# 2009–10 Northern Premier League

The 2009–10 season was the 42nd season for the Northern Premier League Premier Division, and the third season for the Northern Premier League Division One North and South.
For Sponsorship reasons, the leagues were more formally known as the Unibond Premier, Unibond 1st Division North and Unibond 1st Division South
This was the last season that the three Northern Premier League divisions were sponsored by Henkel Unibond, ending a record 17 seasons relationship.
The final allocations of teams following the 2008–09 season was released on 29 May 2009. With the restructuring of the national league system complete, all three divisions of the Northern Premier League had their full complement of twenty-two teams until the withdrawal of Newcastle Blue Star (see below).

## Premier Division

The Premier Division featured seven new clubs:
* Burscough, relegated from the Conference North
* Hucknall Town, relegated from the Conference North
* King's Lynn, demoted under stadium quality rules from the Conference North
* Durham City, promoted from NPL Division One North
* Newcastle Blue Star, promoted via play-offs from NPL Division One North
* Retford United, promoted from NPL Division One South
* Stocksbridge Park Steels, 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 | Guiseley (C, P) | 38 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 73 | 41 | +32 | 79 | Promotion to Conference North |
| 2 | Bradford Park Avenue | 38 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 94 | 51 | +43 | 78 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 3 | Boston United (P) | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 90 | 34 | +56 | 77 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 4 | North Ferriby United | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 70 | 38 | +32 | 75 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 5 | Kendal Town | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 75 | 47 | +28 | 71 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 6 | Retford United | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 73 | 46 | +27 | 65 | |
| 7 | Matlock Town | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 72 | 49 | +23 | 60 | |
| 8 | Buxton | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 66 | 43 | +23 | 60 | |
| 9 | Marine | 38 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 60 | 55 | +5 | 57 | |
| 10 | Nantwich Town | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 64 | 69 | −5 | 54 | |
| 11 | Stocksbridge Park Steels | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 80 | 68 | +12 | 52 | |
| 12 | Ashton United | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 48 | 63 | −15 | 51 | |
| 13 | F.C. United of Manchester | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 62 | 65 | −3 | 47 | |
| 14 | Whitby Town | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 56 | 62 | −6 | 46 | |
| 15 | Frickley Athletic | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 50 | 66 | −16 | 45 | |
| 16 | Burscough | 38 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 55 | 65 | −10 | 44 | |
| 17 | Hucknall Town | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 65 | 81 | −16 | 44 | |
| 18 | Worksop Town | 38 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 45 | 68 | −23 | 30 | |
| 19 | Ossett Town | 38 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 46 | 92 | −46 | 25 | |
| 20 | Durham City (R) | 38 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 27 | 168 | −141 | 0 | Relegation to NPL Division One North |
| 21 | King's Lynn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Club folded, record expunged. And Reform as King's Lynn Town in UCL Premier Division. |
| 22 | Newcastle Blue Star | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Resigned, club folded |
* ↑ Ossett Town was reprieved from relegation.
* ↑ Durham City deducted 6 points for fielding a player under a false name whilst suspended for another club.
* ↑ King's Lynn folded on 9 December 2009 and their record (P18 W8 D6 L4 GF49 GA24 Pts30) was expunged on 21 December 2009. And Reform as King's Lynn Town in United Counties League Premier Division.
* ↑ Newcastle Blue Star resigned from the league prior to the season's start.

