2003–04 Northern Premier League

October 2015 October 2015 The 2003–04 Northern Premier League season was the 36th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First. This season was the last before the formation of the Conference North and the Conference South, so most of the Premier Division teams were promoted to the Conference North for next season. Subsequently, the First Division had most of its teams promoted to the Premier Division, with new teams admitted from the leagues just below the Northern Premier in the English football league system, although the league reform meant that the "promoted" clubs remained in the same tier within the English football league system, and further meant that while there was no relegation within the NPL itself, those clubs that missed out on promotion nevertheless had their position within the league system downgraded by one tier. During this season, Radcliffe Borough's Jody Banim broke the English record for the most consecutive games where a player has scored at least one goal, which ran from 9 September to 4 November. Premier Division Northern Premier League Premier Division 2003–04 Hucknall Town font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left; Team List Hucknall Town Droylsden Barrow Alfreton Town Harrogate Town Southport Worksop Town Lancaster City Vauxhall Motors Gainsborough Trinity Stalybridge Celtic Altrincham Runcorn F.C. Halton Ashton United Bradford Park Avenue None 513 1540 2002–03 2004–05 The Premier Division featured four new teams: Southport relegated from the Football Conference Alfreton Town promoted as champions of Division One Spennymoor United promoted as runner-up of Division One Radcliffe Borough promoted as via playoff from Division One League table main WDL PQ HUC Hucknall Town DRO Droylsden BRW Barrow ALF Alfreton Town HAR Harrogate Town SOU Southport WKS Worksop Town LNC Lancaster City VAU Vauxhall Motors GAI Gainsborough Trinity STL Stalybridge Celtic ALT Altrincham RUN Runcorn F.C. Halton ASH Ashton United WTB Whitby Town MAR Marine BPA Bradford Park Avenue SPU Spennymoor United BUR Burscough RAD Radcliffe Borough BLY Blyth Spartans FRK Frickley Athletic W&E Wakefield & Emley 29 8 7 83 38 C,P 26 8 10 96 64 P 22 14 8 82 52 P 23 9 12 73 43 P 24 5 15 79 63 P 20 10 14 71 52 P 19 13 12 69 50 P 20 9 15 62 49 P 19 10 15 78 75 P 17 13 14 70 52 P 18 10 16 72 66 P 16 15 13 66 51 P 16 13 15 67 63 P 17 8 19 59 79 P 14 11 19 55 70 13 12 19 62 74 12 14 18 48 62 P 14 6 24 55 93 10 15 19 47 67 12 6 26 74 99 10 10 24 54 74 11 7 26 51 83 8 6 30 45 99 Although Ashton United did not progress through the playoffs, they were promoted nonetheless. #ACE1AF Promotion to Conference North P P P P P P P P P P P P P #D0F0C0 Qualification for Playoffs QP QP QP QP QP QP QP Changed name to Wakefield-Emley Ch 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. 8 February 2011 Results main FBR grey ALF ALT ASH BRW BLY BPA BUR DRO FRK GAI HAR HUC LNC MAR RAD RUN SOU SPU STL VAU W&E WTB WKS Alfreton Town 0–0 5–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 4–2 1–2 3–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 4–0 0–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 3–1 5–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 Altrincham 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 2–3 0–0 3–3 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–3 3–1 1–2 4–0 2–1 Ashton United 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 3–4 1–6 2–1 4–3 3–3 4–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–3 1–3 0–3 Barrow 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 4–0 3–3 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–2 1–0 4–3 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 3–2 0–0 1–0 Blyth Spartans 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–2 0–0 0–2 1–5 1–3 1–1 3–4 1–2 0–0 5–0 1–0 3–3 1–4 0–2 0–1 3–6 1–0 1–1 3–3 Bradford Park Avenue 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–3 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–3 6–2 1–2 2–3 0–1 Burscough 4–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 3–6 1–3 0–3 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 Droylsden 2–1 1–4 1–2 1–1 3–3 3–0 2–0 4–0 2–1 3–1 3–1 0–0 4–2 5–4 1–2 3–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–2 Frickley Athletic 0–3 1–1 1–2 4–2 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 4–3 3–0 1–2 1–2 3–2 1–2 0–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 Gainsborough Trinity 2–4 2–3 3–0 0–0 2–0 3–3 4–1 1–2 3–0 2–0 2–1 3–2 2–0 6–2 0–1 1–2 3–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 Harrogate Town 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 