2005–06 Northern Premier League

The 2005–06 Northern Premier League season was the 38th 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	2005–06
Champions	Blyth Spartans
Promoted	Blyth Spartans Farsley Celtic
Relegated	Bradford Park Avenue Wakefield
Matches played	465
Goals scored	1282 (2.76 per match)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The Premier Division featured six new clubs:

Ashton United relegated from Conference North
Bradford Park Avenue relegated from Conference North
Runcorn F.C. Halton relegated from Conference North
North Ferriby United as champions from Division One.
Ilkeston Town as runners-up from Division One.
A.F.C. Telford United via play-offs from Division One.

League Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Blyth Spartans !Blyth Spartans (C) (P)	42	26	11	5	79	32	+47	89	Promotion to Conference North
2	Frickley Athletic !Frickley Athletic	42	26	8	8	72	36	+36	86	Qualification for Playoffs
3	Marine !Marine	42	23	12	7	61	25	+36	81
4	Farsley Celtic !Farsley Celtic (P)	42	23	10	9	84	34	+50	79
5	North Ferriby United !North Ferriby United	42	21	10	11	77	54	+23	73
6	Whitby Town !Whitby Town	42	18	10	14	60	59	+1	64
7	Burscough !Burscough	42	19	6	17	64	64	0	63
8	Witton Albion !Witton Albion	42	17	9	16	68	55	+13	60
9	Matlock Town !Matlock Town	42	16	11	15	60	55	+5	59
10	A.F.C. Telford United !A.F.C. Telford United	42	14	17	11	54	52	+2	59
11	Ossett Town !Ossett Town	42	17	7	18	57	61	−4	58
12	Leek Town !Leek Town	42	14	14	14	50	53	−3	56
13	Prescot Cables !Prescot Cables	42	15	8	19	49	60	−11	53
14	Guiseley !Guiseley	42	14	9	19	45	58	−13	51
15	Ashton United !Ashton United	42	13	10	19	62	63	−1	49
16	Ilkeston Town !Ilkeston Town	42	12	13	17	48	51	−3	49
17	Gateshead !Gateshead	42	12	10	20	52	77	−25	46
18	Radcliffe Borough !Radcliffe Borough	42	12	8	22	54	62	−8	44
19	Lincoln United !Lincoln United	42	10	14	18	44	64	−20	044^*
20	Wakefield !Wakefield (R)	42	11	9	22	38	69	−31	042^†	Relegation to NPL Division One
21	Bradford Park Avenue !Bradford Park Avenue (R)	42	10	9	23	64	86	−22	39	Relegation to NPL Division One
22	Runcorn F.C. Halton	42	6	11	25	36	108	−72	29	Resigned, club folded at end of season

