Northern Premier League
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The Northern Premier League was formed in 1968 bringing together the leading semi-professional clubs in the North of England, the North Midlands and North Wales. It was originally a league from where teams could be directly elected to the Football League (e.g. Wigan Athletic), but from 1979 it has been a feeder league to the Football Conference/National League.
The league expanded to two divisions in 1987 by adding a Division One, and Division One was split North/South in 2007, changing to East/West eleven years later. The league therefore currently consists of three divisions, usually of 22 clubs each.
| Season | Single Division |
|---|---|
| 1968-69 | Macclesfield Town |
| 1969-70 | Macclesfield Town |
| 1970-71 | Wigan Athletic |
| 1971-72 | Stafford Rangers |
| 1972-73 | Boston United |
| 1973-74 | Boston United |
| 1974-75 | Wigan Athletic |
| 1975-76 | Runcorn |
| 1976-77 | Boston United |
| 1977-78 | Boston United |
| 1978-79 | Mossley |
| 1979-80 | Mossley |
| 1980-81 | Runcorn |
| 1981-82 | Bangor City |
| 1982-83 | Gateshead |
| 1983-84 | Barrow |
| 1984-85 | Stafford Rangers |
| 1985-86 | Gateshead |
| 1986-87 | Macclesfield Town |
In 1987, a second section was added. The existing teams formed the Premier Division while new clubs were added for Division One
| Season | Premier Division | Division One |
|---|---|---|
| 1987-88 | Chorley | Fleetwood Town |
| 1988-89 | Barrow | Colne Dynamoes |
| 1989-90 | Colne Dynamoes | Leek Town |
| 1990-91 | Witton Albion | Whitley Bay |
| 1991-92 | Stalybridge Celtic | Colwyn Bay |
| 1992-93 | Southport | Bridlington Town |
| 1993-94 | Marine | Guiseley |
| 1994-95 | Marine | Blyth Spartans |
| 1995-96 | Bamber Bridge | Lancaster City |
| 1996-97 | Leek Town | Radcliffe Borough |
| 1997-98 | Barrow | Whitby Town |
| 1998-99 | Altrincham | Droylsden |
| 1999-00 | Leigh RMI | Accrington Stanley |
| 2000-01 | Stalybridge Celtic | Bradford Park Avenue |
| 2001-02 | Burton Albion | Harrogate Town |
| 2002-03 | Accrington Stanley | Alfreton Town |
| 2003-04 | Hucknall Town | Hyde United |
| 2004-05 | Hyde United | North Ferriby United |
| 2005-06 | Blyth Spartans | Mossley |
| 2006-07 | Burscough | Buxton |
With the re-organisation of the Non-League pyramid, in 2007 Division One was split into North and South sections
| Season | Premier Division | Division One North | Division One South |
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| 2007-08 | Fleetwood Town | Bradford Park Avenue | Retford United |
| 2008-09 | Eastwood Town | Durham City | Retford United |
| 2009-10 | Guiseley | FC Halifax Town | Mickleover Sports |
| 2010-11 | FC Halifax Town | Chester | Barwell |
| 2011-12 | Chester | A F C Fylde | Grantham Town |
| 2012-13 | North Ferriby United | Skelmersdale United | King's Lynn Town |
| 2013-14 | Chorley | Curzon Ashton | Halesowen Town |
| 2014-15 | FC United of Manchester | Salford City | Mickleover Sports |
| 2015-16 | Darlington 1883 | Warrington Town | Stafford Rangers |
| 2016-17 | Blyth Spartans | Lancaster City | Shaw Lane |
| 2017-18 | Altrincham | South Shields | Basford United |
In 2018, the Division One sections were changed from North and South to East and West
| Season | Premier Division | Division One East | Division One West |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | Farsley Celtic | Morpeth Town | Atherton Collieries |
| 2019-20 | Season declared null and void | ||
The F.C.H.D. has the complete final table information for this league. Early tables were originally taken from an A.F.S. "Tables of..." publication of March 1986, and later checked against BNLF and Non-League Directories. Tables since 1985 were originally compiled from contemporary sources. A full set of tables was most recently published in the book "Non-League Tables 2010" published by Soccer Books Limited
Please acknowledge the F.C.H.D. when using this information elsewhere