1999–2000 Northern Premier League

The 1999–2000 Northern Premier League season was the 32nd in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First.

Premier Division

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season	1999–2000
Champions	Leigh RMI
Promoted	Leigh RMI
Relegated	Guiseley Winsford United
Matches played	506
Goals scored	1426 (2.82 per match)
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The Premier Division featured four new teams:

Barrow relegated from the Conference
Leek Town relegated from the Conference
Droylsden promoted as champions of Division One
Hucknall Town promoted as runners-up of Division One

League Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Leigh RMI !Leigh RMI (C) (P)	44	26	10	8	87	44	+43	88	Promotion to Conference
2	Hyde United !Hyde United	44	24	14	6	76	42	+34	86
3	Gateshead !Gateshead	44	23	13	8	79	41	+38	82
4	Marine !Marine	44	21	17	6	78	43	+35	80
5	Emley	44	20	12	12	54	41	+13	72
6	Stalybridge Celtic !Stalybridge Celtic	44	18	13	13	62	51	+11	67
7	Lancaster City !Lancaster City	44	18	12	14	63	56	+7	66
8	Runcorn !Runcorn	44	18	11	15	63	53	+10	65
9	Bishop Auckland !Bishop Auckland	44	18	11	15	63	61	+2	65
10	Worksop Town !Worksop Town	44	19	6	19	78	65	+13	63
11	Gainsborough Trinity !Gainsborough Trinity	44	16	15	13	58	48	+10	63
12	Whitby Town !Whitby Town	44	15	13	16	66	66	0	58
13	Barrow !Barrow	44	14	15	15	65	59	+6	57
14	Droylsden !Droylsden	44	14	14	16	52	57	−5	56
15	Blyth Spartans !Blyth Spartans	44	15	9	20	62	67	−5	54
16	Frickley Athletic !Frickley Athletic	44	15	9	20	64	85	−21	54
17	Hucknall Town !Hucknall Town	44	14	11	19	55	61	−6	53
18	Bamber Bridge !Bamber Bridge	44	13	13	18	66	65	+1	52
19	Leek Town !Leek Town	44	14	10	20	58	79	−21	52
20	Colwyn Bay !Colwyn Bay	44	11	13	20	44	84	−40	46
21	Spennymoor United !Spennymoor United	44	10	13	21	41	71	−30	042^*
22	Guiseley !Guiseley (R)	44	8	17	19	52	71	−19	41	Relegation to NPL Division One
23	Winsford United !Winsford United (R)	44	3	7	34	40	116	−76	16	Relegation to NPL Division One

