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The 2025–26 season is the 58th season of the Northern Premier League. The league consists of four divisions, the Premier Division at Step 3 of the National League System, and the West, East and Midlands divisions at Step 4.

Premier Division

The Premier Division consists of 22 teams, 16 from the previous season and six new teams.

Team changes

To the Premier Division

Promoted from Division One East

Promoted from Division One West

Hednesford Town
Widnes (Resigned)

Relegated from the National League North

From the Premier Division

Promoted to the National League North

Relegated to Division One East

Relegated to Division One Midlands

Premier Division table

Play-offs

Semi-finals			Final

2	Hednesford Town	2

5	Stockton Town	0
			2	Hednesford Town	1 (5)

			4	Warrington Rylands 1906	1 (4)
3	FC United of Manchester	2

4	Warrington Rylands 1906	3

Semifinals

28 April 2026	Hednesford Town	2–0	Stockton Town	Hednesford
19:45 GMT	Gibson 43' Harrison 75'	Report	Arjun Purewal 40'	Stadium: Keys Park Attendance: 3,535

28 April 2026	FC United of Manchester	2–3	Warrington Rylands 1906	Moston
19:45 GMT	Palinkas 3' Evans 49'	Report	Hardcastle 41' Smith 59' Waring 69'	Stadium: Broadhurst Park Attendance: 2,180

Final

4 May 2026	Hednesford Town	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Warrington Rylands 1906	Hednesford
15:00 GMT	George Williams 90'+1	Report	Clive Smith 48'	Stadium: Keys Park Attendance: 4,029

Results table

Home \ Away	ASH	BAM	CLE	UOM	GAI	GUI	HEB	HED	HYD	ILK	LNC	LEE	MOR	PRE	RUS	SPS	STN	WRY	WRT	WHI	WRK
Ashton United	—	1–1	0–4	3–1	0–3	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–3	0–1	3–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–4	2–1
Bamber Bridge	0–1	—	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–0	1–2	1–3	4–0	2–0	1–1	3–2	0–2	1–0	4–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–2
Cleethorpes Town	2–2	1–1	—	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–4	0–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	3–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	4–1	0–3	2–1
FC United of Manchester	0–1	2–0	2–0	—	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	4–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	3–1	2–2
Gainsborough Trinity	0–3	0–1	2–0	0–1	—	2–1	1–4	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	3–3
Guiseley	4–2	0–2	1–1	2–5	3–2	—	4–0	1–5	1–1	1–4	0–0	1–0	3–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	4–0	1–0	1–1
Hebburn Town	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	—	0–1	3–3	5–0	4–1	3–3	2–1	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	8–0	3–1	2–1
Hednesford Town	3–3	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	—	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	4–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–0
Hyde United	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	0–2	1–3	5–0	—	2–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–2	2–2	3–0	0–0	1–4	5–2	0–1
Ilkeston Town	0–2	2–0	0–3	3–2	0–1	1–0	3–2	0–3	3–0	—	3–0	1–3	3–1	2–0	5–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	3–2
Lancaster City	3–2	1–3	0–0	0–2	3–0	0–0	3–2	0–0	1–1	3–1	—	2–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–0	2–0
Leek Town	2–0	3–2	2–1	0–1	1–0	4–0	0–0	0–2	2–2	1–2	0–1	—	1–0	1–0	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–2	3–1	3–2	2–2
Morpeth Town	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–1	—	2–0	1–0	3–0	0–2	0–4	2–0	3–0	2–0
Prescot Cables	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–2	2–0	0–2	3–0	0–1	1–2	0–4	1–1	2–1	—	1–1	1–2	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–1
Rushall Olympic	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–3	1–1	1–3	0–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	2–3	5–1	1–0	0–2	—	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–3	2–2	3–3
Stocksbridge Park Steels	2–0	0–2	1–3	0–3	0–2	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–4	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	—	1–1	0–0	2–1	4–1	0–1
Stockton Town	1–2	2–2	2–1	2–3	1–0	2–0	4–1	1–2	2–2	0–4	1–1	1–2	2–0	3–1	2–4	3–2	—	3–1	2–1	0–0	6–0
Warrington Rylands 1906	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	4–2	1–0	1–1	2–2	4–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	4–3	1–1	3–0	3–2	1–2	—	1–1	0–1	3–0
Warrington Town	2–1	0–2	0–0	3–0	0–3	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	—	0–2	2–3
Whitby Town	1–2	0–2	0–0	1–3	1–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	0–3	1–2	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	—	0–0
Workington	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–1	3–0	3–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	—

