# 2005–06 Northern Premier League

The 2005–06 Northern Premier League season was the 38th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division featured six new clubs:
* Ashton United relegated from Conference North
* Bradford Park Avenue relegated from Conference North
* Runcorn F.C. Halton relegated from Conference North
* North Ferriby United as champions from Division One.
* Ilkeston Town as runners-up from Division One.
* A.F.C. Telford United via play-offs from Division One.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Blyth Spartans (C, P) | 42 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 79 | 32 | +47 | 89 | Promotion to Conference North |
| 2 | Frickley Athletic | 42 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 72 | 36 | +36 | 86 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 3 | Marine | 42 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 61 | 25 | +36 | 81 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 4 | Farsley Celtic (P) | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 84 | 34 | +50 | 79 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 5 | North Ferriby United | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 77 | 54 | +23 | 73 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 6 | Whitby Town | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 60 | 59 | +1 | 64 | |
| 7 | Burscough | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 64 | 64 | 0 | 63 | |
| 8 | Witton Albion | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 68 | 55 | +13 | 60 | |
| 9 | Matlock Town | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 60 | 55 | +5 | 59 | |
| 10 | A.F.C. Telford United | 42 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 54 | 52 | +2 | 59 | |
| 11 | Ossett Town | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 57 | 61 | −4 | 58 | |
| 12 | Leek Town | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 56 | |
| 13 | Prescot Cables | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 49 | 60 | −11 | 53 | |
| 14 | Guiseley | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 45 | 58 | −13 | 51 | |
| 15 | Ashton United | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 62 | 63 | −1 | 49 | |
| 16 | Ilkeston Town | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 49 | |
| 17 | Gateshead | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 52 | 77 | −25 | 46 | |
| 18 | Radcliffe Borough | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 54 | 62 | −8 | 44 | |
| 19 | Lincoln United | 42 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 44 | 64 | −20 | 44 | |
| 20 | Wakefield-Emley (R) | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 38 | 69 | −31 | 42 | Relegation to NPL Division One |
| 21 | Bradford Park Avenue (R) | 42 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 64 | 86 | −22 | 39 | Relegation to NPL Division One |
| 22 | Runcorn F.C. Halton | 42 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 108 | −72 | 29 | Resigned, club folded at end of season. The Runcorn Linnets Replaced in NWCFL Division Two. |
* ↑ Lincoln United had superior record to same placed Isthmian League team, and consequently kept place in the division.
* ↑ Previously called Wakefield-Emley to Wakefield during the Season.

### Results

| Home \ Away | TEL | ASH | BLY | BPA | BUR | FAR | FRK | GAT | GUI | ILK | LEE | LIN | MAR | MAT | NFU | OST | PRC | RAD | RUN | WAK | WTB | WTN |
| A.F.C. Telford United | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–6 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Ashton United | 0–0 | | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 |
| Blyth Spartans | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 4–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 |
| Bradford Park Avenue | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 3–4 | 4–3 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 8–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Burscough | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Farsley Celtic | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–4 | | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 |
| Frickley Athletic | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 6–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Gateshead | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 2–2 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 |
| Guiseley | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 |
| Ilkeston Town | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Leek Town | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| Lincoln United | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–7 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Marine | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 5–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Matlock Town | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–5 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–4 |
| North Ferriby United | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 5–1 |
| Ossett Town | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 4–4 | 2–3 | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 |
| Prescot Cables | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 |
| Radcliffe Borough | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | | 8–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Runcorn | 0–7 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–7 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 |
| Wakefield | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 2–3 | 0–2 |
| Whitby Town | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–2 | | 0–2 |
| Witton Albion | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |

### Play-offs

The Premier Division playoffs saw the second to fifth placed sides in the Division compete for one place in the Conference North.
| Semi-finals 1 May 2006 | Semi-finals 1 May 2006 | Semi-finals 1 May 2006 | Final 6 May 2006 | Final 6 May 2006 | Final 6 May 2006 |
| 3 | Marine | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Farsley Celtic | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Farsley Celtic | 1 | 4 | Farsley Celtic | 2* |
| | | | 5 | North Ferriby United | 1 |
| 2 | Frickley Athletic | 0(2) | 5 | North Ferriby United | 1 |
| 5 | North Ferriby United | 0(4) | | | |
* After extra time

## Division One

Division One featured four new clubs:
* Bamber Bridge, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
* Bishop Auckland, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
* Bridlington Town, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
* Fleetwood Town, promoted from the North West Counties League Division One
* Goole, promoted from the Northern Counties East League Premier Division

