Northern Premier League

This article is about the English association football league. For the Tasmanian association football league, see Northern Premier League (Tasmania). For the English rugby union league, see North Premier.

Northern Premier League

Founded	1968;56 years ago (1968)
Country	England
Number of teams	88 Premier Division: 22 Division One East: 22 Division One West: 22 Division One Midlands: 22
Level on pyramid	7 and 8
Promotion to	National League North
Relegation to	Eastern Counties League Midland League Northern League Northern Counties East League North West Counties League United Counties League North or South
Domestic cup(s)	National FA Cup FA Trophy League League Challenge Cup
Current champions	Radcliffe (Premier Division) Leek Town (Division One West 2023–24) Hebburn Town (Division One East 2023–24) Spalding United (Division One Midlands 2023–24)
Website	thenpl.co.uk
Current: 2024–25

The Northern Premier League is an English football league that was founded in 1968. Together with the Isthmian League and the Southern League it forms levels seven and eight of the English football league system.

Geographically, the league covers all of Northern England and the northern, central areas of the Midlands, and western parts of East Anglia. Originally a single-division competition, a second division was added in 1987: Division One, and in 2007 a third was added when Division One split into two geographic sections - Division One North and Division One South. In 2018 Division One was re-aligned as East and West Divisions, then North West and South East in 2019. In 2021, the FA restructured the non-League football pyramid and created Division One East, West, and Midlands.

Successful teams at the top of the NPL Premier Division are promoted to level 6 of the pyramid (either National League North or National League South), and at the bottom end of the competition, teams are relegated down to level 9, where several regional feeder leagues promote clubs into the league.

History

The Northern Premier League (NPL) was founded in 1968, as the northern equivalent of the Southern League, decades after the other two leagues at what is now the seventh tier of the English football league system, the Isthmian League and the Southern League. At that time they were the highest level non-League division below the English Football League, the same level as the other league in Northern England, the Northern League. ^[1]

Over the next two decades, the NPL successfully displaced its older rival to become the pre-eminent regional competition in Northern England, with the Northern League eventually forced to accept status as feeder league to the NPL. In 1979, upon the creation of the Alliance Premier League (which later became the Conference and is now the National League), the NPL became a feeder league and fell down one level in the English football league system, and with the then-Conference's addition of regional divisions in 2004 the NPL was demoted by a further tier and there are now two levels between it and the English Football League.

From 1992–93 to 1994–95 the league's Division One included two non-English clubs, Caernarfon Town from Wales and Gretna from Scotland, who later joined their countries' league systems. Colwyn Bay, Bangor City, Newtown, and Rhyl have also played in the league.

In 2018, the NPL's member clubs voted 37–27, with one abstention and three clubs' absence, to split Step 4 (level 8) divisions from east to west starting from the 2018–19 season, ^[2] and one year later, the league published its successful bid to add another division at Step 4 initially in 2020, further altering Division One into northwest and southeast for travel reasons. ^{[3] [4]} After the Football Association (FA) deferred its implementation of changes to the NLS, the NPL's additional division was created in 2021 instead. ^[5]

• 1968–69 to 1986–87: Premier Division
• 1987–88 to 2006–07: Premier Division, Division One
• 2007–08 to 2017–18: Premier Division, Division One North, Division One South
• 2018–19: Premier Division, Division One East, Division One West
• 2019–20 to 2020–21: Premier Division, Division One North West, Division One South East
• 2021–22 onwards: Premier Division, Division One West, Division One East, Division One Midlands

Sponsorship

Owing to title sponsorship deals, the league has been billed under various names, including a sixteen-year spell as the Unibond League, the longest such deal in world football. ^[6] When this deal ended in 2010, a new deal was announced which saw the competition billed as the Evo-Stik League ^{[7] [8] [9]} until the 2017–18 season. ^[10] The League announced on 8 July 2019 that a two-year deal for seasons 2019-20 and 2020-21 had been agreed with new sponsor BetVictor. ^[11] This sponsorship agreement with BetVictor was subsequently terminated early in April 2020 with a replacement, Entain's Pitching In, announced as the next sponsor for 2020–21. At the time of announcement, Entain went by its former name GVC Holdings. Under this partnership, the NPL is marketed as one of the three Trident Leagues, alongside its Isthmian and Southern counterparts. ^[12]

Structure

Since 2021, the NPL has had four divisions: the Premier Division, Division One Midlands, Division One West and Division One East. Prior to 2007 there was just a single Division One, ^[1] and from 2018 to 2021 Division One was arranged on a north-south, then east-west basis.

