2011–12 Northern Premier League

The 2011–12 season is the 44th season of the Northern Premier League Premier Division, and the fifth season of the Northern Premier League Division One North and South.

The League sponsors for 2011–12 are Evo-Stik.^[1] The league allocations were released on the 20 May 2011.^[2]

Premier Division

Northern Premier League
Premier Division
Season	2011–12
Biggest home win	6 goals Chorley 6–0 Frickley Athletic (16 August 2011) Chester 6–0 North Ferriby United (3 September 2011)
Biggest away win	Mickleover Sports 0–6 Kendal Town (3 September 2011)
Highest scoring	9 goals F.C. United of Manchester 6–3 North Ferriby United (17 August 2011) Hednesford Town 5–4 Stafford Rangers (29 August 2011) Mickleover Sports 3–6 Frickley Athletic (28 September 2011) North Ferriby United 6–3 Ashton United (11 October 2011) Worksop Town 5–4 Mickleover Sports (30 November 2011) Whitby Town 4–5 Nantwich Town (3 December 2011)
Highest attendance	3,560 Chester 1–1 Nantwich Town (2 January 2012)^[3]
Lowest attendance	102 Stocksbridge Park Steels 0–2 Burscough (8 October 2011)^[3] Burscough 2–4 Rushall Olympic (3 December 2011)^[3]
← 2010–11

The Premier Division features five new teams:

Chester, promoted as champions from NPL Division One North
Chorley, promoted via play-offs from NPL Division One North
Hednesford Town, transferred from Southern League Premier Division
Rushall Olympic, promoted via play-offs from NPL Division One South
Stafford Rangers, relegated from Conference North

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chester	24	16	5	3	57	19	+38	53	Promotion to the 2012–13 Conference North/South
2	Northwich Victoria	24	17	4	3	48	21	+27	052^*	Qualification to the Playoffs
3	Hednesford Town	24	16	3	5	46	26	+20	51
4	Chorley	26	14	6	6	44	30	+14	48
5	Marine	24	13	3	8	41	29	+12	42
6	Bradford Park Avenue	23	13	3	7	38	28	+10	42
7	F.C. United of Manchester	24	12	5	7	52	35	+17	41
8	Rushall Olympic	24	10	6	8	26	25	+1	36
9	Worksop Town	26	10	6	10	39	46	−7	36
10	Nantwich Town	25	10	5	10	42	43	−1	35
11	North Ferriby United	23	10	3	10	34	40	−6	33
12	Matlock Town	25	7	11	7	34	32	+2	32
13	Chasetown	24	9	5	10	31	38	−7	32
14	Kendal Town	23	9	4	10	44	38	+6	31
15	Stafford Rangers	24	7	8	9	32	34	−2	29
16	Ashton United	26	7	6	13	33	43	−10	27
17	Frickley Athletic	27	7	6	14	32	43	−11	27
18	Mickleover Sports	27	6	8	13	45	58	−13	26
19	Stocksbridge Park Steels	27	5	9	13	33	46	−13	24	Relegation to the NPL Division One North/South
20	Buxton	25	5	7	13	32	49	−17	22
21	Whitby Town	25	3	8	14	35	60	−25	17
22	Burscough	25	4	3	18	36	69	−33	15

Updated to games played on 2 January 2012
Source: [1]
^*Northwich Victoria deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.^[4]
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.

