2002–03 Northern Premier League

October 2015 October 2015 The 2002–03 Northern Premier League season was the 35th 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 2002–03 Accrington Stanley Accrington Stanley Colwyn BayGatesheadHyde United 506 1536 2001–02 2003–04 The Premier League featured three new teams: Stalybridge Celtic relegated from the Football Conference Harrogate Town promoted as champions of Division One Ashton United promoted via 3° play-offs from Division One League table main WDL PR ACC Accrington Stanley BRW Barrow VAU Vauxhall Motors STL Stalybridge Celtic WKS Worksop Town HAR Harrogate Town BPA Bradford Park Avenue HUC Hucknall Town DRO Droylsden WTB Whitby Town MAR Marine W&E Wakefield & Emley RUN Runcorn F.C. Halton ALT Altrincham GAI Gainsborough Trinity ASH Ashton United LNC Lancaster City BUR Burscough BLY Blyth Spartans FRK Frickley Athletic GAT Gateshead COL Colwyn Bay HYD Hyde United 30 10 4 97 44 C,P 24 12 8 84 52 22 10 12 81 46 21 13 10 77 51 21 9 14 82 67 21 8 15 75 63 20 10 14 73 70 17 15 12 72 62 18 10 16 62 52 17 12 15 80 69 17 10 17 63 60 14 18 12 46 49 15 15 14 69 74 17 9 18 58 63 16 11 17 67 66 15 13 16 71 79 16 9 19 71 75 14 9 21 44 51 14 9 21 67 87 13 8 23 45 78 10 11 23 60 81 R 5 9 30 52 99 R 5 8 31 40 98 R From this season onwards Emley were known as Wakefield & Emley. #ACE1AF Promotion to Football Conference P #FFCCCC Qualification for Division One Play-offs RP #FFCCCC Relegation to NPL Division One R R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. 8 February 2011 . Results main FBR grey ACC ALT ASH BRW BLY BPA BUR COL DRO FRK GAI GAT HAR HUC HYD LNC MAR RUN STL VAU W&E WTB WKS Accrington Stanley 3–1 4–1 2–1 3–2 3–1 4–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 5–0 2–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 Altrincham 1–1 1–0 1–2 3–2 0–0 0–0 4–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 4–0 0–4 0–0 4–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 3–3 0–2 0–1 2–1 2–4 Ashton United 2–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–4 0–0 2–2 2–1 3–2 1–3 3–1 5–0 2–3 2–1 2–2 2–3 3–3 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–4 Barrow 1–0 4–0 0–3 2–1 3–2 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–2 3–1 Blyth Spartans 0–3 0–2 4–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 4–2 2–1 3–2 0–3 1–2 1–3 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–4 2–5 2–1 2–3 2–1 Bradford Park Avenue 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 5–1 3–2 4–2 3–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–3 5–1 0–1 2–1 3–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–3 0–1 Burscough 0–1 0–3 3–2 2–0 1–3 0–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 4–4 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–3 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 3–2 Colwyn Bay 1–2 2–3 1–1 3–4 1–2 2–0 1–3 0–3 2–3 0–3 2–3 0–1 3–6 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–3 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–2 Droylsden 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–2 7–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–5 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 Frickley Athletic 2–1 0–3 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–3 0–0 3–0 0–2 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–3 1–7 1–3 Gainsborough Trinity 1–5 2–1 1–2 0–2 3–2 2–2 0–1 2–1 1–4 2–0 0–1 1–2 2–2 4–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 0–1 4–2 Gateshead 5–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–2 2–2 1–1 2–3 1–5 2–1 3–3 1–2 2–3 0–1 3–2 0–1 1–3 2–3 Harrogate Town 0–2 3–0 0–1 3–2 3–1 5–2 2–1 4–1 0–0 1–2 0–2 1–3 2–0 3–1 1–3 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 0–2 2–2 Hucknall Town 2–1 4–1 2–3 0–3 0–2 1–2 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–3 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 Hyde United 3–3 0–2 1–1 1–3 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–2 1–3 2–3 1–5 0–1 1–5 0–1 2–3 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 3–3 1–4 Lancaster City 1–2 3–0 1–3 1–5 1–4 2–3 2–1 1–0 0–3 4–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 