2012–13 Northern Premier League

The 2012–13 season is the 45th season of the Northern Premier League Premier Division, and the sixth season of the Northern Premier League Division One North and South. The League sponsors for 2012–13 are Evo-Stik.^[1]

Due to Step Three leagues increasing their number of teams from 22 to 24 from the 2013–14 season onwards, only two teams will be relegated from the Premier Division, and only one team will be relegated from each of Division One North and South this season.^[2]

Premier Division

Northern Premier League
Premier Division

Season	2012–13
Champions	North Ferriby United
Promoted	North Ferriby United Hednesford Town
Relegated	Kendal Town Eastwood Town
Matches played	462
Top goalscorer	Ryan Kendall (36 goals)[3]
Biggest home win	Worksop Town 8–1 Stocksbridge Park Steels[4] (31 October 2012) Buxton 7–0 Stocksbridge Park Steels[4] (26 December 2012)
Biggest away win	5 goals[4] Matlock Town 0–5 Nantwich Town (18 August 2012) Eastwood Town 0–5 Ashton United (25 August 2012) Nantwich Town 0–5 Worksop Town (6 October 2012) Kendal Town 0–5 Stocksbridge Park Steels (10 November 2012) Eastwood Town 0–5 North Ferriby United (29 December 2012) Chorley 1–6 Rushall Olympic (9 February 2013) Blyth Spartans 0–5 A.F.C. Fylde (2 March 2013)
Highest scoring	Stocksbridge Park Steels 4–5 Chorley[4] (17 August 2012) Worksop Town 8–1 Stocksbridge Park Steels[4] (31 October 2012)
Highest attendance	2,761 F.C. United of Manchester 1–0 Worksop Town[4] (20 April 2013)
Lowest attendance	79 Ashton United 2–0 Blyth Spartans[4] (27 March 2013)
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The Premier Division features six new teams:

• A.F.C. Fylde, promoted as champions of NPL Division One North
• Blyth Spartans, relegated from Conference North
• Eastwood Town, relegated from Conference North
• Grantham Town, promoted as champions of NPL Division One South
• Ilkeston, promoted via play-offs of NPL Division One South
• Witton Albion, promoted via play-offs of NPL Division One North

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	North Ferriby United !North Ferriby United (C) (P)	42	28	9	5	96	43	+53	93	Promotion to 2013–14 Conference North
2	Hednesford Town !Hednesford Town (P)	42	28	9	5	91	47	+44	93	Qualification to Playoffs
3	F.C. United of Manchester !F.C. United of Manchester	42	25	8	9	86	48	+38	83
4	Witton Albion !Witton Albion	42	24	8	10	85	57	+28	80
5	A.F.C. Fylde !A.F.C. Fylde	42	23	6	13	93	51	+42	75
6	Rushall Olympic !Rushall Olympic	42	20	10	12	69	55	+14	70
7	Buxton !Buxton	42	18	13	11	72	56	+16	67
8	Chorley !Chorley	42	20	7	15	63	52	+11	67
9	Worksop Town !Worksop Town	42	20	6	16	91	68	+23	66
10	Ashton United !Ashton United	42	15	14	13	71	66	+5	59
11	Marine !Marine	42	16	11	15	61	61	0	59
12	Ilkeston !Ilkeston	42	15	13	14	67	55	+12	58
13	Whitby Town !Whitby Town	42	16	9	17	68	72	−4	57
14	Nantwich Town !Nantwich Town	42	15	8	19	63	76	−13	53
15	Stafford Rangers !Stafford Rangers	42	12	15	15	54	60	−6	51
16	Blyth Spartans !Blyth Spartans	42	15	6	21	70	87	−17	51
17	Matlock Town !Matlock Town	42	12	9	21	54	80	−26	45
18	Frickley Athletic !Frickley Athletic	42	10	9	23	58	88	−30	39
19	Grantham Town !Grantham Town	42	9	9	24	56	75	−19	36
20	Stocksbridge Park Steels !Stocksbridge Park Steels	42	9	9	24	67	106	−39	36
21	Kendal Town !Kendal Town (R)	42	9	6	27	65	112	−47	33	Relegation to NPL Division One North/South
22	Eastwood Town !Eastwood Town (R)	42	3	6	33	36	121	−85	15

Updated to games played on 4 May 2013.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Final
	2	Hednesford Town	3(3)
	5	A.F.C. Fylde	3(1)
						2	Hednesford Town	2
						3	F.C. United of Manchester	1
	3	F.C. United of Manchester	3
	4	Witton Albion	1