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Final

	2
	5


	3
	4

Results grid

Home \ Away¹	ASH	BPA	BUR	BUX	CHA	CHR	CHO	FCU	FRK	HED	KEN	MAR	MAT	MIC	NAN	NFU	NOR	RSO	STF	SPS	WTB	WKS
Ashton United		0–1	3–2	4–2		0–2			2–0	1–2	1–0		3–0		1–1		0–3		1–5		1–2	4–2
Bradford Park Avenue			3–0		2–1	2–1		2–5		0–1		0–1	2–2			1–0	1–2			2–0		1–0
Burscough						1–4	1–4	3–5	1–3		2–2	0–4	1–2		2–1	1–2	1–3	2–4	2–3			0–2
Buxton			2–2		0–0	1–1		0–4		1–3		0–4		2–0	4–3	1–3	2–3	1–2		1–4		1–3
Chasetown	1–0	0–4	4–1				1–1		2–1		2–1			0–1	4–4			0–2	0–1	1–3	1–1
Chester	1–0				1–0		3–0	2–1	2–2		4–0		4–0		1–1	6–0		1–1		5–1		2–0
Chorley	2–2		2–1	1–0				2–0	6–0		2–3	1–2			1–0		0–0	1–0		0–0	2–2	4–1
F.C. United of Manchester	2–1	5–2			1–2	2–3	0–0				1–0	1–1			1–3	6–3		0–0			3–0
Frickley Athletic	0–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	0–1			1–3			2–1		0–2		1–2	1–0		0–0		2–0	1–2
Hednesford Town	0–0		4–0	3–2	0–1	1–0	2–0		1–0				1–1	6–1				4–1	5–4	1–1	3–1
Kendal Town			3–4	0–0				3–1		2–1		3–3		3–3	4–1	2–3			0–1	4–2	2–1	3–0
Marine	1–0	0–2		1–0	2–3	1–2	2–4		2–1				2–2	2–3			0–2			1–0		4–0
Matlock Town		0–1		1–1	2–2		4–0			1–2	1–0			2–1		3–0	0–2		1–1	4–0		1–1
Mickleover Sports	1–1	4–0	1–1		2–3		3–4	0–2	3–6	1–2	0–6	0–1	3–1		3–1		0–2				5–0	1–1
Nantwich Town		0–3	3–4	0–0		4–1		1–1				1–2	2–1				3–2		2–0	1–0	2–0
North Ferriby United	6–3	2–1		1–4			1–2		1–2	1–2		2–0		3–1				1–0		2–1		0–0
Northwich Victoria	3–1				3–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–2		2–0		0–0			2–0			0–1	2–0	2–0	2–1
Rushall Olympic	1–0	0–0	3–0		1–0		1–0			2–1		0–1		1–1	0–1		0–3		2–1		3–2
Stafford Rangers						0–3	0–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–1		1–1		1–1			3–3	2–2
Stocksbridge Park Steels	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–1				2–2	1–1	4–0			1–1	1–1			3–4	2–0	1–0		0–2
Whitby Town	2–2	1–4		3–4		0–4	0–1		1–1				1–1	1–1	4–5	0–2				3–3		3–4
Worksop Town				2–1	4–1	0–3		2–3	2–1	1–0		0–3		5–4	3–0	0–0		2–1	1–1

Updated to games played on 2 January 2012
Source: NPL Premier Division results grid
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and Locations

Locations of the 2010–11 Northern Premier League Premier Division teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity
F.C. United of Manchester	Gigg Lane (Bury ground share)	11,840
Hednesford Town	Keys Park	6,500
Chester	Deva Stadium	5,376
Buxton	The Silverlands	5,200
Northwich Victoria	Victoria Stadium	5,098
Bradford Park Avenue	Horsfall Stadium	5,000
Ashton United	Hurst Cross	4,500
Chorley	The Chorley Group Victory Park Stadium	4,100
Nantwich Town	The Weaver Stadium	3,500
Stocksbridge Park Steels	Look Local Stadium	3,500
Whitby Town	Turnbull Ground	3,500
Burscough	West Lancashire College Stadium (Skelmersdale ground share)	3,000
Stafford Rangers	Marston Road	3,000
Marine	The Arriva Stadium	2,800
North Ferriby United	Grange Lane	2,700
Kendal Town	Lakeland Radio Stadium	2,400
Matlock Town	Causeway Lane	2,214
Frickley Athletic	Westfield Lane	2,087
Chasetown	The Scholars Ground	2,000
Worksop Town	Cannon Park (Retford ground share)	2,000
Mickleover Sports	Mickleover Sports Ground	1,500
Rushall Olympic	Dales Lane	1,400

Division One North

Northern Premier League
Division One North
Season	2011–12
Biggest home win	6 goals Bamber Bridge 6–0 Clitheroe (16 August 2011) Garforth Town 6–0 Warrington Town (24 September 2011) Farsley 6–0 Salford City (1 October 2011) Mossley 6–0 Wakefield (26 November 2011)
Biggest away win	Harrogate Railway Athletic 3–10 Radcliffe Borough (22 November 2011)
Highest scoring	Harrogate Railway Athletic 3–10 Radcliffe Borough (22 November 2011)
Highest attendance	501 Lancaster City 4–2 AFC Fylde (29 August 2011)^[5]
Lowest attendance	52 Wakefield 1–4 Trafford (14 September 2011)^[5]
← 2010–11

