2023–24 Northern Premier League

Northern Premier League
Division One East
Season	2023–24
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Northern Premier League
Division One West
Season	2023–24
Champions	Leek Town
Promoted	Leek Town
Relegated	1874 Northwich
	← 2022–23 2024-25 →

Northern Premier League
Premier Division
Season	2023–24
Champions	Radcliffe
Promoted	Radcliffe
Relegated	Atherton Collieries
	← 2022–23 2024-25 →

The 2023–24 season is the 56th season of the Northern Premier League. The league consists of four divisions, the Premier Division at Step 3 of the National League System, and the West, East and Midlands divisions at Step 4.

Premier Division

Team changes

The following 6 clubs left the Premier Division before the season:

Belper Town – relegated to Division One East
Liversedge – relegated to Division One East
Nantwich Town – relegated to Division One West
South Shields – promoted to the National League North
Stalybridge Celtic – relegated to Division One West
Warrington Town – promoted to the National League North

The following 6 clubs joined the division before the season:

Basford United - transferred from the Southern League Premier Division Central
Bradford (Park Avenue) – relegated from the National League North
Ilkeston Town – transferred from the Southern League Premier Division Central
Macclesfield – promoted from the Division One West
Workington – promoted from Division One West
Worksop Town – promoted from the Division One East

Premier Division table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Radcliffe (C, P)	40	28	3	9	103	58	+45	87	Promotion to the National League North
2	Macclesfield (Q)	40	24	5	11	84	47	+37	77	Qualification for the play-offs^[a]
3	Marine (Q)	40	23	7	10	87	44	+43	76
4	Warrington Rylands 1906 (Q)	40	21	12	7	65	42	+23	75
5	Worksop Town (Q)	40	21	7	12	72	49	+23	70
6	Hyde United	40	19	10	11	68	48	+20	67
7	Ashton United	40	19	10	11	73	63	+10	67
8	Gainsborough Trinity	40	19	6	15	66	63	+3	63
9	Lancaster City	40	18	8	14	60	62	−2	62
10	Guiseley	40	18	7	15	69	63	+6	61
11	Ilkeston Town	40	18	6	16	69	62	+7	60
12	Whitby Town	40	17	8	15	60	50	+10	56^[b]
13	Morpeth Town	40	14	8	18	76	81	−5	50
14	FC United of Manchester	40	15	4	21	55	77	−22	48^[c]
15	Matlock Town	40	14	5	21	62	77	−15	47
16	Bamber Bridge	40	12	11	17	63	82	−19	47
17	Workington	40	11	11	18	67	81	−14	44
18	Basford United	40	9	10	21	44	65	−21	37
19	Bradford (Park Avenue) (R)	40	7	9	24	50	85	−35	30	Relegation to Step 4
20	Stafford Rangers (R)	40	9	3	28	36	81	−45	30
21	Atherton Collieries (R)	40	7	4	29	47	96	−49	25
22	Marske United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0^[d]	Resigned from the league

Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2024. Source: NPL official site
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results^[1]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the National League North.
^ Whitby Town were deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.
^ FC United of Manchester were deducted 1 point for fielding an ineligible player.
^ On 3 January, Marske United resigned from the League, a decision that was ratified by the League on 5 January and the FA on 12 January. Marske United's playing record of Pld22 W7 D0 L15 GD23 ₧21 was expunged.

Play-offs

Semi-finals		Final

2	Macclesfield

5	Worksop Town



3	Marine

4	Warrington Rylands 1906

Semifinals

30 April	Macclesfield	v	Worksop Town	Macclesfield
19:45				Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium

30 April	Marine	v	Warrington Rylands 1906	Crosby
19:45				Stadium: Rossett Park

Final

6 May		v
15:00

Stadia and locations

Greater Manchester

2023–24 Premier Division teams

Locations of Northern Premier League 2023–24 Premier Division teams (Greater Manchester)

