goole

2–1

3–3

0–1

0–1

0–0

2–0

0–2

3–3

0–0

0–1

2–1

0–4

0–5

2–3

3–4

0–3

3–2

0–1

0–1

1–2

2–2

Gresley !Gresley

0–1

2–1

0–2

2–1

1–3

1–4

2–1

2–0

0–1

2–1

3–3

2–3

0–2

1–4

1–3

0–3

0–0

2–0

0–1

0–3

2–1

Kidsgrove Athletic !Kidsgrove Athletic

1–4

2–2

3–3

1–2

2–5

1–2

1–2

3–1

1–1

2–2

0–2

1–1

2–1

4–2

1–1

3–5

3–0

2–0

0–3

2–2

4–0

Leek Town !Leek Town

2–2

1–0

1–0

0–1

4–1

5–1

3–5

3–0

3–3

1–2

3–1

0–0

1–4

1–1

1–0

0–1

1–0

0–3

2–0

2–1

3–1

Lincoln United !Lincoln United

1–0

2–2

1–1

0–0

0–1

2–2

2–1

1–3

4–0

1–2

3–1

0–0

4–0

0–2

3–1

3–2

2–1

1–0

0–1

0–0

4–0

Loughborough Dynamo !Loughborough Dynamo

0–1

2–5

3–2

2–3

1–4

2–0

2–0

0–3

2–6

4–0

2–1

0–1

0–3

0–3

6–1

1–2

1–0

2–2

0–2

1–5

3–3

Market Drayton Town !Market Drayton Town

1–4

1–0

1–2

0–3

2–2

4–0

2–1

3–0

0–3

1–2

4–3

2–3

4–1

2–0

2–1

0–3

1–0

1–1

2–3

4–1

3–0

Newcastle Town !Newcastle Town

1–1

0–2

2–1

1–2

2–1

2–3

3–2

2–0

2–0

2–1

1–3

0–0

1–1

2–3

2–2

3–2

2–3

0–1

0–0

2–0

2–0

Romulus !Romulus

0–4

2–3

1–3

1–2

0–2

4–0

5–0

0–2

0–5

2–0

1–2

5–1

4–0

2–1

1–5

1–5

4–3

1–1

1–3

1–1

2–0

Rugby Town !Rugby Town

1–0

0–0

2–1

2–3

2–0

3–1

2–0

2–1

3–3

1–0

1–1

4–1

3–1

2–1

0–2

1–2

2–0

1–1

0–1

1–2

1–1

Shaw Lane Aquaforce !Shaw Lane Aquaforce

5–0

1–0

1–0

1–1

0–0

3–3

3–3

4–2

2–2

3–1

0–2

4–1

3–0

0–0

3–0

3–2

1–1

5–0

2–0

1–0

3–2

Sheffield !Sheffield

1–2

1–3

1–2

0–4

1–3

0–1

2–1

3–1

4–0

0–2

3–1

2–2

3–1

2–1

0–4

1–1

1–1

2–2

0–2

2–3

3–3

Spalding United !Spalding United

2–3

2–1

5–3

1–1

1–0

1–2

4–0

0–3

2–1

1–1

0–0

2–0

1–0

5–0

1–0

1–1

0–3

0–0

1–2

0–2

2–1

Stafford Rangers !Stafford Rangers

0–0

6–0

3–0

2–1

2–2

4–1

3–0

3–1

0–3

1–0

4–1

5–2

0–0

2–1

2–2

4–0

0–1

3–2

2–0

1–1

3–0

Stocksbridge Park Steels !Stocksbridge Park Steels

2–2

2–1

2–1

2–0

0–1

3–2

1–2

2–3

3–1

3–0

0–1

5–0

3–2

1–0

4–4

1–0

1–1

0–1

2–1

1–2

1–1

Tividale !Tividale

1–1

4–2

0–3

1–1

1–2

1–2

0–1

0–2

3–1

1–2

1–3

3–2

3–3

5–3

0–2

4–3

1–2

0–2

1–1

0–1

0–0

Updated to games played on 23 April 2016.
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