Division One North will feature two new teams:

Farsley, promoted as champions from the NCEFL Premier Division
Ossett Town, relegated from the NPL Premier Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Curzon Ashton	22	14	7	1	47	20	+27	49	Promotion to the 2011–12 NPL Premier Division
2	AFC Fylde	22	14	4	4	50	24	+26	46	Qualification to the Playoffs
3	Skelmersdale United	26	13	7	6	58	39	+19	46
4	Farsley	25	14	3	8	59	32	+27	45
5	Witton Albion	22	13	2	7	46	29	+17	41
6	Garforth Town	25	12	5	8	50	40	+10	41
7	Lancaster City	23	12	4	7	45	27	+18	40
8	Woodley Sports	22	12	3	7	41	27	+14	39
9	Salford City	23	10	7	6	48	38	+10	37
10	Trafford	25	10	7	8	48	42	+6	37
11	Durham City	25	12	1	12	39	43	−4	37
12	Bamber Bridge	20	9	4	7	32	30	+2	31
13	Warrington Town	22	9	4	9	41	38	+3	31
14	Clitheroe	25	7	5	13	34	46	−12	26
15	Mossley	25	5	10	10	40	49	−9	25
16	Ossett Town	19	7	3	9	28	43	−15	24
17	Radcliffe Borough	19	6	5	8	30	32	−2	23
18	Prescot Cables	24	5	8	11	29	43	−14	23
19	Harrogate Railway Athletic	23	6	3	14	33	59	−26	21
20	Wakefield	23	4	7	12	22	46	−24	19
21	Ossett Albion	23	4	4	15	28	56	−28	16	Relegation to the Level 9
22	Cammell Laird	24	3	3	18	18	63	−45	12	Relegation to the Level 9

Updated to games played on 2 January 2012
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.

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Final

	2
	5


	3
	4

Results Grid

Home \ Away¹	FYL	BAM	CAM	CLT	CZA	DUR	FAR	GAR	HRA	LNC	MOS	OSA	OST	PRC	RAD	SLC	SKU	TRA	WAK	WAR	WTN	WDL
AFC Fylde			4–0		2–1	3–0	2–2	3–0		1–0	2–2			1–1			2–5		3–0		3–1	2–0
Bamber Bridge	0–1			6–0	0–2		2–1			2–6	3–0			2–1		0–3	2–2		1–1
Cammell Laird		1–3		1–1	1–2	3–2	0–3			0–3		3–1				0–2	1–3			0–5		0–3
Clitheroe	2–6		5–1		0–4		2–1	3–2	3–1				1–2	1–2	4–0	1–1	1–2	1–4	0–1
Curzon Ashton	2–0		0–0			2–0	3–2		3–0		3–3	2–1		4–1	1–0	1–1					1–1
Durham City		3–0	4–1	1–0			1–0			5–3		1–1	3–2		2–1	2–4	0–3	3–4	0–1		1–3
Farsley	2–0			2–0		1–0		2–3		1–3		5–0		4–2		6–0	1–2	4–2			1–0	3–1
Garforth Town		3–1			1–2	2–1	1–1			1–2	0–1		5–1		1–2			2–1	1–0	6–0	4–3	4–1
Harrogate Railway Athletic	0–3	0–2	3–1	1–0		0–1		1–1		3–2			2–3	2–2	3–10			0–1		1–3
Lancaster City	1–1	0–1		0–2	1–1	1–2			3–2		2–0		4–1	3–0		1–0	3–1		2–0
Mossley		1–2	0–0	0–0	0–4	3–4		1–2				6–2		1–1		2–1		1–1	6–0	1–1	1–1	0–4
Ossett Albion	0–3					3–0	1–4	2–5	3–2	0–0	1–4		2–2		0–2	2–1	0–3	0–1
Ossett Town			3–0			0–1		0–2			2–1				1–1				4–0	1–0
Prescot Cables			3–1			0–1		1–1	5–2			2–1			1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1		0–1
Radcliffe Borough		1–2					3–3				2–2			1–0		0–3	2–2			0–1		0–3
Salford City			5–0				2–1	2–2			4–1		2–2	1–1			3–3	3–1		1–5		3–0
Skelmersdale United	1–3	1–2		2–2	2–2				2–0				4–0			2–1			3–1	4–1	1–3	2–2
Trafford	2–4	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–2			0–0	1–2	1–1		1–2	2–3	2–1					3–3		2–3
Wakefield							0–1		1–5		1–1	2–2	4–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–1				0–1	1–0
Warrington Town			2–1	1–1	0–2		2–5	4–0	0–1			3–2		5–1			1–2	3–3	2–2		0–2
Witton Albion	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–1				5–1	4–1	0–4		4–2	5–0		3–0			0–3
Woodley Sports		0–0	3–1	2–1		2–1			2–2	2–0	3–1	4–0		4–0	0–2		2–1			2–1	1–2