4–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 5–2 0–1 1–4 Marine 0–3 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 4–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 4–2 2–2 2–1 4–1 4–0 0–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 5–5 1–2 Runcorn 0–2 3–2 3–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–2 6–2 0–0 0–1 0–5 1–1 2–1 0–3 1–1 1–4 2–1 1–0 0–5 4–1 1–1 3–0 Stalybridge Celtic 1–4 2–0 4–1 4–3 1–1 2–2 1–0 3–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 4–4 4–1 1–2 6–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 4–1 Vauxhall Motors 0–1 4–0 5–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–3 2–1 5–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 5–1 1–0 6–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–2 0–1 Wakefield & Emley 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–4 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 Whitby Town 0–3 0–1 3–2 1–1 4–4 0–1 0–2 1–0 5–2 3–1 3–0 2–2 4–2 3–3 3–2 2–3 2–0 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 Worksop Town 1–4 1–2 3–2 0–2 1–1 7–1 0–2 4–1 4–1 2–4 0–1 2–0 1–2 5–4 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 26 April 2003 Northern Premier Division results grid Division One Northern Premier League Division One 2002–03 Alfreton Town Alfreton TownRadcliffe BoroughSpennymoor United Eastwood TownTrafford 465 1407 2001–02 2003–04 Division One featured four new teams: Bamber Bridge relegated via play-offs from Premier Division Bishop Auckland relegated from Premier Division Alfreton Town promoted as champions of the Northern Counties East League Premier Division Kidsgrove Athletic promoted as champions of the North West Counties League Division One League table main WDL PR ALF Alfreton Town SPU Spennymoor United RAD Radcliffe Borough NFU North Ferriby United CHO Chorley BLP Belper Town WTN Witton Albion MAT Matlock Town LEE Leek Town WRK Workington FAR Farsley Celtic KEN Kendal Town BAM Bamber Bridge GUI Guiseley BIS Bishop Auckland LIN Lincoln United STO Stocksbridge Park Steels ROS Rossendale United KID Kidsgrove Athletic OST Ossett Town EAS Eastwood Town TRA Trafford 26 9 7 106 59 C,P 27 6 9 81 42 P 25 10 7 90 46 P 23 9 10 78 45 21 10 11 80 51 20 13 9 53 42 19 15 8 67 50 20 10 12 67 48 20 9 13 63 46 19 10 13 73 60 17 11 14 66 67 18 7 17 68 58 15 9 18 55 59 14 11 17 68 63 13 10 19 58 83 12 9 21 67 77 11 9 22 54 81 12 5 25 58 88 9 11 22 49 71 8 9 25 39 80 5 8 29 33 92 R 5 6 31 34 99 R #ACE1AF Promotion to Premier Division P P #D0F0C0 Qualification for Play-offs PP PP PP #FFCCCC Relegation to NCEFL Premier Division RPD #FFCCCC Relegation to NWCFL Division One R1 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. 8 February 2011 . Results main FBR grey ALF BAM BLP BIS CHO EAS FAR GUI KEN KID LEE LIN MAT NFU OST RAD ROS SPU STO TRA WTN WRK Alfreton Town 1–1 1–2 4–1 1–3 4–1 2–0 1–3 4–3 2–0 1–2 2–2 2–0 3–4 5–1 3–2 3–0 1–1 1–1 6–1 1–1 3–0 Bamber Bridge 0–2 0–0 1–2 2–0 2–2 4–2 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–4 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 3–0 5–1 1–2 1–0 Belper Town 2–5 2–1 3–1 4–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–3 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 4–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 Bishop Auckland 0–0 2–2 2–2 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–5 1–3 3–1 1–3 5–3 3–2 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–3 Chorley 2–4 3–1 1–2 4–1 3–1 1–1 2–3 5–0 3–0 3–1 2–1 4–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 Eastwood Town 0–4 0–1 0–3 1–2 0–1 1–4 1–3 1–3 4–4 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–3 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 0–3 0–3 Farsley Celtic 0–3 2–1 0–1 3–0 3–3 2–1 2–2 0–1 5–4 4–3 4–1 1–5 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 4–3 0–1 0–1 Guiseley 2–2 3–3 0–0 7–0 2–1 4–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 4–0 0–3 1–2 2–6 0–0 3–1 0–2 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–2 Kendal Town 4–1 0–1 2–1 3–0 4–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–3 0–0 3–3 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 