2000–01 Northern Premier League

The 2000–01 Northern Premier League season was the 33rd 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	2000–01
Champions	Stalybridge Celtic
Promoted	Stalybridge Celtic
Relegated	Leek Town Spennymoor United
Matches played	506
Goals scored	1553 (3.07 per match)
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

The Premier Division featured three new teams:

Altrincham relegated from the Conference
Accrington Stanley promoted as champions of Division One
Burscough promoted as runners up of Division One

League Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Stalybridge Celtic !Stalybridge Celtic (C) (P)	44	31	9	4	96	32	+64	102	Promotion to Conference
2	Emley	44	31	8	5	87	42	+45	101
3	Bishop Auckland !Bishop Auckland	44	26	7	11	88	53	+35	85
4	Lancaster City !Lancaster City	44	24	9	11	84	60	+24	81
5	Worksop Town !Worksop Town	44	20	13	11	102	60	+42	73
6	Barrow !Barrow	44	21	9	14	83	63	+20	72
7	Altrincham !Altrincham	44	20	10	14	80	57	+23	70
8	Gainsborough Trinity !Gainsborough Trinity	44	17	14	13	59	56	+3	65
9	Accrington Stanley !Accrington Stanley	44	18	10	16	71	67	+4	64
10	Hucknall Town !Hucknall Town	44	17	12	15	57	63	−6	63
11	Gateshead !Gateshead	44	16	12	16	68	61	+7	60
12	Bamber Bridge !Bamber Bridge	44	17	8	19	63	65	−2	59
13	Runcorn !Runcorn	44	15	10	19	56	70	−14	55
14	Blyth Spartans !Blyth Spartans	44	15	9	20	61	64	−3	54
15	Burscough !Burscough	44	14	10	20	59	68	−9	52
16	Hyde United !Hyde United	44	13	12	19	72	79	−7	51
17	Whitby Town !Whitby Town	44	13	11	20	60	76	−16	50
18	Marine !Marine	44	12	13	19	44	51	−7	49
19	Colwyn Bay !Colwyn Bay	44	12	10	22	68	102	−34	46
20	Frickley Athletic !Frickley Athletic	44	10	15	19	50	79	−29	45
21	Droylsden !Droylsden	44	13	6	25	50	80	−30	45
22	Leek Town !Leek Town (R)	44	12	8	24	45	70	−25	44	Relegation to NPL Division One
23	Spennymoor United !Spennymoor United (R)	44	4	5	35	32	108	−76	016^*	Relegation to NPL Division One

