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

Northern Premier League Premier Division

Season	2000–01
Champions	Stalybridge Celtic
Promoted	Stalybridge Celtic
Relegated	Leek Town Spennymoor United
Matches played	506
Goals scored	1553 (3.07 per match)
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

The Premier Division featured three new teams:

• Altrincham relegated from the 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	Qualification or relegation
1	Stalybridge Celtic (C) (P)	44	31	9	4	96	32	+64	102	Promotion to the 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	44	51	−7	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 the NPL Division One
23	Spennymoor United (R)	44	4	5	35	32	108	−76	016*

Updated to games played on 8 February 2011
Source: [1].
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
^* Spennymoor United were deducted 1 point
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Division One

Northern Premier League Division One

Season	2000–01
Champions	Bradford Park Avenue
Promoted	Bradford Park Avenue Vauxhall Motors
Relegated	Congleton Town Winsford United
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1423 (3.08 per match)
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

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	Qualification or relegation
1	Bradford Park Avenue (C) (P)	42	28	5	9	83	40	+43	89	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Vauxhall Motors (P)	42	23	10	9	95	50	+45	79
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	068*
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	047†
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	044#	Relegation to the NWCFL Division One
22	Congleton Town (R)	42	8	6	28	43	94	−51	30

Updated to games played on 8 February 2011
Source: [2].
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
^*Trafford were deducted 1 point.
^†From this season onwards Netherfield Kendal were known as Kendal Town. They were deducted 1 point during the season.
^#Winsford United were deducted 6 points.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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

External links

• Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF

References

• http://www.nonleaguefooty.co.uk/archive/northern01.html