The Premier Division has 22 clubs, with the champions promoted to the National League along with the winners of a playoff between the second to fifth place clubs. Theoretically, clubs from the NPL could be promoted into either of the National League's two regional divisions, but the geographical footprint of the NPL has never overlapped with that of the National League South, so (as of 2015) all promoted NPL clubs have been placed in the National League North. The bottom three teams are usually relegated to Division One North West or South East, but NPL Premier Division clubs in the most southerly locales could be relegated to the Southern League Division One Central.

From the 2019–20 season, Division One North West and South East have 20 clubs each. In each division, the champions are promoted to the Premier Division, along with the winners of a divisional playoff. The bottom two clubs in each division are relegated to one of the feeder leagues below provided there are enough suitable promotion candidates from those leagues. The champions of the three feeder leagues covering the NPL area are promoted each season. These are the Northern League, the Northern Counties East League, and the North West Counties League. Clubs in the northern extremities of the Midland League and the United Counties League may also be promoted to the Northern Premier League.

Should there be an unusually large or small number of clubs relegated to and/or promoted to the level of the NPL from Northern England, the National League System (NLS) Committee can order one or more of the NPL's southernmost clubs to transfer to the Southern League (or vice versa) to maintain numerical balance between the leagues.

Division One North West and South East teams receive a bye to the preliminary round of FA Cup Qualification. Premier Division teams receive a bye to the first round of Qualification.

The league currently runs one cup competition, with all member clubs competing in the League Challenge Cup. In the past, the league has run other competitions, such as the Chairman's Cup, the President's Cup and the Peter Swales Shield.

Current members

Premier Division

Ashton United Bamber Bridge Blyth Spartans FC United of Manchester Gainsborough Trinity Guiseley Hebburn Town Hyde United Ilkeston Town Lancaster City Leek Town Macclesfield Matlock Town Mickleover Morpeth Town Prescot Cables Stockton Town Warrington Rylands Basford United Whitby Town Workington Worksop Town class=notpageimage| Locations of the Northern Premier League clubs by division – Premier Division
Id	Club	Home ground	Ground capacity
1	Ashton United	Hurst Cross	4,250 (250 seated)
2	Bamber Bridge	Sir Tom Finney Stadium	3,000 (554 seated)
3	Basford United	Greenwich Avenue	1,950 (300 seated)
4	Blyth Spartans	Croft Park	4,435
5	FC United of Manchester	Broadhurst Park	4,400
6	Gainsborough Trinity	The Northolme	4,340 (504 seated)
7	Guiseley	Nethermoor Park	4,200
8	Hebburn Town	The Green Energy Sports Ground	1,500
9	Hyde United	Ewen Fields	4,250 (530 seated)
10	Ilkeston Town	New Manor Ground	3,029
11	Lancaster City	Giant Axe	3,513 (513 seated)
12	Leek Town	Harrison Park	3,600
13	Macclesfield	Leasing.com Stadium	5,300 (2,095 seated)
14	Matlock Town	Causeway Lane	2,214
15	Mickleover	Station Road	1,500
16	Morpeth Town	Craik Park	1,950 (300 seated)
17	Prescot Cables	Valerie Park	3,200
18	Stockton Town	Bishopton Road West	1,800
19	Warrington Rylands 1906	Gorsey Lane	1,345
20	Whitby Town	Turnbull Ground	3,500 (505 seated)
21	Workington	Borough Park	3,100 (500 seated)
22	Worksop Town	Sandy Lane	2,200 (200 seated)

