2006–07 Northern Premier League

The 2006–07 Northern Premier League season was the 39th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First. After this season, Division One was split into two leagues: the Northern Premier League Division One North and the Northern Premier League Division One South.

Premier Division

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season2006–07
ChampionsBurscough
PromotedBurscough
A.F.C. Telford United
RelegatedGrantham Town
Mossley
Radcliffe Borough
Matches played465
Goals scored1,332 (2.86 per match)

The Premier Division featured five new clubs:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Burscough (C, P) 42 23 12 7 80 37 +43 80[a] Promotion to Conference North
2 Witton Albion 42 24 8 10 90 48 +42 80 Qualification for Play-offs
3 A.F.C. Telford United (P) 42 21 15 6 72 40 +32 78
4 Marine 42 22 8 12 70 53 +17 74
5 Matlock Town 42 21 9 12 70 43 +27 72
6 Guiseley 42 19 12 11 71 49 +22 69
7 Hednesford Town 42 18 14 10 49 41 +8 68
8 Fleetwood Town 42 19 10 13 71 60 +11 67
9 Gateshead 42 17 14 11 75 57 +18 65
10 Ossett Town 42 18 10 14 61 52 +9 64
11 Whitby Town 42 18 6 18 63 78 −15 60
12 Ilkeston Town 42 16 11 15 66 62 +4 59
13 North Ferriby United 42 15 9 18 54 61 −7 54
14 Prescot Cables 42 13 14 15 52 56 −4 53
15 Lincoln United 42 12 15 15 40 58 −18 51
16 Frickley Athletic 42 13 10 19 50 69 −19 49
17 Leek Town 42 13 9 20 49 61 −12 48
18 Ashton United 42 13 9 20 52 72 −20 48
19 Kendal Town 42 12 11 19 59 79 −20 47
20 Mossley (R) 42 10 5 27 48 79 −31 35 Relegation to NPL Division One North
21 Radcliffe Borough (R) 42 7 11 24 39 71 −32 32
22 Grantham Town (R) 42 3 8 31 39 94 −55 17 Relegation to NPL Division One South
Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2011. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Burscough deducted 1 point

Results

Home \ Away TEL ASH BUR FLE FRK GAT GRN GUI HED ILK KEN LEE LIN MAR MAT MOS NFU OST PRC RAD WTB WTN
A.F.C. Telford United 0–0 1–2 2–2 4–1 4–0 1–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 2–2 5–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 3–1
Ashton United 0–5 2–1 3–0 1–0 0–3 1–0 3–0 3–4 1–1 3–3 1–4 2–0 2–4 1–1 1–0 0–3 2–3 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1
Burscough 0–0 3–2 4–1 5–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 8–2 2–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 4–0 3–2 4–0 1–0 2–2 4–0 1–0
Fleetwood Town 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 4–1 1–2 1–2 4–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–3 1–1 0–1 4–1 1–0 4–0 0–3 3–1 2–0
Frickley Athletic 0–1 2–0 1–2 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–2 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 0–4 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 3–2 2–1
Gateshead 4–3 2–3 1–0 3–3 2–3 5–2 0–1 2–3 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 3–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–3 3–1 0–0 1–0
Grantham Town 0–1 1–1 0–3 0–2 0–0 0–6 0–1 1–2 0–4 2–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 0–2 1–2 0–5 1–3 0–1 0–0 2–3 2–3
Guiseley 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 5–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–3 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 5–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–1 5–0 1–3
Hednesford Town 0–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 0–1
Ilkeston Town 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–2 1–2 4–2 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–3 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–2 3–0 0–0
Kendal Town 1–1 2–1 1–3 4–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–3 2–3 0–3 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–5 3–1 1–0 0–0 3–3 3–1 1–0 1–5
Leek Town 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 4–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–3 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–2
Lincoln United 0–4 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–4 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–0
Marine 0–2 2–1 2–3 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 4–1 1–2 1–0 4–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–2
Matlock Town 2–1 0–0 1–3 1–1 3–0 0–0 3–2 0–3 0–1 0–1 5–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 4–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–2 5–1 1–1
Mossley 3–4 1–2 3–2 0–1 1–2 0–4 3–2 1–3 1–1 2–3 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–3 0–3 1–2 0–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–2
North Ferriby United 1–2 3–0 0–2 4–1 3–2 3–1 2–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–5 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–4
Ossett Town 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–4 2–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–2 2–1 4–0 2–2 1–2
Prescot Cables 0–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–4 2–2 2–2 3–0 2–1 1–3 2–2 0–0 2–1 3–0 0–1 1–1
Radcliffe Borough 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–3 1–3 0–0 3–3 1–3 1–1 1–3 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–4 0–2
Whitby Town 1–0 2–3 1–0 0–0 3–2 2–1 3–1 2–2 2–0 4–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–2 3–2 4–1 0–2 1–2 3–2 0–2
Witton Albion 0–1 5–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 4–4 2–2 3–0 4–1 1–3 3–4 6–0 5–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 7–2
Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2007. Source: Northern Premier Division results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