Semi-finals

Finals

Results grid

Home ╲ Away

A.F.C. Fylde !FYL

Ashton United !ASH

Blyth Spartans !BLY

Buxton !BUX

Chorley !CHO

Eastwood Town !EAS

F.C. United of Manchester !FCU

Frickley Athletic !FRK

Grantham Town !GRN

Hednesford Town !HED

Ilkeston !ILK

Kendal Town !KEN

Marine !MAR

Matlock Town !MAT

Nantwich Town !NAN

North Ferriby United !NFU

Rushall Olympic !RSO

Stafford Rangers !STA

Stocksbridge Park Steels !STO

Whitby Town !WTB

Witton Albion !WTN

Worksop Town !WKS

A.F.C. Fylde !A.F.C. Fylde

1–2

1–0

5–0

0–1

5–1

4–2

3–2

5–3

1–2

2–3

4–0

2–0

3–0

3–2

1–0

1–3

0–1

4–0

4–3

1–2

2–2

Ashton United !Ashton United

2–2

2–0

0–1

3–2

6–0

1–2

0–0

1–1

2–2

0–3

4–1

2–4

2–0

2–1

0–2

2–3

0–0

2–3

2–2

1–3

5–3

Blyth Spartans !Blyth Spartans

0–5

4–1

2–2

1–3

1–0

1–2

4–2

1–0

1–2

3–2

1–3

3–3

2–1

1–1

0–1

1–1

1–0

5–0

2–2

0–3

3–2

Buxton !Buxton

1–0

6–1

2–0

1–1

6–2

0–3

1–0

1–1

0–2

0–0

1–2

1–4

1–0

3–1

2–0

2–0

2–1

7–0

2–1

2–2

0–3

Chorley !Chorley

1–4

1–1

1–0

2–1

1–1

1–2

5–1

2–0

1–2

1–0

5–0

1–0

1–0

3–3

0–1

1–6

2–0

1–1

2–3

1–2

1–1

Eastwood Town !Eastwood Town

1–4

0–5

1–4

1–5

0–1

2–2

0–1

2–2

0–2

1–4

2–5

1–2

3–3

1–5

0–5

2–1

2–2

1–2

0–2

3–4

0–1

F.C. United of Manchester !F.C. United of Manchester

2–1

3–0

2–1

1–2

1–3

4–1

3–0

1–0

1–1

1–0

6–0

0–1

4–0

1–2

1–1

0–4

3–0

4–0

3–2

0–1

1–0

Frickley Athletic !Frickley Athletic

1–1

1–1

2–1

3–3

0–1

1–0

2–4

0–0

2–1

2–1

2–1

0–2

1–2

3–0

2–3

3–3

2–1

4–2

0–2

0–2

0–0

Grantham Town !Grantham Town

1–2

0–2

2–2

0–0

0–1

4–0

2–4

2–1

2–3

1–1

3–4

1–0

3–3

1–4

2–3

2–1

2–2

1–2

2–3

1–3

3–0

Hednesford Town !Hednesford Town

2–0

1–2

3–0

3–2

3–1

2–0

1–0

3–2

3–0

2–0

2–1

2–0

2–2

3–0

2–3

3–4

2–2

4–1

4–0

2–1

0–4

Ilkeston !Ilkeston

1–1

2–2

3–1

1–1

1–0

2–1

1–1

4–2

2–0

0–2

4–4

1–0

0–2

3–0

2–2

0–1

0–2

1–0

3–1

2–3

2–1

Kendal Town !Kendal Town

2–2

2–2

1–3

1–0

1–4

6–0

1–5

0–2

1–0

1–3

3–2

2–3

4–1

0–1

2–4

0–2

2–2

0–5

2–4

1–2

3–4

Marine !Marine

0–4

0–0

5–1

2–0

2–0

2–0

0–3

2–2

1–0

0–0

1–1

2–2

1–3

2–1

1–3

1–1

3–1

2–1

2–5

3–0

2–3

Matlock Town !Matlock Town

2–1

2–2

1–3

1–1

1–0

0–1

2–2

3–1

3–2

2–3

1–1

3–0

1–0

0–5

0–2

0–3

2–3

1–1

0–0

1–2

1–5

Nantwich Town !Nantwich Town

0–3

0–2

2–1

2–2

0–1

1–0

2–3

3–2

0–2

1–1

1–0

1–1

2–3

0–1

2–3

0–2

1–1

4–3

2–1

2–1

0–5

North Ferriby United !North Ferriby United

0–1

2–0

3–2

1–1

1–0

6–1

1–1

4–0

3–1

2–3

1–1

3–2

3–1

2–1

0–0

2–2

1–1

5–1

1–1

2–0

2–0

Rushall Olympic !Rushall Olympic

2–0

0–0

5–2

0–1

0–0

2–0

0–1

1–0

3–1

2–2

2–1

1–0

2–0

0–4

2–3

0–3

1–1

1–1

1–1

0–4

0–1

Stafford Rangers !Stafford Rangers

4–2

0–0

2–4

2–2

1–0

2–0

1–1

3–3

0–1

0–1

2–1

5–1

0–0

1–0

2–0

0–2

1–2

1–1

0–1

0–0

3–1

Stocksbridge Park Steels !Stocksbridge Park Steels

0–2

0–3

2–3

0–2

4–5

1–1

1–3

4–3

0–3

3–3

1–1

5–3

2–2

2–3

5–2

0–4

3–0

2–0

1–4

3–3

1–2

Whitby Town !Whitby Town

0–4

1–3

1–3

1–1

1–1

1–1

0–1

4–1

2–0

0–2

0–4

1–0

1–1

1–0

1–2

2–4

0–1

4–0

3–2

1–3

2–2

Witton Albion !Witton Albion

0–2

0–2

2–1

2–4

1–3

3–0

1–1

5–0

0–2

1–1

2–2

3–0

2–0

3–0

2–2

2–4

2–0

3–1

1–0

4–2

4–3

Worksop Town !Worksop Town

0–0

5–1

8–1

2–0

1–0

2–3

4–1

3–2

3–2

0–4

1–4

3–0

1–1

6–1

0–2

2–1

2–3

2–3

