2022–23 Northern Premier League

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The 2022–23 season was the 55th 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. The NPL continued this season with main sponsors Entain's Pitching In.

The allocations for Step 4 this season were announced by The Football Association (FA) on 12 May 2022.[1][2]

Premier Division

Northern Premier League
Premier Division
Season 2022–23
Champions South Shields
Promoted South Shields
Warrington Town
Relegated Nantwich Town
Stalybridge Celtic
Liversedge
Belper Town

Team changes

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

The following 6 clubs joined the division before the season:

Premier Division table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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[3]

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Clayton Donaldson Gainsborough Trinity 22
2 Regan Linney F.C. United of Manchester 20
3 Adam Boyes Marske United 18
Fin Sinclair-Smith Bamber Bridge
5 Liam Waldock Gainsborough Trinity 17
6 Callum Dolan Warrington Rylands 14
7 Sol Solomon Marine 13
8 Darius Osei South Shields 12
Jack Redshaw Hyde United

Results table

Home \ Away

Play-offs

Semifinals Final
           
2 Warrington Town 4
5 Matlock Town 1
2 Warrington Town 1
3 Bamber Bridge 0
3 Bamber Bridge 1 (5)
4 Gainsborough Trinity 1 (3)

Semi-finals

Final

Stadia and locations

Locations of Northern Premier League 2022–23 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
Belper Town Belper Christchurch Meadow 2,650
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
Lancaster City Lancaster Giant Axe 3,500
Liversedge Cleckheaton Clayborn 2,000
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
Nantwich Town Nantwich The Weaver Stadium 3,500
Radcliffe Radcliffe Stainton Park 3,500
South Shields South Shields 1st Cloud Arena 3,500
Stafford Rangers Stafford Marston Road 4,000
Stalybridge Celtic Stalybridge Bower Fold 6,500
Warrington Rylands 1906 Warrington Gorsey Lane 1,345
Warrington Town Warrington Cantilever Park 3,500
Whitby Town Whitby Turnbull Ground 3,500

Division One West

Northern Premier League
Division One West
Season 2022–23
Champions Macclesfield (1st title)
Promoted Macclesfield
Relegated Colne
Ramsbottom United

Team changes

The following 4 clubs left Division One West before the season:

The following 4 clubs joined the division before the season:

Division One West table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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[3]

Skelmersdale United were relegated instead of Widnes because Skelmersdale were unable to meet the FA ground grading regulations. Their artificial pitch at JMO Sports Park failed a "bounce test", and the ground they shared at Burscough was graded at Step 5. [4]

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 James Berry Macclesfield 24
2 Mason Fawns Mossley 17
Sefton Gonzales Clitheroe
Elliot Morris Skelmersdale United
David Symington Workington
6 Scott Allison Workington 15
Tim Grice Leek Town
Nicky Maynard Macclesfield
9 Jamie Rainford Runcorn Linnets 14

Results table

Home \ Away

Play-offs

Semifinals Final
           
2 Leek Town 1
5 Runcorn Linnets 3
5 Runcorn Linnets 1
3 Workington 2
3 Workington 2
4 Clitheroe 0

Semi-finals

Final

Inter-step play-off

Stadia and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
1874 Northwich Barnton The Offside Trust Stadium (groundshare with Barnton) 3,000
Bootle Bootle New Bucks Park 3,750
City of Liverpool Bootle New Bucks Park (groundshare with Bootle) 3,750
Clitheroe Clitheroe Shawbridge 2,000
Colne Colne Holt House 1,800
Glossop North End Glossop The Amdec Forklift Stadium 1,301
Hanley Town Stoke-on-Trent Potteries Park 1,300
Kidsgrove Athletic Kidsgrove The Autonet Insurance Stadium 2,000
Leek Town Leek Harrison Park 3,600
Macclesfield Macclesfield Leasing.com Stadium 4,720
Mossley Mossley Seel Park 4,000
Newcastle Town Newcastle-under-Lyme Lyme Valley Stadium 4,000
Prescot Cables Prescot IP Truck Parts Stadium 3,200
Ramsbottom United Ramsbottom The Harry Williams Riverside 2,000
Runcorn Linnets Runcorn APEC Taxis Stadium 1,600
Skelmersdale United Skelmersdale One Call Stadium - JMO Sports Park 1,300
Trafford Flixton Shawe lane 2,500
Widnes Widnes Halton Stadium 13,350
Witton Albion Northwich Wincham Park 4,813
Workington Workington Borough Park 3,101

