# 2000–01 Northern Premier League

The 2000–01 Northern Premier League season was the 33rd 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 three new teams:
* Altrincham relegated from the Football Conference
* Accrington Stanley promoted as champions of Division One
* Burscough promoted as runners-up of Division One

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Stalybridge Celtic (C, P) | 44 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 96 | 32 | +64 | 102 | Promotion to Football Conference |
| 2 | Emley | 44 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 87 | 42 | +45 | 101 | |
| 3 | Bishop Auckland | 44 | 26 | 7 | 11 | 88 | 53 | +35 | 85 | |
| 4 | Lancaster City | 44 | 24 | 9 | 11 | 84 | 60 | +24 | 81 | |
| 5 | Worksop Town | 44 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 102 | 60 | +42 | 73 | |
| 6 | Barrow | 44 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 83 | 63 | +20 | 72 | |
| 7 | Altrincham | 44 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 80 | 57 | +23 | 70 | |
| 8 | Gainsborough Trinity | 44 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 59 | 56 | +3 | 65 | |
| 9 | Accrington Stanley | 44 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 71 | 67 | +4 | 64 | |
| 10 | Hucknall Town | 44 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 57 | 63 | −6 | 63 | |
| 11 | Gateshead | 44 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 68 | 61 | +7 | 60 | |
| 12 | Bamber Bridge | 44 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 63 | 65 | −2 | 59 | |
| 13 | Runcorn | 44 | 15 | 10 | 19 | 56 | 70 | −14 | 55 | |
| 14 | Blyth Spartans | 44 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 61 | 64 | −3 | 54 | |
| 15 | Burscough | 44 | 14 | 10 | 20 | 59 | 68 | −9 | 52 | |
| 16 | Hyde United | 44 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 72 | 79 | −7 | 51 | |
| 17 | Whitby Town | 44 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 60 | 76 | −16 | 50 | |
| 18 | Marine | 44 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 62 | 78 | −16 | 49 | |
| 19 | Colwyn Bay | 44 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 68 | 102 | −34 | 46 | |
| 20 | Frickley Athletic | 44 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 50 | 79 | −29 | 45 | |
| 21 | Droylsden | 44 | 13 | 6 | 25 | 50 | 80 | −30 | 45 | |
| 22 | Leek Town (R) | 44 | 12 | 8 | 24 | 45 | 70 | −25 | 44 | Relegation to NPL Division One |
| 23 | Spennymoor United (R) | 44 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 32 | 108 | −76 | 16 | Relegation to NPL Division One |
* ↑ Spennymoor United were docked 1 point

### Results

| Home \ Away | ACC | ALT | BAM | BRW | BIS | BLY | BUR | COL | DRO | EML | FRK | GAI | GAT | HUC | HYD | LNC | LEE | MAR | RUN | SPU | STL | WTB | WKS |
| Accrington Stanley | | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 3–4 |
| Altrincham | 5–2 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Bamber Bridge | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 1–2 |
| Barrow | 3–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| Bishop Auckland | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Blyth Spartans | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Burscough | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 |
| Colwyn Bay | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | | 3–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–7 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Droylsden | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–5 |
| Emley | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 5–3 |
| Frickley Athletic | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–5 |
| Gainsborough Trinity | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Gateshead | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Hucknall Town | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–5 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Hyde United | 3–3 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 |
| Lancaster City | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–4 | | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Leek Town | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Marine | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 0–1 |
| Runcorn | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 4–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 |
| Spennymoor United | 1–6 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Stalybridge Celtic | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Whitby Town | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | | 1–1 |
| Worksop Town | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 12–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | |

## Division One

Division One featured four new teams:
* Guiseley relegated from the Premier Division
* Winsford United relegated from the Premier Division
* North Ferriby United promoted as champions of the Northern Counties East League Premier Division
* Vauxhall Motors promoted as champions of the North West Counties League Division One