Club	Location	Ground	Capacity
Ashton United	Ashton-under-Lyne	Hurst Cross	4,500
Atherton Collieries	Atherton	Alder Street	2,500
Bamber Bridge	Bamber Bridge	Irongate	2,264
Basford United	Nottingham (Basford)	Greenwich Avenue	1,600
Bradford (Park Avenue)	Bradford	Horsfall Stadium	3,500
FC United of Manchester	Manchester (Moston)	Broadhurst Park	4,400
Gainsborough Trinity	Gainsborough	The Northolme	4,304
Guiseley	Guiseley	Nethermoor Park	4,200
Hyde United	Hyde	Ewen Fields	4,250
Ilkeston Town	Ilkeston	New Manor Ground	3,029
Lancaster City	Lancaster	The Giant Axe	3,500
Macclesfield	Macclesfield	Leasing.com Stadium	5,300
Marine	Crosby	Rossett Park	3,185
Marske United	Marske-by-the-Sea	Mount Pleasant	2,500
Matlock Town	Matlock	Causeway Lane	2,214
Morpeth Town	Morpeth	Craik Park	1,500
Radcliffe	Radcliffe	Stainton Park	3,500
Stafford Rangers	Stafford	Marston Road	4,000
Warrington Rylands 1906	Warrington	Gorsey Lane	1,345
Whitby Town	Whitby	Turnbull Ground	3,500
Workington	Workington	Borough Park	3,101
Worksop Town	Worksop	Sandy Lane	2,500

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Declan Howe	Gainsborough Trinity	26
2	David Symington	Workington	24
3	Jonathon Margetts	Matlock Town	22
4	Jordan Hulme	Radcliffe	21
5	Finlay Sinclair-Smith	Marine	20
6	Josh Hancock	Radcliffe	17
	Gabriel Johnson	Guiseley
	Jaime Walker	Ilkeston Town
9	Jason Gilchrist	Ashton United	16
9	Momodou Touray	Warrington Rylands	16

Results table

Home \ Away	ASH	ATH	BAM	BAS	BRA	UOM	GAI	GUI	HYD	ILK	LNC	MAC	MAR	MAT	MOR	RAD	STA	WRY	WHI	WRK	WOR
Ashton United	—	4–3	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	5–0	0–2	1–3	5–0	4–3	0–2	2–1	0–0	4–1	2–2	2–0
Atherton Collieries	1–2	—	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–2	2–3	0–2	0–1	0–5	1–3	4–3	0–4	1–0	1–1	2–3	4–3	0–2
Bamber Bridge	1–3	3–1	—	5–2	1–1	3–3	1–3	0–2	2–0	1–4	2–1	2–1	1–7	2–1	3–3	1–5	0–2	2–2	3–2	3–0	1–1
Basford United	1–2	1–1	4–0	—	2–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–3	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–3	1–2	2–2	1–1	0–3
Bradford (Park Avenue)	1–1	1–2	0–3	2–1	—	2–4	3–3	0–1	0–3	4–1	2–3	0–2	1–3	2–3	2–0	2–3	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–2
FC United of Manchester	0–2	0–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	—	2–0	3–2	0–2	1–0	4–3	2–1	0–3	2–3	2–5	0–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–3	3–0
Gainsborough Trinity	2–2	4–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–3	—	4–0	4–1	0–1	1–0	1–3	0–0	5–3	0–2	3–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	4–2	2–0
Guiseley	0–1	3–2	2–0	2–1	2–2	3–1	0–1	—	2–2	1–2	2–3	1–2	4–2	4–0	4–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	1–3	4–3	2–4
Hyde United	2–2	3–2	2–2	1–0	5–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	—	2–0	0–3	1–3	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	3–1
Ilkeston Town	2–2	3–0	1–0	4–1	2–2	2–0	4–0	1–4	1–1	—	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–2	1–2	3–1	0–1	2–4	6–1	1–2
Lancaster City	2–1	3–2	3–2	1–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–2	0–4	0–4	—	3–0	0–2	1–0	3–2	1–2	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–0
Macclesfield	5–0	6–0	2–1	1–1	3–4	3–1	3–0	5–1	0–0	5–3	1–2	—	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–2
Marine	1–1	4–0	4–1	2–0	4–0	5–1	3–1	1–0	1–4	0–0	2–1	1–2	—	2–0	3–1	3–2	4–0	1–1	1–3	4–4	2–1
Matlock Town	5–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	5–2	3–0	0–4	2–1	3–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	0–1	—	1–1	4–0	1–3	2–4	1–5	2–2	0–0
Morpeth Town	3–3	2–1	1–3	2–2	2–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–5	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–3	—	2–3	6–0	1–3	0–1	3–0	4–0
Radcliffe	2–5	2–2	3–2	1–1	3–0	5–0	1–0	3–4	2–0	3–0	4–2	4–3	3–2	4–0	4–1	—	3–1	2–3	0–1	3–1	4–3
Stafford Rangers	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	3–2	4–0	2–1	1–2	0–2	2–4	1–3	0–2	2–4	0–3	0–3	—	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–2
Warrington Rylands 1906	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	1–0	1–4	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–3	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–4	7–2	—	1–0	1–0	2–1
Whitby Town	1–3	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–3	—	1–1	2–4
Workington	5–0	2–3		5–3	0–2	2–1	2–3	2–1	0–1	4–1	2–1	0–0	0–3	2–1	2–2	1–4	2–1	2–2	0–0	—	3–3
Worksop Town	1–0	4–1	2–4	1–0	3–1	4–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	7–0	1–1	5–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2024. Source: NPL official site
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division One West