Division One East

Northern Premier League
Division One East
Season 2022–23
Champions Worksop Town
Promoted Worksop Town
Relegated Shildon
Tadcaster Albion

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

Team changes

The following 5 clubs left Division One East before the season:

The following 6 clubs joined the division before the season:

Division One East table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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[3]

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Liam Hughes Worksop Town 33
2 Jamie Walker Long Eaton United 20
3 Adam Priestley Pontefract Collieries 17
4 Amar Purewal Hebburn Town 15
5 Matthew Cotton Lincoln United 14
Declan Howe Cleethorpes Town
7 Kevin Hayes Stockton Town 13

Results table

Home \ Away

Play-offs

Semifinals Final
           
2 Stockton Town 2 (4)
5 Stocksbridge Park Steels 2 (3)
2 Stockton Town 2 (3)
4 Long Eaton United 2 (4)
3 Hebburn Town 2 (2)
4 Long Eaton United 2 (3)

Semi-finals

Final

Inter-step play-off

Stadia and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Bridlington Town Bridlington Queensgate 3,000
Brighouse Town Brighouse St Giles Road 1,000
Carlton Town Carlton Bill Stokeld Stadium 1,500
Cleethorpes Town Grimsby Clee Road 1,000
Consett Consett Belle View Stadium 3,770
Dunston UTS Dunston Wellington Road 2,500
Grantham Town Grantham South Kesteven Sports Stadium 7,500
Grimsby Borough Grimsby Bradley Football Centre 1,000
Hebburn Town Hebburn The Green Energy Sports Ground
Lincoln United Lincoln Ashby Avenue 2,200
Long Eaton United Long Eaton Grange Park 3,000
North Shields North Shields Daren Persson Stadium 1,500
Ossett United Ossett Ingfield 1,950
Pontefract Collieries Pontefract Harratt Nissan Stadium 1,200
Sheffield Dronfield Coach and Horses Ground 2,089
Shildon Shildon Dean Street 4,700
Stocksbridge Park Steels Stocksbridge Bracken Moor 3,500
Stockton Town Stockton Bishopton Road West 1,800
Tadcaster Albion Tadcaster Ings Lane 2,000
Worksop Town Worksop Sandy Lane 2,500

Division One Midlands

Northern Premier League
Division One Midlands
Season 2022–23
Champions Stamford
Promoted Stamford
Relegated Daventry Town
Yaxley

Team changes

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

The following 6 clubs joined the division before the season:

Division One Midlands table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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[3]

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Jonny Margetts Stamford 33
2 Kai Tonge Coleshill Town 30
3 Miracle Okafor Sporting Khalsa 26
4 Richard Gregory Halesowen Town 19
5 Trey Charles St Neots Town 17
Zayn Hakeem Shepshed Dynamo
7 Simeon Cobourne Halesowen Town 16
8 Rhys Hilton Sutton Coldfield Town 15
Jack Langston Chasetown