Source: NPL official site
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Gary Martin	Hebburn Town	26
2	Josh Walker	Cleethorpes Town	16
3	Ewan Bange	Bamber Bridge	15
	Jay Fitzmartin	FC United of Manchester
	Adam Le Fondre	FC United Of Manchester
6	Ben Hardcastle	Warrington Rylands	14
	Kevin Hayes	Stockton Town
	Jordan Thewlis	Guiseley
9	Ahkeem Rose	Hednesford Town	13
	Connor Heath	Leek Town
	Joshua Scott	Stockton Town
	Nic Evangelinos	Lancaster City

Stadia and locations

Greater Manchester

Stocksbridge Park Steels

2025–26 Premier Division teams

Ashton United

F.C. United

Hyde United

Locations of Northern Premier League 2025–26 Premier Division teams (Greater Manchester)

Club	Location	Ground	Capacity
Ashton United	Ashton-under-Lyne	Hurst Cross	4,500
Bamber Bridge	Bamber Bridge	Irongate	2,642
Cleethorpes Town	Grimsby	Clee Road	1,000
FC United of Manchester	Manchester (Moston)	Broadhurst Park	4,400
Gainsborough Trinity	Gainsborough	The Northolme	4,304
Guiseley	Guiseley	Nethermoor Park	4,000
Hebburn Town	Hebburn	The Green Energy Sports Ground	1,500
Hednesford Town	Hednesford	Keys Park	6,039
Hyde United	Hyde	Ewen Fields	4,250
Ilkeston Town	Ilkeston	New Manor Ground	3,029
Lancaster City	Lancaster	The Giant Axe	3,500
Leek Town	Leek	Harrison Park	3,600
Morpeth Town	Morpeth	Craik Park	1,500
Prescot Cables	Prescot	IP Truck Parts Stadium	2,070
Rushall Olympic	Walsall (Rushall)	Dales Lane	1,400
Stocksbridge Park Steels	Stocksbridge	Bracken Moor	3,500
Stockton Town	Stockton	Bishopton Road West	2,200
Warrington Rylands 1906	Warrington	Gorsey Lane	1,345
Warrington Town	Warrington	Cantilever Park	2,500
Whitby Town	Whitby	Turnbull Ground	3,500
Workington	Workington	Borough Park	3,101

Division One East

Division One East consists of 22 teams, 15 from the previous season and 7 new teams.

Team changes

To Division One East

Promoted from the Northern Counties East League Premier Division

Promoted from the Northern League Division One

Promoted from the United Counties League Premier Division North

Lincoln United

Relegated from the Premier Division

From Division One East

Promoted to the Premier Division

Transferred to Division One Midlands

Relegated to the Northern Counties East League Premier Division

Relegated to the United Counties League Premier Division North

Sherwood Colliery

Division One East table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Redcar Athletic (C, P)	42	33	6	3	140	38	+102	105	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Matlock Town	42	28	4	10	102	53	+49	88	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Emley (O, P)	42	22	11	9	68	31	+37	77
4	Dunston	42	22	10	10	70	51	+19	76
5	Bradford (Park Avenue)	42	21	12	9	67	34	+33	75
6	Pontefract Collieries	42	21	11	10	76	62	+14	74
7	Heaton Stannington	42	17	10	15	55	53	+2	61
8	Bridlington Town	42	16	11	15	71	63	+8	59
9	Garforth Town	42	16	10	16	66	51	+15	58
10	Consett	42	16	10	16	74	66	+8	58
11	North Ferriby	42	13	19	10	54	47	+7	58
12	Hallam	42	13	14	15	50	57	−7	53
13	Lincoln United	42	14	11	17	49	69	−20	53
14	Ashington	42	14	9	19	45	77	−32	51
15	Grimsby Borough	42	13	10	19	41	70	−29	49
16	Blyth Spartans	42	13	8	21	47	53	−6	47
17	Silsden	42	10	14	18	48	70	−22	44
18	Ossett United	42	10	12	20	50	63	−13	42
19	Bishop Auckland (R)	42	12	5	25	52	79	−27	41	Relegation to the Northern League Division One
20	Blyth Town (R)	42	12	5	25	42	76	−34	41
21	Newton Aycliffe (R)	42	9	9	24	49	86	−37	36
22	Brighouse Town (R)	42	8	7	27	31	98	−67	31	Resigned to Step 7^[a]

Source: NPL official site
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results^[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

↑ On 6 May 2026, Brighouse Town applied for voluntary demotion to Step 7.

