The 2016–17 season was the 49th season of the Northern Premier League Premier Division, and the tenth season of the Northern Premier League Division One North and South. The League sponsors for 2016–17 were Evo-Stik.
The league constitution was announced on 12 May 2016.[1] [2]
Competition: | Northern Premier League Premier Division |
Season: | 2016–17 |
Winners: | Blyth Spartans |
Promoted: | Blyth Spartans Spennymoor Town |
Relegated: | Corby Town Frickley Athletic Ilkeston Skelmersdale United |
Matches: | 552 |
Total Goals: | 1601 |
League Topscorer: | Luke Benbow, 32 |
Biggest Home Win: | Mickleover Sports 7–0 Ilkeston (26 December 2016) Spennymoor Town 7–0 Skelmersdale United (11 October 2016) |
Biggest Away Win: | Skelmersdale United 1–10 Ashton United (21 March 2017) |
Highest Scoring: | Skelmersdale United 1–10 Ashton United (21 March 2017) |
Highest Attendance: | 2127 Halesowen Town 0–1 Stourbridge(7 March 2017) |
Lowest Attendance: | 78 Sutton Coldfield Town 1–1 Whitby Town(13 August 2016) |
Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
The Premier Division featured six new clubs:
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[3] | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Luke Benbow | Stourbridge | 32 | |
2 | Daniel Maguire | Blyth Spartans | 30 | |
3 | Dale Hopson | Whitby Town | 26 | |
4 | Marcus Dinanga | Matlock Town | 24 | |
5 | Luke Armstrong | Blyth Spartans | 21 |
Semi-finals
Final
Team | Stadium | Capacity | |
---|---|---|---|
Hurst Cross | 4,500 | ||
Kirkby Road | 2,500 | ||
4,435 | |||
The Silverlands | 5,200 | ||
Owen Street Sports Ground | 2,000 | ||
Steel Park | 3,893 | ||
Westfield Lane | 2,087 | ||
South Kesteven Sports Stadium | 7,500 | ||
The Grove | 5,000 | ||
6,500 | |||
New Manor Ground | 3,500 | ||
Marine Travel Arena | 3,185 | ||
Causeway Lane | 2,214 | ||
The Don Amott Stadium | 1,500 | ||
The Weaver Stadium | 3,500 | ||
Dales Lane | 1,400 | ||
2,500 | |||
The Brewery Field | 4,000 | ||
2,900 | |||
2,014 | |||
Central Ground | 2,000 | ||
Cantilever Park | 3,500 | ||
Turnbull Ground | 3,500 | ||
3,101 |
Competition: | Northern Premier League Division One North |
Season: | 2016–17 |
Winners: | Lancaster City |
Promoted: | Farsley Celtic Lancaster City |
Relegated: | Burscough |
Matches: | 462 |
Total Goals: | 1438 |
League Topscorer: | James Walshaw, 32 |
Biggest Home Win: | Colne 8–0 Burscough (11 March 2017) Scarborough Athletic 8–0 Mossley (19 November 2016) |
Biggest Away Win: | Ossett Albion 0–6 Trafford (19 November 2016) |
Highest Scoring: | Hyde United 4–5 Farsley Celtic (4 March 2017) Glossop North End 7–2 Prescot Cables(4 March 2017) Mossley 7–2 Prescot Cables (10 December 2016) (11 goals) |
Highest Attendance: | 741 (22 April 2017) |
Lowest Attendance: | 50 (25 March 2017) |
Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
Two Division One North clubs were moved to the parallel division: Northwich Victoria and Witton Albion were transferred to Division One South.
