# 2003–04 Northern Premier League

The 2003–04 Northern Premier League season was the 36th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First. This season was the last before the formation of the Conference North and the Conference South, so most of the Premier Division teams were promoted to the Conference North for next season. Subsequently, the First Division had most of its teams promoted to the Premier Division, with new teams admitted from the leagues just below the Northern Premier in the English football league system, although the league reform meant that the "promoted" clubs remained in the same tier within the English football league system, and further meant that while there was no relegation within the NPL itself, those clubs that missed out on promotion nevertheless had their position within the league system downgraded by one tier.
During this season, Radcliffe Borough's Jody Banim broke the English record for the most consecutive games where a player has scored at least one goal, which ran from 9 September to 4 November.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division featured four new teams:
* Southport relegated from the Football Conference
* Alfreton Town promoted as champions of Division One
* Spennymoor United promoted as runner-up of Division One
* Radcliffe Borough promoted as via playoff from Division One

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Hucknall Town (C, P) | 44 | 29 | 8 | 7 | 83 | 38 | +45 | 95 | Promotion to Conference North |
| 2 | Droylsden (P) | 44 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 96 | 64 | +32 | 86 | Promotion to Conference North |
| 3 | Barrow (P) | 44 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 82 | 52 | +30 | 80 | Promotion to Conference North |
| 4 | Alfreton Town (P) | 44 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 73 | 43 | +30 | 78 | Promotion to Conference North |
| 5 | Harrogate Town (P) | 44 | 24 | 5 | 15 | 79 | 63 | +16 | 77 | Promotion to Conference North |
| 6 | Southport (P) | 44 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 71 | 52 | +19 | 70 | Promotion to Conference North |
| 7 | Worksop Town (P) | 44 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 69 | 50 | +19 | 70 | Promotion to Conference North |
| 8 | Lancaster City (P) | 44 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 62 | 49 | +13 | 69 | Promotion to Conference North |
| 9 | Vauxhall Motors (P) | 44 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 78 | 75 | +3 | 67 | Promotion to Conference North |
| 10 | Gainsborough Trinity (P) | 44 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 70 | 52 | +18 | 64 | Promotion to Conference North |
| 11 | Stalybridge Celtic (P) | 44 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 72 | 66 | +6 | 64 | Promotion to Conference North |
| 12 | Altrincham (P) | 44 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 66 | 51 | +15 | 63 | Promotion to Conference North |
| 13 | Runcorn F.C. Halton (P) | 44 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 67 | 63 | +4 | 61 | Promotion to Conference North |
| 14 | Ashton United (P) | 44 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 59 | 79 | −20 | 59 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 15 | Whitby Town | 44 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 55 | 70 | −15 | 53 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 16 | Marine | 44 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 62 | 74 | −12 | 51 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 17 | Bradford Park Avenue (P) | 44 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 48 | 62 | −14 | 50 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 18 | Spennymoor United | 44 | 14 | 6 | 24 | 55 | 93 | −38 | 48 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 19 | Burscough | 44 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 47 | 67 | −20 | 45 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 20 | Radcliffe Borough | 44 | 12 | 6 | 26 | 74 | 99 | −25 | 42 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 21 | Blyth Spartans | 44 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 54 | 74 | −20 | 40 | |
| 22 | Frickley Athletic | 44 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 51 | 83 | −32 | 40 | |
| 23 | Wakefield & Emley | 44 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 45 | 99 | −54 | 30 | Changed name to Wakefield-Emley |
* ↑ Although Ashton United did not progress through the playoffs, they were promoted nonetheless.

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALF | ALT | ASH | BRW | BLY | BPA | BUR | DRO | FRK | GAI | HAR | HUC | LNC | MAR | RAD | RUN | SOU | SPU | STL | VAU | W&E | WTB | WKS |
| Alfreton Town | | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Altrincham | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| Ashton United | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 |
| Barrow | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Blyth Spartans | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–6 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 |
| Bradford Park Avenue | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 6–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 |
| Burscough | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–6 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Droylsden | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 5–4 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Frickley Athletic | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Gainsborough Trinity | 2–4 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Harrogate Town | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Hucknall Town | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Lancaster City | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 |
| Marine | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Radcliffe Borough | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–6 | 0–2 | 3–1 | | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–5 | 1–2 |
| Runcorn | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Southport | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 |
| Spennymoor United | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 0–5 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–6 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Stalybridge Celtic | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 3–4 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 |
| Vauxhall Motors | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 6–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Wakefield & Emley | 0–5 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 3–5 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | | 0–3 | 1–1 |
| Whitby Town | 0–4 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 2–3 |
| Worksop Town | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | |

### Play-offs

Eight teams competed for the final Conference North place; including Hyde United, champions of Division One.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 14°PD | Ashton United | 2 | | | | | | |
| 1°Div.1 | Hyde United | 1 | | | | | | |
| 1°Div.1 | Hyde United | 1 | 14°PD | Ashton United | 1 | | | |
| | | | 17°PD | Bradford Park Avenue | 2 | | | |
| 17°PD | Bradford Park Avenue | 3 | 17°PD | Bradford Park Avenue | 2 | | | |
| 18°PD | Spennymoor United | 1 | | | | | | |
| 18°PD | Spennymoor United | 1 | | | | 17°PD | Bradford Park Avenue | 2 |
| | | | | | | 19°PD | Burscough | 0 |
| 15°PD | Whitby Town | 2(2) | | | | | | | 19°PD | Burscough | 0 |
| 20°PD | Radcliffe Borough | 2(4) | | | | | | |
| 20°PD | Radcliffe Borough | 2(4) | 20°PD | Radcliffe Borough | 0 | | | |
| | | | 19°PD | Burscough | 2 | | | |
| 16°PD | Marine | 1 | 19°PD | Burscough | 2 | | | |
| 19°PD | Burscough | 3 | | | | | | |