The Premier Division play-offs saw the second to fifth placed sides in the Division compete for one place in the Conference North.

Semifinals Final
      
2 Witton Albion 4
5 Matlock Town 2
2 Witton Albion 1
3 A.F.C. Telford United 3
3 A.F.C. Telford United 2
4 Marine 0

Locations

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Locations of the 2006–07 Northern Premier League teams

Division One

Northern Premier League Division One
Season2006–07
ChampionsBuxton
PromotedBuxton
Eastwood Town
RelegatedNone
Matches played555
Goals scored1,732 (3.12 per match)

Division One featured seven new clubs:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Buxton (C, P) 46 30 11 5 94 37 +57 101 Promotion to NPL Premier Division
2 Cammell Laird 46 28 10 8 105 56 +49 94 Qualification for Play-offs, then allocated to Division One South
3 Eastwood Town (P) 46 26 9 11 89 43 +46 87 Qualification for Play-offs, then promoted to the NPL Premier Division[a]
4 Bradford Park Avenue 46 24 10 12 77 47 +30 82 Qualification for Play-offs, then allocated to Division One North
5 Colwyn Bay 46 22 11 13 74 65 +9 77 Qualification for Play-offs, then allocated to Division One South
6 Stocksbridge Park Steels 46 22 10 14 82 49 +33 76 Allocated to Division One South
7 Goole 46 21 9 16 80 84 −4 72
8 Kidsgrove Athletic 46 21 7 18 91 80 +11 70
9 Rossendale United 46 21 7 18 64 59 +5 70 Allocated to Division One North
10 Woodley Sports 46 19 11 16 89 71 +18 68
11 Ossett Albion 46 19 11 16 71 66 +5 68
12 Harrogate Railway Athletic 46 21 5 20 72 78 −6 68
13 Bamber Bridge 46 18 8 20 78 75 +3 62
14 Alsager Town 46 18 7 21 72 75 −3 61 Allocated to Division One South
15 Skelmersdale United 46 17 10 19 72 77 −5 61 Allocated to Division One North
16 Clitheroe 46 18 6 22 78 75 +3 60
17 Brigg Town 46 16 10 20 57 72 −15 58 Allocated to Division One South
18 Gresley Rovers 46 16 7 23 59 75 −16 55
19 Belper Town 46 17 4 25 58 86 −28 55
20 Shepshed Dynamo 46 15 7 24 62 96 −34 52
21 Wakefield 46 13 10 23 48 71 −23 49 Allocated to Division One North
22 Warrington Town 46 13 8 25 64 84 −20 47 Allocated to Division One South
23 Chorley 46 10 6 30 52 99 −47 36 Allocated to Division One North
24 Bridlington Town 46 3 14 29 33 101 −68 23
Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2011. Source: [2].
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Four teams played for one spot and promotion to the NPL Premier Division.

