2011–12 Northern Premier League

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The 2011–12 season was the 44th season of the

and South
.

The League sponsors for 2011–12 were Evo-Stik.[1] The league allocations were released on 20 May 2011.[2]

Premier Division

Mickleover Sports 0–6 Kendal Town

(3 September 2011)
Highest scoring
9 goals
Highest attendance5,009
North Ferriby United
(7 March 2011)[3]
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The Premier Division featured five new teams:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Chester (C, P) 42 31 7 4 102 29 +73 100 Promotion to Conference North
2 Northwich Victoria (R) 42 26 8 8 73 43 +30 83[a] Relegation to NPL Division One South[b]
3 Chorley 42 24 7 11 76 48 +28 79 Qualification for Playoffs
4
Bradford Park Avenue
(P) 		42 24 6 12 77 49 +28 78
5 Hednesford Town 42 21 10 11 67 49 +18 73
6 F.C. United of Manchester 42 21 9 12 83 51 +32 72
7
Marine
 42 19 9 14 56 50 +6 66
8 Rushall Olympic 42 17 10 15 52 51 +1 61
9 North Ferriby United 42 16 10 16 56 70 −14 58
10 Nantwich Town 42 15 13 14 65 61 +4 57[c]
11 Kendal Town 42 15 8 19 78 83 −5 53
12 Ashton United 42 15 8 19 61 67 −6 53
13 Buxton 42 15 8 19 64 77 −13 53
14 Matlock Town 42 12 14 16 52 54 −2 50
15 Worksop Town 42 13 10 19 56 76 −20 49
16 Stafford Rangers 42 12 12 18 60 65 −5 48
17 Whitby Town 42 12 11 19 57 80 −23 46[c]
18 Stocksbridge Park Steels 42 10 12 20 57 75 −18 42
19 Frickley Athletic 42 10 12 20 48 69 −21 42
20 Chasetown (R) 42 10 11 21 50 75 −25 41 Relegation to NPL Division One South
21
Mickleover Sports
(R) 		42 11 10 21 67 85 −18 40[a]
22 Burscough (R) 42 5 11 26 54 104 −50 26 Relegation to NPL Division One North
Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2012. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Northwich Victoria and Mickleover Sports deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.[4][5]
  2. ^ Northwich Victoria were expelled from the Northern Premier League after being found guilty of failing to comply with League Rules relating to financial matters; on appeal this was reduced to relegation from the Premier Division.[6][7]
  3. ^ a b Nantwich Town and Whitby Town were deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player.[8]

Play-offs

Semifinals Final
      
3 Chorley 0
6 F.C. United of Manchester 2
6 F.C. United of Manchester 0
4
Bradford Park Avenue
 		1*
4
Bradford Park Avenue
 		5
5 Hednesford Town 0

*AET

Semi-finals

Chorley0–2F.C. United of Manchester
Report 63' (Norton)
79' (Mulholland)
Victory Park, Chorley
Bradford Park Avenue
5–0Hednesford Town

Final

Bradford Park Avenue
1–0F.C. United of Manchester
119' (Tom Greaves) Report

Results grid

Home \ Away ASH
BPA
 BUR BUX CHA CHR CHO FCU FRK HED KEN
MAR
 MAT
MIC
 NAN NFU NOR RSO STA STO WTB WKS
Ashton United 0–1 3–2 4–2 4–0 0–2 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 3–0 0–3 1–1 0–1 0–3 3–1 1–5 1–2 1–2 4–2
Bradford Park Avenue
 4–0 3–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–5 3–0 0–1 4–1 0–1 2–2 3–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 1–0
Burscough 2–3 1–1 1–2 4–4 1–4 1–4 3–5 1–3 0–4 2–2 0–4 1–2 1–3 2–1 1–2 1–3 2–4 2–3 1–1 0–1 0–2
Buxton 2–1 1–3 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–3 0–4 3–0 1–3 5–3 0–4 2–1 2–0 4–3 1–3 2–3 1–2 3–1 1–4 0–1 1–3
Chasetown 1–0 0–4 4–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–3 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 4–4 2–2 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–2
Chester 1–0 3–2 4–0 4–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–2 1–2 4–0 4–0 4–0 2–1 1–1 6–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 5–1 2–0 2–0
Chorley 2–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 3–2 0–2 2–0 6–0 5–1 2–3 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–2 4–1
F.C. United of Manchester 2–1 5–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–3 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 1–3 6–3 4–1 0–0 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–1
Frickley Athletic 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–3 2–1 1–3 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 4–3 2–0 1–2 2–1
Hednesford Town 0–0 1–1 4–0 3–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 6–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 4–1 5–4 1–1 3–1 0–0
Kendal Town 1–3 1–1 3–4 0–0 1–4 0–3 1–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 3–3 2–1 3–3 4–1 2–3 4–1 1–3 0–1 4–2 2–1 3–0
Marine
 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 2–3 1–2 2–4 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–3 0–0 0–2 0–2 0–3 0–1 1–0 1–2 4–0
Matlock Town 0–2 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 4–0 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 4–0 2–4 1–1
Mickleover Sports
 1–1 4–0 1–1 1–3 2–3 1–3 3–4 0–2 3–6 1–2 0–6 0–1 3–1 3–1 4–0 0–2 2–2 1–0 1–3 5–0 1–1
Nantwich Town 1–1 0–3 3–4 0–0 0–0 4–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 3–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–2 4–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–1
North Ferriby United 6–3 2–1 0–0 1–4 1–1 0–3 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–2 4–2 2–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 2–3 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–0
Northwich Victoria 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 2–1
Rushall Olympic 1–0 0–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 0–4 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–3 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–2 0–0
Stafford Rangers 1–2 3–1 1–1 0–2 4–1 0–3 0–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 5–1 3–3 2–2
Stocksbridge Park Steels 1–1 2–2 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–2 0–3 2–2 1–1 4–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–5 7–0 3–4 2–0 1–0 0–2 3–0
Whitby Town 2–2 1–4 3–3 3–4 2–0 0–4 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 4–5 0–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–3 3–4
Worksop Town 3–3 0–2 2–3 2–1 4–1 0–3 1–5 2–3 2–1 1–0 3–5 0–3 2–0 5–4 3–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1
Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2012. Source: NPL Premier Division results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

Mickleover Sports
Nantwich Town
North Ferriby
Northwich Victoria
Rushall Olympic
Stafford Rangers
Stocksbridge PS
Whitby Town
Worksop Town
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Locations of the 2011–12 Northern Premier League Premier Division teams