Team changes

The following 6 clubs left Division One West before the season:

Macclesfield – promoted to the Premier Division
Skelmersdale United - demoted to North West Counties League Premier Division
Workington – promoted to the Premier Division
Glossop North End - relegated to North West Counties League Premier Division

Colne - relegated to North West Counties League Premier Division
Ramsbottom United - relegated to North West Counties League Premier Division

The following 6 clubs joined the division before the season:

Avro – promoted from the North West Counties League Premier Division
Chasetown - transferred from the Division One Midlands
Hednesford Town – relegated from the Southern League Premier Division Central
Nantwich Town – relegated from the Premier Division
Stalybridge Celtic – relegated from the Premier Division
Vauxhall Motors – promoted from the North West Counties League Premier Division

Division One West table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Leek Town (C, P)	38	24	6	8	85	44	+41	78	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Runcorn Linnets	38	20	8	10	63	39	+24	68	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Prescot Cables	38	19	10	9	59	41	+18	67
4	Bootle	38	19	9	10	60	45	+15	66
5	City of Liverpool	38	18	9	11	69	47	+22	63
6	Witton Albion	38	19	6	13	65	59	+6	63
7	Avro	38	15	13	10	49	43	+6	58
8	Clitheroe	38	16	10	12	69	56	+13	58
9	Widnes	38	17	6	15	60	43	+17	57
10	Nantwich Town	38	17	6	15	61	47	+14	57
11	Chasetown	38	16	8	14	52	50	+2	56
12	Stalybridge Celtic	38	14	11	13	56	59	−3	53
13	Hanley Town	38	12	11	15	37	46	−9	47
14	Newcastle Town	38	13	6	19	44	51	−7	45
15	Mossley	38	12	9	17	43	56	−13	45
16	Vauxhall Motors	38	13	5	20	51	73	−22	44
17	Trafford	38	8	15	15	40	57	−17	39
18	Kidsgrove Athletic	38	10	9	19	56	74	−18	39
19	Hednesford Town (R)	38	7	11	20	44	68	−24	32	Relegation to Step 5
20	1874 Northwich (R)	38	4	6	28	24	89	−65	18	Relegation to Step 5

Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2024. Source: NPL official site
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results^[1]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

Semi-finals		Final

2	Runcorn Linnets

5	City of Liverpool



3	Prescot Cables

4	Bootle

Semifinals

30 April	Runcorn Linnets	v	City of Liverpool	Runcorn
19:45				Stadium: APEC Taxis Stadium

30 April	Prescot Cables	v	Bootle	Prescot
19:45				Stadium: Valerie Park

Final

4 May		v
15:00

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Rob Stevenson	Leek Town	21
2	Sefton Gonzales	Clitheroe	20
3	Byron Harrison	Nantwich Town	16
	Ben Hodkinson	Bootle
	John Murphy	Prescot Cables
	Daniel Trickett-Smith	Leek Town
7	Aaron Dwyer	Stalybridge Celtic	15
8	Thomas Carr	Leek Town	14
8	James Steele	Widnes	14

