# North East Premier League

The North East Premier League is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in the North East, serving the historic counties of Durham and Northumberland. Since 2000 it has been a designated ECB Premier League. In 2013, the league expanded into two divisions (Premier and Division 1) following a restructure of the cricketing leagues in the North East of England. Subsequently, the Durham & Northeast Cricket League and Northumberland and Tyneside Cricket League began to feed into the NEPL in the revised pyramid structure for the purposes of promotion and relegation.
The 2020 competition was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. A replacement competition was organised for the later part of the season when cricket again became possible, but with the winners not to be regarded as official league champions.
The most successful team has been South Northumberland who have been champions on fifteen occasions, including six consecutive championships between 2003 and 2008.

## Champions

* YearClub League Champions 2000–2019 2000 Sunderland 2001 Chester-le-Street 2002 Benwell Hill 2003 South Northumberland 2004 South Northumberland 2005 South Northumberland 2006 South Northumberland 2007 South Northumberland 2008 South Northumberland 2009 Chester-le-Street 2010 Chester-le-Street 2011 South Northumberland 2012 South Northumberland 2013 Stockton 2014 South Northumberland 2015 South Northumberland 2016 Chester-le-Street 2017 South Northumberland 2018 South Northumberland 2019 Burnmoor
* YearClub League Champions 2020–2023 2020 no competition 2021 South Northumberland 2022 South Northumberland 2023 South Northumberland

## Performance by season from 2000

Key :
| Gold | Champions |
| Blue | Left League |
| Red | Relegated |
Premier Division performance by season, from 2000 :
| Club | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Ashington | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 |
| Benwell Hill | 7 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| Blaydon | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | | | | | | | |
| Burnmoor | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Burnopfield | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 10 | 10 | 4 |
| Castle Eden | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 |
| Chester-le-Street | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Durham Academy | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | | | | |
| Eppleton | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |
| Felling | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 9 |
| Gateshead Fell | 8 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | | | | | | |
| Hetton Lyons | | | | | | | 12 | | | | 10 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| Newcastle | 11 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | | 5 | 6 |
| Norton | 5 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Philadelphia | | | 4 | 7 | 12 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sacriston | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 9 | 12 | | |
| South Northumberland | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| South Shields | | | | | | | | 7 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 12 | | 9 | 6 | 12 | | | | | |
| Stockton | 9 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | | | | |
| Sunderland | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 12 | | | | | | | 11 | |
| Tynedale | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tynemouth | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 10 |
| Washington | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | | |
| Whitburn | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 12 |
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