The1999–2000 Northern Premier League season was the 32nd in the history of theNorthern Premier League, afootball competition inEngland. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First.
| Season | 1999–2000 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Leigh RMI |
| Promoted | Leigh RMI |
| Relegated | Guiseley Winsford United |
| Matches | 506 |
| Goals | 1,426 (2.82 per match) |
2000–01 → | |
The Premier Division featured four new teams:
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leigh RMI(C, P) | 44 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 87 | 44 | +43 | 88 | Promotion toFootball Conference |
| 2 | Hyde United | 44 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 76 | 42 | +34 | 86 | |
| 3 | Gateshead | 44 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 79 | 41 | +38 | 82 | |
| 4 | Marine | 44 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 78 | 43 | +35 | 80 | |
| 5 | Emley | 44 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 72 | |
| 6 | Stalybridge Celtic | 44 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 62 | 51 | +11 | 67 | |
| 7 | Lancaster City | 44 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 63 | 56 | +7 | 66 | |
| 8 | Runcorn | 44 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 63 | 53 | +10 | 65 | |
| 9 | Bishop Auckland | 44 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 63 | 61 | +2 | 65 | |
| 10 | Worksop Town | 44 | 19 | 6 | 19 | 78 | 65 | +13 | 63 | |
| 11 | Gainsborough Trinity | 44 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 58 | 48 | +10 | 63 | |
| 12 | Whitby Town | 44 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 66 | 66 | 0 | 58 | |
| 13 | Barrow | 44 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 65 | 59 | +6 | 57 | |
| 14 | Droylsden | 44 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 52 | 57 | −5 | 56 | |
| 15 | Blyth Spartans | 44 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 62 | 67 | −5 | 54 | |
| 16 | Frickley Athletic | 44 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 64 | 85 | −21 | 54 | |
| 17 | Hucknall Town | 44 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 55 | 61 | −6 | 53 | |
| 18 | Bamber Bridge | 44 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 66 | 65 | +1 | 52 | |
| 19 | Leek Town | 44 | 14 | 10 | 20 | 58 | 79 | −21 | 52 | |
| 20 | Colwyn Bay | 44 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 44 | 84 | −40 | 46 | |
| 21 | Spennymoor United | 44 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 41 | 71 | −30 | 42[a] | |
| 22 | Guiseley(R) | 44 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 52 | 71 | −19 | 41 | Relegation toNPL Division One |
| 23 | Winsford United(R) | 44 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 40 | 116 | −76 | 16 |
| Home \ Away | BAM | BRW | BIS | BLY | COL | DRO | EML | FRK | GAI | GAT | GUI | HUC | HYD | LNC | LEE | LEI | MAR | RUN | SPU | STL | WTB | WNS | WKS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
| Season | 1999–2000 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Accrington Stanley |
| Promoted | Accrington Stanley Burscough |
| Relegated | Flixton Whitley Bay |
| Matches | 462 |
| Goals | 1,380 (2.99 per match) |
2000–01 → | |
Division One featured four new teams:
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accrington Stanley(C, P) | 42 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 96 | 43 | +53 | 84 | Promotion toPremier Division |
| 2 | Burscough(P) | 42 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 81 | 35 | +46 | 84 | |
| 3 | Witton Albion | 42 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 88 | 46 | +42 | 84 | |
| 4 | Bradford Park Avenue | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 77 | 48 | +29 | 78 | |
| 5 | Radcliffe Borough | 42 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 71 | 48 | +23 | 78 | |
| 6 | Farsley Celtic | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 66 | 52 | +14 | 68 | |
| 7 | Matlock Town | 42 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 72 | 55 | +17 | 67 | |
| 8 | Ossett Town | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 77 | 55 | +22 | 59 | |
| 9 | Stocksbridge Park Steels | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 55 | 70 | −15 | 56 | |
| 10 | Eastwood Town | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 64 | 65 | −1 | 55[a] | |
| 11 | Harrogate Town | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 65 | 67 | −2 | 54 | |
| 12 | Congleton Town | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 63 | 73 | −10 | 54 | |
| 13 | Chorley | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 53 | 64 | −11 | 54 | |
| 14 | Ashton United | 42 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 65 | 67 | −2 | 52 | |
| 15 | Workington | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 52 | |
| 16 | Lincoln United | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 52 | 80 | −28 | 51 | |
| 17 | Belper Town | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 59 | 72 | −13 | 50 | |
| 18 | Trafford | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 55 | 63 | −8 | 45 | |
| 19 | Gretna | 42 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 48 | 78 | −30 | 40 | |
| 20 | Netherfield Kendal | 42 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 46 | 82 | −36 | 33 | Changed their name toKendal Town |
| 21 | Flixton(R) | 42 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 47 | 85 | −38 | 30 | Relegation toNWCFL Division One |
| 22 | Whitley Bay(R) | 42 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 41 | 87 | −46 | 30 | Relegation toNorthern League Division One |
| Home \ Away | ACC | ASH | BLP | BPA | BUR | CHO | CNG | EAS | FAR | FLX | GRT | HAR | KEN | LIN | MAT | OST | RAD | STO | TRA | WHI | WTN | WRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
In the thirty-second season of the Northern Premier League Leigh RMI (as champions) were automatically promoted to theFootball Conference. Guiseley and Winsford United were relegated to the First Division; these two clubs were replaced by relegated Conference sideAltrincham,First Division winnersAccrington Stanley and second placedBurscough. In the First Division Flixton and Whitley Bay left the League at the end of the season and were replaced by newly admittedNorth Ferriby United andVauxhall Motors.
Challenge Cup: Teams from both leagues.
President's Cup: 'Plate' competition for losing teams in the NPL Cup.
Chairman's Cup: 'Plate' competition for losing teams in the NPL Cup.
Peter Swales Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.