1993–94 Northern Premier League

The 1993–94 Northern Premier League season was the 26th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First. It was known as the HFS Loans League for sponsorship reasons.[1]

Premier Division

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season 1994–95
Champions Marine
Promoted None
Relegated Fleetwood
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1505 (3.26 per match)

The Premier Division featured three new teams:

League Table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Marine (C) 42 27 9 6 106 62+44 90*
2 Leek Town 42 27 8 7 79 50+29 89 Transferred to the Southern League
3 Boston United 42 23 9 10 90 43+47 78
4 Bishop Auckland 42 23 9 10 73 58+15 78
5 Frickley Athletic 42 21 12 9 90 51+39 75
6 Colwyn Bay 42 18 14 10 74 51+23 68
7 Morecambe 42 20 7 15 90 56+34 67
8 Barrow 42 18 10 14 59 51+8 64
9 Hyde United 42 17 10 15 80 71+9 61
10 Chorley 42 17 10 15 70 67+3 61
11 Whitley Bay 42 17 9 16 61 72−11 60
12 Gainsborough Trinity 42 15 11 16 64 66−2 56
13 Emley 42 12 16 14 63 71−8 52
14 Matlock Town 42 13 12 17 71 76−5 51
15 Buxton 42 13 10 19 67 73−6 49
16 Accrington Stanley 42 14 7 21 63 85−22 49
17 Droylsden 42 11 14 17 57 82−25 47
18 Knowsley United 42 11 11 20 52 66−14 44
19 Winsford United 42 9 11 22 50 74−24 38
20 Horwich RMI 42 8 12 22 50 74−24 35#
21 Bridlington Town 42 7 10 25 41 91−50 28† Club folded at the end of the season
22 Fleetwood (R) 42 7 7 28 55 114−59 28‡ Relegation to NPL Division One

Updated to games played on May 1994.
Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
*Marine were not promoted due to ground grading standards.
#Horwich RMI were deducted 1 point.
†Bridlington Town were deducted 3 points.
‡From this year onwards Fleetwood Town were known as Fleetwood.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Division One

Northern Premier League
Division One
Season 1993–94
Champions Guiseley
Promoted Guiseley
Spennymoor United
Relegated None
Matches played 420
Goals scored 1354 (3.22 per match)

Division One featured four new teams:

League Table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Guiseley (C) (P) 40 29 6 5 87 37+50 93 Promotion to Premier Division
2 Spennymoor United (P) 40 25 6 9 95 50+45 81
3 Ashton United 40 24 7 9 85 41+44 79
4 Lancaster City 40 20 10 10 74 46+28 70
5 Netherfield 40 20 6 14 68 60+8 66
6 Alfreton Town 40 18 10 12 83 70+13 64
7 Warrington Town 40 17 11 12 52 48+4 62
8 Goole Town 40 16 11 13 72 58+14 59
9 Great Harwood Town 40 15 14 11 56 60−4 59
10 Gretna 40 16 7 17 64 65−1 55
11 Workington 40 14 10 16 70 74−4 52
12 Worksop Town 40 14 9 17 79 87−8 51
13 Bamber Bridge 40 13 11 16 62 59+3 50
14 Curzon Ashton 40 13 8 19 62 71−9 47
15 Congleton Town 40 12 9 19 53 68−15 45
16 Radcliffe Borough 40 10 14 16 62 75−13 44
17 Mossley 40 10 12 18 44 68−24 39*
18 Caernarfon Town 40 9 11 20 54 88−34 38
19 Farsley Celtic 40 6 16 18 42 77−35 34
20 Harrogate Town 40 8 9 23 40 86−46 33
21 Eastwood Town 40 7 11 22 47 63−16 32

Updated to games played on May 1994.
Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
*Mossley were deducted 3 points.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Promotion and relegation

In the twenty-sixth season of the Northern Premier League Marine should have been (as champions) automatically promoted to the Football Conference, but were not as they did not meet the Conference's requirements. Bridlington Town folded at the end of the season, meaning only Fleetwood were relegated to the First Division, while Leek Town moved to the Southern League Premier Division; these three clubs were replaced by relegated Conference side Witton Albion, First Division winners Guiseley and second placed Spennymoor United. Meanwhile, Blyth Spartans and Atherton Laburnum Rovers were admitted into the First Division.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

President's Cup:

Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the Presidents Cup.

References

  1. ↑ HFS Loans League

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