Updated to games played on 16 February 2011.
Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^* Spennymoor United were docked 1 point
(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.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Bamber Bridge !BAM	Barrow !BRW	Bishop Auckland !BIS	Blyth Spartans !BLY	Colwyn Bay !COL	Droylsden !DRO	Emley	Frickley Athletic !FRK	Gainsborough Trinity !GAI	Gateshead !GAT	Guiseley !GUI	Hucknall Town !HUC	Hyde United !HYD	Lancaster City !LNC	Leek Town !LEE	Leigh RMI !LEI	Marine !MAR	Runcorn !RUN	Spennymoor United !SPU	Stalybridge Celtic !STL	Whitby Town !WTB	Winsford United !WNS	Worksop Town !WKS
Bamber Bridge !Bamber Bridge		2–3	4–0	1–1	1–2	1–3	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–3	2–2	1–1	0–0	6–1	5–0	2–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–4	2–2	2–1	2–3
Barrow !Barrow	4–0		1–3	3–2	4–0	0–3	0–2	2–0	1–1	3–5	1–1	4–2	1–2	2–2	1–4	2–2	2–2	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–3	0–0	2–3
Bishop Auckland !Bishop Auckland	0–1	1–3		1–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–3	1–0	4–0	4–1	1–2
Blyth Spartans !Blyth Spartans	1–2	1–1	0–2		4–1	3–0	3–2	4–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	3–4	0–2	2–3	0–1	3–1	4–2	2–3	1–4	2–0	1–0	2–1
Colwyn Bay !Colwyn Bay	0–7	0–0	0–1	0–0		1–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–3	0–2	2–0	2–3	1–1	1–1	3–5	0–5	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	3–1
Droylsden !Droylsden	2–0	0–3	1–0	1–0	1–2		1–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	3–0	0–0	1–3	3–4	1–2	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	3–2	3–0	0–2
Emley	3–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–0		1–3	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	3–2	1–2
Frickley Athletic !Frickley Athletic	2–0	2–5	4–2	1–1	4–1	0–4	0–0		0–0	1–4	2–2	3–2	3–1	3–2	1–1	2–4	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–3
Gainsborough Trinity !Gainsborough Trinity	1–0	1–3	4–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–2		1–2	0–0	5–2	1–1	1–0	3–2	4–3	0–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–0
Gateshead !Gateshead	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	6–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–1		3–1	0–0	2–3	4–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–3	6–2	2–0	0–0	2–0	3–2
Guiseley !Guiseley	2–4	0–0	0–3	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–3	1–1		1–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–3	1–3	2–2	3–1	2–2	0–1	2–2	0–1
Hucknall Town !Hucknall Town	2–1	0–3	1–0	0–1	2–2	3–3	2–0	2–3	1–0	1–0	1–1		0–1	1–3	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	4–0	3–2	4–0	0–1
Hyde United !Hyde United	3–1	1–0	1–1	5–2	3–0	2–0	2–3	2–3	4–0	1–1	2–0	4–3		4–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	4–1	2–0	0–0
Lancaster City !Lancaster City	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–0	3–0	4–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0		1–3	1–3	1–1	3–2	3–0	3–2	1–2	4–1	0–0
Leek Town !Leek Town	0–0	2–1	1–4	1–4	0–2	0–0	1–3	1–2	3–2	1–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	3–1		2–0	2–4	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	3–1
Leigh RMI !Leigh RMI	3–0	1–0	4–1	2–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	5–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–2		2–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–1	3–2	2–2
Marine !Marine	0–3	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	3–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	3–0	0–0	0–0	6–1	1–1		0–1	3–0	1–3	3–3	3–1	3–2
Runcorn !Runcorn	2–0	2–2	2–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	1–3	2–1	3–2	2–0	2–2	0–1	0–3	0–1	5–0	0–2	1–2		3–2	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–0
Spennymoor United !Spennymoor United	3–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	0–2	0–2	1–4	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	1–3	0–0	3–0		1–0	1–1	0–0	2–1
Stalybridge Celtic !Stalybridge Celtic	2–2	3–1	5–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	2–3	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	3–2	1–3	0–3	1–1	1–0		0–3	4–1	4–3
Whitby Town !Whitby Town	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	5–2	0–1	3–0	2–1	0–2	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	0–3	4–0	1–1	1–0		2–2	2–1
Winsford United !Winsford United	1–5	0–2	2–5	0–5	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–3	4–2	1–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–5	2–2	1–6	3–0	1–2	1–1		1–3
Worksop Town !Worksop Town	0–2	0–2	1–2	2–2	4–2	1–1	0–1	4–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	0–3	0–1	0–3	5–1	2–1	4–1	9–0

Updated to games played on 6 May 2000.
Source: Northern Premier Division results grid
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division One

Northern Premier League Division One
Season	1999–2000
Champions	Accrington Stanley
Promoted	Accrington Stanley Burscough
Relegated	Flixton Whitley Bay
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1380 (2.99 per match)
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

Division One featured four new teams:

Accrington Stanley relegated from the Premier Division
Chorley relegated from the Premier Division
Ossett Town promoted as runners-up of the Northern Counties East Football League Premier Division
Workington promoted as champions of the North West Counties Football League Division One

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Accrington Stanley !Accrington Stanley (C) (P)	42	25	9	8	96	43	+53	84	Promotion to Premier Division
2	Burscough !Burscough (P)	42	22	18	2	81	35	+46	84	Promotion to Premier Division
3	Witton Albion !Witton Albion	42	23	15	4	88	46	+42	84
4	Bradford Park Avenue !Bradford Park Avenue	42	23	9	10	77	48	+29	78
5	Radcliffe Borough !Radcliffe Borough	42	22	12	8	71	48	+23	78
6	Farsley Celtic !Farsley Celtic	42	19	11	12	66	52	+14	68
7	Matlock Town !Matlock Town	42	17	16	9	72	55	+17	67
8	Ossett Town !Ossett Town	42	17	8	17	77	55	+22	59
9	Stocksbridge Park Steels !Stocksbridge Park Steels	42	16	8	18	55	70	−15	56
10	Eastwood Town !Eastwood Town	42	15	11	16	64	65	−1	055^*
11	Harrogate Town !Harrogate Town	42	14	12	16	65	67	−2	54
12	Congleton Town !Congleton Town	42	14	12	16	63	73	−10	54
13	Chorley !Chorley	42	13	15	14	53	64	−11	54
14	Ashton United !Ashton United	42	12	16	14	65	67	−2	52
15	Workington !Workington	42	13	13	16	49	55	−6	52
16	Lincoln United !Lincoln United	42	13	12	17	52	80	−28	51
17	Belper Town !Belper Town	42	13	11	18	59	72	−13	50
18	Trafford !Trafford	42	11	12	19	55	63	−8	45
19	Gretna !Gretna	42	11	7	24	48	78	−30	40
20	Netherfield Kendal	42	8	9	25	46	82	−36	33
21	Flixton !Flixton (R)	42	7	9	26	47	85	−38	30	Relegation to NWCFL Division One
22	Whitley Bay !Whitley Bay (R)	42	7	9	26	41	87	−46	30	Relegation to Northern League Division One