Division One West

Atherton Collieries Avro Bootle Chasetown City of Liverpool Clitheroe Congleton Town Hanley Town Hednesford Town Kidsgrove Athletic Mossley Newcastle Town Nantwich Town Runcorn Linnets Stalybridge Celtic Stafford Rangers Trafford Vauxhall Motors Widnes Witton Albion Wythenshawe Wythenshawe Town class=notpageimage| Locations of the Northern Premier League clubs by division – Division One West
Club	Home ground	Ground capacity
Atherton Collieries	Skuna Stadium	2,200
Avro	Whitebank Stadium	1,500
Bootle	New Bucks Park	2,000
Chasetown	The Scholars Ground	2,000
City of Liverpool	New Bucks Park	2,000
Clitheroe	Shawbridge	2,000
Congleton Town	Cleric Stadium	1,450
Hanley Town	Potteries Park	1,300
Hednesford Town	Keys Park	6,039
Kidsgrove Athletic	Hollinwood Road	2,000
Mossley	Seel Park	3,000 (200 seated)
Nantwich Town	Swansway Stadium	3,500 (300 seated)
Newcastle Town	Lyme Valley Stadium	4,000 (300 seated)
Runcorn Linnets	APEC Taxis Stadium	1,600
Stafford Rangers	Marston Road	4,000
Stalybridge Celtic	Bower Fold	6,500 (1,300 seated)
Trafford	Shawe View	1,500
Vauxhall Motors	vanEupen Arena	3,300
Widnes	Halton Stadium	13,350 (all seater stadium)
Witton Albion	Wincham Park	2,300 (600 seated)
Wythenshawe	Hollyhedge Park	1,500
Wythenshawe Town	Ericstan Park	1,000

Division One East

Ashington AFC Belper Town Bishop Auckland Bradford (Park Avenue) Bridlington Town Brighouse Town Carlton Town Cleethorpes Town Consett AFC Dunston UTS Emley AFC Garforth Town Grimsby Borough Heaton Stannington Liversedge Newton Aycliffe North Ferriby Ossett United Pontefract Collieries Sheffield Sherwood Colliery Stocksbridge Park Steels class=notpageimage| Locations of the Northern Premier League clubs by division – Division One East
Club	Home ground	Ground capacity
Ashington	Woodhorn Lane	2,000 (250 seated)
Belper Town	Christchurch Meadow	2,650 (500 seated)
Bishop Auckland	Heritage Park	1,950 (500 seated)
Bradford (Park Avenue)	Horsfall Stadium	3,500 (1,800 seated)
Bridlington Town	Queensgate	3,000 (542 seated)
Brighouse Town	St Giles Road	1,350 (150 seated)
Carlton Town	Bill Stokeld Stadium	1,968 (150 seated)
Cleethorpes Town	Linden Club	1,300 (180 seated)
Consett AFC	Belle View Stadium	3,770 (250 seated)
Dunston UTS	Wellington Road	2,500 (150 seated)
Emley AFC	Welfare Ground (Emley)	2,000 (305 seated)
Garforth Town	Wheatley Park	3,000 (278 seated
Grimsby Borough	Bradley Football Centre	1,300 (180 seated)
Heaton Stannington	Grounsell Park	2,000
Liversedge	Clayborn	2,000
Newton Aycliffe	Moore Lane Park	1,300 (100 seated)
North Ferriby	The Dransfield Stadium	3,000 (504 seated)
Ossett United	Ingfield	1,950 (360 seated)
Pontefract Collieries	Beechnut Lane	1,500 (300 seated)
Sheffield	Home of Football Ground	2,089 (250 seated)
Sherwood Colliery	Debdale Park	1,000
Stocksbridge Park Steels	Bracken Moor	3,500 (450 seated)