Stadia and locations

Locations of Northern Premier League 2023–24 Division One West teams

Chasetown

Hednesford Town

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Locations of Northern Premier League 2023–24 Division One West Staffordshire teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
1874 Northwich	Barnton	The Offside Trust Stadium (groundshare with Barnton)	3,000
Avro	Oldham	Whitebank Stadium	1,500
Bootle	Bootle	New Bucks Park	3,750
Chasetown	Burntwood	The Scholars Ground	3,000
City of Liverpool	Bootle	New Bucks Park (groundshare with Bootle)	3,750
Clitheroe	Clitheroe	Shawbridge	2,000
Hanley Town	Stoke-on-Trent	Potteries Park	1,300
Hednesford Town	Hednesford	Keys Park	6,039
Kidsgrove Athletic	Kidsgrove	The Autonet Insurance Stadium	2,000
Leek Town	Leek	Harrison Park	3,600
Mossley	Mossley	Seel Park	4,000
Nantwich Town	Nantwich	The Weaver Stadium	3,500
Newcastle Town	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Lyme Valley Stadium	4,000
Prescot Cables	Prescot	IP Truck Parts Stadium	3,200
Runcorn Linnets	Runcorn	APEC Taxis Stadium	1,600
Stalybridge Celtic	Stalybridge	Bower Fold	6,500
Trafford	Flixton	Shawe Lane	2,500
Vauxhall Motors	Ellesmere Port	vanEupen Arena	3,300
Widnes	Widnes	Halton Stadium	13,350
Witton Albion	Northwich	Wincham Park	4,813

Division One East

Division One East comprises 20 teams, one more than the previous season.

Team changes

The following 6 clubs left Division One East before the season:

Lincoln United – relegated to the United Counties League Premier Division North
Long Eaton United – promoted to the Southern League Premier Division Central
North Shields – demoted to the Northern League Division One
Shildon – relegated to the Northern League Division One
Tadcaster Albion – relegated to the Northern Counties East League Premier Division

Worksop Town – promoted to the Premier Division

The following 6 clubs joined the division before the season:

Ashington – promoted from the Northern League Division One
Belper Town – relegated from the Premier Division
Liversedge – relegated from the Premier Division
Newton Aycliffe – promoted from the Northern League Division One
North Ferriby – promoted from the Northern Counties East League Premier Division
Winterton Rangers – promoted from the Northern Counties East League Premier Division

Division One East table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Hebburn Town (C, P)	38	25	6	7	82	37	+45	81	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Stockton Town (Q)	38	24	8	6	78	31	+47	80	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Dunston UTS (Q)	38	21	9	8	77	45	+32	72
4	Pontefract Collieries (Q)	38	20	10	8	73	38	+35	70
5	Carlton Town (Q)	38	21	2	15	59	52	+7	65
6	Belper Town	38	18	6	14	64	62	+2	60
7	Newton Aycliffe	38	18	6	14	68	67	+1	60
8	North Ferriby	38	18	3	17	57	65	−8	57
9	Cleethorpes Town	38	15	11	12	58	47	+11	56
10	Liversedge	38	15	6	17	53	46	+7	51
11	Grimsby Borough	38	15	5	18	51	60	−9	50
12	Consett	38	14	7	17	58	62	−4	49
13	Sheffield	38	14	6	18	62	64	−2	48
14	Ashington	38	13	7	18	62	68	−6	46
15	Stocksbridge Park Steels	38	9	13	16	42	48	−6	40
16	Ossett United	38	10	8	20	38	70	−32	38
17	Grantham Town	38	9	10	19	49	75	−26	37
18	Bridlington Town	38	9	9	20	47	72	−25	36
19	Brighouse Town (R)	38	9	9	20	49	81	−32	36	Relegation to Step 5
20	Winterton Rangers (R)	38	10	5	23	37	74	−37	35	Relegation to Step 5

Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2024. Source: NPL official site
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results^[1]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

Semi-finals		Final

2	Stockton Town

5	Carlton Town



3	Dunston UTS

4	Pontefract Collieries

Semifinals

30 April	Stockton Town	v	Carlton Town	Stockton
19:45				Stadium: Bishopton Road West

30 April	Dunston UTS	v	Pontefract Collieries	Dunston
19:45				Stadium: Wellington Road

Final

4 May		v
15:00

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Amar Purewal	Hebburn Town	28
2	Jack Maskell	Dunston	22
3	Kevin Bastos	Belper Town	18
	Kevin Hayes	Stockton Town
	Dale Pearson	Dunston
6	Adam Haw	Pontefract Collieries	16
	Cameron Johnson	Belper Town Sheffield
	Connor Thomson	Ashington
9	Liam Adamson	Newton Aycliffe	15
9	Michael Fowler	Stockton Town	15

Stadia and locations

Bridlington Town

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Stocksbridge Park Steels

Stockton Town

Winterton Rangers

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Locations of Northern Premier League 2023–24 Division One East teams

[table_note_res_PPO0.19242535400783-1] Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the National League North.

[table_hth_WHI0.19242535400783-2] Whitby Town were deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.

[table_hth_UOM0.19242535400783-3] FC United of Manchester were deducted 1 point for fielding an ineligible player.

[table_hth_MSK0.19242535400783-4] On 3 January, Marske United resigned from the League, a decision that was ratified by the League on 5 January and the FA on 12 January. Marske United's playing record of Pld22 W7 D0 L15 GD23 ₧21 was expunged.

[a]

[b]

[c]

[d]

[1]

Semi-finals		Final

2	Anstey Nomads

5	Quorn



3	Harborough Town

4	Hinckley LRFC

30 April	Anstey Nomads	v	Quorn	Anstey
19:45				Stadium: Cropston Road

30 April	Hinckley LRFC	Market Harborough
19:45				Stadium: Bowden Park

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Rushden & Diamonds	Rushden	Hayden Road	2,000
Anstey Nomads	Anstey	Cropston Road	–
Bedworth United	Bedworth	The Oval	3,000
Boldmere St Michaels	Boldmere	Trevor Brown Memorial Ground	2,000
Cambridge City	Impington	Bridge Road (Impington)	4,300
Coleshill Town	Coleshill	Pack Meadow	2,000
Corby Town	Corby	Steel Park	3,893
Coventry Sphinx	Coventry	Sphinx Drive	–
Gresley Rovers	Church Gresley	Moat Ground	2,400
Harborough Town	Market Harborough	Bowden Park	–
Hinckley LRFC	Hinckley	Leicester Road Stadium	4,329
Loughborough Dynamo	Loughborough	Nanpantan Sports Ground	1,500
Lye Town	Lye	Lye Sports Ground	1,000
Quorn	Quorn	Farley Way Stadium	1,400
Rugby Town	Rugby	Butlin Road	6,000
Shepshed Dynamo	Shepshed	The Dovecote Stadium	2,500
Spalding United	Spalding	Sir Halley Stewart Field	3,500
Sporting Khalsa	Willenhall	Guardian Warehousing Arena	–
Sutton Coldfield Town	Sutton Coldfield	Central Ground	2,000
Walsall Wood	Walsall Wood	Oak Park	1,000

2023–24 Northern Premier League

Premier Division

Team changes

Premier Division table

Play-offs

Semifinals

Final

Stadia and locations

Top goalscorers

Results table

Division One West

Team changes

Division One West table

Play-offs

Semifinals

Final

Top goalscorers

Stadia and locations

Division One East

Team changes

Division One East table

Play-offs

Semifinals

Final

Top goalscorers

Stadia and locations

Division One Midlands

Team changes

Division One Midlands table

Play-offs

Semifinals

Final

Stadia and locations

See also

Notes

References

External links