2007–08_Northern_Premier_League

Northern Premier League Division One South
Season	2007–08
Champions	Retford United
Promoted	Cammell Laird; Nantwich Town
Relegated	Alsager Town
Matches played	381
Goals scored	1,265 (3.32 per match)
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

Northern Premier League Division One North
Season	2007–08
Champions	Bradford Park Avenue
Promoted	Bradford Park Avenue; F.C. United of Manchester
Relegated	Bridlington Town
Matches played	381
Goals scored	1,187 (3.12 per match)
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season	2007–08
Champions	Fleetwood Town
Promoted	Fleetwood Town; Gateshead
Relegated	Leek Town; Stamford; Lincoln United
Matches played	423
Goals scored	1,310 (3.1 per match)
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

2007–08 Northern Premier League

Football league season

The 2007–08 is the 40th season for the Northern Premier League Premier Division, and the first season for the Northern Premier League Division One North and South.

Created as part of non-league restructuring, the Division One leagues temporarily have 18 teams each, with a targeted number of 22 teams. To help increase the league to 20 teams for next season^[1] there will only be one relegation this year per league. Many clubs expressed their concern that a 34-game season would be too short. To remedy this, clubs will play an extra 8 games (4 home, 4 away) against teams within geographically related groups.

Premier Division

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

The Premier Division featured four new clubs:

Buxton, promoted as champions from NPL Division One
Eastwood Town, promoted via play-offs from NPL Division One
Stamford, transferred from the Southern League Premier Division
Worksop Town, relegated from the Conference North

Results

More information Home \ Away, ASH ...

Home \ Away	ASH	BUX	EAS	FLE	FRK	GAT	GUI	HED	ILK	KEN	LEE	LIN	MAR	MAT	NFU	OST	PRC	STM	WTB	WTN	WKS
Ashton United		2–2	1–0	3–5	7–2	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–2	1–5	1–2	1–3	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–0
Buxton	3–1		1–1	0–2	4–0	0–4	2–0	0–2	3–1	0–1	1–0	5–1	2–2	5–1	0–2	3–1	2–1	2–3	1–1	0–2	2–1
Eastwood Town	5–2	0–2		2–1	2–2	1–3	3–2	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–3	2–0	3–2	2–1	3–2	4–1	1–0	1–1
Fleetwood Town	3–0	2–1	1–1		1–1	2–3	2–2	2–1	2–1	3–2	6–3	1–0	2–3	3–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	2–1
Frickley Athletic	4–2	0–0	0–0	0–1		3–4	1–0	4–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–3	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	3–1
Gateshead	1–1	5–0	1–1	2–0	5–2		1–0	6–2	1–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	3–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	0–1
Guiseley	3–1	1–2	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–2		1–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	4–1	1–1	0–3
Hednesford Town	0–2	1–3	0–3	0–3	3–0	3–2	2–5		2–0	1–3	2–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–1	3–1	2–1	6–1	0–0	2–2	3–1
Ilkeston Town	3–3	1–2	4–0	3–3	3–1	2–0	2–2	0–0		2–3	0–1	4–5	2–4	3–2	2–4	0–2	1–1	2–1	3–0	0–2	3–3
Kendal Town	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–5	2–2	1–3	2–2		1–2	3–1	6–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	3–2	0–2	1–1
Leek Town	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–2	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	5–0		1–1	0–4	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–3	3–3	2–2	2–1
Lincoln United	2–4	1–1	1–2	0–3	0–0	3–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	3–4		0–2	0–2	2–3	0–2	2–3	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–1
Marine	1–2	0–1	2–0	0–1	2–3	1–5	0–2	2–1	5–3	4–1	3–0	3–1		3–1	3–0	0–1	1–0	3–2	3–2	0–2	1–2
Matlock Town	2–3	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	2–2	2–1	2–3		2–1	0–1	3–1	3–1	2–1	0–2	3–0
North Ferriby United	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	3–1	1–4	0–5	2–0	1–2	1–3	1–1	0–1	2–1	3–2		2–1	0–4	2–3	1–4	1–1	2–4
Ossett Town	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–3	1–5	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–3	3–2	2–3	3–1	0–0		3–0	0–1	4–2	0–0	1–0
Prescot Cables	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–1	2–5	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–1		2–1	1–0	1–0	0–1
Stamford	1–1	0–1	0–3	0–3	4–2	1–1	2–3	0–2	5–4	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	2–1	3–1	3–2	0–2		1–3	1–1	0–2
Whitby Town	2–3	1–1	1–2	0–1	3–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	4–0	1–2	2–1	0–3	2–0	3–0	2–3	2–5	3–3	6–3		1–6	4–1
Witton Albion	2–1	3–0	2–0	0–3	3–0	2–2	1–0	3–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	6–0	3–1	2–0	4–2	2–0	6–1	4–0	3–0		0–3
Worksop Town	5–2	1–3	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–4	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–4	2–2	2–2	1–2

Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2008. Source: Northern Premier Division results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Fleetwood Town (C, P)	40	28	7	5	81	39	+42	91	Promotion to Conference North
2	Witton Albion	40	27	8	5	84	28	+56	89	Qualification for Playoffs
3	Gateshead (P)	40	26	7	7	93	42	+51	85
4	Eastwood Town	40	20	9	11	61	45	+16	69
5	Buxton	40	20	8	12	60	50	+10	68
6	Guiseley	40	19	10	11	65	43	+22	67
7	Marine	40	19	4	17	70	65	+5	61
8	Hednesford Town	40	15	8	17	62	65	−3	53
9	Worksop Town	40	13	12	15	59	62	−3	51
10	Ashton United	40	11	15	14	63	73	−10	48
11	Kendal Town	40	12	11	17	61	70	−9	47
12	Whitby Town	40	13	7	20	68	75	−7	46
13	Prescot Cables	40	13	8	19	48	62	−14	46^{[lower-alpha 1]}
14	Frickley Athletic	40	11	13	16	50	68	−18	46
15	North Ferriby United	40	13	7	20	53	76	−23	46
16	Matlock Town	40	12	9	19	55	68	−13	45
17	Ilkeston Town	40	10	14	16	64	72	−8	44
18	Ossett Town	40	12	8	20	48	60	−12	44
19	Leek Town (R)	40	11	11	18	54	68	−14	44	Relegation to NPL Division One South
20	Stamford (R)	40	11	10	19	59	86	−27	43
21	Lincoln United (R)	40	7	8	25	44	85	−41	29

Semifinals			Final

3	Gateshead	4

4	Eastwood Town	0
			3	Gateshead	2

			5	Buxton	0
2	Witton Albion	1(5)

5	Buxton	1(6)

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Gateshead	Gateshead International Stadium	11,800
Hednesford Town	Keys Park	6,500
Buxton	The Silverlands	5,200
Ashton United	Hurst Cross	4,500
Fleetwood Town	Highbury Stadium	3,663
Leek Town	Harrison Park	3,600
Ilkeston Town	New Manor Ground	3,500
Whitby Town	Turnbull Ground	3,500
Prescot Cables	Valerie Park	3,200
Worksop Town	Sandy Lane	3,200
Burscough	Victoria Park	3,054
Guiseley	Nethermoor Park	3,000
Marine	The Arriva Stadium	2,800
North Ferriby United	Grange Lane	2,700
Eastwood Town	Coronation Park	2,500
Kendal Town	Lakeland Radio Stadium	2,400
Matlock Town	Causeway Lane	2,214
Lincoln United	Ashby Avenue	2,200
Frickley Athletic	Westfield Lane	2,087
Ossett Town	Ingfield	2,000
Stamford	Vic Couzens Stadium	2,000

Group A	Group B
Bamber Bridge	Bradford Park Avenue
Chorley	Bridlington Town
Clitheroe	Curzon Ashton
F.C. United of Manchester	Garforth Town
Lancaster City	Harrogate Railway Athletic
Radcliffe Borough	Mossley
Rossendale United	Newcastle Blue Star
Skelmersdale United	Ossett Albion
Woodley Sports	Wakefield