Updated to games played on 22 February 2011.
Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^*Eastwood Town were docked 1 point.
(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.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Accrington Stanley !ACC	Ashton United !ASH	Belper Town !BLP	Bradford Park Avenue !BPA	Burscough !BUR	Chorley !CHO	Congleton Town !CNG	Eastwood Town !EAS	Farsley Celtic !FAR	Flixton !Flixton	Gretna !GRT	Harrogate Town !HAR	Kendal Town !KEN	Lincoln United !LIN	Matlock Town !MAT	Ossett Town !OST	Radcliffe Borough !RAD	Stocksbridge Park Steels !STO	Trafford !TRA	Whitley Bay !WHI	Witton Albion !WTN	Workington !WRK
Accrington Stanley !Accrington Stanley		2–1	4–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	3–2	5–0	4–1	10–1	0–0	2–1	1–3	4–1	1–2	3–0	0–0	4–1
Ashton United !Ashton United	1–2		3–0	2–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–3	1–1	2–4	1–4	2–2	0–1	2–2	2–2	1–1
Belper Town !Belper Town	1–2	4–1		0–0	0–3	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–3	5–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	0–2	1–0	2–1	3–2	0–1	3–2	1–2	2–2	1–2
Bradford Park Avenue !Bradford Park Avenue	1–0	2–3	2–1		1–1	4–1	3–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	6–0	2–2	3–0	4–1	4–3	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–0
Burscough !Burscough	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–2		1–0	5–0	5–0	2–0	3–0	4–0	2–2	4–3	1–1	2–2	3–2	1–2	4–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0
Chorley !Chorley	2–3	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–2		0–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	0–1	3–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	3–3	1–1	0–3	0–4	0–0	2–5	0–0
Congleton Town !Congleton Town	2–3	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–2	2–1		2–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–3	5–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–1	1–2
Eastwood Town !Eastwood Town	1–7	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–2		2–5	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	4–0	1–1	4–0	6–0	1–3	1–1
Farsley Celtic !Farsley Celtic	2–1	2–1	3–1	4–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–3		3–1	0–1	4–3	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	4–0	0–0	1–0	1–1
Flixton !Flixton	0–5	1–3	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	2–3	2–1		4–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–3	1–2	2–4	3–5	2–0	0–1	0–0
Gretna !Gretna	0–1	1–1	3–4	1–2	0–2	3–2	3–3	1–1	1–1	1–2		2–0	4–1	4–1	2–5	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–3
Harrogate Town !Harrogate Town	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–3	1–2	1–3	5–0	2–0	0–5	0–0	3–2		3–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	6–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0
Kendal Town !Kendal Town	1–0	3–4	1–1	1–1	4–7	1–1	1–2	1–3	0–1	3–0	0–2	0–1		2–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	3–3	3–2	0–4	0–1
Lincoln United !Lincoln United	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	0–2	2–2	2–2	3–3	1–0	2–1	2–1		3–2	1–5	1–2	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–2	3–2
Matlock Town !Matlock Town	2–1	1–1	3–4	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	3–0	3–2	2–1	3–3	1–2	0–0		2–1	0–1	3–1	3–1	5–0	2–2	3–2
Ossett Town !Ossett Town	2–2	4–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	3–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–2	3–1		2–2	4–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	3–1
Radcliffe Borough !Radcliffe Borough	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	3–3	3–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–0		3–1	0–1	4–1	1–0	1–0
Stocksbridge Park Steels !Stocksbridge Park Steels	1–3	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	3–2	2–1	0–1	0–2	2–4		1–0	3–2	1–2	1–1
Trafford !Trafford	2–4	0–2	1–2	2–0	1–1	6–0	2–2	1–2	0–1	2–2	0–1	2–3	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	3–3		1–2	1–1	1–1
Whitley Bay !Whitley Bay	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–3	1–1	1–3	5–3	0–1	1–3	4–0	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–1	0–0	1–7	1–6	1–0	1–1		2–4	1–2
Witton Albion !Witton Albion	0–0	3–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	4–1	2–3	2–2	6–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	3–2	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–0		2–2
Workington !Workington	1–0	2–4	2–3	0–2	0–3	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–0	3–1	0–3	2–0	4–0	0–1	0–3	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–1