### Results

| Home \ Away | ASH | BOS | BPA | BUR | BUX | DUR | FCU | FRK | GUI | HUC | KEN | MAR | MAT | NAN | NFU | OST | RET | STO | WTB | WKS |
| Ashton United | | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Boston United | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 10–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Bradford Park Avenue | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 7–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Burscough | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 8–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Buxton | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 6–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Durham City | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–7 | 2–3 | 0–7 | | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–7 | 1–5 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 0–5 |
| F.C. United of Manchester | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Frickley Athletic | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Guiseley | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Hucknall Town | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–5 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 7–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Kendal Town | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Marine | 3–4 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 7–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Matlock Town | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–3 |
| Nantwich Town | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 6–1 | 1–6 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 |
| North Ferriby United | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–3 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Ossett Town | 0–3 | 0–5 | 4–6 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 |
| Retford United | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 |
| Stocksbridge Park Steels | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Whitby Town | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 |
| Worksop Town | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–4 | |

#### Play-offs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 2 | Bradford Park Avenue | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Kendal Town | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Kendal Town | 1 | 2 | Bradford Park Avenue | 1 |
| | | | 3 | Boston United | 2* |
| 3 | Boston United | 2 | 3 | Boston United | 2* |
| 4 | North Ferriby United | 1 | | | |
* After extra time

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
| F.C. United of Manchester | Gigg Lane (Bury ground share) | 11,840 |
| Newcastle Blue Star | Kingston Park | 10,200 |
| Boston United | York Street | 6,643 |
| King's Lynn | The Walks | 5,733 |
| Buxton | The Silverlands | 5,200 |
| Bradford Park Avenue | Horsfall Stadium | 5,000 |
| Hucknall Town | Watnall Road | 5,000 |
| Ashton United | Hurst Cross | 4,500 |
| Nantwich Town | The Weaver Stadium | 3,500 |
| Stocksbridge Park Steels | Look Local Stadium | 3,500 |
| Whitby Town | Turnbull Ground | 3,500 |
| Worksop Town | New Manor Ground (Ilkeston ground share) | 3,500 |
| Burscough | Victoria Park | 3,054 |
| Durham City | The Arnott Stadium | 3,000 |
| Guiseley | Nethermoor Park | 3,000 |
| Marine | The Arriva Stadium | 2,800 |
| North Ferriby United | Grange Lane | 2,700 |
| Kendal Town | Lakeland Radio Stadium | 2,400 |
| Matlock Town | Causeway Lane | 2,214 |
| Frickley Athletic | Westfield Lane | 2,087 |
| Ossett Town | Ingfield | 2,000 |
| Retford United | Cannon Park | 2,000 |

## Division One North

The Division One North featured three new clubs:
* AFC Fylde, promoted as champions from the NWCFL Premier Division
* Leigh Genesis, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
* Prescot Cables, relegated from the NPL Premier Division

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | FC Halifax Town (C, P) | 42 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 108 | 38 | +70 | 100 | Promotion to NPL Premier Division |
| 2 | Lancaster City | 42 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 95 | 45 | +50 | 96 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 3 | Curzon Ashton | 42 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 93 | 50 | +43 | 75 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 4 | Colwyn Bay (P) | 42 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 77 | 57 | +20 | 75 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 5 | Skelmersdale United | 42 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 80 | 56 | +24 | 74 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 6 | Leigh Genesis | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 81 | 51 | +30 | 71 | |
| 7 | Mossley | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 73 | 67 | +6 | 65 | |
| 8 | Clitheroe | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 72 | 66 | +6 | 62 | |
| 9 | Warrington Town | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 65 | 69 | −4 | 60 | |
| 10 | Radcliffe Borough | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 65 | 78 | −13 | 57 | |
| 11 | Salford City | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 63 | 74 | −11 | 56 | |
| 12 | Trafford | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 79 | 73 | +6 | 53 | |
| 13 | AFC Fylde | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 67 | 79 | −12 | 53 | |
| 14 | Bamber Bridge | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 58 | 67 | −9 | 52 | |
| 15 | Prescot Cables | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 51 | 68 | −17 | 50 | |
| 16 | Chorley | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 56 | 76 | −20 | 49 | |
| 17 | Harrogate Railway Athletic | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 58 | 79 | −21 | 49 | |
| 18 | Wakefield | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 49 | 58 | −9 | 48 | |
| 19 | Woodley Sports | 42 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 53 | 67 | −14 | 45 | |
| 20 | Garforth Town | 42 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 64 | 94 | −30 | 40 | |
| 21 | Ossett Albion | 42 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 52 | 91 | −39 | 28 | |
| 22 | Rossendale United (R) | 42 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 38 | 94 | −56 | 25 | Relegation to NWCFL Premier Division |
* ↑ Curzon Ashton deducted six points; three for fielding an ineligible player and three for a financial irregularity. Initially Curzon Ashton were docked ten points for the financial irregularity, with five points suspended, but on appeal this was reduced to six points with three suspended.
* ↑ Harrogate Railway Athletic deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.
* ↑ Ossett Albion was reprieved from relegation.