Play-offs

Semi-finals			Final

2	Matlock Town	1

5	Bradford (Park Avenue)	2
			3	Emley	0 (5)

			5	Bradford (Park Avenue)	0 (4)
3	Emley	1

4	Dunston	0

Semifinals

28 April 2026	Matlock Town	1–2	Bradford (Park Avenue)	Matlock
19:45 GMT	Wilson 45+2'		Carver 23' Andreucci 85'	Stadium: Causeway Lane Attendance: 1,268

28 April 2026	Emley	1–0	Dunston	Emley
19:45 GMT	Sorhaindo 18'			Stadium: Fantastic Media Welfare Ground Attendance: 909

Final

2 May 2026	Emley	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Bradford (Park Avenue)	Emley
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Fantastic Media Welfare Ground Attendance: 1,771

Results table

Home \ Away	ASH	BIS	BLS	BLT	BPA	BLG	BGH	CON	DUN	EML	GAR	GRI	HAL	HEA	LIN	MAT	NEW	NOR	OSS	PON	RCA	SIL
Ashington	—	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–4	2–2	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–4	0–0	2–1	2–1	6–3	2–3	0–3	1–1	3–2	0–0	0–8	2–1
Bishop Auckland	0–1	—	2–3	1–0	0–3	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–3	2–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	2–0	5–0	2–4	2–3	1–4	4–1	1–3	4–3	0–1
Blyth Spartans	1–1	1–2	—	1–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	0–0	4–0	1–1	3–4	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–4	1–0
Blyth Town	2–2	3–2	2–0	—	0–2	1–3	3–1	1–6	0–2	0–1	2–4	2–0	0–3	1–0	0–3	0–3	4–2	0–0	0–1	1–3	0–1	0–1
Bradford (Park Avenue)	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	—	2–2	8–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	2–3	1–1	0–1
Bridlington Town	2–0	1–3	1–4	7–0	0–0	—	8–0	3–4	3–1	2–2	0–3	1–2	2–0	0–4	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–2	0–4	1–1
Brighouse Town	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–0	0–2	1–1	—	0–3	1–1	0–1	1–2	2–3	0–0	1–3	0–3	1–3	1–1	0–3	1–0	1–0	0–4	0–0
Consett	4–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	0–2	0–2	3–0	—	1–4	1–3	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	0–1	0–0	0–3	1–4	2–3	4–1
Dunston	2–0	3–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	—	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–3	3–1	5–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–4	2–1
Emley	3–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	5–0	3–3	3–0	—	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	2–0	1–3	6–0	0–2	3–1	4–0	0–0	3–0
Garforth Town	0–1	4–2	0–2	0–1	3–1	0–2	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	—	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	3–0	0–1	0–5	2–2
Grimsby Borough	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–3	1–2	3–2	2–1	0–1	0–2	0–5	—	2–4	4–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	0–3	0–1
Hallam	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–4	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–4	1–1	—	0–2	2–2	1–2	3–1	2–2	3–2	1–1	0–1	0–2
Heaton Stannington	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–3	2–0	1–5	1–1	1–2	1–0	4–0	0–1	—	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–4	1–1
Lincoln United	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–4	4–2	2–0	1–0	1–4	1–3	1–0	2–1	—	3–2	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–1
Matlock Town	5–0	3–1	1–0	6–2	0–0	3–2	2–1	3–0	1–2	0–4	3–3	5–0	2–0	2–3	3–0	—	7–2	4–1	1–0	7–1	2–0	4–0
Newton Aycliffe	5–2	4–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–3	0–1	1–3	0–2	1–3	0–3	2–2	2–3	—	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–4	1–6
North Ferriby	0–2	3–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	3–1	4–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	—	2–2	1–3	1–2	2–2
Ossett United	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	2–3	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–2	2–2	—	2–0	0–6	1–1
Pontefract Collieries	5–0	1–3	2–1	2–1	0–3	2–2	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	3–0	3–1	3–3	1–4	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	—	2–4	3–0
Redcar Athletic	1–0	5–0	1–0	1–1	4–1	2–1	7–0	2–2	3–3	0–2	4–3	6–1	4–1	3–0	4–0	4–2	6–2	3–0	3–2	5–1	—	10–1
Silsden	4–1	0–0	3–0	0–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–3	0–2	0–4	0–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–2	3–2	0–3	2–2	2–2	0–1	—