Division One Midlands

AFC Rushden & Diamonds Anstey Nomads Bedworth United Boldmere St. Michaels Coleshill Town Corby Town Coventry Sphinx Darlaston Town Grantham Town Hinckley LRFC Long Eaton United Loughborough Students Lye Town Quorn Racing Club Warwick Rugby Town Shepshed Dynamo Sporting Khalsa Sutton Coldfield Town Walsall Wood Wellingborough Town Worcester City class=notpageimage| Locations of the Northern Premier League clubs by division – Division One Midlands
Club	Home ground	Ground capacity
AFC Rushden & Diamonds	Hayden Road	2,000 (257 seated)
Anstey Nomads	Cropston Road	1,500 (150 seated)
Bedworth United	The Oval	3,000 (300 seated)
Boldmere St Michaels	Trevor Brown Memorial Ground	2,000 (230 seated)
Coleshill Town	Pack Meadow	2,000
Corby Town	Steel Park	3,893 (577 seated)
Coventry Sphinx	Sphinx Drive	1,000
Darlaston Town	Bentley Sports Pavilion	1,000
Grantham Town	South Kesteven Sports Stadium	7,500 (750 seated)
Hinckley LRFC	Leicester Road Stadium	4,329 (732 seated)
Long Eaton United	Grange Park	1,500 (450 seated)
Loughborough Students	Loughborough University Stadium	3,300
Lye Town	Lye Sports Ground	1,000
Quorn	Farley Way Stadium	1,400 (400 seated)
Racing Club Warwick	Townsend Meadow	2,000 (200 seated)
Rugby Town	Butlin Road	6,000 (740 seated)
Shepshed Dynamo	The Dovecote Stadium	2,500 (500 seated)
Sporting Khalsa	Noose Lane	2,250
Sutton Coldfield Town	Central Ground	2,000
Walsall Wood	Oak Park	1,000 (272 seated)
Wellingborough Town	London Road	5,000 (350 seated)
Worcester City	Claines Lane	1,400

Champions

1968–87

Season	Northern Premier League
1968–69	Macclesfield Town
1969–70	Macclesfield Town
1970–71	Wigan Athletic
1971–72	Stafford Rangers
1972–73	Boston United
1973–74	Boston United
1974–75	Wigan Athletic
1975–76	Runcorn
1976–77	Boston United
1977–78	Boston United
1978–79	Mossley
1979–80	Mossley
1980–81	Runcorn
1981–82	Bangor City
1982–83	Gateshead
1983–84	Barrow
1984–85	Stafford Rangers
1985–86	Gateshead
1986–87	Macclesfield Town

1987–2007

Season	Premier Division	Division One
1987–88	Chorley	Fleetwood Town
1988–89	Barrow	Colne Dynamoes
1989–90	Colne Dynamoes	Leek Town
1990–91	Witton Albion	Whitley Bay
1991–92	Stalybridge Celtic	Colwyn Bay
1992–93	Southport	Bridlington Town
1993–94	Marine	Guiseley
1994–95	Marine	Blyth Spartans
1995–96	Bamber Bridge	Lancaster City
1996–97	Leek Town	Radcliffe Borough
1997–98	Barrow	Whitby Town
1998–99	Altrincham	Droylsden
1999–00	Leigh RMI	Accrington Stanley
2000–01	Stalybridge Celtic	Bradford Park Avenue
2001–02	Burton Albion	Harrogate Town
2002–03	Accrington Stanley	Alfreton Town
2003–04	Hucknall Town	Hyde United
2004–05	Hyde United	North Ferriby United
2005–06	Blyth Spartans	Mossley
2006–07	Burscough	Buxton

2007–18

Season	Premier Division	Division One
		North	South
2007–08	Fleetwood Town	Bradford Park Avenue	Retford United
2008–09	Eastwood Town	Durham City	Retford United
2009–10	Guiseley	FC Halifax Town	Mickleover Sports
2010–11	FC Halifax Town	Chester	Barwell
2011–12	Chester	AFC Fylde	Grantham Town
2012–13	North Ferriby United	Skelmersdale United	King's Lynn Town
2013–14	Chorley	Curzon Ashton	Halesowen Town
2014–15	FC United of Manchester	Salford City	Mickleover Sports
2015–16	Darlington 1883	Warrington Town	Stafford Rangers
2016–17	Blyth Spartans	Lancaster City	Shaw Lane
2017–18	Altrincham	South Shields	Basford United