Thus, Division One North featured six new clubs:
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[4] | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | James Walshaw | Farsley Celtic | 32 | |
2 | Jordan Connerton | Lancaster City | 28 | |
3 | Aaron Burns | Trafford | 26 | |
Michael Fish | Brighouse Town | |||
4 | Jamie Rainford | Colwyn Bay | 21 |
Semi-finals
Final
Team | Stadium | Capacity | |
---|---|---|---|
QED Stadium | 2,264 | ||
St Giles' Road | 1,000 | ||
Victoria Park | 3,054 | ||
Shawbridge | 2,000 | ||
XLCR Stadium | 1,800 | ||
2,500 | |||
3,000 | |||
The Arthur Goldthorpe Stadium | 1,350 | ||
Victoria Pleasure Grounds | 3,000 | ||
4,250 | |||
3,900 | |||
Lakeland Radio Stadium | 2,400 | ||
Giant Axe | 3,500 | ||
Seel Park | 4,000 | ||
Our Physio Stadium | 3,000 | ||
4G Voice & Data Stadium | 2,000 | ||
3,200 | |||
Stainton Park | 3,500 | ||
The Harry Williams Riverside | 2,000 | ||
Flamingo Land Stadium | 2,000 | ||
Ings Lane | 1,500 | ||
Shawe View | 2,500 |
Competition: | Northern Premier League Division One South |
Season: | 2016–17 |
Winners: | Shaw Lane |
Promoted: | Shaw Lane Witton Albion |
Relegated: | Northwich Victoria Rugby Town |
Matches: | 462 |
Total Goals: | 1395 |
League Topscorer: | Gavin Allott, 25 |
Biggest Home Win: | Sheffield 9–0 Market Drayton Town(28 March 2017) |
Biggest Away Win: | Lincoln United 0–6 Shaw Lane(10 January 2017) |
Highest Scoring: | Sheffield 9–0 Market Drayton Town(28 March 2017) Kidsgrove Athletic 7–2 Lincoln United(28 March 2017) |
Highest Attendance: | 689 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 2–2 Basford United(22 October 2017) |
Lowest Attendance: | 65 Carlton Town 1–0 Market Drayton Town(1 April 2017) |
Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
Division One South featured five new clubs:
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[5] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Gavin Allott | Shaw Lane AFC | 26 |
2 | Bradley Wells | Spalding United | 25 |
3 | Anthony Malbon | Kidsgrove Athletic | 21 |
4 | Daniel Creaney | Bedworth United | 20 |
Timothy Grice | Leek Town | ||
Bradley Bauress | Witton Albion | ||
Semi-finals
Final
Team | Stadium | Capacity | |
---|---|---|---|
Dog & Duck | 2,500 | ||
Greenwich Avenue | 1,000 | ||
The Oval Ground | 3,000 | ||
Christchurch Meadow | 2,400 | ||
Bill Stokeld Stadium | 1,500 | ||
Chasetown | The Scholars Ground | 2,000 | |
The Moat Ground | 2,400 | ||
The Seddon Stadium | 2,000 | ||
Harrison Park | 3,600 | ||
Ashby Avenue | 2,200 | ||
Nanpantan Sports Ground | 1,500 | ||
Greenfields Sports Ground | 1,000 | ||
Lyme Valley Stadium | 4,000 | ||
Wincham Park (groundshare with Witton Albion) | 4,813 | ||
The Central Ground (groundshare with Sutton Coldfield Town) | 2,000 | ||
Butlin Road | 6,000 | ||
Shaw Lane | 2,000 | ||
Coach and Horses Ground | 2,000 | ||
Sir Halley Stewart Field | 3,500 | ||
Zeeco Stadium | 2,000 | ||
Look Local Stadium | 3,500 | ||
Wincham Park | 4,813 |
Northern Premier League Challenge Cup | |
Year: | 2016–17 |
Other Titles: | The Integro League Cup |
Country: | |
Num Teams: | 68 |
Champions: | Bamber Bridge |
Runner-Up: | Grantham Town |
Matches: | 66 |
Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
The 2016–17 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, known as the 16–17 Integro Doodson League Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 47th season of the Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, the main cup competition in the Northern Premier League. It was sponsored by Doodson Sport for a sixth consecutive season. 67 clubs from England and one from Wales entered the competition, beginning with the preliminary round, and all ties ended after 90 minutes and concluded with penalties.[6]
The defending champions were Marine, who defeated Scarborough Athletic on penalties in the 2016 Final. They were eliminated in the first round.
Round | Clubs remaining | Clubs involved | Winners from previous round | New entries this round | Scheduled playing date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
68 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 13 September 2016 | ||
64 | 64 | 4 | 60 | 14 November – 13 December 2016 | ||
32 | 32 | 32 | none | 7 January – 1 February 2017 | ||
16 | 16 | 16 | none | 30 January – 14 February | ||
8 | 8 | 8 | none | 7–28 March | ||
4 | 4 | 4 | none | 4–6 April | ||
2 | 2 | 2 | none | 19 April |