2009–10 Northern Premier League

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The 2009–10 season was the 42nd season for the

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

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

Durham City
Matches played383
Goals scored1,280 (3.34 per match)
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The Premier Division featured seven new clubs:

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
4 North Ferriby United 38 22 9 7 70 38 +32 75
5 Kendal Town 38 21 8 9 75 47 +28 71
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[a]
20 Durham City (R) 38 2 0 36 27 168 −141 0[b] Relegation to
NPL Division One North
21 King's Lynn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[c] Club folded, record expunged. And Reform as
UCL Premier Division
.
22 Newcastle Blue Star 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[d] Resigned, club folded
Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2010. Source: Unibond League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Ossett Town was reprieved from relegation.
  2. ^ Durham City deducted 6 points for fielding a player under a false name whilst suspended for another club.
  3. United Counties League Premier Division
    .
  4. ^ 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
Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2010. Source: Northern Premier Division results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

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

* After extra time

Stadia and locations

Ossett Town
Retford United
Stocksbridge PS
Whitby Town
Worksop Town
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Locations of the 2009–10 Northern Premier League teams