2006–07 Northern Premier League

The 2006-07 Northern Premier League season was the 39th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First. After this season, Division One was split into two leagues: the Northern Premier League Division One North and the Northern Premier League Division One South.

Premier Division

Northern Premier League Premier Division

Season	2006–07
Champions	Burscough
Promoted	Burscough A.F.C. Telford United
Relegated	Grantham Town Mossley Radcliffe Borough
Matches played	465
Goals scored	1332 (2.86 per match)
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The Premier Division featured five new clubs:

• Fleetwood Town promoted as runner-up from NPL Division One
• Grantham Town transferred from Southern Premier League
• Hednesford Town, relegated from the Conference North
• Kendal Town, promoted via play-offs from NPL Division One
• Mossley, promoted as champions from NPL Division One

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Burscough (C) (P)	42	23	12	7	80	37	+43	080*	Promotion to the Conference North
2	Witton Albion	42	24	8	10	90	48	+42	80	Qualification to the Playoffs
3	A.F.C. Telford United (P)	42	21	15	6	72	40	+32	78
4	Marine	42	22	8	12	70	53	+17	74
5	Matlock Town	42	21	9	12	70	43	+27	72
6	Guiseley	42	19	12	11	71	49	+22	69
7	Hednesford Town	42	18	14	10	49	41	+8	68
8	Fleetwood Town	42	19	10	13	71	60	+11	67
9	Gateshead	42	17	14	11	75	57	+18	65
10	Ossett Town	42	18	10	14	61	52	+9	64
11	Whitby Town	42	18	6	18	63	78	−15	60
12	Ilkeston Town	42	16	11	15	66	62	+4	59
13	North Ferriby United	42	15	9	18	54	61	−7	54
14	Prescot Cables	42	13	14	15	52	56	−4	53
15	Lincoln United	42	12	15	15	40	58	−18	51
16	Frickley Athletic	42	13	10	19	50	69	−19	49
17	Leek Town	42	13	9	20	49	61	−12	48
18	Ashton United	42	13	9	20	52	72	−20	48
19	Kendal Town	42	12	11	19	59	79	−20	47
20	Mossley (R)	42	10	5	27	48	79	−31	35	Relegation to the NPL Division One North/South
21	Radcliffe Borough (R)	42	7	11	24	39	71	−32	32
22	Grantham Town (R)	42	3	8	31	39	94	−55	17

Updated to games played on 8 February 2011
Source: [1].
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
^* Burscough deducted 1 point
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Premier League Playoffs

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

	Semifinals					Final
	2	Witton Albion	4
	5	Matlock Town	2
						2	Witton Albion	1
						3	A.F.C. Telford United	3
	3	A.F.C. Telford United	2
	4	Marine	0

Division One

Northern Premier League Division One

Season	2006–07
Champions	Buxton
Promoted	Buxton Eastwood Town
Relegated	None
Matches played	555
Goals scored	1588 (2.86 per match)
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

Division One featured seven new clubs:

• Bradford Park Avenue, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
• Wakefield, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
• Cammell Laird promoted as champions from North West Counties Division One
• Skelmersdale United promoted as runners-up from North West Counties Division One
• Alsager Town promoted as third place from North West Counties League Division One
• Buxton promoted as champions from Northern Counties East League
• Harrogate Railway Athletic promoted as runners-up from Northern Counties East League

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Buxton (C) (P)	46	30	11	5	94	37	+57	101	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Cammell Laird	46	28	10	8	105	56	+49	94	Qualification to the Playoffs
3	Eastwood Town (P)	46	26	9	11	89	43	+46	87
4	Bradford Park Avenue	46	24	10	12	77	47	+30	82
5	Colwyn Bay	49	22	14	13	74	65	+9	80
6	Stocksbridge Park Steels	46	22	10	14	82	49	+33	76
7	Goole	46	21	9	16	80	84	−4	72
8	Kidsgrove Athletic	46	21	7	18	91	80	+11	70
9	Rossendale United	46	21	7	18	64	59	+5	70
10	Woodley Sports	46	19	11	16	89	71	+18	68
11	Ossett Albion	46	19	11	16	71	66	+5	68
12	Harrogate Railway Athletic	46	21	5	20	72	78	−6	68
13	Bamber Bridge	46	18	8	20	78	75	+3	62
14	Alsager Town	46	18	7	21	72	75	−3	61
15	Skelmersdale United	46	17	10	19	72	77	−5	61
16	Clitheroe	46	18	6	22	78	75	+3	60
17	Brigg Town	46	16	10	20	57	72	−15	58
18	Gresley Rovers	46	16	7	23	59	75	−16	55
19	Belper Town	46	17	4	25	58	86	−28	55
20	Shepshed Dynamo	46	15	7	24	62	96	−34	52
21	Wakefield	46	13	10	23	48	71	−23	49
22	Warrington Town	46	13	8	25	64	84	−20	47
23	Chorley	46	10	6	30	52	99	−47	36
24	Bridlington Town	46	3	14	29	39	94	−55	23

Updated to games played on 8 February 2011
Source: [2].
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Division One Playoffs

The First Division play-offs saw the second to fifth placed sides in the First Division compete for a place in the Premier Division.

	Semifinals					Final
	2	Cammell Laird	3
	5	Colwyn Bay	2
						2	Cammell Laird	1
						3	Eastwood Town	2
	3	Eastwood Town	3
	4	Bradford Park Avenue	0

Cup Results

Challenge Cup: Teams from both divisions.

• Fleetwood Town 1-0 Matlock Town
  

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

• Buxton 3-1 Wakefield
  

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

• Guiseley 2-1 Cammell Laird
  

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

• Burscough bt. Fleetwood Town

External links

• Unibond League Premier Division Table 2006-07
• Unibond League Premier Division Results 2006-07
• Unibond League First Division Table 2006-07
• Unibond League First Division Playoff Results 2006-07