4–4 2–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 4–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 4–3 3–2 5–0 1–0 0–2 Hucknall Town 3–3 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 1–3 2–0 0–1 1–0 3–1 Lancaster City 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–3 4–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–4 3–1 3–1 4–2 0–1 1–0 6–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 4–3 2–0 Marine 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 4–0 1–2 2–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–3 1–1 1–3 0–2 3–2 3–0 2–2 0–2 Radcliffe Borough 1–0 1–3 1–2 2–3 2–3 2–0 1–2 4–2 4–2 2–1 3–1 1–6 0–2 3–1 1–2 1–3 1–1 3–2 1–2 4–1 0–5 1–2 Runcorn 2–2 0–3 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–0 2–2 4–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 5–3 1–1 2–3 Southport 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 4–1 3–1 2–0 3–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 0–3 2–3 2–3 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–3 Spennymoor United 1–0 2–1 3–2 2–4 0–5 2–4 0–2 0–1 3–2 0–6 1–5 1–3 0–1 0–2 3–1 2–1 0–2 1–3 2–1 4–4 2–0 1–1 Stalybridge Celtic 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 5–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 0–3 1–1 0–2 2–2 2–1 0–2 3–4 3–3 1–3 0–3 Vauxhall Motors 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 6–2 3–2 2–4 2–1 0–2 3–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 0–5 6–0 3–2 4–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 Wakefield & Emley 0–5 2–0 1–2 2–5 1–2 0–1 2–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–3 1–0 0–4 2–1 3–5 0–1 2–0 1–3 0–1 0–3 1–1 Whitby Town 0–4 2–3 0–1 3–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–5 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–3 Worksop Town 0–0 0–0 3–0 2–4 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–3 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–3 0–0 1–2 4–1 0–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 4–3 4–0 1–1 24 April 2004 Northern Premier Division results grid Play-offs Eight teams competed for the final Conference North place; including Hyde United, champions of Division One. Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final 14°PD Ashton United 2 1°Div.1 Hyde United 1 17°PD Bradford Park Avenue 3 18°PD Spennymoor United 1 15°PD Whitby Town 2(2) 20°PD Radcliffe Borough 2(4) 16°PD Marine 1 19°PD Burscough 3 14°PD Ashton United 1 17°PD Bradford Park Avenue 2 20°PD Radcliffe Borough 0 19°PD Burscough 2 17°PD Bradford Park Avenue 2 19°PD Burscough 0 Division One Northern Premier League Division One 2003–04 Hyde United font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left; Team List Hyde United Matlock Town Farsley Celtic Lincoln United Witton Albion Gateshead Workington Leek Town Guiseley Bamber Bridge Bridlington Town Prescot Cables Bishop Auckland Ossett Town None 463 1372 2002–03 2004–05 Division One featured five new teams: Colwyn Bay relegated from the Premier Division Gateshead relegated via Playoff from the Premier Division Hyde United relegated from the Premier Division Bridlington Town as champions of the Northern Counties East League Premier Division Prescot Cables as champions of the North West Counties League Division One League table main WDL P HYD Hyde United MAT Matlock Town FAR Farsley Celtic LIN Lincoln United WTN Witton Albion GAT Gateshead WRK Workington LEE Leek Town GUI Guiseley BAM Bamber Bridge BRI Bridlington Town PRC Prescot Cables BIS Bishop Auckland OST Ossett Town ROS Rossendale United COL Colwyn Bay NFU North Ferriby United CHO Chorley STO Stocksbridge Park Steels BLP Belper Town KEN Kendal Town KID Kidsgrove Athletic 24 8 10 79 49 C,P 23 7 12 78 51 P 20 14 8 78 56 P 20 11 11 73 53 P 17 12 13 61 56 P 21 4 17 65 68 -4 P 17 11 14 70 58 P 16 13 13 56 47 P 16 12 14 66 54 P 16 12 14 64 53 P 16 10 16 70 68 P 16 10 16 63 65 P 14 13 15 61 64 P 15 10 17 62 73 -3 P 13 12 17 53 62 14 9 19 56 82 13 11 18 64 70 13 10 19 54 70 12 12 18 57 69 9 15 18 44 58 11 7 24 53 79 10 9 23 45 67 Gateshead were docked 4 points and Ossett Town were docked 3 points. GAT #ACE1AF Promotion to NPL Premier Division and Playoffs PPP #ACE1AF Promotion to NPL Premier Division P P P P P P P P P P P P P 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete Results main FBR grey BAM BLP BIS BRI CHO COL FAR GAT GUI HYD KEN KID LEE LIN MAT NFU OST PRC ROS STO WTN WRK Bamber Bridge 2–1 1–3 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 2–3 5–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 4–4 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 4–0 1–2 2–0 Belper Town 