2–1

0–1

1–1

Updated to games played on 4 May 2013.
Source: NPL 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.

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
F.C. United of Manchester !F.C. United of Manchester	Gigg Lane (Bury ground share)	11,840
Grantham Town !Grantham Town	South Kesteven Sports Stadium	7,500
Hednesford Town !Hednesford Town	Keys Park	6,500
Buxton !Buxton	The Silverlands	5,200
Eastwood Town !Eastwood Town	Coronation Park	5,000
Witton Albion !Witton Albion	Wincham Park	4,813
Ashton United !Ashton United	Hurst Cross	4,500
Blyth Spartans !Blyth Spartans	Croft Park	4,435
Chorley !Chorley	The Chorley Group Victory Park Stadium	4,100
Ilkeston !Ilkeston	New Manor Ground	3,500
Nantwich Town !Nantwich Town	The Weaver Stadium	3,500
Stocksbridge Park Steels !Stocksbridge Park Steels	Look Local Stadium	3,500
Whitby Town !Whitby Town	Turnbull Ground	3,500
Worksop Town !Worksop Town	Sandy Lane	3,200
Stafford Rangers !Stafford Rangers	Marston Road	3,000
Marine !Marine	The Arriva Stadium	2,800
North Ferriby United !North Ferriby United	Grange Lane	2,700
Kendal Town !Kendal Town	Lakeland Radio Stadium	2,400
Matlock Town !Matlock Town	Causeway Lane	2,214
Frickley Athletic !Frickley Athletic	Westfield Lane	2,087
A.F.C. Fylde !A.F.C. Fylde	Kellamergh Park	1,500
Rushall Olympic !Rushall Olympic	Dales Lane	1,400

Division One North

Northern Premier League
Division One North

Season	2012–13
Biggest home win	Curzon Ashton 10–1 Wakefield (1 April 2013)
Biggest away win	Ossett Albion 0–8 Trafford (18 August 2012)
Highest scoring	11 goals New Mills 9–2 Garforth Town (19 November 2012) Curzon Ashton 10–1 Wakefield (1 April 2013)
Highest attendance	615 Curzon Ashton 1–1 Cammell Laird (12 January 2013)[5]
Lowest attendance	29 Cammell Laird 3–2 Radcliffe Borough (12 March 2013)[5]
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Division One North features four new teams:

• Burscough, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
• New Mills and Goole, transferred from the NPL Division One South
• Ramsbottom United, promoted as champions from the NWCFL Premier Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Skelmersdale United !Skelmersdale United (C) (P)	42	32	6	4	110	41	+69	102	Promotion to 2013–14 NPL Premier Division
2	Cammell Laird !Cammell Laird	42	26	8	8	86	58	+28	86	Qualification to Playoffs
3	New Mills !New Mills	42	26	7	9	107	63	+44	85
4	Trafford !Trafford (P)	42	24	8	10	93	44	+49	80
5	Mossley !Mossley	42	24	8	10	83	48	+35	80
6	Ramsbottom United !Ramsbottom United	42	24	7	11	97	49	+48	79
7	Curzon Ashton !Curzon Ashton	42	22	7	13	98	67	+31	73
8	Clitheroe !Clitheroe	42	21	10	11	66	63	+3	73
9	Bamber Bridge !Bamber Bridge	42	21	7	14	86	58	+28	70
10	Warrington Town !Warrington Town	42	19	12	11	76	54	+22	69
11	Burscough !Burscough	42	14	17	11	81	64	+17	59
12	Ossett Town !Ossett Town	42	14	13	15	67	65	+2	55
13	Lancaster City !Lancaster City	42	15	8	19	70	73	−3	050*
14	Farsley !Farsley	42	13	10	19	72	80	−8	49
15	Radcliffe Borough !Radcliffe Borough	42	11	15	16	68	69	−1	48
16	Salford City !Salford City	42	11	13	18	65	79	−14	46
17	Prescot Cables !Prescot Cables	42	12	10	20	51	67	−16	46
18	Harrogate Railway Athletic !Harrogate Railway Athletic	42	11	8	23	47	89	−42	41
19	Wakefield !Wakefield	42	6	9	27	38	119	−81	27
20	Ossett Albion !Ossett Albion	42	6	7	29	49	96	−47	25
21	Goole !Goole	42	5	8	29	44	89	−45	23
22	Garforth Town !Garforth Town (R)	42	4	4	34	44	157	−113	16	Relegation to Level 9