### Results

| Home \ Away | FYL | BAM | CHO | CLT | COL | CZA | GAR | HAL | HRA | LNC | LEG | MOS | OSA | PRC | RAD | ROS | SLC | SKU | TRA | WAK | WAR | WDL |
| AFC Fylde | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Bamber Bridge | 2–4 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Chorley | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Clitheroe | 7–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | | 2–1 | 4–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Colwyn Bay | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 |
| Curzon Ashton | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 6–2 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Garforth Town | 3–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 1–3 | | 3–4 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 0–5 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 5–3 | 1–1 |
| FC Halifax Town | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Harrogate Railway Athletic | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Lancaster City | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 7–1 |
| Leigh Genesis | 4–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Mossley | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 |
| Ossett Albion | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Prescot Cables | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Radcliffe Borough | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–7 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Rossendale United | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–8 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 |
| Salford City | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Skelmersdale United | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Trafford | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Wakefield | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Warrington Town | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 1–1 |
| Woodley Sports | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–3 | |

### Play-offs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 2 | Lancaster City | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Skelmersdale United | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Skelmersdale United | 0 | 2 | Lancaster City | 0 |
| | | | 4 | Colwyn Bay | 1 |
| 3 | Curzon Ashton | 1 | 4 | Colwyn Bay | 1 |
| 4 | Colwyn Bay | 2 | | | |

## Division One South

The Division One South featured five new clubs:
* Witton Albion, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
* Cammell Laird, demoted under stadium quality rules from the NPL Premier Division
* Chasetown, transferred from the Southern League Division One Midlands
* Mickleover Sports, promoted as champions from the Northern Counties East League Premier Division
* Market Drayton, promoted as champions from the Midland Football Alliance

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Mickleover Sports (C, P) | 42 | 28 | 5 | 9 | 93 | 51 | +42 | 89 | Promotion to NPL Premier Division |
| 2 | Chasetown (P) | 42 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 78 | 42 | +36 | 82 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 3 | Glapwell | 42 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 73 | 42 | +31 | 81 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 4 | Kidsgrove Athletic | 42 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 93 | 50 | +43 | 78 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 5 | Sheffield | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 75 | 51 | +24 | 73 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 6 | Belper Town | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 83 | 55 | +28 | 71 | |
| 7 | Witton Albion | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 76 | 53 | +23 | 67 | Transferred to the NPL Division One North |
| 8 | Leek Town | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 68 | 61 | +7 | 67 | |
| 9 | Carlton Town | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 74 | 68 | +6 | 66 | |
| 10 | Stamford | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 77 | 54 | +23 | 64 | |
| 11 | Grantham Town | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 62 | 56 | +6 | 62 | |
| 12 | Rushall Olympic | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 68 | 61 | +7 | 59 | |
| 13 | Market Drayton Town | 42 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 71 | 81 | −10 | 53 | |
| 14 | Loughborough Dynamo | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 70 | 80 | −10 | 53 | |
| 15 | Brigg Town | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 60 | 77 | −17 | 52 | |
| 16 | Cammell Laird | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 51 | 66 | −15 | 50 | Transferred to the NPL Division One North |
| 17 | Shepshed Dynamo | 42 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 48 | |
| 18 | Goole | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 70 | 84 | −14 | 46 | |
| 19 | Lincoln United | 42 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 57 | 67 | −10 | 44 | |
| 20 | Quorn | 42 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 55 | 78 | −23 | 40 | |
| 21 | Spalding United | 42 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 33 | 111 | −78 | 20 | |
| 22 | Willenhall Town (R) | 42 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 109 | −88 | 9 | Relegation to Midland Alliance |
* ↑ Spalding United was reprieved from relegation.
* ↑ Willenhall Town deducted 10 points for entering administration