Source: NPL official site
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Adam Boyes	Redcar Athletic	41
2	Cameron Wilson	Matlock Town	26
2	Louis Johnson	Redcar Athletic	26
4	Bradley Fewster	Redcar Athletic	24
5	Marcus Carver	Bradford PA	20
6	Conor Washington	Matlock Town	19
6	Oscar Fletcher	Redcar Athletic	19
8	Dale Pearson	Heaton Stannington	18
9	Conor Brown	Lincoln United	16
9	Frankie Sinfield	Pontefract Collieries	16

Stadia and locations

Bradford (Park Avenue)

$Pontefract$

Locations of Northern Premier League 2025–26 Division One East teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Ashington	Ashington	Woodhorn Lane	2,000
Bishop Auckland	Bishop Auckland	Heritage Park	1,950
Blyth Spartans	Blyth	Croft Park	4,435
Blyth Town	Blyth	South Newsham Playing Fields	1,000
Bradford (Park Avenue)	Bradford	Horsfall Stadium	3,500
Bridlington Town	Bridlington	Queensgate	3,000
Brighouse Town	Brighouse	St Giles Road	1,000
Consett	Consett	Belle View Stadium	3,770
Dunston	Dunston	Wellington Road	2,500
Emley	Emley	Fantastic Media Welfare Ground	2,000
Garforth Town	Garforth	Wheatley Park	3,000
Grimsby Borough	Grimsby	Bradley Football Centre	1,250
Hallam	Crosspool	Sandygate	1,665
Heaton Stannington	High Heaton	The Willow Park	2,000
Lincoln United	Lincoln	Ashby Avenue	2,714
Matlock Town	Matlock	Causeway Lane	2,400
Newton Aycliffe	Newton Aycliffe	Moore Lane	1,000
North Ferriby	North Ferriby	The Dransfield Stadium	3,000
Ossett United	Ossett	Ingfield	3,280
Pontefract Collieries	Pontefract	Harratt Nissan Stadium	1,200
Redcar Athletic	Redcar	Green Lane	1,000
Silsden	Silsden	Keighley Road Stadium	1,500

Division One Midlands

Division One Midlands consists of 22 teams, 14 from the previous season and 8 new teams.

Team changes

To Division One Midlands

Promoted from the Midland League Premier Division

Lichfield City

Promoted from the United Counties League Premier Division North

Bourne Town

Promoted from the United Counties League Premier Division South

Relegated from the Premier Division

Transferred from Division One East

From Division One Midlands

Promoted to the Southern League Premier Division Central

Transferred to Division One West

Relegated to the Midland League Premier Division

Lye Town

Relegated to the United Counties League Premier Division North

Grantham Town

Resigned

Hinckley LRFC

Resigned from the league

Walsall Wood

Division One Midlands table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Anstey Nomads (C, P)	42	28	8	6	80	35	+45	92	Promotion to the Southern League Premier Division Central
2	Carlton Town	42	28	6	8	84	49	+35	90	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Basford United	42	19	12	11	63	56	+7	69
4	Belper Town	42	19	11	12	65	50	+15	68
5	Racing Club Warwick (O, P)	42	18	11	13	62	56	+6	65
6	Coleshill Town	42	18	10	14	53	51	+2	64
7	Shepshed Dynamo	42	18	9	15	52	44	+8	63
8	Lichfield City	42	17	9	16	50	58	−8	60	Transferred to Division One West
9	Wellingborough Town	42	15	13	14	59	43	+16	58
10	Long Eaton United	42	16	10	16	67	63	+4	58
11	Sutton Coldfield Town	42	16	9	17	70	71	−1	57
12	AFC Rushden & Diamonds	42	14	13	15	56	61	−5	55
13	Corby Town	42	15	10	17	50	61	−11	55
14	Boldmere St Michaels	42	16	6	20	53	70	−17	54
15	Mickleover	42	14	11	17	62	69	−7	53
16	Rugby Borough	42	13	13	16	52	49	+3	52
17	Loughborough Students	42	13	13	16	64	63	+1	52
18	Bedworth United	42	13	11	18	47	53	−6	50
19	Bourne Town	42	12	7	23	54	70	−16	43	Reprive from relegation^[a]
20	St Neots Town (R)	42	11	10	21	51	69	−18	43	Relegation to the United Counties League Premier Division South
21	Coventry Sphinx (R)	42	11	8	23	51	69	−18	41
22	Rugby Town (R)	42	9	8	25	44	79	−35	35