Updated to games played on 8 February 2011.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^* Lincoln United had superior record to same placed Isthmian League team, and consequently kept place in the division.
^† Previously called Wakefield-Emley F.C..
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away	A.F.C. Telford United !TEL	Ashton United !ASH	Blyth Spartans !BLY	Bradford Park Avenue !BPA	Burscough !BUR	Farsley Celtic !FAR	Frickley Athletic !FRK	Gateshead !GAT	Guiseley !GUI	Ilkeston Town !ILK	Leek Town !LEE	Lincoln United !LIN	Marine !MAR	Matlock Town !MAT	North Ferriby United !NFU	Ossett Town !OST	Prescot Cables !PRC	Radcliffe Borough !RAD	Runcorn !RUN	Wakefield !WAK	Whitby Town !WTB	Witton Albion !WTN
A.F.C. Telford United !A.F.C. Telford United		2–1	1–1	3–6	0–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	3–1	2–3	3–1	2–2
Ashton United !Ashton United	0–0		2–3	3–0	1–3	1–1	0–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	3–0	1–2	1–1	2–4	0–3	1–3	3–0	6–0	4–0	4–2	0–2
Blyth Spartans !Blyth Spartans	1–1	2–0		2–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–2	4–2	4–4	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	5–1
Bradford Park Avenue !Bradford Park Avenue	0–1	1–1	2–1		3–4	4–3	1–4	0–1	1–3	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–3	1–2	0–4	2–0	1–0	1–2	8–0	2–1	0–0	2–3
Burscough !Burscough	0–1	3–0	0–0	0–1		0–3	0–1	2–3	3–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	3–2	4–1	2–3	3–0	2–2	3–2	2–1	1–1
Farsley Celtic !Farsley Celtic	2–0	3–0	1–1	3–0	2–4		0–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	3–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	3–0	5–0	6–1	1–3	0–3
Frickley Athletic !Frickley Athletic	1–0	2–2	3–2	6–2	4–1	1–0		1–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–0
Gateshead !Gateshead	1–1	3–2	1–2	2–1	2–0	0–5	2–2		0–2	1–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–5	2–3	2–1	0–3	0–0	2–4	3–2	3–2	3–2
Guiseley !Guiseley	1–0	1–3	0–2	0–3	3–1	0–3	2–0	1–0		2–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–2	2–5	3–2	1–1	0–1	0–2	3–1
Ilkeston Town !Ilkeston Town	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–2	3–1	0–1		2–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–0
Leek Town !Leek Town	1–1	1–0	0–3	3–0	3–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–2	0–3		1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–3	2–2	0–0	3–0	2–2
Lincoln United !Lincoln United	1–2	0–0	0–1	3–2	0–1	0–1	3–7	2–2	1–0	2–2	3–3		1–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–2
Marine !Marine	1–1	2–2	0–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	4–2	1–2	5–1		0–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–1
Matlock Town !Matlock Town	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–2	0–3	2–5		1–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	4–1	0–4
North Ferriby United !North Ferriby United	1–0	1–0	1–4	5–2	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	2–1	4–0	0–0	0–2	3–2		2–1	3–0	2–1	3–1	3–3	0–0	5–1
Ossett Town !Ossett Town	1–1	3–2	3–1	3–2	0–0	0–1	2–4	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–3	0–2	4–4	2–3		3–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–3	1–0
Prescot Cables !Prescot Cables	0–0	2–1	1–3	2–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	0–2	0–0	0–2	1–3	0–1	2–1	0–2	2–1		1–0	0–0	2–0	5–1	1–1
Radcliffe Borough !Radcliffe Borough	2–2	1–2	0–3	1–0	0–2	0–5	0–3	4–0	0–0	3–1	2–3	4–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	4–0		8–1	3–0	0–1	1–3
Runcorn !Runcorn	0–7	1–2	0–5	2–2	1–3	0–7	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–4	2–4	0–2	5–1	2–2		2–1	1–1	0–4
Wakefield !Wakefield	1–1	0–1	0–3	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–3	1–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–3	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–0		2–3	0–2
Whitby Town !Whitby Town	4–1	2–2	0–4	3–3	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	4–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	4–0	4–2		0–2
Witton Albion !Witton Albion	4–0	0–1	1–1	2–3	2–3	0–1	1–0	2–2	4–0	3–1	0–1	3–0	0–2	2–4	2–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	0–0

Updated to games played on 29 April 2006.
Source: Northern Premier Division results grid
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

The Premier Division playoffs saw the second to fifth placed sides in the Division compete for one place in the Conference North.

Semi-finals 1 May 2006			Final 6 May 2006


3	Marine	0

4	Farsley Celtic	1
			4	Farsley Celtic	2*

			5	North Ferriby United	1
2	Frickley Athletic	0(2)

5	North Ferriby United	0(4)

* After extra time

Division One

Northern Premier League Division One
Season	2005–06
Champions	Mossley
Promoted	Fleetwood Town Kendal Town Mossley
Relegated	Bishop Auckland
Matches played	465
Goals scored	1398 (3.01 per match)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

Division One featured four new clubs:

Bamber Bridge, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
Bishop Auckland, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
Bridlington Town, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
Fleetwood Town, promoted from the North West Counties Football League Division One

League Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mossley !Mossley (C) (P)	42	23	9	10	83	55	+28	78	Promotion to NPL Premier Division
2	Fleetwood Town !Fleetwood Town (P)	42	22	10	10	72	48	+24	76	Promotion to NPL Premier Division
3	Kendal Town !Kendal Town (P)	42	22	10	10	81	58	+23	76	Qualification for Playoffs
4	Woodley Sports !Woodley Sports	42	22	8	12	85	53	+32	74
5	Gresley Rovers !Gresley Rovers	42	20	10	12	79	64	+15	70
6	Stocksbridge Park Steels !Stocksbridge Park Steels	42	17	16	9	66	43	+23	67
7	Eastwood Town !Eastwood Town	42	16	14	12	66	58	+8	62
8	Brigg Town !Brigg Town	42	16	14	12	70	64	+6	62
9	Belper Town !Belper Town	42	17	8	17	53	56	−3	59
10	Shepshed Dynamo !Shepshed Dynamo	42	15	13	14	57	56	+1	58
11	Bridlington Town !Bridlington Town	42	16	10	16	61	68	−7	58
12	Colwyn Bay !Colwyn Bay	42	15	11	16	56	53	+3	56
13	Bamber Bridge !Bamber Bridge	42	13	15	14	65	59	+6	54
14	Ossett Albion !Ossett Albion	42	15	9	18	54	64	−10	54
15	Rossendale United !Rossendale United	42	12	17	13	58	61	−3	53
16	Clitheroe !Clitheroe	42	15	8	19	54	73	−19	53
17	Kidsgrove Athletic !Kidsgrove Athletic	42	14	9	19	66	69	−3	51
18	Chorley !Chorley	42	14	8	20	58	59	−1	50
19	Warrington Town !Warrington Town	42	11	15	16	62	74	−12	48
20	Spalding United !Spalding United	42	10	15	17	49	70	−21	45	Transferred to SFL Division Midlands
21	Goole !Goole	42	11	11	20	55	85	−30	043^*
22	Bishop Auckland !Bishop Auckland (R)	42	3	6	33	39	99	−60	15	Relegation to Northern League Division One

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^*Goole were docked 1 point during the campaign and their record had to be compared with the same placed side in the Isthmian League to determine which team would be relegated. As Goole's record was superior, they stayed up.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Bamber Bridge !BAM	Belper Town !BLP	Bishop Auckland !BIS	Bridlington Town !BRI	Brigg Town !BRG	Chorley !CHO	Clitheroe !CLT	Colwyn Bay !COL	Eastwood Town !EAS	Fleetwood Town !FLE	Gresley !GRE	Kendal Town !KEN	Kidsgrove Athletic !KID	Mossley !MOS	Ossett Albion !OSA	Rossendale United !Rossendale United	Shepshed Dynamo !SPD	Spalding United !SPA	Stocksbridge Park Steels !STO	Warrington Town !WAR	Willenhall Town !WIL	Woodley Sports !WDL
Bamber Bridge !Bamber Bridge		0–1	7–2	1–1	3–4	3–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–5	2–4	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	4–0	1–1	2–1	1–1
Belper Town !Belper Town	1–0		2–1	2–3	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–4	2–0	2–1	3–4	0–0	4–0	1–4	0–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–0
Bishop Auckland !Bishop Auckland	1–1	1–3		2–1	0–3	1–4	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–3	0–2	1–2	2–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–4	2–3	0–3
Bridlington Town !Bridlington Town	2–0	2–1	1–0		3–1	4–1	1–0	0–0	2–3	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–2
Brigg Town !Brigg Town	3–2	1–2	2–0	3–2		1–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–3	0–1	2–3	2–2	0–1	3–1	0–0	3–2	1–2
Chorley !Chorley	0–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	1–2		1–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	3–0	2–3	1–2	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–4
Clitheroe !Clitheroe	1–0	0–2	4–1	2–0	2–2	0–1		1–0	0–3	1–0	1–0	3–3	0–3	2–2	3–2	4–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–3	3–2
Colwyn Bay !Colwyn Bay	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–3	0–0	1–2	0–0		0–0	2–0	4–1	6–0	0–1	4–3	3–0	2–0	0–4	2–0	3–0	1–1	3–0	2–1
Eastwood Town !Eastwood Town	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–3	2–0	0–4	3–1	4–1		0–1	3–3	2–3	3–3	2–1	2–2	3–2	4–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–3	4–0
Fleetwood Town !Fleetwood Town	0–0	2–0	3–2	2–3	5–1	2–1	4–0	2–1	3–2		0–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–0
Goole !Goole	3–3	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–0	3–0	0–3	3–3		2–3	2–4	1–1	0–0	1–4	1–1	0–5	1–6	0–4	2–3	1–4
Gresley !Gresley	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–1	3–2	2–1	3–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	4–0		0–1	0–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–3	2–5
Kendal Town !Kendal Town	2–0	2–2	3–3	2–1	1–4	1–2	1–4	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–3		4–0	1–1	0–1	4–0	1–2	3–0	1–1	3–1	2–1
Kidsgrove Athletic !Kidsgrove Athletic	0–2	1–0	3–0	3–2	1–4	1–0	5–0	6–0	0–0	0–3	3–3	0–1	0–2		2–3	1–3	2–1	2–3	3–0	0–3	3–3	2–1
Mossley !Mossley	1–1	4–2	2–1	6–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–2	4–0	0–1	3–0	3–1	5–2	2–1		7–0	2–1	2–3	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2
Ossett Albion !Ossett Albion	3–2	0–2	2–2	5–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–2		1–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–1
Rossendale United !Rossendale United	1–1	2–2	3–0	5–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–4	3–2	1–1	0–0	0–1		2–4	3–3	0–0	2–2	2–3
Shepshed Dynamo !Shepshed Dynamo	0–5	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	5–0	0–0	0–2	4–0	0–4	1–2	0–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–2		0–0	0–1	2–1	1–2
Spalding United !Spalding United	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	2–3	0–0	0–4	0–2	4–3	3–0	2–1	0–4	1–1	0–0	2–2		2–2	2–2	1–0
Stocksbridge Park Steels !Stocksbridge Park Steels	1–1	4–1	4–2	1–0	3–0	1–3	4–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–3	1–0	2–3	3–1	0–0		2–1	0–0
Warrington Town !Warrington Town	0–3	0–0	4–2	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	2–4	2–1	0–0	0–1	3–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–2	1–2	2–2		1–3
Woodley Sports !Woodley Sports	3–1	3–0	0–2	1–2	2–2	0–2	2–2	2–1	4–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	5–0	0–0	2–0	5–1	3–0	4–2	4–1