Updated to games played on 1 May 2013.
Source:
^*Lancaster City deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Final
	2	Cammell Laird	1
	5	Mossley	0
						2	Cammell Laird	0(2)
						4	Trafford (p)	0(4)
	3	New Mills	0
	4	Trafford (a.e.t.)	2

Semifinals

Final

Results grid

Home ╲ Away

Bamber Bridge !BAM

Burscough !BUR

Cammell Laird !CAM

Clitheroe !CLT

Curzon Ashton !CZA

Farsley !FAR

Garforth Town !GAR

Goole !GOO

Harrogate Railway Athletic !HRA

Lancaster City !LNC

Mossley !MOS

New Mills !NEM

Ossett Albion !OSA

Ossett Town !OST

Prescot Cables !PRC

Radcliffe Borough !RAD

Ramsbottom United !RAM

Salford City !SLC

Skelmersdale United !SKU

Trafford !TRA

Wakefield !WAK

Warrington Town !WAR

Bamber Bridge !Bamber Bridge

2–1

0–0

1–3

3–0

4–0

5–0

3–0

4–1

4–3

2–2

1–4

3–2

4–0

2–1

3–1

1–1

1–2

0–2

1–0

2–0

0–0

Burscough !Burscough

1–0

2–2

0–0

0–0

5–1

5–0

3–1

0–1

1–4

0–0

0–3

2–1

1–1

1–2

4–2

0–2

2–2

4–1

1–3

1–1

1–1

Cammell Laird !Cammell Laird

3–2

4–2

3–2

1–2

2–4

2–0

1–0

0–1

1–0

1–2

0–0

3–2

4–2

5–2

3–2

3–1

3–2

3–2

1–1

2–1

2–1

Clitheroe !Clitheroe

2–1

3–2

2–1

2–1

0–0

3–1

3–1

3–3

1–0

1–0

0–0

3–2

0–2

2–0

0–3

1–3

2–2

1–7

2–0

2–2

2–0

Curzon Ashton !Curzon Ashton

4–2

2–5

1–1

1–1

3–2

6–0

3–2

3–0

4–1

3–0

4–3

3–2

0–1

2–2

0–2

1–0

3–1

1–6

0–0

10–1

4–2

Farsley !Farsley

1–1

1–2

1–3

3–0

1–1

5–0

1–1

2–3

2–3

0–4

1–2

2–0

4–0

1–1

2–0

1–1

5–3

1–5

3–4

3–0

0–3

Garforth Town !Garforth Town

0–3

1–5

0–4

0–2

1–6

1–3

0–0

1–2

3–4

0–6

3–4

2–4

0–6

1–4

2–2

0–5

0–2

0–3

2–4

1–1

2–5

Goole !Goole

0–2

2–2

0–2

1–2

0–2

0–3

6–2

1–0

1–3

0–4

2–3

3–1

2–0

0–1

1–2

0–2

0–0

0–0

1–2

1–2

1–2

Harrogate Railway Athletic !Harrogate Railway Athletic

1–2

1–6

1–3

4–2

0–2

2–2

2–3

3–0

0–4

0–1

1–4

1–3

1–2

1–3

2–2

0–2

2–0

3–2

1–0

1–1

1–2

Lancaster City !Lancaster City

4–2

2–2

1–2

2–2

3–2

1–1

4–1

2–2

2–1

0–0

1–2

1–0

2–3

3–1

2–2

0–5

0–1

1–3

0–0

0–1

1–1

Mossley !Mossley

1–0

3–1

1–3

2–3

1–2

3–0

7–0

2–1

3–0

2–0

0–4

2–0

2–1

4–1

2–0

0–4

2–2

0–2

3–2

2–2

1–0

New Mills !New Mills

1–5

1–2

1–1

1–2

2–1

3–0

9–2

3–1

4–0

3–1

2–2

5–1

2–1

2–1

1–4

1–0

2–1

1–1

1–2

6–0

1–6

Ossett Albion !Ossett Albion

0–1

1–1

1–2

0–1

2–0

2–0

0–1

3–2

0–2

0–3

3–3

1–4

0–2

0–0

1–2

1–6

2–0

1–4

0–8

2–3

0–2

Ossett Town !Ossett Town

2–1

2–2

3–0

1–1

1–4

3–3

5–5

0–2

0–0

1–2

0–1

3–3

1–1

1–1

0–0

0–1

3–2

0–1

0–4

6–0

2–2

Prescot Cables !Prescot Cables

2–3

0–0

0–2

0–2

1–3

0–1

1–0

2–1

2–2

3–2

1–2

1–2

2–1

1–2

1–1

2–0

0–3

0–1

1–1

4–0

1–1

Radcliffe Borough !Radcliffe Borough

2–2

1–1

0–3

1–3

3–1

2–2

6–2

1–1