2018–Present

Season	Premier Division	Division One
		West	East	Midlands (2021–present)
2018–19	Farsley Celtic	Morpeth Town	Atherton Collieries	—
2019–20 1	South Shields	Leek Town	Workington	—
2020–21 2	Mickleover	Colne	Leek Town	—
2021–22	Buxton	Warrington Rylands 1906	Liversedge	Ilkeston Town
2022–23	South Shields	Macclesfield	Worksop Town	Stamford
2023–24	Radcliffe	Leek Town	Hebburn Town	Spalding United

¹ The 2019–20 season was terminated on 26 March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic; the teams listed here were in first place in the standings at the time of the termination, but were not recognised as champions.

² The 2020–21 season was also terminated on 24 February 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic; the teams listed here were in first place in the standings at the time of the termination, but were not recognised as champions.

Promoted

Since the league's formation in 1968, the following clubs have won promotion to higher levels of the English football league system -

Seasons	Promoted to
1958–1979	Football League Fourth Division
1979–1986	Alliance Premier League
1986–2003	Football Conference
2003–2005	Football Conference National
2004–2015	Football Conference North
2015–Present	National League North

Season Promoted To 1977–78 Wigan Athletic (2nd) Football League Fourth Division 1978–79 Altrincham (2nd) Scarborough (4th) Boston United (6th) Stafford Rangers (8th) Northwich Victoria (10th) Bangor City (12th) Barrow (16th) All 7 clubs split to form the new Alliance Premier League above the division 1979–80 Frickley Athletic (3rd) Alliance Premier League 1980–81 Runcorn Alliance Premier League 1981–82 Bangor City Alliance Premier League 1982–83 Gateshead Alliance Premier League 1983–84 Barrow Alliance Premier League 1984–85 Stafford Rangers Alliance Premier League 1985–86 Gateshead Football Conference 1986–87 Macclesfield Town Football Conference 1987–88 Chorley Football Conference 1988–89 Barrow Football Conference 1989–90 Gateshead (2nd) Football Conference 1990–91 Witton Albion Football Conference 1991–92 Stalybridge Celtic Football Conference 1992–93 Southport Football Conference 1994–95 Morecambe (2nd) Football Conference 1996–97 Leek Town Football Conference 1997–98 Barrow Football Conference 1998–99 Altrincham Football Conference 1999–00 Leigh RMI Football Conference 2000–01 Stalybridge Celtic Football Conference 2001–02 Burton Albion Football Conference 2002–03 Accrington Stanley Football Conference National Play-offs introduced (2003–present) Season Promoted Play-off winner To 2003–04 Hucknall Town (1st) Droylsden (2nd) Barrow (3rd) Alfreton Town (4th) Harrogate Town (5th) Southport (6th) Worksop Town (7th) Lancaster City (8th) Vauxhall Motors (9th) Gainsborough Trinity (10th) Stalybridge Celtic (11th) Altrincham (12th) Runcorn (13th) Ashton United (14th) Bradford Park Avenue (17th) Football Conference North created above the division 2004–05 Hyde United Workington (2nd) Football Conference North 2005–06 Blyth Spartans Farsley Celtic (4th) Football Conference North 2006–07 Burscough AFC Telford United (4th) Football Conference North 2007–08 Fleetwood Town Gateshead (3rd) Football Conference North 2008–09 Eastwood Town Ilkeston Town (2nd) Football Conference North 2009–10 Guiseley Boston United (3rd) Football Conference North 2010–11 FC Halifax Town Colwyn Bay (2nd) Football Conference North 2011–12 Chester Bradford Park Avenue (4th) Football Conference North 2012–13 North Ferriby United Hednesford Town (2nd) Football Conference North 2013–14 Chorley AFC Fylde (3rd) Football Conference North 2014–15 FC United of Manchester Curzon Ashton (4th) National League North 2015–16 Darlington 1883 Salford City (3rd) National League North 2016–17 Blyth Spartans Spennymoor Town (2nd) National League North 2017–18 Altrincham Ashton United (2nd) National League North 2018–19 Farsley Celtic — National League North 2019–20 No promotion to National League North 2020–21 Step 3 promotion cancelled 2021–22 Buxton Scarborough Athletic (3rd) National League North 2022–23 South Shields Warrington Town (2nd) National League North 2023–24 Radcliffe Marine (3rd) National League North