Source: NPL official site
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results^[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

↑ Bourne Town were reprieved from relegation due to the resignation of Mousehole from the Southern League Division One South.

Play-offs

Semi-finals			Final

2	Carlton Town	0 (2)

5	Racing Club Warwick	0 (4)
			4	Belper Town	1 (6)

			5	Racing Club Warwick	1 (7)
3	Basford United	2 (3)

4	Belper Town	2 (4)

Semifinals

28 April 2026	Carlton Town	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Racing Club Warwick	Carlton
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Bill Stokeld Stadium Attendance: 506

28 April 2026	Basford United	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Belper Town	Basford
19:45 GMT	Palmer 30' Peters 55'		Bastos 43' Gratton 87'	Stadium: Greenwich Avenue Attendance: 865

Final

2 May 2026	Belper Town	1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p)	Racing Club Warwick	Belper
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Christchurch Meadow Attendance: 1,702

Results table

Home \ Away	R&D	ANS	BAS	BED	BEL	BSM	BOU	CAR	COL	COR	CVS	LIC	LEU	LOU	MIC	RCW	RUB	RUT	SHD	SNT	SCT	WEL
AFC Rushden & Diamonds	—	2–2	4–2	1–0	1–2	1–3	0–0	1–3	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–1
Anstey Nomads	3–0	—	4–0	1–0	0–2	0–1	2–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	5–2	1–0
Basford United	0–0	2–1	—	0–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–2	3–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	4–0	4–4	2–1
Bedworth United	2–0	0–2	0–1	—	1–1	2–3	1–2	1–3	0–0	0–2	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	3–1	1–4	1–1	3–2	1–2
Belper Town	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	—	3–0	4–3	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–4	2–1	2–1	4–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–0
Boldmere St Michaels	0–1	1–4	1–4	1–2	2–0	—	3–2	1–3	3–1	0–0	4–1	1–2	3–1	1–2	1–2	0–3	2–3	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–3	0–2
Bourne Town	1–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–3	—	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–3	3–3	2–1	1–3	4–0	0–1	3–1	1–3	1–0	2–1	0–1
Carlton Town	3–2	0–6	1–1	1–2	3–1	4–0	2–1	—	0–1	6–1	4–1	0–1	4–1	0–3	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	5–1	0–0
Coleshill Town	0–3	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	—	2–2	1–0	2–3	1–1	3–2	3–1	1–2	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–3	1–0	1–1
Corby Town	1–3	1–2	0–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–2	—	1–3	4–1	0–7	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–1
Coventry Sphinx	0–1	1–3	2–0	2–2	1–2	2–0	2–2	2–3	1–1	0–2	—	3–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–3	1–0	0–2	2–3	1–3	1–4
Lichfield City	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	3–2	0–4	0–2	1–0	1–2	—	2–0	1–6	2–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–3
Long Eaton United	3–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	4–1	3–0	2–5	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	—	1–4	4–2	0–4	0–2	2–3	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–1
Loughborough Students	3–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–3	3–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	5–3	—	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	0–3	0–0	2–2	1–1
Mickleover	4–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	3–3	3–1	2–3	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	3–2	—	1–1	2–2	4–1	1–0	3–3	2–2	1–2
Racing Club Warwick	1–1	3–2	4–1	0–0	2–2	0–2	0–1	4–0	4–1	3–2	1–1	0–0	0–2	4–3	1–0	—	2–3	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–1
Rugby Borough	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	4–2	1–0	1–2	—	4–0	1–1	4–0	1–3	0–1
Rugby Town	0–3	0–3	2–3	1–1	1–4	1–2	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–2	3–0	3–2	1–2	1–0	0–3	1–0	0–1	—	0–1	1–1	0–3	2–2
Shepshed Dynamo	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–5	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	5–0	1–1	1–0	—	3–1	1–2	1–0
St Neots Town	3–2	1–3	0–1	1–0	1–3	1–2	2–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	0–3	0–1	2–3	3–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	2–2	1–2	—	2–3	1–0
Sutton Coldfield Town	5–3	2–3	2–2	1–3	0–3	3–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	1–3	1–0	2–0	0–0	4–0	1–2	0–1	0–3	1–0	2–4	—	2–0
Wellingborough Town	1–1	1–1	1–2	4–0	1–3	3–0	5–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	4–1	4–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–3	1–1	1–1	—