1–2

2–0

1–2

2–3

1–1

1–2

1–0

2–2

1–1

0–2

2–0

4–0

2–2

Ramsbottom United !Ramsbottom United

2–2

3–1

3–3

3–0

3–4

1–2

6–0

2–1

4–0

2–0

1–2

2–3

4–3

1–1

3–0

3–2

5–1

0–2

2–1

2–1

0–0

Salford City !Salford City

2–4

2–6

2–2

1–1

1–1

2–0

3–0

3–0

1–1

1–0

0–2

1–2

2–0

0–2

1–1

1–1

2–3

0–3

3–3

5–2

1–1

Skelmersdale United !Skelmersdale United

2–1

3–3

6–1

3–0

3–2

4–0

3–1

2–2

4–0

3–1

2–1

3–3

4–1

2–1

3–1

2–1

2–1

3–2

1–2

2–0

1–1

Trafford !Trafford

2–0

0–0

0–1

3–0

0–3

3–2

3–0

5–1

4–0

3–0

2–0

2–0

2–2

2–1

1–2

4–1

2–1

6–0

0–2

7–0

3–2

Wakefield !Wakefield

0–5

1–1

2–1

0–3

2–1

0–5

0–2

3–1

0–0

1–4

1–6

3–5

1–1

0–3

1–2

2–2

1–2

0–3

0–2

0–1

1–2

Warrington Town !Warrington Town

3–1

1–2

0–2

2–1

2–3

2–1

1–4

7–2

4–0

1–3

0–0

4–1

2–1

0–0

2–0

1–0

0–3

2–1

0–1

1–1

4–1

Updated to games played on 4 May 2013.
Source: NPL Division North results grid
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Wakefield !Wakefield	Belle Vue (groundshare with Wakefield Wildcats)	11,000
Curzon Ashton !Curzon Ashton	Tameside Stadium	4,000
Mossley !Mossley	Seel Park	4,000
Farsley !Farsley	Throstle Nest	3,900
Harrogate Railway Athletic !Harrogate Railway Athletic	Station View	3,500
Lancaster City !Lancaster City	Giant Axe	3,500
Radcliffe Borough !Radcliffe Borough	Stainton Park	3,500
Warrington Town !Warrington Town	Cantilever Park	3,500
Prescot Cables !Prescot Cables	Valerie Park	3,200
Burscough !Burscough	Queensgate	3,054
Garforth Town !Garforth Town	Genix Healthcare Stadium	3,000
Goole !Goole	Victoria Pleasure Grounds	3,000
Ossett Albion !Ossett Albion	WareHouse Systems Stadium	3,000
Skelmersdale United !Skelmersdale United	West Lancashire College Stadium	2,500
Trafford !Trafford	Shawe View	2,500
Bamber Bridge !Bamber Bridge	QED Stadium	2,264
Clitheroe !Clitheroe	Shawbridge	2,000
Ossett Town !Ossett Town	Stade France Stadium	2,000
Ramsbottom United !Ramsbottom United	The Harry Williams Riverside	2,000
Cammell Laird !Cammell Laird	Kirklands Stadium	1,500
New Mills !New Mills	Church Lane	1,400
Salford City !Salford City	Moor Lane	1,400

Division One South

Northern Premier League
Division One South

Season	2012–13
Champions	King's Lynn Town
Promoted	King's Lynn Town Stamford
Relegated	Hucknall Town
Biggest home win	Loughborough Dynamo 13–0 Hucknall Town (1 January 2013)
Biggest away win	Hucknall Town 1–9 Coalville Town (20 October 2012)
Highest scoring	Loughborough Dynamo 13–0 Hucknall Town (1 January 2013)
Highest attendance	1,958 King's Lynn Town 2–1 Sheffield (30 April 2013)[6]
Lowest attendance	34 Hucknall Town 2–4 Market Drayton Town (19 March 2013)[6]
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Division One South features six new teams:

• Chasetown, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
• Gresley, promoted as champions from the Midland Alliance
• Halesowen Town, transferred from the Southern League Division One Central
• Mickleover Sports, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
• Northwich Victoria, demoted from the NPL Premier Division
• King's Lynn Town, promoted as runners-up from the UCFL Premier Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	King's Lynn Town !King's Lynn Town (C) (P)	42	28	8	6	86	46	+40	92	Promotion to 2013–14 NPL Premier Division
2	Coalville Town !Coalville Town	42	25	11	6	108	44	+64	86	Qualification to Playoffs
3	Belper Town !Belper Town	42	23	13	6	95	42	+53	82
4	Stamford !Stamford (P)	42	23	7	12	97	58	+39	76
5	Chasetown !Chasetown	42	21	11	10	83	51	+32	74
6	Sutton Coldfield Town !Sutton Coldfield Town	42	22	8	12	81	61	+20	74
7	Halesowen Town !Halesowen Town	42	23	5	14	79	65	+14	74
8	Northwich Victoria !Northwich Victoria	42	19	10	13	88	58	+30	67
9	Sheffield !Sheffield	42	18	9	15	85	82	+3	63
10	Leek Town !Leek Town	42	15	14	13	72	60	+12	59
11	Gresley !Gresley	42	16	10	16	75	77	−2	58
12	Carlton Town !Carlton Town	42	16	8	18	67	68	−1	56
13	Brigg Town !Brigg Town	42	14	11	17	62	76	−14	53
14	Rainworth Miners Welfare !Rainworth Miners Welfare	42	14	9	19	59	75	−16	51
15	Market Drayton Town !Market Drayton Town	42	13	11	18	68	78	−10	50
16	Loughborough Dynamo !Loughborough Dynamo	42	13	10	19	75	75	0	49
17	Newcastle Town !Newcastle Town	42	11	13	18	45	58	−13	46
18	Kidsgrove Athletic !Kidsgrove Athletic	42	12	7	23	75	89	−14	43
19	Romulus !Romulus	42	11	9	22	52	78	−26	42
20	Lincoln United !Lincoln United	42	9	9	24	64	102	−38	36
21	Mickleover Sports !Mickleover Sports	42	7	13	22	51	92	−41	34
22	Hucknall Town !Hucknall Town (R)	42	4	4	34	39	171	−132	16	Relegation to Level 9

Updated to games played on 4 May 2013.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Final
	2	Coalville Town	1
	5	Chasetown	2
						4	Stamford	2
						5	Chasetown	1
	3	Belper Town	2
	4	Stamford (a.e.t.)	4