Results

Home \ Away ALS BAM BLP BPA BRI BRG BUX CAM CHO CLT COL EAS GOO GRE HRA KID OSA ROS SPD SKU STO WAK WAR WDL
Alsager Town 5–4 2–1 2–0 3–0 0–3 1–3 1–4 5–0 0–2 0–1 2–3 2–3 1–3 2–2 0–3 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1
Bamber Bridge 2–2 3–4 1–1 2–0 2–3 1–3 1–1 0–3 3–1 0–1 4–3 0–2 4–1 2–0 2–1 1–3 5–0 3–0 4–1 0–3 0–1 3–0 4–3
Belper Town 2–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 2–1 1–4 1–2 3–1 0–3 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–0 2–0 5–4 2–5 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–2
Bradford Park Avenue 4–1 1–0 4–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 3–1 3–0 7–3 0–0 1–3 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 5–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–3
Bridlington Town 0–4 0–3 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–5 0–3 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–5 2–2 0–3 1–2 3–2 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–9 1–1 1–2 2–1
Brigg Town 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 0–3 1–0 1–0 1–5 4–3 1–3 1–1 2–1 0–1 3–2 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 3–2 1–1
Buxton 1–0 4–1 0–2 2–0 3–0 3–1 3–1 4–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 5–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–0
Cammell Laird 1–2 2–2 2–1 3–1 2–2 1–0 2–3 4–1 2–0 3–2 3–3 2–3 2–0 3–0 3–2 3–1 2–0 4–2 2–2 3–1 4–0 5–1 0–0
Chorley 0–6 2–2 1–1 0–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–4 1–3 3–1 0–2 2–5 0–2 3–0 6–1 3–1 1–2 3–0 0–1 0–1
Clitheroe 1–0 1–2 3–2 1–3 3–0 3–1 2–2 2–4 3–0 1–3 0–3 1–2 2–0 1–2 5–1 1–0 0–2 5–0 0–1 0–5 1–1 5–1 3–1
Colwyn Bay 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 4–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 5–2 1–0 3–2 2–2 3–0 1–1 2–0 3–3 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–2
Eastwood Town 2–1 1–2 3–0 1–0 0–0 6–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 5–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–2
Goole 0–1 2–2 3–0 4–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–5 6–3 0–3 4–0 0–0 4–2 1–1 2–3 2–1 0–4 2–1 0–4 1–3 1–3 3–1 2–1
Gresley 2–0 1–2 4–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 4–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–5 1–4 1–0 2–3 1–2 1–4 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–5
Harrogate Railway Athletic 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–3 4–3 0–3 6–1 2–1 5–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 2–3 0–2 3–2 3–2 2–0 3–3 1–0 2–4 1–0
Kidsgrove Athletic 4–3 1–0 4–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–4 1–2 1–3 2–3 2–1 0–1 3–0 3–0 4–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 3–2
Ossett Albion 1–3 2–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–4 1–2 0–2 1–3 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 3–0 1–1 2–2 3–2 4–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–2
Rossendale United 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–5 2–0 1–0 1–3 0–1 3–2 0–1 4–1 1–2 2–2 3–0 1–5 2–2 2–1 0–1 4–1 2–1 0–1 4–2 2–0
Shepshed Dynamo 1–2 2–2 3–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–4 1–1 2–0 1–3 3–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–2 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–3 1–1 3–2 2–0
Skelmersdale United 6–3 3–2 2–0 2–2 4–1 3–1 0–1 3–2 2–1 2–2 0–3 0–1 3–0 1–2 1–0 3–2 0–3 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–1
Stocksbridge Park Steels 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–3 2–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 3–0 4–2 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 1–3 1–0 3–2 6–2 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–2
Wakefield 0–1 0–1 0–2 2–2 3–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–2 0–4 1–3 1–0 1–3 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–2 4–2 1–1 1–2 1–3
Warrington Town 1–2 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 2–4 4–0 0–1 1–3 0–3 1–2 0–1 1–3 3–2 3–1 2–2 2–4
Woodley Sports 4–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 4–2 2–0 0–3 1–1 1–2 2–0 4–0 0–0 4–1 0–0 4–1 2–4 0–3 0–1 6–3 5–3 1–2 4–0 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2007. Source: Northern Premier League First Division results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

The First Division play-offs saw the second to fifth placed sides in the First Division compete for a place in the Premier Division.

Semifinals Final
      
2 Cammell Laird 3
5 Colwyn Bay 2
2 Cammell Laird 1
3 Eastwood Town 2
3 Eastwood Town 3
4 Bradford Park Avenue 0

Cup results

Challenge Cup: Teams from both divisions.

  • Fleetwood Town 1–0 Matlock Town

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

  • Buxton 3–1 Wakefield

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

  • Guiseley 2–1 Cammell Laird

Peter Swales Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Champions of NPL First Division.

  • Burscough 3–1 Fleetwood Town