Source: NPL official site
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Evan Garnett	Long Eaton United	26
2	Ashley Chambers	Carlton Town	21
3	James Harding	Racing Club Warwick	19
4	Lamin Manneh	Carlton Town	18
5	Bruno Andrade	AFC Rushden & Diamonds	16
5	James McGrady	Sutton Coldfield Town	16
7	Ashden Shortland	Loughborough Students	15
	Jude Collins	Shepshed Dynamo
	Reece Gibson	Sutton Coldfield Town
	Will Jones	Wellingborough Town

Stadia and locations

AFC Rushden & Diamonds

Loughborough
Students

Sutton Coldfield Town

Wellingborough
Town

Locations of Northern Premier League 2025–26 Division One Midlands teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Rushden & Diamonds	Rushden	Hayden Road	2,955
Anstey Nomads	Anstey	Cropston Road	1,000
Basford United	Nottingham (Basford)	Greenwich Avenue	1,600
Bedworth United	Bedworth	The Oval	2,900
Belper Town	Belper	Christchurch Meadow	2,650
Boldmere St Michaels	Boldmere	Trevor Brown Memorial Ground	2,500
Bourne Town	Bourne	Abbey Lawn	2,000
Carlton Town	Carlton	Bill Stokeld Stadium	1,968
Coleshill Town	Coleshill	Pack Meadow	2,000
Corby Town	Corby	Steel Park	3,893
Coventry Sphinx	Coventry	Sphinx Drive	1,000
Lichfield City	Lichfield	City Ground	1,500
Long Eaton United	Long Eaton	Grange Park	1,500
Loughborough Students	Loughborough	Loughborough University Stadium	3,300
Mickleover	Mickleover	Station Road	1,500
Racing Club Warwick	Warwick	Townsend Meadow	2,100
Rugby Borough	Rugby	Kilsby Lane	1,000
Rugby Town	Rugby	Butlin Road	5,000
Shepshed Dynamo	Shepshed	The Dovecote Stadium	2,500
St Neots Town	St Neots	New Rowley Park	3,500
Sutton Coldfield Town	Sutton Coldfield	Coles Lane	2,000
Wellingborough Town	Wellingborough	Dog & Duck Football Ground	5,000

Division One West

Division One West consists of 22 teams, 17 from the previous season and 5 new teams.

Team changes

To Division One West

Promoted from the Midland League Premier Division

Shifnal Town

Promoted from the North West Counties League Premier Division

Transferred from Division One Midlands

From Division One West

Promoted to the Premier Division

Relegated to the Midland League Premier Division

Hanley Town

Relegated to the North West Counties League Premier Division

Division One West table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Bury (C, P)	42	27	9	6	86	36	+50	90	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Avro (O, P)	42	27	7	8	94	41	+53	88	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Stalybridge Celtic	42	25	7	10	88	55	+33	82
4	Runcorn Linnets	42	23	11	8	76	45	+31	80
5	Lower Breck	42	22	9	11	88	62	+26	75
6	Bootle	42	21	11	10	69	48	+21	74
7	Vauxhall Motors	42	20	12	10	94	70	+24	72
8	Witton Albion	42	17	10	15	76	67	+9	61
9	Nantwich Town	42	18	7	17	69	65	+4	61
10	Chasetown	42	17	9	16	55	52	+3	60
11	Mossley	42	14	17	11	59	53	+6	59
12	Shifnal Town	42	15	10	17	60	67	−7	55
13	Atherton Collieries	42	16	7	19	56	68	−12	55
14	Newcastle Town	42	15	7	20	45	62	−17	52
15	Clitheroe	42	13	12	17	64	67	−3	51
16	Kidsgrove Athletic	42	12	11	19	62	78	−16	47
17	Stafford Rangers	42	12	9	21	51	70	−19	45
18	Congleton Town	42	10	14	18	60	72	−12	44
19	Sporting Khalsa (R)	42	12	7	23	57	81	−24	43	Relegation to the Midland League Premier Division
20	Wythenshawe Town (R)	42	8	8	26	40	93	−53	32	Relegation to the Midland League Premier Division
21	Trafford (R)	42	7	8	27	49	80	−31	29	Relegation to the North West Counties League Premier Division
22	Darlaston Town (1874) (R)	42	7	6	29	33	99	−66	27	Relegation to the Midland League Premier Division

