# 2008–09 Northern Premier League

The 2008–09 was the 41st season for the Northern Premier League Premier Division, and the second season for the Northern Premier League Division One North and South.
As continuing part of non-league restructuring, the Division One South temporarily had 20 teams, while the Division One North contained 21, with a targeted number for both of 22 teams. This naturally affected the number of relegation slots available during the season, as the league attempted to enlarge the size of the divisions at the end of the season.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division features six new clubs:
* Leigh Genesis before Season as Leigh RMI, relegated from the Conference North
* Boston United, relegated from the Conference North
* Bradford Park Avenue, promoted from NPL Division One North
* F.C. United of Manchester, promoted via play-offs from NPL Division One North
* Cammell Laird, promoted from NPL Division One South
* Nantwich Town, promoted via play-offs from NPL Division One South

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Eastwood Town (C, P) | 42 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 82 | 37 | +45 | 87 | Promotion to Conference North |
| 2 | Ilkeston Town (P) | 42 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 59 | 34 | +25 | 82 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 3 | Nantwich Town | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 83 | 41 | +42 | 76 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 4 | Guiseley | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 98 | 60 | +38 | 76 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 5 | Kendal Town | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 85 | 63 | +22 | 74 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 6 | F.C. United of Manchester | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 82 | 58 | +24 | 72 | |
| 7 | Bradford Park Avenue | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 74 | 52 | +22 | 72 | |
| 8 | Hednesford Town | 42 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 78 | 52 | +26 | 69 | Transferred to the Southern League Premier Division |
| 9 | Ashton United | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 71 | 75 | −4 | 58 | |
| 10 | North Ferriby United | 42 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 67 | 65 | +2 | 54 | |
| 11 | Frickley Athletic | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 50 | 58 | −8 | 54 | |
| 12 | Ossett Town | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 71 | 74 | −3 | 53 | |
| 13 | Marine | 42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 54 | 75 | −21 | 51 | |
| 14 | Buxton | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 56 | 58 | −2 | 49 | |
| 15 | Matlock Town | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 65 | 74 | −9 | 49 | |
| 16 | Boston United | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 49 | |
| 17 | Worksop Town | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 48 | 87 | −39 | 48 | |
| 18 | Cammell Laird (R) | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 58 | 70 | −12 | 47 | Relegation to NPL Division One North |
| 19 | Whitby Town | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 58 | 71 | −13 | 46 | |
| 20 | Witton Albion (R) | 42 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 53 | 73 | −20 | 42 | Relegation to NPL Division One South |
| 21 | Leigh Genesis (R) | 42 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 42 | 88 | −46 | 40 | Relegation to NPL Division One North |
| 22 | Prescot Cables (R) | 42 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 52 | 107 | −55 | 27 | Relegation to NPL Division One North |
* ↑ Cammell Laird relegated due to ground grading issues. Whitby Town reprieved.

### Results

| Home \ Away | ASH | BOS | BPA | BUX | CAM | EAS | FCU | FRK | GUI | HED | ILK | KEN | LEG | MAR | MAT | NAN | NFU | OST | PRC | WTB | WTN | WKS |
| Ashton United | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 6–2 |
| Boston United | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Bradford Park Avenue | 6–4 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Buxton | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Cammell Laird | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–7 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Eastwood Town | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | | 4–2 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| F.C. United of Manchester | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–5 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 0–0 |
| Frickley Athletic | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| Guiseley | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 6–0 |
| Hednesford Town | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 5–0 |
| Ilkeston Town | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 |
| Kendal Town | 5–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Leigh Genesis | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–7 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–8 | 0–3 | 0–6 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Marine | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–6 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 6–2 |
| Matlock Town | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Nantwich Town | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| North Ferriby United | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 6–3 | 1–1 | | 4–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 |
| Ossett Town | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 4–5 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 6–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 |
| Prescot Cables | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 3–6 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | | 2–4 | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Whitby Town | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Witton Albion | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 2–3 |
| Worksop Town | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–7 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |

### Play-offs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 3 | Nantwich Town | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Guiseley | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Guiseley | 1 | 2 | Ilkeston Town | 2 |
| | | | 3 | Nantwich Town | 1 |
| 2 | Ilkeston Town | 4 | 3 | Nantwich Town | 1 |
| 5 | Kendal Town | 3 | | | |

