1996–97 Northern Premier League

October 2015 October 2015 The 1996–97 Northern Premier League season was the 29th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First. It was known as the Unibond League for sponsorship reasons.Unibond League Premier Division Northern Premier League Premier Division 1996–97 Leek Town Leek Town BuxtonWitton Albion 506 1458 1995–96 1997–98 The Premier League featured three new teams: Alfreton Town promoted as runners-up from Division One Lancaster City promoted as champions from Division One Runcorn relegated from the Football Conference League table main WDL PR LEE Leek Town BIS Bishop Auckland HYD Hyde United EML Emley BRW Barrow BOS Boston United BLY Blyth Spartans MAR Marine GUI Guiseley GAI Gainsborough Trinity ACC Accrington Stanley RUN Runcorn CHO Chorley WNS Winsford United KNO Knowsley United COL Colwyn Bay LNC Lancaster City FRK Frickley Athletic SPU Spennymoor United BAM Bamber Bridge ALF Alfreton Town WTN Witton Albion BUX Buxton 28 9 7 71 35 C,P 23 14 7 88 43 22 16 6 93 46 23 12 9 89 54 23 11 10 71 45 22 13 9 74 47 22 11 11 74 49 20 15 9 53 37 20 11 13 63 54 18 12 14 65 46 18 12 14 77 70 15 15 14 63 62 16 9 19 69 66 13 14 17 50 56 12 14 18 58 79 11 13 20 60 76 12 9 23 48 75 12 8 24 62 91 10 10 24 52 68 11 7 26 59 99 8 13 23 45 83 5 14 25 41 91 R 5 12 27 33 86 R #ACE1AF Promotion to Football Conference P #CCCCCC Club folded at the end of the season FLD #FFCCCC Relegation to NPL Division One R R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. 7 November 2015 Northern Premier Division. Results main FBR grey ACC ALF BAM BRW BIS BLY BOS BUX CHO COL EML FRK GAI GUI HYD KNO LNC LEE MAR RUN SPU WNS WTN Accrington Stanley 4–2 4–1 1–2 1–4 2–3 3–1 5–3 0–3 3–1 1–1 4–0 0–4 1–2 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 4–1 Alfreton Town 1–3 2–1 2–3 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 4–5 0–3 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 Bamber Bridge 1–1 2–2 1–3 1–2 0–1 0–2 2–2 0–2 2–3 0–3 5–1 1–1 6–4 1–4 1–2 0–2 0–4 1–0 0–5 1–3 1–2 4–2 Barrow 4–3 3–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 Bishop Auckland 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 1–3 1–0 5–0 1–3 3–1 0–1 2–2 3–3 1–0 3–0 4–1 4–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 4–1 2–0 5–0 Blyth Spartans 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 5–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 6–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 6–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–2 0–0 Boston United 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–5 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–2 4–1 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 4–2 0–2 2–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 Buxton 1–3 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 2–2 0–3 1–3 2–1 0–1 0–3 0–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 Chorley 1–1 2–1 1–3 1–3 1–1 1–3 3–4 2–2 4–0 1–2 0–1 3–4 1–0 3–3 2–2 0–2 0–0 2–1 4–0 1–0 0–1 6–1 Colwyn Bay 0–2 1–1 5–2 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–5 3–4 1–1 3–2 5–0 0–2 1–1 1–3 5–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 3–3 1–1 1–2 0–0 Emley 3–1 4–0 1–2 3–0 2–0 3–2 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 3–3 3–3 4–0 2–4 2–4 2–2 2–3 5–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 4–1 Frickley Athletic 0–1 7–2 1–0 0–2 0–4 2–2 2–2 3–1 2–1 3–4 1–2 2–2 0–1 0–3 0–2 3–1 2–3 0–1 1–1 5–2 3–2 1–2 Gainsborough Trinity 2–2 3–0 0–2 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 0–3 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 Guiseley 1–0 1–1 5–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–4 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 Hyde United 7–2 5–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–2 2–0 3–2 1–1 1–2 5–1 2–1 2–2 4–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 4–0 0–0 1–0 Knowsley United 1–1 1–1 5–0 0–3 0–5 0–1 0–0 4–1 4–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 3–3 3–1 3–2 3–1 1–1 2–2 0–3 2–1 Lancaster City 1–2 1–0 2–3 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–3 1–3 0–2 1–2 0–4 2–2 0–3 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 Leek Town 2–1 4–0 4–1 2–1 1–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–3 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 Marine 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 0–3 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–2 5–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 Runcorn 1–3 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 5–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–3 1–0 3–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 4–3 4–0 Spennymoor United 0–0 3–2 2–1 1–2 1–5 0–2 1–3 0–1 0–0 1–2 2–3 3–1 1–2 4–1 1–1 5–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 6–0 2–0 1–1 Winsford United 1–1 1–0 4–2 1–2 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 Witton Albion 0–1 1–1 1–3 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–4 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–3 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–5 1–2 1–3 3 May 1997 Northern Premier Division results grid Division One Northern Premier League Division One 1996–97 Radcliffe Borough Leigh RMIRadcliffe Borough Atherton L.R.Curzon AshtonWarrington Town 462 1281 1995–96 1997–98 Division One featured four new teams: Droylsden relegated from the Premier Division Flixton promoted as champions from the NWCFL Division One Matlock Town relegated from the Premier Division Stocksbridge Park Steels promoted as runners-up from the NCEFL Premier Division League table main WDL 5 PR RAD Radcliffe Borough LEI Leigh RMI LIN Lincoln United FAR Farsley Celtic WKS Worksop Town STO Stocksbridge Park Steels BPA Bradford Park Avenue ASH Ashton United GHT Great Harwood Town DRO Droylsden MAT Matlock Town WHI Whitley Bay FLX Flixton KEN Netherfield EAS Eastwood Town GRT Gretna HAR Harrogate Town CNG Congleton Town WRK Workington CUR Curzon Ashton WAR Warrington Town ALR Atherton Laburnum Rovers 26 7 9 77 33 C,P 24 11 7 65 33 P 25 8 9 78 47 23 8 11 75 48 20 12 10 68 38 19 11 12 66 54 20 8 14 58 50 17 14 11 73 52 16 12 14 56 46 15 14 13 69 67 16 9 17 60 69 14 12 16 47 54 15 7 20 57 72 12 14 16 54 56 12 14 16 42 49 11 17 14 55 67 13 8 21 54 76 12 9 21 47 64 10 12 20 45 63 8 10 24 48 79 R 5 18 19 42 79 R 7 9 26 45 85 R #ACE1AF Promotion to Premier Division P P #FFCCCC Relegation to NCEFL Premier Division RPD #FFCCCC Relegation to NWCFL Division One R1 R1 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. May 1997 . Promotion and relegation In the twenty-ninth season of the Northern Premier League Leek Town (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Football Conference. Witton Albion and Buxton were relegated to the First Division while Knowsley United left the League at the end of the season. Boston United moved to the Southern League. These clubs were replaced by relegated Conference side Altrincham, First Division winners Radcliffe Borough and second placed Leigh RMI. In the First Division Curzon Ashton, Warrington Town and Atherton Laburnum Rovers left the League at the end of the season and were replaced by newly admitted Whitby Town, Belper Town and Trafford. Cup Results Challenge Cup: Teams from both leagues. Gainsborough Trinity bt. Boston United President's Cup: 'Plate' competition for losing teams in the NPL Cup. Blyth Spartans bt. Runcorn Peter Swales Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup. Gainsborough Trinity bt. Leek Town References External links Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF Category:Northern Premier League seasons 6