## Division One

Division One featured five new teams:
* Colwyn Bay relegated from the Premier Division
* Gateshead relegated via Playoff from the Premier Division
* Hyde United relegated from the Premier Division
* Bridlington Town as champions of the Northern Counties East League Premier Division
* Prescot Cables as champions of the North West Counties League Division One

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Hyde United (C, P) | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 79 | 49 | +30 | 80 | Promotion to NPL Premier Division and Playoffs |
| 2 | Matlock Town (P) | 42 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 78 | 51 | +27 | 76 | Promotion to NPL Premier Division |
| 3 | Farsley Celtic (P) | 42 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 78 | 56 | +22 | 74 | Promotion to NPL Premier Division |
| 4 | Lincoln United (P) | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 73 | 53 | +20 | 71 | Promotion to NPL Premier Division |
| 5 | Witton Albion (P) | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 61 | 56 | +5 | 63 | Promotion to NPL Premier Division |
| 6 | Gateshead (P) | 42 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 65 | 68 | −3 | 63 | Promotion to NPL Premier Division |
| 7 | Workington (P) | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 70 | 58 | +12 | 62 | Promotion to NPL Premier Division |
| 8 | Leek Town (P) | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 56 | 47 | +9 | 61 | Promotion to NPL Premier Division |
| 9 | Guiseley (P) | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 66 | 54 | +12 | 60 | Promotion to NPL Premier Division |
| 10 | Bamber Bridge (P) | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 64 | 53 | +11 | 60 | Promotion to NPL Premier Division |
| 11 | Bridlington Town (P) | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 70 | 68 | +2 | 58 | Promotion to NPL Premier Division |
| 12 | Prescot Cables (P) | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 63 | 65 | −2 | 58 | Promotion to NPL Premier Division |
| 13 | Bishop Auckland (P) | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 61 | 64 | −3 | 55 | Promotion to NPL Premier Division |
| 14 | Ossett Town (P) | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 62 | 73 | −11 | 52 | Promotion to NPL Premier Division |
| 15 | Rossendale United | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 53 | 62 | −9 | 51 | |
| 16 | Colwyn Bay | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 56 | 82 | −26 | 51 | |
| 17 | North Ferriby United | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 64 | 70 | −6 | 50 | |
| 18 | Chorley | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 54 | 70 | −16 | 49 | |
| 19 | Stocksbridge Park Steels | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 57 | 69 | −12 | 48 | |
| 20 | Belper Town | 42 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 44 | 58 | −14 | 42 | |
| 21 | Kendal Town | 42 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 53 | 79 | −26 | 40 | |
| 22 | Kidsgrove Athletic | 42 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 45 | 67 | −22 | 39 | |
* 1 2 Gateshead were docked 4 points and Ossett Town were docked 3 points.

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAM | BLP | BIS | BRI | CHO | COL | FAR | GAT | GUI | HYD | KEN | KID | LEE | LIN | MAT | NFU | OST | PRC | ROS | STO | WTN | WRK |
| Bamber Bridge | | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Belper Town | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Bishop Auckland | 0–1 | 2–4 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Bridlington Town | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 |
| Chorley | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 3–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Colwyn Bay | 0–5 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–4 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Farsley Celtic | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | | 3–3 | 5–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Gateshead | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–4 | | 1–5 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 |
| Guiseley | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| Hyde United | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Kendal Town | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–5 |
| Kidsgrove Athletic | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Leek Town | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Lincoln United | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 5–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Matlock Town | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–5 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| North Ferriby United | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 2–3 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Ossett Town | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 |
| Prescot Cables | 2–3 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 5–3 | | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Rossendale United | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 |
| Stocksbridge Park Steels | 1–3 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–4 | | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Witton Albion | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–3 | | 1–2 |
| Workington | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | |

## Promotion and relegation

In the thirty-sixth season of the Northern Premier League the top fourteen teams of the Premier Division plus Bradford Park Avenue were promoted to the newly formed Conference North. They were replaced by the top fourteen teams of the First Division, who in turn were replaced by the following fourteen teams:
* Gresley Rovers (from the Southern League Western Division)
* Shepshed Dynamo (from the Southern League Western Division)
* Ilkeston Town (from the Southern League Western Division)
* Willenhall Town
* Eastwood Town
* Mossley
* Rocester
* A.F.C. Telford United
* Brigg Town
* Warrington Town
* Ossett Albion
* Clitheroe
* Woodley Sports
* Spalding United
While no teams were relegated this season, the league reform meant the teams that missed out on "promotion" remained in a league that had its position in the English football league system downgraded by one tier while the "promoted" teams actually remained on the same level of the league system.

## Cup results

Challenge Cup: Teams from both leagues.
* Droylsden bt. Hucknall Town
President's Cup: 'Plate' competition for losing teams in the NPL Cup.
* Barrow bt. Workington
Chairman's Cup: 'Plate' competition for losing teams in the NPL Cup.
* Hyde United bt. Leek Town
Peter Swales Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.
* Droylsden bt. Hucknall Town