The2005–06 Northern Premier League season was the 38th in the history of theNorthern Premier League, afootball competition inEngland. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First.
| Season | 2005–06 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Blyth Spartans |
| Promoted | Blyth Spartans Farsley Celtic |
| Relegated | Bradford Park Avenue Wakefield |
| Matches | 465 |
| Goals | 1,282 (2.76 per match) |
2006–07 → | |
The Premier Division featured six new clubs:
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blyth Spartans(C, P) | 42 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 79 | 32 | +47 | 89 | Promotion toConference North |
| 2 | Frickley Athletic | 42 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 72 | 36 | +36 | 86 | Qualification forPlayoffs |
| 3 | Marine | 42 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 61 | 25 | +36 | 81 | |
| 4 | Farsley Celtic(P) | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 84 | 34 | +50 | 79 | |
| 5 | North Ferriby United | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 77 | 54 | +23 | 73 | |
| 6 | Whitby Town | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 60 | 59 | +1 | 64 | |
| 7 | Burscough | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 64 | 64 | 0 | 63 | |
| 8 | Witton Albion | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 68 | 55 | +13 | 60 | |
| 9 | Matlock Town | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 60 | 55 | +5 | 59 | |
| 10 | A.F.C. Telford United | 42 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 54 | 52 | +2 | 59 | |
| 11 | Ossett Town | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 57 | 61 | −4 | 58 | |
| 12 | Leek Town | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 56 | |
| 13 | Prescot Cables | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 49 | 60 | −11 | 53 | |
| 14 | Guiseley | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 45 | 58 | −13 | 51 | |
| 15 | Ashton United | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 62 | 63 | −1 | 49 | |
| 16 | Ilkeston Town | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 49 | |
| 17 | Gateshead | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 52 | 77 | −25 | 46 | |
| 18 | Radcliffe Borough | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 54 | 62 | −8 | 44 | |
| 19 | Lincoln United | 42 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 44 | 64 | −20 | 44[a] | |
| 20 | Wakefield-Emley(R) | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 38 | 69 | −31 | 42[b] | Relegation toNPL Division One |
| 21 | Bradford Park Avenue(R) | 42 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 64 | 86 | −22 | 39 | |
| 22 | Runcorn F.C. Halton | 42 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 108 | −72 | 29 | Resigned, club folded at end of season. TheRuncorn Linnets Replaced inNWCFL Division Two. |
| Home \ Away | TEL | ASH | BLY | BPA | BUR | FAR | FRK | GAT | GUI | ILK | LEE | LIN | MAR | MAT | NFU | OST | PRC | RAD | RUN | WAK | WTB | WTN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.F.C. Telford United | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–6 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | |
| Ashton United | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | |
| Blyth Spartans | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 4–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | |
| Bradford Park Avenue | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 8–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | |
| Burscough | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Farsley Celtic | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | |
| Frickley Athletic | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 6–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |
| Gateshead | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | |
| Guiseley | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | |
| Ilkeston Town | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
| Leek Town | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | |
| Lincoln United | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–7 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |
| Marine | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |
| Matlock Town | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–4 | |
| North Ferriby United | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 5–1 | |
| Ossett Town | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 4–4 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | |
| Prescot Cables | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | |
| Radcliffe Borough | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 8–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | |
| Runcorn | 0–7 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–7 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | |
| Wakefield | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | |
| Whitby Town | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | |
| Witton Albion | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
The Premier Division playoffs saw the second to fifth placed sides in the Division compete for one place in theConference North.