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Mossley (C, P) | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 83 | 55 | +28 | 78 | Promotion to NPL Premier Division |
| 2 | Fleetwood Town (P) | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 72 | 48 | +24 | 76 | Promotion to NPL Premier Division |
| 3 | Kendal Town (P) | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 81 | 58 | +23 | 76 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 4 | Woodley Sports | 42 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 85 | 53 | +32 | 74 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 5 | Gresley Rovers | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 79 | 64 | +15 | 70 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 6 | Stocksbridge Park Steels | 42 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 66 | 43 | +23 | 67 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 7 | Eastwood Town | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 66 | 58 | +8 | 62 | |
| 8 | Brigg Town | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 70 | 64 | +6 | 62 | |
| 9 | Belper Town | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 53 | 56 | −3 | 59 | |
| 10 | Shepshed Dynamo | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 57 | 56 | +1 | 58 | |
| 11 | Bridlington Town | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 61 | 68 | −7 | 58 | |
| 12 | Colwyn Bay | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 56 | 53 | +3 | 56 | |
| 13 | Bamber Bridge | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 65 | 59 | +6 | 54 | |
| 14 | Ossett Albion | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 54 | 64 | −10 | 54 | |
| 15 | Rossendale United | 42 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 58 | 61 | −3 | 53 | |
| 16 | Clitheroe | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 54 | 73 | −19 | 53 | |
| 17 | Kidsgrove Athletic | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 66 | 69 | −3 | 51 | |
| 18 | Chorley | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 58 | 59 | −1 | 50 | |
| 19 | Warrington Town | 42 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 62 | 74 | −12 | 48 | |
| 20 | Spalding United | 42 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 49 | 70 | −21 | 45 | Transferred to Southern League Division One Midlands |
| 21 | Goole | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 55 | 85 | −30 | 43 | |
| 22 | Bishop Auckland (R) | 42 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 39 | 99 | −60 | 15 | Relegation to Northern League Division One |
* ↑ Goole were docked 1 point during the campaign and their record had to be compared with the same placed side in the Isthmian League to determine which team would be relegated. As Goole's record was superior, they stayed up.

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAM | BLP | BIS | BRI | BRG | CHO | CLT | COL | EAS | FLE | GOO | GRE | KEN | KID | MOS | OSA | ROS | SPD | SPA | STO | WAR | WDL |
| Bamber Bridge | | 0–1 | 7–2 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Belper Town | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Bishop Auckland | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 0–3 |
| Bridlington Town | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Brigg Town | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Chorley | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–4 |
| Clitheroe | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 |
| Colwyn Bay | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Eastwood Town | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 4–1 | | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 4–0 |
| Fleetwood Town | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Goole | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 3–3 | | 2–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 1–6 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–4 |
| Gresley | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–5 |
| Kendal Town | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Kidsgrove Athletic | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 2–1 |
| Mossley | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | | 7–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Ossett Albion | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Rossendale United | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 2–4 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 |
| Shepshed Dynamo | 0–5 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Spalding United | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Stocksbridge Park Steels | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Warrington Town | 0–3 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 1–3 |
| Woodley Sports | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | |

### Play-offs

The First Division playoffs saw the third to sixth placed sides in the First Division compete for a place in the Premier Division.
| Semi-finals 1 May 2006 | Semi-finals 1 May 2006 | Semi-finals 1 May 2006 | Final 6 May 2006 | Final 6 May 2006 | Final 6 May 2006 |
| 4 | Woodley Sports | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Gresley Rovers | 4 | | | |
| 5 | Gresley Rovers | 4 | 5 | Gresley Rovers | 1 |
| | | | 3 | Kendal Town | 2 |
| 3 | Kendal Town | 1(4) | 3 | Kendal Town | 2 |
| 6 | Stocksbridge Park Steels | 1(2) | | | |

## Promotion and relegation

In the thirty-eighth season of the Northern Premier League Blyth Spartans (as champions) and Farsley Celtic (as play-off winners) were promoted to the Conference North. Wakefield, Bradford Park Avenue and Runcorn Halton were relegated to the First Division; these three clubs were replaced by relegated Conference North side Hednesford Town, First Division winners Mossley, second placed Fleetwood Town and play-off winners Kendal Town. In the First Division Bishop Auckland were relegated and were replaced by Buxton, Cammell Laird, Harrogate Railway Athletic, Alsager Town and Skelmersdale United.

## Cup Results

Challenge Cup: Teams from both leagues.
* Farsley Celtic 1–0 Stocksbridge Park Steels
President's Cup: 'Plate' competition for losing teams in the NPL Cup.
* Bradford Park Avenue 1–0 Ilkeston Town
Chairman's Cup: 'Plate' competition for losing teams in the NPL Cup.
* Blyth Spartans bt. Ossett Town
Peter Swales Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.
* Blyth Spartans bt. Farsley Celtic