Updated to games played on 2 January 2012
Source: NPL Division North results grid
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and Locations

Locations of the 2010–11 Northern Premier League Division One North teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Witton Albion	Wincham Park	4,813
Curzon Ashton	Tameside Stadium	4,000
Mossley	Steel Park	4,000
Wakefield	College Grove	4,000
Farsley	Throstle Nest	3,900
Harrogate Railway Athletic	Station View	3,500
Lancaster City	Giant Axe	3,500
Radcliffe Borough	Stainton Park	3,500
Warrington Town	Cantilever Park	3,500
Prescot Cables	Valerie Park	3,200
Durham City	The Arnott Stadium	3,000
Garforth Town	Genix Healthcare Stadium	3,000
Ossett Town	WareHouse Systems Stadium	3,000
Skelmersdale United	West Lancashire College Stadium	2,500
Trafford	Shawe View	2,500
Bamber Bridge	QED Stadium	2,264
Clitheroe	Shawbridge	2,000
Ossett Town	Ingfield	2,000
Woodley Sports	The Neil Rourke Memorial Stadium	2,000
AFC Fylde	Kellamergh Park	1,500
Cammell Laird	Kirklands Stadium	1,500
Salford City	Moor Lane	1,400

Division One South

Northern Premier League
Division One South
Season	2011–12
Biggest home win	Quorn 5–0 Shepshed Dynamo (2 January 2012)
Biggest away win	Market Drayton Town 1–7 Loughborough Dynamo (29 October 2011)
Highest scoring	Goole 5–4 Romulus (24 September 2011)
Highest attendance	1,315 Ilkeston 4–0 Goole (13 August 2011)^[6]
Lowest attendance	44 Brigg Town 5–2 Quorn (6 December 2011)^[6]
← 2010–11

Division One South features four new teams:

Coalville Town, promoted as champions from the Midland Alliance
Hucknall Town, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
Ilkeston, new team
New Mills, promoted as champions from the NWCFL Premier Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Grantham Town	25	18	3	4	56	25	+31	056^*	Promotion to the 2011–12 NPL Premier Division
2	Carlton Town	26	17	3	6	62	36	+26	54	Qualification to the Playoffs
3	Ilkeston	25	15	2	8	56	28	+28	47
4	Sheffield	24	14	4	6	50	32	+18	46
5	Stamford	25	14	3	8	49	42	+7	45
6	Sutton Coldfield Town	26	13	3	10	46	32	+14	42
7	Hucknall Town	26	11	7	8	37	33	+4	40
8	Loughborough Dynamo	26	11	6	9	55	40	+15	39
9	Leek Town	21	11	5	5	37	28	+9	38
10	Goole	25	10	5	10	42	49	−7	35
11	New Mills	24	8	8	8	44	42	+2	32
12	Newcastle Town	24	9	4	11	39	43	−4	31
13	Belper Town	25	9	3	13	32	43	−11	30
14	Brigg Town	24	7	8	9	35	41	−6	29
15	Lincoln United	23	7	8	8	35	43	−8	29
16	Coalville Town	25	8	4	13	39	48	−9	28
17	Romulus	24	6	9	9	41	46	−5	27
18	Kidsgrove Athletic	24	6	8	10	34	41	−7	26
19	Rainworth Miners Welfare	26	7	4	15	21	36	−15	25
20	Market Drayton Town	27	5	9	13	41	67	−26	24
21	Quorn	26	4	8	14	35	51	−16	20	Relegation to the Level 9
22	Shepshed Dynamo	26	4	7	15	34	67	−33	19	Relegation to the Level 9

Updated to games played on 2 January 2012
Source: [3]
^*Grantham Town deducted one point for fielding an inelligible player.
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.