Source: NPL official site
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results^[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

Semi-finals			Final

2	Avro	2 (4)

5	Lower Breck	2 (3)
			2	Avro	4

			3	Stalybridge Celtic	2
3	Stalybridge Celtic	1

4	Runcorn Linnets	0

Semifinals

28 April 2026	Avro	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Lower Breck	Oldham
19:45 GMT	Cottrell 52' Molloy 90+27'		Buckley 90+3' Barrow 90+6'	Stadium: Whitebank Stadium Attendance: 609

28 April 2026	Stalybridge Celtic	1–0	Runcorn Linnets	Stalybridge
19:45 GMT	Scarisbrick 8'			Stadium: Bower Fold Attendance: 1,562

Final

2 May 2026	Avro	4–2	Stalybridge Celtic	Oldham
15:00 GMT	Dyson 27' Mason 67' Simms 74' Hawley 90+4'	Report	Tinning 47' Horan 57'	Stadium: Whitebank Stadium Attendance: 1,105

Results table

Home \ Away	ATC	AVR	BOO	BRY	CHA	CLI	CON	DAR	KGA	LWB	MOS	NAN	NEW	RUN	SHI	SPK	STR	SBC	TRA	VHM	WIT	WYT
Atherton Collieries	—	1–2	0–2	0–3	2–1	2–1	4–2	2–0	1–1	2–5	2–3	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–0	3–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–0
Avro	3–1	—	0–3	1–1	2–1	4–0	3–3	13–0	6–0	1–3	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	3–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	1–0
Bootle	2–1	3–2	—	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	3–0	2–2	1–3	2–0	1–2	5–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–3	1–0	3–3	1–2	2–1
Bury	0–0	1–1	2–1	—	4–0	2–0	4–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	3–2	0–2	9–0	0–2	4–1	5–2
Chasetown	1–2	1–2	6–0	0–1	—	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–2	3–0	1–2	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–4	2–0
Clitheroe	2–2	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	9–1	2–2	2–3	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	3–3	4–1	1–3	2–1	2–5	0–2	4–0
Congleton Town	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–2	—	1–0	1–1	2–3	2–2	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–4	4–0	3–3	2–1	4–0
Darlaston Town (1874)	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	0–1	1–3	0–1	—	0–0	1–0	1–4	1–1	2–3	0–3	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–3	1–0	1–2	0–3	1–3
Kidsgrove Athletic	2–1	3–1	1–3	0–2	3–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	—	1–1	3–4	1–3	3–1	1–3	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	4–2	0–1	1–1	2–0
Lower Breck	4–0	0–3	1–1	0–3	1–2	1–1	3–3	1–1	2–2	—	2–1	2–2	2–3	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	4–0	3–2	6–0
Mossley	3–0	0–1	1–5	2–1	4–1	0–0	3–2	1–0	3–3	0–1	—	1–1	3–2	0–0	1–1	4–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	3–3
Nantwich Town	2–3	0–4	3–1	1–4	3–0	3–2	2–0	5–1	3–1	1–4	1–1	—	1–0	0–2	1–0	6–1	6–1	0–0	2–2	3–5	0–4	1–3
Newcastle Town	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–3	2–0	3–1	3–3	0–1	3–0	—	1–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	0–5	1–0	0–1	4–3	0–0
Runcorn Linnets	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–3	1–0	2–0	6–2	4–1	3–0	4–2	0–0	1–1	3–1	—	1–2	4–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	2–2	0–5	2–0
Shifnal Town	1–1	1–3	1–2	0–2	1–2	0–1	3–1	1–1	3–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–0	0–4	—	1–3	3–0	1–0	1–0	5–2	3–2	1–2
Sporting Khalsa	3–0	1–2	2–4	2–0	0–1	0–2	3–1	3–2	3–1	3–4	1–2	1–0	1–3	3–1	1–1	—	2–2	2–0	5–0	1–4	2–2	2–3
Stafford Rangers	2–3	0–2	0–0	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–3	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	3–2	0–0	—	4–0	3–4	2–4	2–3	2–1
Stalybridge Celtic	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–6	1–0	3–3	3–1	6–0	3–2	2–0	1–0	3–2	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	—	2–0	4–4	1–3	4–1
Trafford	4–1	0–2	1–3	0–1	1–3	3–0	1–1	1–2	4–1	4–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	2–2	4–1	2–1	4–6	—	1–2	0–0	1–2
Vauxhall Motors	2–2	1–4	0–1	3–3	1–1	4–2	2–1	5–0	2–1	2–3	2–1	0–1	3–1	1–3	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	—	1–1	4–1
Witton Albion	0–3	2–2	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	3–2	0–2	1–4	4–3	3–2	4–1	0–1	1–1	2–3	2–1	1–3	1–3	1–1	3–1	—	1–0
Wythenshawe Town	0–3	2–2	1–1	0–1	2–3	0–2	2–2	0–0	1–0	0–2	2–2	0–2	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–3	0–4	2–1	2–7	2–1	—