Updated to games played on 5 May 2001.
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	Accrington Stanley !ACC	Altrincham !ALT	Bamber Bridge !BAM	Barrow !BRW	Bishop Auckland !BIS	Blyth Spartans !BLY	Burscough !BUR	Colwyn Bay !COL	Droylsden !DRO	Emley	Frickley Athletic !FRK	Gainsborough Trinity !GAI	Gateshead !GAT	Hucknall Town !HUC	Hyde United !HYD	Lancaster City !LNC	Leek Town !LEE	Marine !MAR	Runcorn !RUN	Spennymoor United !SPU	Stalybridge Celtic !STL	Whitby Town !WTB	Worksop Town !WKS
Accrington Stanley !Accrington Stanley		2–1	1–3	2–1	3–1	3–3	2–0	2–2	3–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	4–1	1–2	2–1	3–2	2–1	1–0	1–4	0–2	3–4
Altrincham !Altrincham	5–2		1–2	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–2	3–0	3–0	0–2	3–1	0–2	3–2	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	5–0	0–0	3–1	1–2
Bamber Bridge !Bamber Bridge	3–0	1–1		1–2	0–2	1–3	0–1	3–4	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	4–2	1–3	2–1	1–4	1–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	0–2	5–0	1–2
Barrow !Barrow	3–0	2–3	3–1		1–4	2–0	2–2	3–2	2–0	1–3	2–0	3–2	3–1	5–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	1–0	1–2	5–0	0–0	2–3	2–1
Bishop Auckland !Bishop Auckland	2–1	2–0	5–2	2–2		1–0	4–0	5–1	2–1	1–3	2–0	3–1	0–1	2–0	3–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–1	2–1
Blyth Spartans !Blyth Spartans	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–2		1–0	5–2	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	4–1	3–0	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–0
Burscough !Burscough	0–0	3–1	3–0	1–2	2–1	3–1		1–2	3–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–3	1–0	1–3	0–0	4–1	1–1	2–3	2–2
Colwyn Bay !Colwyn Bay	2–4	1–2	1–1	2–0	3–3	1–0	4–1		3–2	0–4	0–0	3–3	2–2	0–2	2–1	1–2	4–1	2–3	2–2	3–2	1–7	2–1	3–2
Droylsden !Droylsden	0–4	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–3	1–2	1–2	1–0		1–3	1–1	4–0	0–0	1–1	2–4	3–2	1–0	2–3	0–2	4–1	0–1	1–3	2–5
Emley	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	4–1	2–1		0–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	2–1	3–3	2–3	4–0	5–3
Frickley Athletic !Frickley Athletic	0–2	3–3	1–2	3–2	0–1	4–2	1–0	6–2	1–1	1–3		2–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–3	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–5
Gainsborough Trinity !Gainsborough Trinity	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	4–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	3–2	2–2		0–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–3	1–1
Gateshead !Gateshead	0–0	2–1	0–2	1–2	0–3	2–5	1–1	4–2	1–1	0–1	5–0	1–1		1–2	3–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	5–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	0–0
Hucknall Town !Hucknall Town	2–0	1–3	1–0	1–4	2–5	4–1	3–2	1–0	1–2	0–2	3–1	1–0	2–2		1–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–1
Hyde United !Hyde United	3–3	4–2	1–4	4–4	1–1	6–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	3–1	5–1		1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	4–0	1–2	3–2	1–3
Lancaster City !Lancaster City	1–1	4–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	5–2	1–0	0–2	3–3	0–1	2–1	2–0	4–1	1–4		3–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–2	3–1	2–0
Leek Town !Leek Town	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–4	4–0	2–4	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	0–2		2–2	2–1	3–1	0–2	0–1	0–3
Marine !Marine	1–1	0–4	2–1	1–2	1–3	1–1	3–5	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0		4–1	1–0	0–3	4–1	0–1
Runcorn !Runcorn	2–0	0–2	2–3	3–1	4–4	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–2		2–0	2–1	2–1	0–4
Spennymoor United !Spennymoor United	1–6	0–4	1–2	2–3	0–3	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–5	0–3	1–4	0–1	3–0	0–3	2–0	2–2	2–0		0–1	1–2	0–1
Stalybridge Celtic !Stalybridge Celtic	4–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	4–0	4–1	4–2	3–0	7–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	5–0	1–2	2–1	3–1	3–2		1–1	1–0
Whitby Town !Whitby Town	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–2	5–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	0–1	2–2	1–3	1–5	1–2	3–2	3–1	3–3	0–1		1–1
Worksop Town !Worksop Town	0–2	1–2	1–1	4–2	1–2	4–3	1–0	1–1	5–0	1–2	12–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	4–1	4–2	3–1	3–3	1–1	6–0	1–1	3–2

Updated to games played on 5 May 2001.
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	2000–01
Champions	Bradford Park Avenue
Promoted	Bradford Park Avenue Vauxhall Motors
Relegated	Congleton Town Winsford United
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1423 (3.08 per match)
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

Division One featured four new teams:

Guiseley relegated from the Premier Division
Winsford United relegated from the Premier Division
North Ferriby United promoted as champions of the Northern Counties East League Premier Division
Vauxhall Motors promoted as champions of the North West Counties League Division One

League Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bradford Park Avenue !Bradford Park Avenue (C) (P)	42	28	5	9	83	40	+43	89	Promotion to Premier Division
2	Vauxhall Motors !Vauxhall Motors (P)	42	23	10	9	95	50	+45	79	Promotion to Premier Division
3	Ashton United !Ashton United	42	23	9	10	91	49	+42	78
4	Stocksbridge Park Steels !Stocksbridge Park Steels	42	19	13	10	80	60	+20	70
5	Trafford !Trafford	42	20	9	13	70	62	+8	068^*
6	Belper Town !Belper Town	42	18	11	13	71	62	+9	65
7	Witton Albion !Witton Albion	42	15	16	11	51	50	+1	61
8	Ossett Town !Ossett Town	42	16	12	14	66	58	+8	60
9	Radcliffe Borough !Radcliffe Borough	42	17	8	17	72	71	+1	59
10	Chorley !Chorley	42	15	14	13	71	70	+1	59
11	Harrogate Town !Harrogate Town	42	15	10	17	60	70	−10	55
12	Matlock Town !Matlock Town	42	14	10	18	70	74	−4	52
13	North Ferriby United !North Ferriby United	42	14	10	18	64	73	−9	52
14	Workington !Workington	42	13	12	17	53	60	−7	51
15	Lincoln United !Lincoln United	42	13	12	17	60	75	−15	51
16	Gretna !Gretna	42	12	12	18	72	82	−10	48
17	Guiseley !Guiseley	42	11	15	16	37	50	−13	48
18	Kendal Town !Kendal Town	42	12	12	18	60	69	−9	047^†
19	Farsley Celtic !Farsley Celtic	42	12	11	19	53	71	−18	47
20	Eastwood Town !Eastwood Town	42	13	8	21	40	63	−23	47
21	Winsford United !Winsford United (R)	42	13	11	18	61	70	−9	044^#	Relegation to NWCFL Division One
22	Congleton Town !Congleton Town (R)	42	8	6	28	43	94	−51	30	Relegation to NWCFL Division One

Updated to games played on 8 February 2011.
Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^*Trafford were docked 1 point.
^†From this season onwards Netherfield Kendal were known as Kendal Town. They were docked 1 point during the season.
^#Winsford United were docked 6 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.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Ashton United !ASH	Belper Town !BLP	Bradford Park Avenue !BPA	Chorley !CHO	Congleton Town !CNG	Eastwood Town !EAS	Farsley Celtic !FAR	Gretna !GRT	Guiseley !GUI	Harrogate Town !HAR	Kendal Town !KEN	Lincoln United !LIN	Matlock Town !MAT	North Ferriby United !NFU	Ossett Town !OST	Radcliffe Borough !RAD	Stocksbridge Park Steels !STO	Trafford !TRA	Vauxhall Motors !VAU	Winsford United !WNS	Witton Albion !WTN	Workington !WRK
Ashton United !Ashton United		3–4	0–2	7–3	4–1	0–2	1–0	9–2	0–0	4–1	8–1	3–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–1
Belper Town !Belper Town	0–4		0–2	1–1	3–1	4–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	3–1	3–1	2–2	0–1	4–6	1–2	0–2	1–1	4–1	2–1	2–0
Bradford Park Avenue !Bradford Park Avenue	1–2	2–1		1–1	1–2	4–1	3–0	2–2	3–0	4–2	4–0	2–0	0–2	2–1	3–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	4–0	4–1	1–0
Chorley !Chorley	2–1	1–1	2–1		1–1	3–1	1–4	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	8–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	3–3	0–1	0–3	5–5	2–0	0–1	1–2
Congleton Town !Congleton Town	0–1	1–4	0–2	2–4		2–0	1–3	2–1	3–1	1–3	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–4	2–1	0–1	0–3	2–6	0–2	1–2	2–2	0–3
Eastwood Town !Eastwood Town	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–0		1–1	4–1	0–1	0–2	2–0	0–0	0–4	3–1	0–2	2–1	0–2	2–2	0–4	1–0	1–2	2–2
Farsley Celtic !Farsley Celtic	0–3	2–3	0–3	0–1	1–0	0–0		2–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–2	1–1	3–2	1–3	1–2	1–0	1–2	2–3	3–0	2–1
Gretna !Gretna	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–2	5–1	0–1	3–3		1–1	2–0	4–3	2–3	2–0	5–4	1–0	3–2	1–1	7–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–2
Guiseley !Guiseley	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–0		1–0	0–0	3–2	0–4	1–1	0–3	4–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–0
Harrogate Town !Harrogate Town	3–2	3–1	1–2	3–0	5–1	3–0	0–3	2–2	1–1		0–3	5–0	2–1	1–0	0–4	2–2	1–1	4–1	1–2	2–2	0–2	0–0
Kendal Town !Kendal Town	4–3	2–2	0–1	3–0	4–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–0		1–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	1–0	3–2	1–2	3–1	1–2	2–2	2–0
Lincoln United !Lincoln United	1–2	1–0	2–2	1–4	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	0–1	1–0		0–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–2	4–4	1–1	3–0	2–2
Matlock Town !Matlock Town	0–1	3–2	1–5	0–3	4–2	0–4	2–2	7–0	2–0	3–1	3–3	2–1		2–2	1–0	3–2	1–2	1–4	0–3	1–2	2–2	2–2
North Ferriby United !North Ferriby United	1–3	1–2	2–1	0–3	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–6	1–0	4–1	2–2	3–1	2–1		2–0	1–2	2–2	1–3	3–2	0–3	0–2	0–1
Ossett Town !Ossett Town	0–3	3–0	1–1	3–3	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–3		5–2	1–1	3–1	1–3	3–2	0–0	2–1
Radcliffe Borough !Radcliffe Borough	2–3	1–2	1–2	3–2	3–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	4–0	5–6		1–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	4–2
Stocksbridge Park Steels !Stocksbridge Park Steels	2–2	0–4	0–3	2–2	3–1	4–1	6–0	4–1	4–2	0–0	2–1	3–3	3–2	0–2	3–3	1–2		1–2	1–0	2–1	5–2	1–1
Trafford !Trafford	3–1	1–0	1–3	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	4–1	2–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–2	3–1		2–1	3–1	2–1	1–4
Vauxhall Motors !Vauxhall Motors	0–2	3–1	2–0	5–0	3–0	1–1	4–0	3–2	3–0	8–1	1–0	2–2	3–2	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	4–2		2–0	1–1	4–0
Winsford United !Winsford United	1–0	1–2	1–2	2–0	2–2	2–3	5–0	3–3	0–3	2–0	1–3	2–2	4–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–3	3–2	2–2		0–0	2–2
Witton Albion !Witton Albion	1–1	0–1	5–2	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–4	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–4	1–0		1–1
Workington !Workington	2–0	0–1	2–5	2–0	3–2	1–0	2–2	0–1	0–1	0–3	2–0	2–2	0–0	4–2	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–2	1–3	1–1