Cup competitions

League Challenge Cup

The league currently runs one cup competition, the League Challenge Cup, which is contested by every club in the league. ^[13]

Finals

Season	Winner	Result	Runner-up	Venue	Attendance
1968–69	Bangor City	5–2 (agg.)	Runcorn	1L: 2L:	1L: 2L:
1969–70	Altrincham	4–3 (agg.)	Macclesfield Town	1L: 2L: Moss Rose	1L: 4,400 2L: 6,833
1970–71	Fleetwood	1–1 (agg.) 1–0 ( rep.)	Macclesfield Town	1L: 2L: Moss Rose rep. Springfield Park	1L: 1,374 2L: 2,457 rep.
1971–72	Wigan Athletic	4–2 (agg.)	Gainsborough Trinity	1L: 2L:	1L: 2L:
1972–73	Northwich Victoria	3–2 (agg.)	Wigan Athletic	1L: 2L:	1L: 2L:
1973–74	Boston United	4–3 (agg.)	Altrincham	1L: 2L:	1L: 2L:
1974–75	Runcorn	2–1 (agg.)	Stafford Rangers	1L: 2L:	1L: 2L:
1975–76	Boston United	4–3 (agg.)	Mossley	1L: York Street 2L: Seel Park	1L: 2,212 2L: 711
1976–77	Scarborough	1–0	Runcorn	Maine Road
1977–78	Matlock Town	3–0	Boston United	Maine Road
1978–79	Mossley	4–1	Northwich Victoria	Maine Road	5,054
1979–80	Runcorn	2–0	Lancaster City	Maine Road
1980–81	Runcorn	4–3	Marine	Maine Road
1981–82	Gainsborough Trinity	1–0	Mossley	Maine Road	1,658
1982–83	Burton Albion	2–1	Macclesfield Town	Maine Road	2,538
1983–84	South Liverpool	1–1 (wp)	Hyde United	Maine Road
1984–85	Marine	3–2	Goole Town	Maine Road
1985–86	Hyde United	1–0	Marine	Maine Road
1986–87	Macclesfield Town	2–0	Burton Albion	Maine Road	2,037
1987–88	Goole Town	2–2 (wp)	Barrow	Maine Road	1,579
1988–89	Mossley	2–1	Fleetwood	Maine Road	2,110
1989–90	Hyde United	1–0	Gateshead	Maine Road
1990–91	Southport	4–1	Buxton	Maine Road	1,700
1991–92	Marine	1–0	Frickley Athletic	Maine Road
1992–93	Winsford United	1–1 (wp)	Warrington Town	Maine Road
1993–94	Spennymoor United	3–1	Hyde United	Wetherby Road	585
1994–95	Bamber Bridge	2–1	Bishop Auckland	Burnden Park
1995–96	Hyde United	1–1 (wp)	Leek Town	Burnden Park	501
1996–97	Gainsborough Trinity	1–0	Boston United	Sincil Bank
1997–98	Altrincham	2–1	Gainsborough Trinity	Saltergate
1998–99	Stalybridge Celtic	2–1	Guiseley
1999–00	Lancaster City	1–0	Worksop Town	Bower Fold	669
2000–01	Lancaster City	2–2 (wp)	Bishop Auckland	Giant Axe	530
2001–02	Accrington Stanley	1–1(wp) (0-1; 1-0; pens 5-4)	Bradford Park Avenue	1L: Horsfall Stadium 2L: Crown Ground	1L: 471 2L: 1,107
2002–03	Marine	3–0 (agg.)	Gateshead	1L: Filtrona Park 2L: Rossett Park	1L: 184 2L: 425
2003–04	Droylsden	4–1 (agg.)	Hucknall Town	1L: Butcher's Arms Ground 2L: Watnall Road	1L: 424 2L: 597
2004–05	Matlock Town	5–3 (agg.)	Whitby Town	1L: Causeway Lane 2L: Turnbull Ground	1L: 547 2L: 490
2005–06	Farsley Celtic	1–0	Stocksbridge Park Steels	Throstle Nest	507
2006–07	Fleetwood	1–0	Matlock Town	Wincham Park	426
2007–08	Eastwood Town	3–0	Skelmersdale United	Tameside Stadium	372
2008–09	Guiseley	3–2	Ilkeston Town	Tameside Stadium	227
2009–10	Boston United	2–0	Retford United	Ashby Avenue	503
2010–11	Ashton United	1–0	Northwich Victoria	Wincham Park	489
2011–12	North Ferriby United	4–1	Rushall Olympic	Coronation Park	256
2012–13	North Ferriby United	1–1 (wp)	Curzon Ashton	Throstle Nest	179
2013–14	AFC Fylde	1–0	Skelmersdale United	Edgeley Park	358
2014–15	Warrington Town	0–0 (wp)	Farsley	Edgeley Park	731
2015–16	Marine	2–1	Scarborough Athletic	Throstle Nest	690
2016–17	Bamber Bridge	2–1	Grantham Town	Harrison Park	474
2017–18	Atherton Collieries	2–1	Coalville Town	North Street	374
2018–19	Trafford	2–1	Farsley Celtic	Broadhurst Park	374
2019–20	Competition abandoned due to COVID-19
2020–23	Not contested