Semifinals

Final

Results grid

Home ╲ Away

Belper Town !BLP

Brigg Town !BRG

Carlton Town !CAR

Chasetown !CHA

Coalville Town !COA

Gresley !GRE

Halesowen Town !HAL

Hucknall Town !HUC

Kidsgrove Athletic !KID

King's Lynn Town !KLT

Leek Town !LEE

Lincoln United !LIN

Loughborough Dynamo !LOU

Market Drayton Town !MAR

Mickleover Sports !MIC

Newcastle Town !NEW

Northwich Victoria !NOR

Rainworth Miners Welfare !RAI

Romulus !ROM

Sheffield !SHE

Stamford !STM

Sutton Coldfield Town !SUT

Belper Town !Belper Town

1–1

1–1

3–0

1–1

1–1

4–1

2–0

5–1

0–3

1–1

3–0

3–1

5–0

2–0

1–1

3–1

1–2

9–0

2–2

4–0

1–0

Brigg Town !Brigg Town

2–2

3–0

0–1

0–3

3–3

2–2

1–0

3–1

1–1

3–2

2–0

1–1

2–0

2–1

1–3

0–3

3–2

0–5

0–3

2–3

2–1

Carlton Town !Carlton Town

0–1

5–2

2–2

3–2

0–1

1–2

1–0

4–2

2–2

3–2

1–1

1–2

2–3

0–1

1–0

1–2

0–0

2–0

2–2

2–3

2–3

Chasetown !Chasetown

1–1

2–0

5–0

1–4

3–4

3–0

4–0

6–1

0–1

0–0

3–1

3–0

0–1

1–1

2–0

0–1

3–0

3–2

5–1

3–1

2–2

Coalville Town !Coalville Town

1–1

2–1

5–1

1–1

1–1

0–1

5–0

4–3

0–0

6–2

2–1

0–0

2–2

6–1

4–1

1–0

3–0

3–1

3–1

1–0

2–0

Gresley !Gresley

1–0

2–4

0–2

1–4

1–2

3–2

5–2

2–1

1–2

1–1

0–0

3–2

2–0

1–1

1–3

2–1

3–0

0–1

2–3

1–3

1–2

Halesowen Town !Halesowen Town

1–3

2–1

2–1

1–1

1–5

4–2

2–1

4–3

1–0

2–2

5–0

3–0

1–0

1–3

0–0

3–1

1–3

5–0

2–3

1–1

2–1

Hucknall Town !Hucknall Town

0–5

1–6

0–3

3–2

1–9

1–3

0–4

0–5

1–3

1–6

1–1

1–7

2–4

0–2

0–1

1–2

1–8

1–3

0–5

2–2

2–3

Kidsgrove Athletic !Kidsgrove Athletic

2–2

3–1

1–2

0–1

1–1

5–3

1–0

4–0

1–2

3–3

2–1

3–2

2–2

1–1

4–1

0–1

3–0

0–0

1–4

1–3

0–2

King's Lynn Town !King's Lynn Town

1–2

3–2

0–0

1–0

3–1

2–2

3–2

2–4

3–1

2–0

5–2

2–0

3–0

7–0

3–2

1–0

2–0

3–0

2–1

2–1

2–0

Leek Town !Leek Town

1–2

1–1

2–1

1–1

0–4

1–2

0–2

5–1

2–1

1–1

3–1

0–1

3–0

3–1

0–2

1–1

2–2

5–1

0–1

3–0

2–1

Lincoln United !Lincoln United

2–4

1–0

2–4

2–2

2–1

5–2

1–2

0–1

1–4

2–3

1–2

1–3

2–1

1–3

1–2

1–2

3–1

0–3

2–6

1–1

3–2

Loughborough Dynamo !Loughborough Dynamo

0–0

1–1

2–4

3–0

0–2

1–1

0–2

13–0

5–1

3–5

0–3

1–2

1–5

4–2

0–3

1–3

0–0

2–0

4–1

0–2

0–2

Market Drayton Town !Market Drayton Town

3–2

1–1

1–4

0–1

2–5

0–1

2–3

2–4

2–0

0–1

1–1

3–3

4–1

3–3

3–1

2–3

3–1

1–0

6–3

0–1

1–0

Mickleover Sports !Mickleover Sports

0–0

0–2

2–2

0–3

0–5

0–4

3–2

4–0

0–3

1–3

0–1

0–1

1–1

2–2

0–1

0–2

1–0

0–1

3–3

1–2

2–2

Newcastle Town !Newcastle Town

1–2

1–1

1–0

4–0

2–1

3–1

2–3

1–1

0–4

0–0

1–1

2–2

0–0

0–1

1–1

1–1

0–0

0–2

0–1

0–0

0–2

Northwich Victoria !Northwich Victoria

1–2

2–0

2–3

0–1

3–0

2–2

3–0

10–0

1–1

0–1

4–3

3–3

4–4

1–1

4–1

3–1

2–0

3–1

2–2

3–4

0–1

Rainworth Miners Welfare !Rainworth Miners Welfare

1–3

1–2

2–0

0–2

1–1

2–1

0–2

4–1

3–1

2–2

1–0

3–4

0–0

2–2

4–2

3–2

0–0

2–1

1–2

0–4

1–0

Romulus !Romulus

0–3

1–1

0–2

1–3

0–1

0–2

0–1

7–2

1–0

1–2

1–1

3–1

2–4

1–1

2–2

1–1

2–2

2–3

2–1

0–2

1–1

Sheffield !Sheffield

1–5

1–2

2–0

2–2

3–3

1–2

0–3

3–3

3–0

2–0

0–2

2–2

1–2

3–1

2–2

1–0

2–1

3–1

2–0

2–1

2–3

Stamford !Stamford

4–1

3–0

1–2

1–2

1–1

2–2

4–1

8–0

4–1

4–1

0–1

5–1

1–2

3–2

5–2

3–0

5–3

1–2

0–2

4–1

0–0

Sutton Coldfield Town !Sutton Coldfield Town

2–1

5–0

1–0

4–4

0–4

4–2

2–0

4–0

4–3

3–1

2–2

4–3

2–1

0–0

2–1

2–0

0–5

5–1

1–1

4–0

2–4

Updated to games played on 4 May 2013.
Source: NPL Division South results grid
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
King's Lynn Town !King's Lynn Town	The Walks	5,733
Halesowen Town !Halesowen Town	The Grove	5,000
Hucknall Town !Hucknall Town	Watnall Road	5,000
Brigg Town !Brigg Town	The Hawthorns	4,000
Newcastle Town !Newcastle Town	Lyme Valley Stadium	4,000
Leek Town !Leek Town	Harrison Park	3,600
Northwich Victoria !Northwich Victoria	Marston Road (groundshare with Stafford Rangers)	3,000
Belper Town !Belper Town	Christchurch Meadow	2,400
Gresley !Gresley	The Moat Ground	2,400
Lincoln United !Lincoln United	Ashby Avenue	2,200
Chasetown !Chasetown	The Scholars Ground	2,000
Coalville Town !Coalville Town	Owen Street Sports Ground	2,000
Kidsgrove Athletic !Kidsgrove Athletic	The Seddon Stadium	2,000
Rainworth Miners Welfare !Rainworth Miners Welfare	Welfare Ground	2,000
Romulus !Romulus	The Central Ground (Sutton Coldfield Town ground share)	2,000
Sheffield !Sheffield	Coach and Horses Ground	2,000
Stamford !Stamford	Kettering Road	2,000
Sutton Coldfield Town !Sutton Coldfield Town	The Central Ground	2,000
Carlton Town !Carlton Town	Bill Stokeld Stadium	1,500
Loughborough Dynamo !Loughborough Dynamo	Nanpantan Sports Ground	1,500
Mickleover Sports !Mickleover Sports	Raygar Stadium	1,500
Market Drayton Town !Market Drayton Town	Greenfields Sports Ground	1,000

Challenge Cup

2012–13 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup

Country	England
Teams	66
Champions	North Ferriby United
Runners-up	Curzon Ashton
Matches played	65
Goals scored	266 (4.09 per match)
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup (billed as the 2012–13 Doodson Sports Cup for sponsorship reasons)^[7] is the 43rd season of the Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, the cup competition of the Northern Premier League.