Results table

Home \ Away BED BSM CAM CHA COL COR DAV DER GRE HAL HAR HLR LOU SHE SPA SPO STA STN SUT YAX
Bedworth United 1-2 2-2 0-0 1-0 3-3 0-0 1-1 3-0 1-1 0-0 1-0 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-2 0–2 2-1 0-2 2-1
Boldmere St Michaels 2-1 3-1 1-5 2-2 0-4 2-1 3-1 2-0 1-0 0-1 2-0 1-1 1-3 1-1 1–1 0-1 5-1 3-0 5-1
Cambridge City 0-0 1-1 0-4 2-3 2-0 1-1 1-2 3-0 1-2 0-3 1-1 2-1 1-4 0–0 1-1 1-2 1-1 0-1 2-1
Chasetown 2-1 0-1 0-1 0-2 1-1 1-0 2-0 3-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 3-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 1-2 4-0 3–1 4-0
Coleshill Town 1-0 2-0 1-2 1-1 0-0 3-2 3-0 2–0 3-2 2-4 2-1 3-1 0-2 1-1 1-0 3-1 4-0 3-0 2-0
Corby Town 1-1 3-2 1-1 0-4 1–0 2-1 3-0 2-2 4-2 0-4 1-0 0-2 0-0 1-0 2-2 1-1 4-0 3-1 4-1
Daventry Town 0-1 0-2 0-4 1-2 0-4 0-7 2-0 3-2 1-4 0-2 0-0 0–4 3-2 0-9 0-7 1-2 1-1 0-1 3-0
Dereham Town 0-2 0-3 1-0 2-3 1-4 0-1 6-0 2-0 0-3 3-2 1–1 1-1 0-3 0-2 1-3 1-3 0-1 3-2 6-2
Gresley Rovers 1-0 1-0 0–0 1-0 1-0 0-3 2-0 1-0 2-3 2-2 2-2 0-2 2-0 0-2 0-2 0-0 1-2 4-2 4-0
Halesowen Town 2–0 2-3 2-1 1-0 2-0 3-2 4-0 4-0 3-0 1-0 3-0 3-2 0-1 3-0 2-2 0-0 3-0 0-3 3-0
Harborough Town 2-2 4-2 1-0 1-0 2-2 1-0 2-1 6-1 1-0 1–3 1-0 3-0 2-1 0-2 2-3 0-2 1-1 2-1 9-1
Hinckley LRFC 1-0 2-1 2-0 0-1 4-1 0–1 1-0 2-1 4-0 2-2 0-0 1-1 0-1 1-1 1-2 0-1 1-1 3-0 2-1
Loughborough Dynamo 4-1 0–1 1-1 1-0 1-1 2-3 2-2 1-2 0-0 0-2 2-3 1-1 2-0 0-4 2-1 3-1 3-1 1-0 4-0
Shepshed Dynamo 1-1 2-0 0-1 1-2 0-2 0-3 3-0 2–2 0-1 3-4 1-2 0-1 2-0 0-2 3-0 0-2 3-1 3-0 1-1
Spalding United 2-2 2-2 0-2 3-2 0-1 2-2 3–0 2-0 4-0 3-0 3-1 0-1 0-0 1-0 2-0 3-2 1-0 1-0 4-2
Sporting Khalsa 0-0 2-2 1-2 1-1 1-0 4-1 7-1 5-0 1-0 0-5 5-1 3-1 1-0 1–3 2-1 0-2 2-0 2-1 8-0
Stamford 2-0 2-1 3-1 3-2 2-1 2-0 4-0 1-1 1-1 2-1 3–1 1-0 2-0 3-0 1-2 3-1 4-0 0-3 3-0
St Neots Town 0-4 0-2 3-2 1–1 2-1 2-0 1-2 1-3 1-1 1-3 1-0 3-0 1-3 3-3 0-3 2-4 1-3 1-3 4-1
Sutton Coldfield Town 4-0 1-2 2-0 0-0 0-3 1-5 2-2 3-0 1-0 1-1 2-3 2-1 2-2 1-2 0-1 2-3 1-1 6-0 2–1
Yaxley 0-2 1-3 0-2 0-1 0-4 1–2 0-2 0-1 2-3 0-1 3-1 0-0 0-3 0-4 0-1 0-4 0-6 2–2 1-2

Play-offs

Semifinals Final
           
2 Halesowen Town 3
5 Coleshill Town 1
2 Halesowen Town 2
3 Spalding United 1
3 Spalding United 2
4 Sporting Khalsa 1

Semi-finals

Final

Inter-step play-offs

Stadia and locations

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Location of Northern Premier League 2022–23 Division One Midlands team (Norfolk)
Team Location Stadium Capacity
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
Chasetown Burntwood The Scholars Ground 3,000
Coleshill Town Coleshill Pack Meadow 2,000
Corby Town Corby Steel Park 3,893
Daventry Town Daventry Elderstubbs 1,855
Dereham Town Dereham Aldiss Park 3,000
Gresley Rovers Church Gresley Moat Ground 2,400
Halesowen Town Halesowen The Grove 3,150
Harborough Town Market Harborough Bowden Park
Hinckley LRFC Hinckley Leicester Road Stadium 4,329
Loughborough Dynamo Loughborough Nanpantan Sports Ground 1,500
Shepshed Dynamo Leicestershire The Dovecote Stadium 2,500
Spalding United Spalding Sir Halley Stewart Field 3,500
Sporting Khalsa Willenhall Guardian Warehousing Arena
Stamford Stamford Borderville Sports Centre 2,000
St Neots Town St Neots New Rowley Park 3,500
Sutton Coldfield Town Sutton Coldfield Central Ground 2,000
Yaxley Yaxley Leading Drove 1,000

Challenge Cup

For the third successive season, it was announced to member clubs that the League Challenge Cup was cancelled.

See also

Notes

References

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