### Stadia and Locations

| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
| F.C. United of Manchester | Gigg Lane (Bury ground share) | 11,840 |
| Leigh Genesis | Leigh Sports Village Stadium | 10,000 |
| Boston United | York Street | 6,643 |
| Buxton | The Silverlands | 5,200 |
| Bradford Park Avenue | Horsfall Stadium | 5,000 |
| Worksop Town | Watnall Road (Hucknall ground share) | 5,000 |
| Ashton United | Hurst Cross | 4,500 |
| Ilkeston Town | New Manor Ground | 3,500 |
| Nantwich Town | The Weaver Stadium | 3,500 |
| Whitby Town | Turnbull Ground | 3,500 |
| Prescot Cables | Valerie Park | 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 |
| Frickley Athletic | Westfield Lane | 2,087 |
| Ossett Town | Ingfield | 2,000 |
| Cammell Laird | Kirklands Stadium | 1,500 |

## Division One North

The Division One North features six new clubs:
* F.C. Halifax Town, relegated from the Conference Premier
* Colwyn Bay, transferred from NPL Division One South
* Warrington Town, transferred from NPL Division One South
* Salford City, promoted from North West Counties League Division One
* Durham City, promoted from Northern League Division One
* Trafford, promoted from North West Counties League Division One

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Durham City (C, P) | 40 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 98 | 41 | +57 | 87 | Promotion to NPL Premier Division |
| 2 | Skelmersdale United | 40 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 96 | 51 | +45 | 86 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 3 | Newcastle Blue Star (P) | 40 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 93 | 54 | +39 | 73 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 4 | Colwyn Bay | 40 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 72 | 49 | +23 | 73 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 5 | Curzon Ashton | 40 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 66 | 44 | +22 | 68 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 6 | Ossett Albion | 40 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 76 | 61 | +15 | 66 | |
| 7 | Lancaster City | 40 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 69 | 64 | +5 | 65 | |
| 8 | F.C. Halifax Town | 40 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 71 | 52 | +19 | 63 | |
| 9 | Wakefield | 40 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 65 | 62 | +3 | 56 | |
| 10 | Mossley | 40 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 63 | 70 | −7 | 54 | |
| 11 | Bamber Bridge | 40 | 16 | 5 | 19 | 69 | 78 | −9 | 53 | |
| 12 | Clitheroe | 40 | 15 | 7 | 18 | 64 | 76 | −12 | 52 | |
| 13 | Woodley Sports | 40 | 16 | 3 | 21 | 57 | 74 | −17 | 51 | |
| 14 | Chorley | 40 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 56 | 66 | −10 | 47 | |
| 15 | Trafford | 40 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 72 | 83 | −11 | 46 | |
| 16 | Garforth Town | 40 | 13 | 5 | 22 | 77 | 99 | −22 | 44 | |
| 17 | Radcliffe Borough | 40 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 51 | 66 | −15 | 42 | |
| 18 | Harrogate Railway Athletic | 40 | 13 | 3 | 24 | 58 | 82 | −24 | 42 | |
| 19 | Warrington Town | 40 | 11 | 8 | 21 | 50 | 73 | −23 | 41 | |
| 20 | Salford City | 40 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 59 | 107 | −48 | 36 | |
| 21 | Rossendale United | 40 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 53 | 83 | −30 | 34 | |
* ↑ Colwyn Bay deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player
* ↑ Rossendale United reprieved from relegation

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAM | CHO | CLT | COL | CZA | DUR | GAR | HAL | HRA | LNC | MOS | NBS | OSA | RAD | ROS | SLC | SKU | TRA | WAK | WAR | WDL |
| Bamber Bridge | | 1–1 | 0–5 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 2–5 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 |
| Chorley | 3–1 | | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–3 |
| Clitheroe | 3–3 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–6 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 |
| Colwyn Bay | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Curzon Ashton | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 |
| Durham City | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 |
| Garforth Town | 3–4 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 0–3 | | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 2–5 | 3–6 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| F.C. Halifax Town | 0–3 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 5–1 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 7–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Harrogate Railway Athletic | 1–5 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| Lancaster City | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–5 | 2–5 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 |
| Mossley | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 0–5 | 5–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 |
| Newcastle Blue Star | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 4–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Ossett Albion | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 |
| Radcliffe Borough | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | | 1–3 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Rossendale United | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 4–5 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| Salford City | 1–0 | 1–6 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 2–6 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 |
| Skelmersdale United | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Trafford | 1–2 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 0–5 | 3–3 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 2–4 | | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Wakefield | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 3–6 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 8–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Warrington Town | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 1–0 |
| Woodley Sports | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | |