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Bradford Park Avenue (C, P) | 42 | 28 | 5 | 9 | 83 | 40 | +43 | 89 | Promotion to Premier Division |
| 2 | Vauxhall Motors (P) | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 95 | 50 | +45 | 79 | Promotion to Premier Division |
| 3 | Ashton United | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 91 | 49 | +42 | 78 | |
| 4 | Stocksbridge Park Steels | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 80 | 60 | +20 | 70 | |
| 5 | Trafford | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 70 | 62 | +8 | 68 | |
| 6 | Belper Town | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 71 | 62 | +9 | 65 | |
| 7 | Witton Albion | 42 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 61 | |
| 8 | Ossett Town | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 66 | 58 | +8 | 60 | |
| 9 | Radcliffe Borough | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 72 | 71 | +1 | 59 | |
| 10 | Chorley | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 71 | 70 | +1 | 59 | |
| 11 | Harrogate Town | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 60 | 70 | −10 | 55 | |
| 12 | Matlock Town | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 70 | 74 | −4 | 52 | |
| 13 | North Ferriby United | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 64 | 73 | −9 | 52 | |
| 14 | Workington | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 53 | 60 | −7 | 51 | |
| 15 | Lincoln United | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 60 | 75 | −15 | 51 | |
| 16 | Gretna | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 72 | 82 | −10 | 48 | |
| 17 | Guiseley | 42 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 48 | |
| 18 | Kendal Town | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 60 | 69 | −9 | 47 | |
| 19 | Farsley Celtic | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 53 | 71 | −18 | 47 | |
| 20 | Eastwood Town | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 40 | 63 | −23 | 47 | |
| 21 | Winsford United (R) | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 61 | 70 | −9 | 44 | Relegation to NWCFL Division One |
| 22 | Congleton Town (R) | 42 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 43 | 94 | −51 | 30 | Relegation to NWCFL Division One |
* ↑ Trafford were docked 1 point.
* ↑ From this season onwards Netherfield Kendal were known as Kendal Town. They were docked 1 point during the season.
* ↑ Winsford United were docked 6 points.

### Results

| Home \ Away | ASH | BLP | BPA | CHO | CNG | EAS | FAR | GRT | GUI | HAR | KEN | LIN | MAT | NFU | OST | RAD | STO | TRA | VAU | WNS | WTN | WRK |
| Ashton United | | 3–4 | 0–2 | 7–3 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 9–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 8–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Belper Town | 0–4 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–6 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Bradford Park Avenue | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Chorley | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 8–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 5–5 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Congleton Town | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 2–4 | | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–6 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 |
| Eastwood Town | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Farsley Celtic | 0–3 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Gretna | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 5–4 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Guiseley | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Harrogate Town | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 0–3 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Kendal Town | 4–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Lincoln United | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| Matlock Town | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| North Ferriby United | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–6 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Ossett Town | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | | 5–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Radcliffe Borough | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 5–6 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 |
| Stocksbridge Park Steels | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 |
| Trafford | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 |
| Vauxhall Motors | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 8–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Winsford United | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Witton Albion | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | | 1–1 |
| Workington | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | |

## Promotion and relegation

In the thirty-third season of the Northern Premier League Stalybridge Celtic (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Football Conference. Leek Town and Spennymoor United were relegated to the First Division; these two clubs were replaced by First Division winners Bradford Park Avenue, second placed Vauxhall Motors and readmitted Burton Albion (returning from the Southern League Premier Division. In the First Division Winsford United and Congleton Town left the League at the end of the season and were replaced by newly admitted Rossendale United and Ossett Albion.

## Cup Results

Challenge Cup: Teams from both leagues.
* Lancaster City bt. Bishop Auckland
President's Cup: 'Plate' competition for losing teams in the NPL Cup.
* Stalybridge Celtic bt. Blyth Spartans
Chairman's Cup: 'Plate' competition for losing teams in the NPL Cup.
* Barrow bt. Harrogate Town
Peter Swales Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.
* Stalybridge Celtic bt. Lancaster City