Updated to games played on 5 May 2001.
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-third season of the Northern Premier League Stalybridge Celtic (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Football Conference. Leek Town and Spennymoor United were relegated to the First Division; these two clubs were replaced by First Division winners Bradford Park Avenue, second placed Vauxhall Motors and readmitted Burton Albion (returning from the Southern League Premier Division. In the First Division Winsford United and Congleton Town left the League at the end of the season and were replaced by newly admitted Rossendale United and Ossett Albion.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup: Teams from both leagues.

Lancaster City bt. Bishop Auckland

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

Stalybridge Celtic bt. Blyth Spartans

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

Barrow bt. Harrogate Town

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

Stalybridge Celtic bt. Lancaster City

External links

Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF

References

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

2000–01 in English football

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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 Charlton Athletic Chelsea Coventry City Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Southampton Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United

First Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Burnley Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Fulham Gillingham Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Norwich City Nottingham Forest Portsmouth Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Stockport County Tranmere Rovers Watford West Bromwich Albion Wimbledon Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Bournemouth Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Bury Cambridge United Colchester United Luton Town Millwall Northampton Town Notts County Oldham Athletic Oxford United Peterborough United Port Vale Reading Rotherham United Stoke City Swansea City Swindon Town Walsall Wigan Athletic Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers

Third Division	Barnet Blackpool Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff City Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Chesterfield Darlington Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hull City Kidderminster Harriers Leyton Orient Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Plymouth Argyle Rochdale Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Torquay United York City

Football Conference	Boston United Chester City Dagenham & Redbridge Doncaster Rovers Dover Athletic Forest Green Rovers Hayes Hednesford Town Hereford United Kettering Town Kingstonian Leigh RMI Morecambe Northwich Victoria Nuneaton Borough Rushden & Diamonds Scarborough Southport Stevenage Borough Telford United Woking Yeovil Town

Others	Newport County

Summer 2000 transfers
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