Northern Premier League 2002-03

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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.

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[edit] Premier Division Teams

1 From this season onwards Emley were known as Wakefield & Emley.

[edit] Premier Division Final Table

Position Team Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Goal Difference Points 1
1 Accrington Stanley 44 30 10 4 97 44 +53 100
2 Barrow 44 24 12 8 84 52 +32 84
3 Vauxhall Motors 44 22 10 12 81 46 +35 76
4 Stalybridge Celtic 44 21 13 10 77 51 +26 76
5 Worksop Town 44 21 9 14 82 67 +15 72
6 Harrogate Town 44 21 8 15 75 63 +12 71
7 Bradford Park Avenue 44 20 10 14 73 70 +3 70
8 Hucknall Town 44 17 15 12 72 62 +10 66
9 Droylsden 44 18 10 16 62 52 +10 64
10 Whitby Town 44 17 12 15 80 69 +11 63
11 Marine 44 17 10 17 63 60 +3 61
12 Wakefield & Emley 44 14 18 12 46 49 -3 60
13 Runcorn Halton 44 15 15 14 69 74 -5 60
14 Altrincham 44 17 9 18 58 63 -5 60
15 Gainsborough Trinity 44 16 11 17 67 66 +1 58
16 Ashton United 44 15 13 16 71 79 -8 58
17 Lancaster City 44 16 9 19 71 75 -4 57
18 Burscough 44 14 9 21 44 51 -7 51
19 Blyth Spartans 44 14 9 21 67 87 -20 51
20 Frickley Athletic 44 13 8 23 45 78 -33 47
21 Gateshead 44 10 11 23 60 81 -21 41
22 Colwyn Bay 44 5 9 30 52 99 -47 24
23 Hyde United 44 5 8 31 40 98 -58 23

1 The points system: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

[edit] First Division Teams

[edit] Division One Final Table

Position Team Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Goal Difference Points 1
1 Alfreton Town 42 26 9 7 106 59 +47 87
2 Spennymoor United 42 27 6 9 81 42 +39 87
3 Radcliffe Borough 42 25 10 7 90 46 +44 85
4 North Ferriby United 42 23 9 10 78 45 +33 78
5 Chorley 42 21 10 11 80 51 +29 73
6 Belper Town 42 20 13 9 53 42 +11 73
7 Witton Albion 42 19 15 8 67 50 +17 72
8 Matlock Town 42 20 10 12 67 48 +19 70
9 Leek Town 42 20 9 13 63 46 +17 69
10 Workington 42 19 10 13 73 60 +13 67
11 Farsley Celtic 42 17 11 14 66 67 -1 62
12 Kendal Town 42 18 7 17 68 58 +10 61
13 Bamber Bridge 42 15 9 18 55 59 -4 54
14 Guiseley 42 14 11 17 68 63 +5 53
15 Bishop Auckland 42 13 10 19 58 83 -25 49
16 Lincoln United 42 12 9 21 67 77 -10 45
17 Stocksbridge Park Steels 42 11 9 22 54 81 -27 42
18 Rossendale United 42 12 5 25 58 88 -30 41
19 Kidsgrove Athletic 42 9 11 22 49 71 -22 38
20 Ossett Town 42 8 9 25 39 80 -41 33
21 Eastwood Town 42 5 8 29 33 92 -59 23
22 Trafford 42 5 6 31 34 99 -65 21

1 The points system: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

[edit] 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. 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.

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