### Results

| Home \ Away | BLP | BRG | CAM | CAR | CHA | GLP | GOO | GRN | KID | LEE | LIN | LOU | MAR | MIC | QON | RSO | SHE | SPD | SPA | STM | WIL | WTN |
| Belper Town | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 7–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 3–2 |
| Brigg Town | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Cammell Laird | 1–3 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Carlton Town | 2–4 | 1–2 | 3–0 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 5–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 |
| Chasetown | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Glapwell | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Goole | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 2–2 | | 1–2 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 |
| Grantham Town | 4–2 | 3–4 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 |
| Kidsgrove Athletic | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 5–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 0–1 |
| Leek Town | 2–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 |
| Lincoln United | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Loughborough Dynamo | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–4 |
| Market Drayton Town | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | | 1–3 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 7–1 | 2–1 |
| Mickleover Sports | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 |
| Quorn | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 |
| Rushall Olympic | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| Sheffield | 2–6 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Shepshed Dynamo | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–4 | | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Spalding United | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–7 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 0–5 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–6 |
| Stamford | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 9–0 | 4–1 |
| Willenhall Town | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–7 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–3 |
| Witton Albion | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | |

### Play-offs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 2 | Chasetown | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Sheffield | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Sheffield | 2 | 2 | Chasetown | 1 |
| | | | 3 | Glapwell | 0 |
| 3 | Glapwell | 1 | 3 | Glapwell | 0 |
| 4 | Kidsgrove Athletic | 0 | | | |

## Resignations and their effects

On 20 June 2009, three days following the league's AGM which confirmed the 2009–10 allocation, Newcastle Blue Star resigned from the league. As division placements had been confirmed be then, no replacement team could be entered and the Premier Division was reduced to twenty one teams for the season.
On 9 December 2009, King's Lynn were officially wound up by the High Court in London over debts and an overdue tax bill, and they will play no further games in the season. The League released a table on 21 December with King's Lynn's playing record expunged from it, and leaving the Premier Division with twenty clubs and only two relegation spots. Then, in March 2010 Chester City F.C. and Farsley Celtic A.F.C. were removed from the Conference National and Conference North respectively.
Promotion from the First Divisions to the Premier Division took place as planned. Relegation from the First Divisions to the county level was reduced from the planned two per division to one. Relegation from the Premier Division was reduced from two to one on account of developments in the Conference. The final decision on relegations were made during the close season by the FA's National League System Committee which left this method completely redundant as Chester City, Farsley Celtic (now Farsley A.F.C.), King's Lynn, Grays Athletic (lost their ground), Merthyr Tydfil (expelled), VCD Athletic (ground grade fail) and Rothwell Town (resigned) were all demoted to Level 8.

## Cup results

Challenge Cup: Teams from all 3 divisions.
* Boston United 2–0 Retford United
President's Cup: Teams from lower 2 divisions.
* Belper Town 3–1 Stamford
Chairman's Cup: Between Champions of NPL Division One North and NPL Division One South.
* Halifax 2–2 Mickleover, Mickleover win 3–1 on Pens

## Peter Swales Shield

The Peter Swales Shield has changed format several times, and the 2010 version saw the champions of the 2009–10 NPL Premier Division, Guiseley, play against the winners of the 2010 NPL Chairman's Cup, North Ferriby United. It was decided before the match that no extra time would be played and would go straight to penalties after regulation. Guiseley won the game 5–3 on penalties after a 1–1 draw after 90 minutes.