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bradford Park Avenue (C, P)	42	25	7	10	91	43	+48	82	Promotion to NPL Premier Division
2	F.C. United of Manchester (P)	42	24	9	9	91	49	+42	81	Qualification for Playoffs
3	Skelmersdale United	42	23	9	10	94	46	+48	78
4	Curzon Ashton	42	23	9	10	78	48	+30	78
5	Bamber Bridge	42	22	8	12	70	54	+16	74
6	Ossett Albion	42	20	10	12	77	65	+12	70
7	Wakefield	42	19	7	16	58	49	+9	64
8	Newcastle Blue Star	42	17	12	13	71	58	+13	63
9	Rossendale United	42	16	11	15	66	74	−8	59
10	Garforth Town	42	16	8	18	60	63	−3	56
11	Lancaster City	42	15	9	18	54	70	−16	54
12	Harrogate Railway Athletic	42	13	12	17	51	58	−7	51
13	Clitheroe	42	13	11	18	63	77	−14	50
14	Chorley	42	10	12	20	56	80	−24	42
15	Mossley	42	12	6	24	60	100	−40	42
16	Radcliffe Borough	42	9	11	22	53	75	−22	38
17	Woodley Sports	42	7	13	22	38	65	−27	34
18	Bridlington Town (R)	42	8	8	26	42	99	−57	32	Relegation to NCEFL Premier Division

2007–08_Northern_Premier_League

2007–08 Northern Premier League

Premier Division

League table

Results

Play-offs

Stadia and Locations

Division One North

Fixture increase

League table

Results

Play-offs

Division One South

Fixture increase

League table

Results

Play-offs

Cup results

References

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Semifinals			Final

2	F.C. United of Manchester	3

5	Bamber Bridge	2
			2	F.C. United of Manchester	4

			3	Skelmersdale United	1
3	Skelmersdale United	3

4	Curzon Ashton	0

Group C	Group D
Alsager Town	Brigg Town
Belper Town	Carlton Town
Cammell Laird	Goole A.F.C.
Colwyn Bay	Grantham Town
Kidsgrove Athletic	Gresley Rovers
Nantwich Town	Quorn
Sheffield	Retford United
Stocksbridge Park Steels	Shepshed Dynamo
Warrington Town	Spalding United

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Retford United (C)	42	31	6	5	93	35	+58	99^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2	Cammell Laird (P)	42	27	5	10	82	54	+28	86	Promotion to NPL Premier Division
3	Nantwich Town (P)	42	25	4	13	90	45	+45	79	Qualification for Playoffs
4	Sheffield	42	22	10	10	82	53	+29	76
5	Stocksbridge Park Steels	42	21	9	12	72	61	+11	72
6	Grantham Town	42	22	4	16	74	58	+16	70
7	Colwyn Bay	42	19	8	15	86	65	+21	65	Transferred to the NPL Division One North
8	Belper Town	42	17	13	12	73	64	+9	64
9	Goole	42	18	10	14	77	69	+8	64
10	Carlton Town	42	16	11	15	86	82	+4	59
11	Gresley Rovers	42	18	5	19	53	69	−16	59
12	Quorn	42	15	8	19	69	76	−7	53
13	Warrington Town	42	13	8	21	51	78	−27	47	Transferred to the NPL Division One North
14	Alsager Town (R)	42	12	7	23	58	88	−30	43^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Relegation to NWCFL Division One
15	Shepshed Dynamo	42	10	8	24	44	75	−31	38
16	Brigg Town	42	8	12	22	56	86	−30	36
17	Kidsgrove Athletic	42	7	10	25	61	90	−29	31
18	Spalding United	42	3	10	29	46	105	−59	19