| Semi-finals 1 May 2006 | Final 6 May 2006 | ||||||||
| 3 | Marine | 0 | |||||||
| 4 | Farsley Celtic | 1 | |||||||
| 4 | Farsley Celtic | 2* | |||||||
| 5 | North Ferriby United | 1 | |||||||
| 2 | Frickley Athletic | 0(2) | |||||||
| 5 | North Ferriby United | 0(4) | |||||||
* After extra time
| Season | 2005–06 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Mossley |
| Promoted | Fleetwood Town Kendal Town Mossley |
| Relegated | Bishop Auckland |
| Matches | 465 |
| Goals | 1,398 (3.01 per match) |
2006–07 → | |
Division One featured four new clubs:
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mossley(C, P) | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 83 | 55 | +28 | 78 | Promotion toNPL Premier Division |
| 2 | Fleetwood Town(P) | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 72 | 48 | +24 | 76 | |
| 3 | Kendal Town(P) | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 81 | 58 | +23 | 76 | Qualification forPlayoffs |
| 4 | Woodley Sports | 42 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 85 | 53 | +32 | 74 | |
| 5 | Gresley Rovers | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 79 | 64 | +15 | 70 | |
| 6 | Stocksbridge Park Steels | 42 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 66 | 43 | +23 | 67 | |
| 7 | Eastwood Town | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 66 | 58 | +8 | 62 | |
| 8 | Brigg Town | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 70 | 64 | +6 | 62 | |
| 9 | Belper Town | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 53 | 56 | −3 | 59 | |
| 10 | Shepshed Dynamo | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 57 | 56 | +1 | 58 | |
| 11 | Bridlington Town | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 61 | 68 | −7 | 58 | |
| 12 | Colwyn Bay | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 56 | 53 | +3 | 56 | |
| 13 | Bamber Bridge | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 65 | 59 | +6 | 54 | |
| 14 | Ossett Albion | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 54 | 64 | −10 | 54 | |
| 15 | Rossendale United | 42 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 58 | 61 | −3 | 53 | |
| 16 | Clitheroe | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 54 | 73 | −19 | 53 | |
| 17 | Kidsgrove Athletic | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 66 | 69 | −3 | 51 | |
| 18 | Chorley | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 58 | 59 | −1 | 50 | |
| 19 | Warrington Town | 42 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 62 | 74 | −12 | 48 | |
| 20 | Spalding United | 42 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 49 | 70 | −21 | 45 | Transferred toSouthern League Division One Midlands |
| 21 | Goole | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 55 | 85 | −30 | 43[a] | |
| 22 | Bishop Auckland(R) | 42 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 39 | 99 | −60 | 15 | Relegation toNorthern League Division One |
| Home \ Away | BAM | BLP | BIS | BRI | BRG | CHO | CLT | COL | EAS | FLE | GOO | GRE | KEN | KID | MOS | OSA | ROS | SPD | SPA | STO | WAR | WDL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bamber Bridge | 0–1 | 7–2 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Belper Town | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Bishop Auckland | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 0–3 | |
| Bridlington Town | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |
| Brigg Town | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | |
| Chorley | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–4 | |
| Clitheroe | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | |
| Colwyn Bay | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
| Eastwood Town | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 4–0 | |
| Fleetwood Town | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Goole | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 1–6 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–4 | |
| Gresley | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–5 | |
| Kendal Town | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |
| Kidsgrove Athletic | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 2–1 | |
| Mossley | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |
| Ossett Albion | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Rossendale United | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | |
| Shepshed Dynamo | 0–5 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |
| Spalding United | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | |
| Stocksbridge Park Steels | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | |
| Warrington Town | 0–3 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | |
| Woodley Sports | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 |
The First Division playoffs saw the third to sixth placed sides in the First Division compete for a place in the Premier Division.
| Semi-finals 1 May 2006 | Final 6 May 2006 | ||||||||
| 4 | Woodley Sports | 0 | |||||||
| 5 | Gresley Rovers | 4 | |||||||
| 5 | Gresley Rovers | 1 | |||||||
| 3 | Kendal Town | 2 | |||||||
| 3 | Kendal Town | 1(4) | |||||||
| 6 | Stocksbridge Park Steels | 1(2) | |||||||
In the thirty-eighth season of the Northern Premier League Blyth Spartans (as champions) and Farsley Celtic (as play-off winners) were promoted to theConference North. Wakefield, Bradford Park Avenue and Runcorn Halton were relegated to the First Division; these three clubs were replaced by relegated Conference North sideHednesford Town,First Division winnersMossley, second placedFleetwood Town and play-off winnersKendal Town. In the First Division Bishop Auckland were relegated and were replaced byBuxton,Cammell Laird,Harrogate Railway Athletic,Alsager Town andSkelmersdale United.
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.