Calendar

Round	matches played	matches	Clubs
Preliminary Round	5–13 November 2012	4	66 → 62
First Round	20 November – 18 December 2012	20	62 → 42
Second Round	18 December – 14 January 2013	10	42 → 32
Third Round	7 January – 25 February 2013	16	32 → 16
Fourth Round	29 January – 12 March 2013	8	16 → 8
Quarterfinals	12–19 March 2013	4	8 → 4
Semifinals	3–4 April 2013	2	4 → 2
Final	23 April 2013	1	2 → 1

Preliminary Round

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

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	New Mills	0–4	Leek Town	80
2	Romulus	2–1	Gresley	52
3	Salford City	0–1	Curzon Ashton	49
4	Sheffield	5–3	Harrogate Railway Athletic	124

First Round

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The four clubs which make 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.^[8]

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 5 Bamber Bridge 1–2 AET Cammell Laird 80 6 Burscough 2–1 Ramsbottom United 75 7 Coalville Town 4–6 AET Rainworth Miners Welfare 62 8 Farsley 2–1 Ossett Albion 76 9 Garforth Town 1–2 Sheffield 56 10 Halesowen Town 1–3 AET Carlton Town 84 11 Hucknall Town 0–4 Brigg Town 36 12 King's Lynn Town 1–2 Stamford 201 13 Lancaster City 0–1 Curzon Ashton 72 14 Lincoln United 1–4 Mickleover Sports 36

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 15 Mossley 1–7 Warrington Town 95 16 Newcastle Town 1–2 Market Drayton Town 62 17 Northwich Victoria 2–0 Kidsgrove Athletic 65 18 Ossett Town 3–1 AET Belper Town 63 19 Radcliffe Borough 4–5 Clitheroe 68 20 Romulus 0–2 Chasetown 71 21 Skelmersdale United 7–1 Prescot Cables 104 22 Sutton Coldfield Town 4–2 Loughborough Dynamo 49 23 Trafford 3–1 Leek Town 47 24 Wakefield 2–3 Goole 40

Second Round

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The 20 clubs which make it through the First Round enter into the draw.^[9]

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 25 Brigg Town 3–5 AET Sheffield 76 26 Carlton Town 2–1 Ossett Town 54 27 Chasetown 1–5 Northwich Victoria 104 28 Curzon Ashton 2–0 Burscough 64 29 Farsley 4–1 Clitheroe 61

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 30 Goole 0–4 Rainworth Miners Welfare 43 31 Market Drayton Town 1–0 Sutton Coldfield Town 33 32 Mickleover Sports 4–3 AET Stamford 58 33 Skelmersdale United 2–2 AET Cammell Laird 101 Cammel Laird 3–0 on penalties 34 Trafford 3–2 Warrington Town 126

Third Round

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Teams from the Northern Premier League Premier Division entered at this stage, along with the 10 winners from the second round. The draw for the third round was made on 19 December 2012.^[10]

Fourth Round

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The draw for the fourth round took place on 10 January 2013, with the 16 clubs that made it through the third round.^[11]

Source:^[12]

Quarter Finals

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The eight clubs to have made it through the fourth round were entered into the quarter-finals draw, which took place on 19 February 2013.^[13] Cammell Laird, Farsley, and Curzon Ashton from the NPL Division One North and Northwich Victoria from the NPL Division One South remain as the lowest-placed teams still in the Cup.

Source:^[12]

Semi-finals

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The four clubs to have made it through the quarter finals were entered into the semi-finals draw. The draw for the semi-finals took place on 21 March 2013, with Cammell Laird from the Northern Premier League Division One North remaining as the lowest-placed team still in the Cup.^[14] Witton Albion was removed from the semi-finals due to fielding an ineligible player on 19 February 2013 against F.C. United of Manchester since the player had already represented Curzon Ashton in a previous round on 27 November 2012. Curzon Ashton was reinstated to play Matlock Town in place of Witton Albion in the semi-finals.^[15]

Source:^[16]

Final

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The Challenge Cup Final was played at the Throstle Nest, the home ground of Farsley F.C..^[17] This was the second consecutive Challenge Cup Final for North Ferriby United and Curzon Ashton's first Finals appearance. After a 1-1 draw, North Ferriby United went on to win the penalty shoot-out and secure their second Challenge Cup in a row while also being the third team ever to retain the Cup.^[18]

Peter Swales Shield

2013 Peter Swales Shield

King's Lynn Town Skelmersdale United 1 6
Date	6 May 2013
Venue	The Walks, King's Lynn
Referee	S. Meredith (Mansfield)[19]
Attendance	321

For the 2013 edition of the Peter Swales Shield, the 2012–13 champions of the Northern Premier League First Division North, Skelmersdale United, played against the 2012–13 champions of the Northern Premier League First Division South, King's Lynn Town.

See also

• 2012–13 Isthmian League
• 2012–13 Southern League

References

External links

• Official website
• Official Northern Premier League Match Photo Gallery

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

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