Updated to games played on 29 April 2006.
Source: Northern Premier League First Division results grid
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

The First Division playoffs saw the third to sixth placed sides in the First Division compete for a place in the Premier Division.

Semi-finals 1 May 2006			Final 6 May 2006


4	Gresley Rovers	4

5	Woodley Sports	0
			4	Gresley Rovers	1

			3	Kendal Town	2
3	Kendal Town	1(4)

6	Stocksbridge Park Steels	1(2)

Promotion and relegation

In the thirty-eighth season of the Northern Premier League Blyth Spartans (as champions) and Farsley Celtic (as play-off winners)were promoted to the Conference North. Wakefield, Bradford Park Avenue and Runcorn Halton were relegated to the First Division; these three clubs were replaced by relegated Conference North side Hednesford Town, First Division winners Mossley, second placed Fleetwood Town and play-off winners Kendal Town. In the First Division Bishop Auckland were relegated and were replaced by Buxton, Cammell Laird, Harrogate Railway Athletic, Alsager Town and Skelmersdale United.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup: Teams from both leagues.

Farsley Celtic 1–0 Stocksbridge Park Steels

President's Cup: 'Plate' competition for losing teams in the NPL Cup.

Bradford Park Avenue 1–0 Ilkeston Town

Chairman's Cup: 'Plate' competition for losing teams in the NPL Cup.

Blyth Spartans bt. Ossett Town

Peter Swales Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.

Blyth Spartans bt. Farsley Celtic

External links

2005–06 Northern Premier League tables at FCHD

Northern Premier League

Premier Division	Ashton United Barwell Blyth Spartans Buxton Coalville Town Corby Town Frickley Athletic Grantham Town Halesowen Town Hednesford Town Ilkeston Marine Matlock Town Mickleover Sports Nantwich Town Rushall Olympic Skelmersdale United Spennymoor Town Stafford Rangers Stourbridge Sutton Coldfield Town Warrington Town Whitby Town Workington

Division One North	Bamber Bridge Brighouse Town Burscough Clitheroe Colne Colwyn Bay Droylsden Farsley Celtic Glossop North End Goole Hyde United Kendal Town Lancaster City Mossley Ossett Albion Ossett Town Prescot Cables Radcliffe Borough Ramsbottom United Scarborough Athletic Tadcaster Albion Trafford

Division One South	AFC Rushden & Diamonds Basford United Bedworth United Belper Town Carlton Town Chasetown Gresley Kidsgrove Athletic Leek Town Lincoln United Loughborough Dynamo Market Drayton Town Newcastle Town Northwich Victoria Romulus Rugby Town Shaw Lane Sheffield Spalding United Stamford Stocksbridge Park Steels Witton Albion

Seasons	1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

See also: Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, Northern Premier League President's Cup, Northern Premier League Chairman's Cup, Peter Swales Shield

References

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