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–3 3–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 Bishop Auckland 0–1 2–4 3–2 1–1 4–1 4–2 2–1 1–0 2–3 2–0 2–0 2–3 1–1 0–1 0–4 2–0 1–1 3–3 2–2 1–2 1–1 Bridlington Town 1–0 1–3 2–0 2–0 4–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 5–1 2–1 3–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–4 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–4 Chorley 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–2 4–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–3 2–0 1–2 1–2 4–2 2–0 1–3 1–1 4–1 Colwyn Bay 0–5 3–2 2–3 1–1 3–4 1–0 1–3 1–0 1–1 0–5 5–0 1–3 3–3 0–0 1–0 4–4 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 Farsley Celtic 1–1 2–2 4–0 2–2 1–0 5–0 3–3 5–3 1–3 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–2 5–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 Gateshead 2–1 2–1 0–3 2–3 1–0 1–2 3–4 1–5 2–1 2–1 2–1 4–2 1–0 1–3 3–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 4–1 1–0 2–3 Guiseley 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–3 1–2 2–0 4–2 0–1 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 3–1 Hyde United 4–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 4–0 5–2 4–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 Kendal Town 2–3 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 1–3 1–2 2–1 2–3 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–5 Kidsgrove Athletic 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–2 2–2 1–2 1–4 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 4–1 1–2 0–1 1–3 2–1 0–2 1–1 Leek Town 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 2–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 5–2 1–0 1–2 3–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 Lincoln United 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 4–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–2 2–0 4–3 2–1 1–1 5–2 3–3 0–0 1–0 4–0 0–0 4–1 1–0 Matlock Town 1–0 3–1 0–1 3–5 4–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 2–5 0–0 3–1 1–0 4–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 4–1 3–1 2–1 4–0 North Ferriby United 2–0 2–0 0–3 2–2 2–3 5–0 0–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–3 4–1 2–3 1–1 1–3 1–1 Ossett Town 2–3 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 4–1 1–2 4–0 1–2 2–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 3–1 0–4 2–2 2–2 0–0 3–0 2–3 1–2 Prescot Cables 2–3 1–0 4–2 1–1 4–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–3 1–0 0–2 3–1 5–3 0–1 2–3 3–0 0–2 Rossendale United 3–2 1–1 3–0 3–1 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 4–2 2–0 1–0 1–2 5–2 0–0 0–1 3–3 Stocksbridge Park Steels 1–3 3–3 2–1 2–0 4–0 0–3 2–2 3–0 1–1 2–2 0–2 2–1 0–2 3–2 2–1 3–0 1–2 3–1 2–4 0–1 0–1 Witton Albion 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 0–1 2–2 0–2 1–2 4–3 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 5–0 1–3 1–2 Workington 1–2 1–1 4–2 1–2 4–0 2–1 2–2 0–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 3–0 0–5 2–1 2–1 7–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 4–0 24 April 2004 Northern Premier League First Division results grid Promotion and relegation In the thirty-sixth season of the Northern Premier League the top fourteen teams of the Premier Division plus Bradford Park Avenue were promoted to the newly formed Conference North. They were replaced by the top fourteen teams of the First Division, who in turn were replaced by the following fourteen teams: Gresley Rovers (from the Southern League Western Division) Shepshed Dynamo (from the Southern League Western Division) Ilkeston Town (from the Southern League Western Division) Willenhall Town Eastwood Town Mossley Rocester A.F.C. Telford United Brigg Town Warrington Town Ossett Albion Clitheroe Woodley Sports Spalding United While no teams were relegated this season, the league reform meant the teams that missed out on "promotion" remained in a league that had its position in the English football league system downgraded by one tier while the "promoted" teams actually remained on the same level of the league system. Cup results Challenge Cup: Teams from both leagues. Droylsden bt. Hucknall Town President's Cup: 'Plate' competition for losing teams in the NPL Cup. Barrow bt. Workington Chairman's Cup: 'Plate' competition for losing teams in the NPL Cup. Hyde United bt. Leek Town Peter Swales Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup. Droylsden bt. Hucknall Town See also Northern Premier League 2003–04 Southern Football League 2003–04 Isthmian League External links Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF Category:Northern Premier League seasons 6