Defunct competitions

In the past the league has run three other cup competitions - the President's Cup, Chairman's Cup and Peter Swales Shield. ^[14]

Winners

Season	President's Cup	Chairman's Cup	Peter Swales Shield
1970–71	-	-	Wigan Athletic
1971–72	-	-	Wigan Athletic
1972–73	-	-	Boston United
1973–74	-	-	Boston United
1974–75	-	-	Wigan Athletic
1975–76	-	-	Boston United
1976–77	-	-	Boston United
1977–78	-	-	Matlock Town
1978–79	-	-	Altrincham
1979–80	-	-	Runcorn
1980–81	-	-	Runcorn
1981–82	Buxton	-	Gainsborough Trinity
1982–83	King's Lynn	-	Burton Albion
1983–84	Workington	-	Barrow
1984–85	Rhyl	-	Stafford Rangers
1985–86	Worksop Town	-	Gateshead
1986–87	Macclesfield Town	-	Bangor City
1987–88	South Liverpool	-	Chorley
1988–89	Bangor City	-	Mossley
1989–90	Fleetwood Town	-	Leek Town
1990–91	Witton Albion	-	Witton Albion
1991–92	Morecambe	-	Stalybridge Celtic
1992–93	Winsford United	-	Southport
1993–94	Guiseley	-	Marine
1994–95	Lancaster City	-	Marine
1995–96	Worksop Town	-	Hyde United
1996–97	Blyth Spartans	-	Gainsborough Trinity
1997–98	Runcorn	-	Altrincham
1998–99	Droylsden	-	Altrincham
1999–00	Trafford	Hyde United	Leigh RMI
2000–01	Stalybridge Celtic	Barrow	Stalybridge Celtic
2001–02	Barrow	Worksop Town	Accrington Stanley
2002–03	Stalybridge Celtic	Hucknall Town	Accrington Stanley
2003–04	Barrow	Hyde United	Droylsden
2004–05	Bamber Bridge	Kidsgrove Athletic	Hyde United
2005–06	Bradford Park Avenue	Blyth Spartans	Blyth Spartans
2006–07	Buxton	Guiseley	Burscough
2007–08	FC United of Manchester	Retford United	Fleetwood Town
2008–09	Trafford	Durham City	Eastwood Town
2009–10	Belper Town	Mickleover Sports	Guiseley
2010–11	Lancaster City	-	FC Halifax Town
2011–12	-	-	Chester
2012–13	-	-	Skelmersdale United
2013–14	-	-	Halesowen Town

See also

• Isthmian League
• Southern Football League

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