### Play-offs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 3 | Newcastle Blue Star | 2(4) | | | |
| 4 | Colwyn Bay | 2(2) | | | |
| 4 | Colwyn Bay | 2(2) | 3 | Newcastle Blue Star | 4 |
| | | | 5 | Curzon Ashton | 1 |
| 2 | Skelmersdale United | 0 | 5 | Curzon Ashton | 1 |
| 5 | Curzon Ashton | 1 | | | |

## Division One South

The Division One South features seven new clubs:
* Leek Town, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
* Stamford, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
* Lincoln United, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
* Rushall Olympic, moved from the Southern League Division One Midlands
* Willenhall Town, moved from the Southern League Division One Midlands
* Glapwell, promoted from the Northern Counties East League Premier Division
* Loughborough Dynamo, promoted from the Midland Football Alliance

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Retford United (C, P) | 38 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 88 | 34 | +54 | 81 | Promotion to NPL Premier Division |
| 2 | Belper Town | 38 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 79 | 41 | +38 | 81 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 3 | Stocksbridge Park Steels (P) | 38 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 92 | 44 | +48 | 75 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 4 | Carlton Town | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 83 | 50 | +33 | 70 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 5 | Rushall Olympic | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 63 | 42 | +21 | 68 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 6 | Glapwell | 38 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 78 | 58 | +20 | 68 | |
| 7 | Stamford | 38 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 65 | 51 | +14 | 61 | |
| 8 | Shepshed Dynamo | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 61 | 61 | 0 | 56 | |
| 9 | Leek Town | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 63 | 60 | +3 | 54 | |
| 10 | Lincoln United | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 58 | 65 | −7 | 51 | |
| 11 | Sheffield | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 67 | 69 | −2 | 50 | |
| 12 | Quorn | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 54 | 63 | −9 | 48 | |
| 13 | Grantham Town | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 49 | 65 | −16 | 47 | |
| 14 | Loughborough Dynamo | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 45 | 58 | −13 | 46 | |
| 15 | Kidsgrove Athletic | 38 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 49 | 62 | −13 | 41 | |
| 16 | Willenhall Town | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 55 | 74 | −19 | 38 | |
| 17 | Spalding United | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 41 | 82 | −41 | 37 | |
| 18 | Goole | 38 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 62 | 85 | −23 | 33 | |
| 19 | Gresley Rovers | 38 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 41 | 78 | −37 | 25 | Club folded, reformed as Gresley in EMCFL |
| 20 | Brigg Town | 38 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 41 | 92 | −51 | 14 | |
* ↑ Goole deducted 1 point for fielding an ineligible player and 10 points for entering into administration
* ↑ Gresley Rovers resigned from the league. Brigg Town reprieved

### Results

| Home \ Away | BLP | BRG | CAR | GLP | GOO | GRN | GRE | KID | LEE | LIN | LOU | QON | RET | RSO | SHE | SPD | SPA | STM | STO | WIL |
| Belper Town | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 |
| Brigg Town | 1–2 | | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 |
| Carlton Town | 5–1 | 5–0 | | 2–1 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 3–2 |
| Glapwell | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | | 6–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Goole | 0–5 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–4 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 5–1 |
| Grantham Town | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Gresley | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Kidsgrove Athletic | 0–1 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Leek Town | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 4–3 |
| Lincoln United | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 3–5 | 3–2 | 3–4 |
| Loughborough Dynamo | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Quorn | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | | 0–3 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 3–5 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 |
| Retford United | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Rushall Olympic | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Sheffield | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | | 0–2 | 7–0 | 3–1 | 3–5 | 2–1 |
| Shepshed Dynamo | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Spalding United | 0–4 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–5 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 |
| Stamford | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Stocksbridge Park Steels | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 7–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 8–0 | 1–1 | | 4–1 |
| Willenhall Town | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 8–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | |

### Play-offs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 3 | Stocksbridge Park Steels | 5 | | | |
| 4 | Carlton Town | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Carlton Town | 2 | 3 | Stocksbridge Park Steels | 1 |
| | | | 2 | Belper Town | 0 |
| 2 | Belper Town | 1 | 2 | Belper Town | 0 |
| 5 | Rushall Olympic | 0 | | | |

## Cup Results

Challenge Cup: Teams from all 3 divisions.
* Guiseley 3–2 AET Ilkeston Town
President's Cup: Teams from lower 2 divisions.
* Trafford 2–0 Quorn
Chairman's Cup: Between Champions of NPL Division 1 North and NPL Division 1 South.
* Durham City 2–1 Retford United

## Peter Swales Shield

The 2009 version of the Peter Swales Shield saw the champions of the 2008–09 NPL Premier Division, Eastwood Town, play against the winners of the 2009 NPL Chairman's Cup, Durham City. Eastwood Town won the match 2–1.