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Final

	2
	5


	3
	4

Results Grid

Home \ Away¹	BLP	BRG	CAR	CLV	GOO	GRN	HUC	ILK	KID	LKT	LCU	LBD	MDT	NEW	NEM	QON	RMW	ROM	SHF	SPD	STM	SCT
Belper Town		2–2	0–2		2–0	0–3	1–5	3–1									1–0		1–3	3–1	2–3	1–2
Brigg Town	1–2					2–3		1–1		0–3	2–1	0–3		1–1		5–2	0–4		0–2	3–2	2–2	2–1
Carlton Town	3–2	2–0		4–2			3–1	2–0	2–2		1–2	2–1	5–2			2–1	0–0			1–0	4–2
Coalville Town						1–2	2–0		1–1	2–4	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–0			1–3		0–2
Goole	0–3	1–3	2–2	4–2							2–4	3–1	1–1		0–4		2–1	5–4	1–1	3–1		0–1
Grantham Town	2–0	1–1	4–2		3–0		1–1			1–3		1–0	4–2	2–3			0–1			2–0	1–0	2–1
Hucknall Town		0–1	3–2		0–1	1–1		0–2	1–0	0–0	3–0		0–1		1–0		1–0				0–2	3–1
Ilkeston	0–1		2–0	0–0	4–0	1–3			1–2				1–0	3–0		2–0		4–1			1–2
Kidsgrove Athletic	2–0				1–2	1–2	1–1			2–2	3–3	1–0		1–1				2–2	2–1	1–2		2–1
Leek Town			1–0	2–1	2–2			0–1	0–1				1–2	1–0		4–2	1–0					0–5
Lincoln United	1–1	1–1	1–4	3–2		1–1		2–5				1–1			1–2	0–0	0–0	1–1		2–3
Loughborough Dynamo	2–2		2–4	1–3	2–1		3–0	2–4	2–1						3–3	1–0		1–1	3–4	6–2	2–0
Market Drayton Town	3–0	1–1			1–3	1–5		0–6	2–1	1–1	2–3	1–7		0–2	1–4	1–1		2–1	2–4
Newcastle Town	2–0	2–1			4–4		2–4			2–3		1–5	2–1			1–0			2–1		1–2	0–1
New Mills			2–3			0–4	2–2	0–3		0–2		1–1	2–2	4–2				2–5	2–1	4–2	2–1
Quorn	1–2	1–3		2–3		0–5	0–0	3–2	3–3					2–3	2–2		3–2	1–1		5–0	3–2	1–0
Rainworth Miners Welfare	0–2			0–2	1–3		0–4	1–4			1–0	0–1	1–1		0–2				0–2	2–1	3–0	0–2
Romulus	2–1		1–3	4–1	0–2		0–1		4–1		1–3			1–0	2–1	3–3	1–1		1–1			1–1
Sheffield		1–0	2–1	2–3		2–0		1–3		4–2	2–3		4–2			0–0	2–0					3–2
Shepshed Dynamo			0–6	2–5		1–2	1–2		2–1	1–1			2–2	2–2	2–2	1–0		2–2	1–1			2–2
Stamford		2–2		4–2	1–0			2–4	3–2	1–4	4–0	2–1		3–2	1–1			4–1		3–0
Sutton Coldfield Town	2–0		1–2	2–0			5–1	2–1				2–2	1–4	0–2	1–0		0–1	3–1		4–1	3–0

Updated to games played on 2 January 2012
Source: NPL Division South results grid
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and Locations