Home \ Away	ALS	BLP	BRG	CAM	CAR	COL	GOO	GRN	GRE	KID	NAN	QON	RET	SHE	SPD	SPA	STO	WAR
Alsager Town		1–3 1–4	1–4	0–2	1–1	2–3 1–2	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–0 1–2	0–0	1–5	3–3	0–1	5–1	1–1 2–1	3–2
Belper Town	2–1		4–1	1–3 2–1	3–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–0 1–1	3–0	1–4	0–2	1–4 1–4	2–2	1–1	0–2	6–0 2–1
Brigg Town	4–4	1–1		2–2	3–4 1–1	1–3	1–1	1–0 3–5	0–1	1–3	0–4	1–0 3–5	0–4	2–2	0–1 2–2	2–2	0–1	0–2
Cammell Laird	4–2 2–1	3–2	3–1		4–0	2–0 2–2	4–1	1–1	2–0	2–0 2–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	4–1	3–1	1–1	3–1 2–1	2–0
Carlton Town	0–1	4–1	3–3	2–2		1–0	1–2 2–1	1–1	3–1 1–1	3–0	1–5	3–1	2–3 4–4	4–1	3–2	1–1 1–2	0–2	3–6
Colwyn Bay	6–2	1–2 2–2	3–1	3–1	3–4		0–2	1–4	2–1	2–0 5–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–3 0–0	6–0	4–2	1–3	4–0 7–1
Goole	3–1	1–1	3–2 2–3	2–0	0–1	3–4		1–1 4–0	1–1	6–2	1–0	1–0 3–0	1–2	1–2	3–0 4–1	4–3	2–2	2–1
Grantham Town	0–3	3–2	1–2	6–0	1–2 1–2	2–1	1–0		5–1 1–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–1 0–1	3–2	1–0	2–4 1–0	3–1	1–0
Gresley	0–1	1–1	3–2 0–0	2–1	4–2	1–0	0–1 3–3	1–4		3–2	0–3	0–2 3–1	0–1	0–3	3–2 2–1	1–0	3–1	3–1
Kidsgrove Athletic	1–1 5–1	1–3	1–3	1–2 1–2	2–1	1–0	4–0	1–2	1–2		2–2 2–3	2–2	2–3	4–1	0–0	2–2	3–3 2–2	0–1
Nantwich Town	6–0	0–1 4–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–1 3–0	5–1	1–0	3–1	4–1		0–2	1–2 1–0	3–2	4–2	4–1	3–0	3–0 1–0
Quorn	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	4–2 2–6	0–2	6–2	0–2 6–3	4–0	2–0	1–4		0–2 2–2	0–3	2–0	3–0 1–1	4–2	0–2
Retford United	5–1	3–0	0–1 2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–1 1–3	3–0	2–0 2–0	4–1	1–2	4–0		2–2	2–0 1–0	3–2	3–0	2–1
Sheffield	2–1 3–0	0–0	2–0	4–0 1–0	3–2	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–1 4–1	0–3	0–0	1–1		1–0	7–2 1–1	4–3	0–1
Shepshed Dynamo	1–0	2–1	1–1 3–0	2–3	2–2 2–0	1–1	1–1	0–5 2–0	1–2	2–0	0–3	2–3 2–1	1–2	0–2		1–1	2–3	0–1
Spalding United	1–4	1–1	1–1 0–2	1–2	1–3	2–6	0–2 2–3	0–1	1–2 1–2	2–4	1–4	3–3	0–5 0–1	0–3	0–0		0–2	0–2
Stocksbridge Park Steels	2–0	1–1 0–3	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1 1–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–0 3–2	4–1	1–0	4–1	3–0	4–2		1–0 2–2
Warrington Town	0–2 0–1	0–2	2–2	1–6 0–1	0–5	2–3	3–3	1–0	1–0	2–1 2–2	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–1 2–1	1–2	3–1	3–0

Semifinals			Final

2	Nantwich Town	2

5	Grantham Town	1
			2	Nantwich Town	2(4)

			3	Sheffield	2(1)
3	Sheffield	4

4	Stocksbridge Park Steels	1