Source: NPL official site
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Kyle Hawley	Avro	24
2	Chay Tilt	Sporting Khalsa	21
2	Sam Burns	Lower Breck	21
3	Alex Panter	Nantwich Town	20
3	Lewis Buckley	Lower Breck	20
6	Freddy Garbutt	Witton Albion	17
	Nick Rushton	Vauxhall Motors
	Ruben Jerome	Stalybridge Celtic
9	Alex Cherera	Lower Breck	16
	Byron Harrison	Nantwich Town
	Kai Evans	Bury
	Scott Bakkor	Runcorn Linnets

Stadia and locations

Locations of Northern Premier League 2025–26 Division One West teams

Chasetown

Darlaston Town (1874)

Locations of Northern Premier League 2025–26 Division One West teams in the West Midlands

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Atherton Collieries	Atherton	Alder Street	2,500
Avro	Oldham	Whitebank Stadium	1,500
Bootle	Bootle	New Bucks Park	2,500
Bury	Bury	Gigg Lane	12,500
Chasetown	Burntwood	The Scholars Ground	3,000
Clitheroe	Clitheroe	EcoGiants Stadium	2,000
Congleton Town	Congleton	Cleric Stadium	1,500
Darlaston Town 1874	Walsall	The Paycare Ground	1,000
Kidsgrove Athletic	Kidsgrove	The Autonet Insurance Stadium	2,000
Lower Breck	Liverpool (Anfield)	Anfield Sports and Community Centre	1,000
Mossley	Mossley	Seel Park	4,000
Nantwich Town	Nantwich	The Weaver Stadium	3,500
Newcastle Town	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Lyme Valley Stadium	4,000
Runcorn Linnets	Runcorn	APEC Taxis Stadium	1,600
Shifnal Town	Shifnal	Acoustafoam Stadium	1,500
Sporting Khalsa	Willenhall	Aspray Arena	5,000
Stafford Rangers	Stafford	Marston Road	4,150
Stalybridge Celtic	Stalybridge	Bower Fold	6,500
Trafford	Flixton	Shawe View	2,500
Vauxhall Motors	Ellesmere Port	Rivacre Park	3,300
Witton Albion	Northwich	Wincham Park	4,813
Wythenshawe Town	Wythenshawe	Ericstan Stadium	1,320

References

↑ "Statement: Widnes FC". Northern Premier League. 29 June 2025.
1 2 3 4 "The FA Handbook 2022/2023 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA. Retrieved 15 May 2023.

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_VOL0.53378978210212-6] On 6 May 2026, Brighouse Town applied for voluntary demotion to Step 7.

[table_note_res_REP0.33474551389681-7] Bourne Town were reprieved from relegation due to the resignation of Mousehole from the Southern League Division One South.

[3] "Statement: Widnes FC". Northern Premier League. 29 June 2025.

[Steps_1_to_6_League_Tables-5] 1 2 3 4 "The FA Handbook 2022/2023 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA. Retrieved 15 May 2023.

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