Rainworth Miners Welfare

Sutton
Coldfield Town

Locations of the 2010–11 Northern Premier League Division One South teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Grantham Town	South Kesteven Sports Stadium	7,500
Hucknall Town	Watnall Road	5,000
Brigg Town	The Hawthorns	4,000
Newcastle Town	Lyme Valley Stadium	4,000
Leek Town	Harrison Park	3,600
Ilkeston	New Manor Ground	3,500
Goole	Victoria Pleasure Grounds	3,000
Shepshed Dynamo	The Dovecote	2,500
Belper Town	Christchurch Meadow	2,400
Lincoln United	Ashby Avenue	2,200
Coalville Town	Owen Street Sports Ground	2,000
Kidsgrove Athletic	The Seddon Stadium	2,000
Rainworth Miners Welfare	Welfare Ground	2,000
Romulus	The Central Ground (Sutton Coldfield Town ground share)	2,000
Sheffield	Coach and Horses Ground	2,000
Stamford	Vic Couzens Stadium	2,000
Sutton Coldfield Town	The Central Ground	2,000
Loughborough Dynamo	Nanpantan Sports Ground	1,500
New Mills	Church Lane	1,400
Market Drayton Town	Greenfields Sports Ground	1,000
Carlton Town	Bill Stokeld Stadium	600
Quorn	Sutton Park	400

Challenge Cup

2011–12 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup

Country

England

Teams

← 2010–11

The Northern Premier League Challenge Cup 2011–12 (billed as the Doodson Sports Cup 2011–12 for sponsorship reasons)^[7] is the 42nd season of the Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, the cup competition of the Northern Premier League.

Calendar

Round	Matches played	Matches	Clubs
Preliminary Round	5–20 September 2011	4	66 → 62
First Round	26 September – 1 November 2011	20	62 → 42
Second Round	18 October – 15 November 2011	10	42 → 32
Third Round	2 November – 20 December 2011	16	32 → 16
Fourth Round	9–11 January 2011	8	16 → 8
Quarterfinals	TBC	4	8 → 4
Semifinals	TBC	2	4 → 2
Final	TBC	1	2 → 1

Preliminary Round

In the Preliminary Round, eight teams from the lower regional divisions were drawn together.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Ossett Town	0–2^[8]	Brigg Town	23
2	Rainworth Miners Welfare	1–2^[9]	Stamford	73
3	Romulus	3–5^[10] AET	Kidsgrove Athletic	74
4	Warrington Town	4–2^[11] AET	Cammell Laird	55

First Round

The four clubs which made it through the Preliminary Round enter into the draw with the rest of the teams from the two Division One leagues which weren't drawn into the Preliminary Round.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
5	AFC Fylde	0–3	Bamber Bridge	121
6	Carlton Town	2–4 AET	Belper Town	71
7	Coalville Town	2–1	Ilkeston	213
8	Farsley	1–0	Durham City	91
9	Goole	5–0	Lincoln United	74
10	Harrogate Railway Athletic	1–5	Garforth	65
11	Kidsgrove Athletic	5–2	Market Drayton Town	108
12	Lancaster City	4–2	Skelmersdale United	123
13	Loughborough Dynamo	3–2	Hucknall Town	80
14	Mossley	2–0^*	Curzon Ashton	112

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
15	New Mills	3–4	Salford City	105
16	Ossett Albion	1–2	Brigg Town	70
17	Prescot Cables	1–2	Warrington Town	101
18	Quorn	2–0 AET	Grantham Town	110
19	Radcliffe Borough	1–3	Woodley Sports	70
20	Sheffield	4–2	Wakefield	160
21	Shepshed Dynamo	0–3	Stamford	107
22	Sutton Coldfield Town	0–3	Newcastle Town	41
23	Trafford	1–1	Clitheroe	85
Clitheroe 4–2 on penalties
24	Witton Albion	4–0	Leek Town	133

^*Mossley were removed from the competition as they had not registered a player correctly.

Second Round

The twenty clubs which made it through the First Round were entered into the draw for the Second Round.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
25	Brigg Town	3–0	Farsley	54
26	Curzon Ashton	0–3	Woodley Sports	65
27	Goole	1–2	Garforth	74
28	Lancaster City	2–1	Clitheroe	102
29	Newcastle Town	2–0 AET	Warrington Town	69

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
30	Quorn	1–2	Loughborough Dynamo	91
31	Salford City	2–1	Bamber Bridge	68
32	Sheffield	1–2	Belper Town	185
33	Stamford	5–3 AET	Coalville Town	101
34	Witton Albion	2–0	Kidsgrove Athletic	109