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Rugby Town !Rugby Town	Butlin Road	6,000
Newcastle Town !Newcastle Town	Lyme Valley Stadium	4,000
Stafford Rangers !Stafford Rangers	Marston Road	4,000
Leek Town !Leek Town	Harrison Park	3,600
Spalding United !Spalding United	Sir Halley Stewart Field	3,500
Stocksbridge Park Steels !Stocksbridge Park Steels	Look Local Stadium	3,500
Daventry Town !Daventry Town	Communications Park	3,000
Goole !Goole	Victoria Pleasure Grounds	3,000
Tividale !Tividale	The Beaches	3,000
Gresley !Gresley	The Moat Ground	2,400
Belper Town !Belper Town	Cristchurch Meadow	2,400
Lincoln United !Lincoln United	Ashby Avenue	2,200
Shaw Lane Aquaforce !Shaw Lane Aquaforce	Shaw Lane	2,000
Chasetown !Chasetown	The Scholars Ground	2,000
Coalville Town !Coalville Town	Owen Street Sports Ground	2,000
Kidsgrove Athletic !Kidsgrove Athletic	The Seddon Stadium	2,000
Romulus !Romulus	The Central Ground (Sutton Coldfield Town ground share)	2,000
Sheffield !Sheffield	Coach and Horses Ground	2,000
Carlton Town !Carlton Town	Bill Stokeld Stadium	1,500
Loughborough Dynamo !Loughborough Dynamo	Nanpantan Sports Ground	1,500
Market Drayton Town !Market Drayton Town	Greenfields Sports Ground	1,000
Basford United !Basford United	Greenwich Avenue	1,000

Challenge Cup

2015–16 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup

Country	England
Teams	68
Champions	Marine !Marine
Runners-up	Scarborough Athletic !Scarborough Athletic
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, known as the 15–16 Integro Doodson League Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the 46th 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 fifth consecutive season. 68 clubs from England will enter the competition, beginning with the Preliminary Round, and all ties will end will end after 90 minutes and conclude with penalties.^[4] Due to weather damage to pitches in late December, two ties were reversed.^[5]

The defending champions were Warrington Town, who defeated Farsley on penalties in the 2015 Final. Warrington Town were unable to defend their title as they were eliminated in the first round by Ramsbottom United.

Calendar

Round	Clubs remaining	Clubs involved	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Scheduled playing date
Preliminary round	68	8	0	8	15 September 2015
First round	64	64	4	60	9 – 11 November 2015
Second round	32	32	32	none	30 November – 2 December 2015
Third round	16	16	16	none
Quarter-finals	8	8	8	none
Semi-finals	4	4	4	none
Final	2	2	2	none

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 10 July 2015.^[4]

Source:^[6][7]

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 10 July 2015.^[4]

Source:^[8][9][10]

Second Round

The 32 winners from the First Round were entered into the Second Round draw on 12 November 2015. The ties are originally scheduled to be played between 30 November and 2 December.^[11]

Source:^[9][10][12]

Third Round

The 16 winners from the Second Round were entered into the Third Round draw on 20 January 2016. The ties are originally scheduled to be played between February 9 and 16.^[13]

Source:^[12][14]

Quarter-finals

The 8 winners from the Third Round were entered into the Quarter-final draw on 17 February 2016. The ties are originally scheduled to be played between March 1 and 15.^[15]

Source:^[14]

Semi-finals

The 4 winners from the Quarter-finals were entered into the Semi-final draw on 9 March 2016. The ties are originally scheduled to be played on March 22 and April 26.^[16]

Source:^[14][17]

Final

The Challenge Cup Final was played at Throstle Nest, the home ground of Farsley Celtic. This was Scarborough Athletic's first final appearance (Scarborough won in 1977) and the sixth final appearance for Marine (their most recent appearance was in 2003 where they defeated Gateshead).