Updated to games played on 6 May 2000.
Source: Northern Premier League First Division results grid
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion and relegation

In the thirty-second season of the Northern Premier League Leigh RMI (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Football Conference. Guiseley and Winsford United were relegated to the First Division; these two clubs were replaced by relegated Conference side Altrincham, First Division winners Accrington Stanley and second placed Burscough. In the First Division Flixton and Whitley Bay left the League at the end of the season and were replaced by newly admitted North Ferriby United and Vauxhall Motors.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup: Teams from both leagues.

Lancaster City bt. Worksop Town

President's Cup: 'Plate' competition for losing teams in the NPL Cup.

Trafford bt. Whitby Town

Chairman's Cup: 'Plate' competition for losing teams in the NPL Cup.

Hyde United bt. Emley

Peter Swales Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.

Leigh Railway Mechanics Institute 2–1 Lancaster City^[1]

External links

Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF

References

↑ "Leigh RMI 2 Lancaster City 1". TheBoltonNews.co.uk (Newsquest (North West) Ltd). 12 August 2000. Retrieved 9 November 2013.

Northern Premier League

Premier Division	Ashton United Barwell Blyth Spartans Buxton Colwyn Bay Darlington 1883 Frickley Athletic Grantham Town Halesowen Town Hyde United Ilkeston Marine Matlock Town Mickleover Sports Nantwich Town Ramsbottom United Rushall Olympic Salford City Skelmersdale United Stamford Stourbridge Sutton Coldfield Town Whitby Town Workington

Division One North	Bamber Bridge Brighouse Town Burscough Clitheroe Droylsden Farsley Celtic Glossop North End Harrogate Railway Athletic Kendal Town Lancaster City Mossley New Mills Northwich Victoria Ossett Albion Ossett Town Prescot Cables Radcliffe Borough Scarborough Athletic Spennymoor Town Trafford Warrington Town Witton Albion

Division One South	Basford United Belper Town Carlton Town Chasetown Coalville Town Daventry Town Goole Gresley Kidsgrove Athletic Leek Town Lincoln United Loughborough Dynamo Market Drayton Town Newcastle Town Romulus Rugby Town Shaw Lane Aquaforce Sheffield Spalding United Stafford Rangers Stocksbridge Park Steels Tividale

Seasons	1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

See also: Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, Northern Premier League President's Cup, Northern Premier League Chairman's Cup, Peter Swales Shield

1999–2000 in English football

« 1998–99

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FA competitions

Premier League and
Football League

Football Conference

Football Conference
Conference League Cup

Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Bradford City Chelsea Coventry City Derby County Everton Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Ham United Wimbledon

First Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Charlton Athletic Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Fulham Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Manchester City Norwich City Nottingham Forest Port Vale Portsmouth Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Stockport County Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Bournemouth Blackpool Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Burnley Bury Cambridge United Cardiff City Chesterfield Colchester United Gillingham Luton Town Millwall Notts County Oldham Athletic Oxford United Preston North End Reading Scunthorpe United Stoke City Wigan Athletic Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers

Third Division	Barnet Brighton & Hove Albion Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Chester City Darlington Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hull City Leyton Orient Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Northampton Town Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Rochdale Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swansea City Torquay United York City

Football Conference	Altrincham Doncaster Rovers Dover Athletic Forest Green Rovers Hayes Hednesford Town Hereford United Kettering Town Kidderminster Harriers Kingstonian Morecambe Northwich Victoria Nuneaton Borough Rushden & Diamonds Scarborough Southport Stevenage Borough Sutton United Telford United Welling United Woking

Others	Newport County

List of transfers

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