4–1 1–2 3–3 Kidsgrove Athletic 0–1 2–1 0–2 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 3–1 0–4 2–4 2–3 2–0 1–3 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–3 2–0 2–2 1–1 Leek Town 3–2 0–1 4–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–3 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–3 3–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 Lincoln United 1–3 1–1 0–1 3–3 1–2 6–0 4–1 2–3 3–1 0–2 0–0 1–5 4–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–2 2–0 5–0 0–1 1–2 Matlock Town 2–4 1–0 0–0 4–2 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–5 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–3 0–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 3–2 North Ferriby United 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–3 5–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–1 0–0 7–1 4–2 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 Ossett Town 1–2 4–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–2 0–5 1–1 0–0 0–4 0–4 2–1 0–1 1–3 0–0 1–1 0–2 Radcliffe Borough 2–4 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–4 5–1 0–1 4–1 0–1 2–0 7–1 2–1 7–4 4–0 4–2 4–2 1–1 Rossendale United 3–4 1–3 0–4 3–1 0–1 2–3 4–3 1–4 1–4 1–0 1–0 3–3 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–3 1–2 6–3 3–1 1–3 1–2 Spennymoor United 1–2 3–0 3–0 1–2 0–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–3 3–0 0–2 3–0 6–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 Stocksbridge Park Steels 2–3 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–4 2–1 1–3 2–3 1–1 3–4 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 5–1 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–2 Trafford 2–2 1–3 0–2 0–1 0–3 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 3–1 3–2 1–2 0–4 1–0 0–3 1–2 0–3 3–1 2–3 3–2 Witton Albion 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 5–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–4 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 5–3 1–1 4–1 2–1 Workington 0–3 3–3 2–1 2–2 1–1 7–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 5–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 3–3 26 April 2003 Northern Premier League First Division results grid Play-offs The Division One play-offs saw the third to fifth placed sides in the Division and the team that finished 21st in the Premier Division compete for one place in the Premier Division. UniBond League Premier Division: Fixtures 2002–03 nonleaguefooty.co.uk http://www.nonleaguefooty.co.uk/archive/northern03-fixtures.html 2011-07-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20190717050544/http://www.nonleaguefooty.co.uk/archive/northern03-fixtures.html 17 July 2019 dead Semifinals Final 3°D1 Radcliffe Borough 1 4°D1 North Ferriby United 0 5°D1 Chorley 5 21°PD Gateshead 2 3°D1 Radcliffe Borough 2(4) 5°D1 Chorley 2(2) Promotion and relegation In the thirty-fifth season of the Northern Premier League Accrington Stanley (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Football Conference. Gateshead, Colwyn Bay and Hyde United were relegated to the First Division; these three clubs were replaced by relegated Conference side Southport, First Division winners Alfreton Town, second placed Spennymoor United and third placed Radcliffe Borough (via a Playoff). In the First Division Eastwood Town and Trafford left the League at the end of the season and were replaced by newly admitted Bridlington Town and Prescot Cables. Cup Results Challenge Cup: Teams from both leagues. Marine bt. Gateshead 3–0 on aggregate The Official Gateshead FC Website – Fixtures/Results https://web.archive.org/web/20030622063504/http://gateshead-fc.com/fixtures.php 2003-06-22 Gateshead FC 2011-07-11 http://gateshead-fc.com/fixtures.php President's Cup: 'Plate' competition for losing teams in the NPL Cup. Stalybridge Celtic bt. Ashton United Chairman's Cup: 'Plate' competition for losing teams in the NPL Cup. Hucknall Town bt. Droylsden Peter Swales Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup. Accrington Stanley bt. Marine References External links Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF Category:Northern Premier League seasons 6