Source:^[17]

See also

• 2015–16 Isthmian League
• 2015–16 Southern League

References

1. ↑ "The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier – Sponsors". The Official Evo-Stik League Website. Pitchero. 2 May 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2012. 
2. ↑ Allcock, Alan (7 March 2016). "League Statement.". Pitch Hero. Retrieved 8 March 2016. 
3. ↑ "Town will be back in UCL next season". Daventry Express. 7 April 2016. 
4. 1 2 3 Allcock, Alan (10 July 2015). "INTEGRO LEAGUE CUP". The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier. Pitch Hero Ltd. Retrieved 18 November 2015. 
5. ↑ Allcock, Alan (30 December 2015). "Two ties scheduled for next week reversed.". The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier. Pitch Hero Ltd. Retrieved 5 January 2016. 
6. ↑ "Results September The Integro Doodson League Cup 15–16". The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier. Pitch Hero Ltd. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015. 
7. ↑ "Results October The Integro Doodson League Cup 15–16". The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier. Pitch Hero Ltd. Archived from the original on 6 October 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015. 
8. ↑ "Results November The Integro Doodson League Cup 15–16". The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier. Pitch Hero Ltd. Retrieved 13 November 2015. 
9. 1 2 "Results December The Integro Doodson League Cup 15–16". The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier. Pitch Hero Ltd. Retrieved 3 December 2015. 
10. 1 2 "Results January The Integro Doodson League Cup 15–16". The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier. Pitch Hero Ltd. Retrieved 5 January 2015. 
11. ↑ Allcock, Alan (12 November 2014). "Integro Doodson League Cup Draw". The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier. Pitch Hero Ltd. Retrieved 18 November 2014. 
12. 1 2 "Results February The Integro Doodson League Cup 15–16". The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier. Pitch Hero Ltd. Retrieved 3 February 2015. 
13. ↑ Allcock, Alan (20 January 2016). "Integro Doodson League Cup Draw". The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier. Pitch Hero Ltd. Retrieved 3 February 2016. 
14. 1 2 3 "Results March The Integro Doodson League Cup 15–16". The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier. Pitch Hero Ltd. Retrieved 2 March 2016. 
15. ↑ Allcock, Alan (17 February 2016). "Integro Doodson League Cup". The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier. Pitch Hero. Retrieved 17 February 2016. 
16. ↑ Allcock, Alan (9 March 2016). "Integro Doodson League Cup". The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier. Pitch Hero. Retrieved 14 March 2016. 
17. 1 2 "Results April The Integro Doodson League Cup 15–16". The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier. Pitch Hero Ltd. Retrieved 27 April 2016. 

External links

• Official website

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

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Cup competitions	FA cups FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) FA Community Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase (Final) Football League cups Football League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final)
Youth competitions	Under 21 Professional U21 Development Leagues U21 Premier League Cup Under 18 Professional U18 Development Leagues FA Youth Cup
Club seasons Premier League Arsenal Aston Villa Bournemouth Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Championship Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Derby County Fulham Huddersfield Town Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Middlesbrough Milton Keynes Dons Nottingham Forest Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Wolverhampton Wanderers League One Barnsley Blackpool Bradford City Burton Albion Bury Chesterfield Colchester United Coventry City Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Fleetwood Town Gillingham Millwall Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swindon Town Walsall Wigan Athletic League Two Accrington Stanley AFC Wimbledon Barnet Bristol Rovers Cambridge United Carlisle United Crawley Town Dagenham & Redbridge Exeter City Hartlepool United Leyton Orient Luton Town Mansfield Town Morecambe Newport County Northampton Town Notts County Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Stevenage Wycombe Wanderers Yeovil Town York City National League Barrow Boreham Wood Chester Gateshead Grimsby Town Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Southport Torquay United Tranmere Rovers
Summer 2015 transfers Winter 2015–16 transfers Summer 2016 transfers

Men's football in England
National teams	England B C U-21 U-20 U-19 U-18 U-17 U-16
League competitions	Level 1 Premier League Levels 2-4 Football League Levels 5-6 National League Levels 7-8 Isthmian League Northern Premier League Southern League Levels 9-10 Combined Counties League East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only) Eastern Counties League Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League Midland League Northern Counties East League Northern League North West Counties League Southern Counties East League South West Peninsula League (level 10 only) Spartan South Midlands League Southern Combination League United Counties League Wessex League Western League West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only)
Cup competitions	FA cups FA Cup FA Community Shield FA Trophy FA Vase FA Inter-League Cup League cups EFL Cup EFL Trophy Northern Premier League Cup Isthmian League Cup Southern League Cup County cups List of County Cups
Others	Reserve and youth football Defunct leagues Defunct cups
Lists	List of clubs List of clubs by honours won Current managers Stadiums by capacity Record home attendances
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