Third Round

The ten clubs which made it through the Second Round were entered into the draw for the Second Round with the clubs from the Premier Division.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
35	Ashton United	1–4	Lancaster City	62
36	Belper Town	1–3 AET	Worksop Town	111
37	Brigg Town	0–1	Buxton	66
38	Burscough	0–2	F.C. United of Manchester	147
39	Woodley Sports	0–2	Kendal Town	53
40	Frickley Athletic	4–2	Garforth Town	98
41	Hednesford Town	3–1	Chester	251
42	Loughborough Dynamo	3–1 AET	Stamford	85

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
43	Matlock Town	4–1	Mickleover Sports	191
44	Newcastle Town	2–2	Nantwich Town	108
Newcastle Town won 4–3 on penalties
45	North Ferriby United	1–0	Whitby Town	107
46	Northwich Victoria	4–0	Marine	163
47	Rushall Olympic	1–0	Chasetown	166
48	Salford City	1–2	Chorley	131
49	Stocksbridge Park Steels	1–1	Bradford Park Avenue	76
Bradford Park Avenue won 4–3 on penalties
50	Witton Albion	3–1	Stafford Rangers	96

Fourth Round

The 16 clubs which made it through the Third Round were entered into the draw for the Second Round with the clubs from the Premier Division.

Tie no	Home team	Away team
51	Bradford Park Avenue	Loughborough Dynamo
52	Chorley	F.C. United of Manchester
53	Lancaster City	Kendal Town
54	Matlock Town	Frickley Athletic

Tie no	Home team	Away team
55	Newcastle Town	Northwich Victoria
56	North Ferriby United	Worksop Town
57	Rushall Olympic	Hednesford Town
58	Witton Albion	Buxton

President's Cup

2011–12 Northern Premier League President's Cup

Country

England

Teams

← 2010–11

At the 2011 league AGM, the 2011–12 Northern Premier League President's Cup, the cup competition of the Northern Premier League Division One North and South, was deferred for at least one year due to fixture congestion and clubs making losses from the games. It was decided to award the trophy to the team that tops the fair play league at the end of the season instead.^[12]

Peter Swales Shield

The Peter Swales Shield has changed format several times, and this season it saw the champions of the Premier Division play against the winners of the Challenge Cup. It was won by F.C. Halifax Town 5–4 on penalties against Ashton United after a 1–1 draw.^[13]

6 August 2011	F.C. Halifax Town (2010–11 NPL Premier Division Winners)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5 – 4 pen)	Ashton United (2010–11 Challenge Cup Winners)	Hurst Cross, Ashton Under Lyne
15:00	Gray 27'	Report	Dawson 57'	Attendance: 204
		Penalties
	Holland Dean Toulson Winter Hardy		Burns Smith Wright Bathurst Harrop

References

^ "Evo-Stik New Sponsors From 2010–2011". The Official Evo-Stik League Website. Pitchero. 2 May 2010. http://evostikleague.pitchero.com/evo-stik-new-sponsors-from-2010-2011-1618/. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
^ "NON LEAGUE RESTRUCTURING 2011/12 ‐ PROPOSED CLUB ALLOCATIONS". The FA. Pitchero. 20 May 2011. http://www.thefa.com/Leagues/NationalLeagueSystem/NewsAndFeatures/2011/~/media/Files/PDF/Leagues/NLS/NLS_Restructuring_2011-12.ashx/NLS_Restructuring_2011-12.pdf. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c Football Web Pages - Premier Division attendances
^ Northwich Victoria Points Deduction – Northern Premier League official site Accessed 14 December 2011
^ ^a ^b Football Web Pages - Division North attendances
^ ^a ^b Football Web Pages - Division South attendances
^ Doodson Sports Cup new sponsor Curzon ashton website. Accessed 21 September 2011
^ Ossett Town 0–2 brigg Town Ossett Town FC official website. Accessed 21 September 2011.
^ http://www.stamfordafc.net/fixtures/rainworth-miners-welfare-vs-stamford-7th-sep-2011 Match Report: Rainworth Miners Welfare vs. Stamford, 7th Sep 2011] Stamford FC official website. Accessed 21 September 2011.
^ Roms lose out in League Cup opener Romulus FC official website
^ Warrington Town 4 – 2 Cammell Laird Cammell Laird official website
^ NPL – League Statement: President's Cup
^ Pens the difference in Peter Swales Shield curtain raiser – Ashton United

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