2021–22 Northern Premier League

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The 2021–22 season will be the 54th 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. The NPL continued this season with main sponsors Entain's Pitching In.

As the previous season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with all results finalised,[1] the Trident Leagues along with the Football Association decided to make the realignment to leagues at Steps 4, 5 and 6.

Premier Division[]

Northern Premier League
Premier Division
Season2021–22
2022–23 →

Premier Division comprised the same set of 22 teams which competed in the aborted competition the previous season.

Premier Division table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Matlock Town 28 18 3 7 48 24 +24 57 Promotion to the National League North
2 South Shields 27 16 6 5 46 24 +22 54 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Buxton 29 15 8 6 56 32 +24 53
4 Scarborough Athletic 31 15 7 9 41 39 +2 52
5 Warrington Town 29 13 10 6 50 35 +15 49
6 FC United of Manchester 30 15 4 11 50 39 +11 49
7 Bamber Bridge 29 15 4 10 48 38 +10 49
8 Whitby Town 30 14 6 10 39 36 +3 48
9 Morpeth Town 28 12 7 9 44 38 +6 43
10 Stafford Rangers 29 10 12 7 34 26 +8 42
11 Lancaster City 30 13 3 14 37 37 0 42
12 Radcliffe 30 11 5 14 41 47 −6 38
13 Atherton Collieries 27 11 4 12 24 28 −4 37
14 Basford United 30 10 6 14 27 34 −7 36
15 Stalybridge Celtic 28 10 5 13 38 37 +1 35
16 Ashton United 27 8 8 11 34 34 0 32
17 Gainsborough Trinity 29 7 11 11 24 37 −13 32
18 Mickleover 28 8 6 14 30 46 −16 30
19 Hyde United 30 8 5 17 36 51 −15 29 Reprieved from relegation[a]
20 Nantwich Town 28 7 6 15 26 38 −12 27 Possible relegation to Step 4[a]
21 Witton Albion 27 7 6 14 32 54 −22 27 Relegation to Step 4
22 Grantham Town 30 4 8 18 29 59 −30 20
Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2022. 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[3]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Seven clubs at Step 3, all four fourth-from-bottom teams and those placed third-from-bottom that are the top three based on points per game (PPG), will be reprieved from relegation.[2]

Top goalscorers[]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Jordan Buckley Warrington Town 16
Jacob Hazel Whitby Town
3 Bobby Grant Radcliffe 15
Callum Saunders Witton Albion
Jamie Ward Buxton
6 Ewan Bange FC United of Manchester
Bamber Bridge 		11
7 Diego De Girolamo Buxton 10
Andrew Johnson Morpeth Town
9 Robert Apter Bamber Bridge 9
Isaac Sinclair Bamber Bridge

Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2022.

Results table[]

Home \ Away ASH ATH BAM BAS BUX UOM GAI GRA HYD LNC MAT MIC MOR NAN RAD SCA SOU STA STL WAR WHI WIT
Ashton United 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–3 0–1
Atherton Collieries 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1
Bamber Bridge 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 5–1 4–1 2–1 2–4 1–1 0–2 3–0 0–2 2–2 3–0
Basford United 2–0 1–3 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–2
Buxton 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 3–1 2–2 1–1 5–1 2–2 2–3 2–0 4–1
FC United of Manchester 4–3 1–0 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–2 3–0 6–0 1–3 2–1 3–4 2–0
Gainsborough Trinity 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1
Grantham Town 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–3 1–2 1–1 2–7 1–3 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–2
Hyde United 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 0–1 2–3 1–4 2–2 1–0 1–3 3–2 1–2 1–0 1–2
Lancaster City 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 3–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 0–1
Matlock Town 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–3 2–1 2–3 9–0
Mickleover 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 3–2 0–4 0–0 0–0 1–3 2–2 1–2 2–1
Morpeth Town 2–0 1–3 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–2
Nantwich Town 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–1 2–3 2–3 0–0 3–2 1–1
Radcliffe 2–3 2–3 3–3 2–0 1–2 3–2 2–0 0–1 3–1 3–1 0–1 0–4 0–1 2–0
Scarborough Athletic 1–1 0–1 2–4 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–2 0–3 2–0 2–1 3–2
South Shields 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 4–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 3–1
Stafford Rangers 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–1
Stalybridge Celtic 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–2 5–2 1–1 5–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 1–3 2–1 2–2
Warrington Town 2–0 4–1 2–3 2–2 2–0 1–0 3–3 1–0 5–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 3–0 0–0
Whitby Town 0–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–3 4–2 2–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 2–2 1–3 0–1 1–1 0–1
Witton Albion 1–0 2–0 1–4 2–3 1–1 1–4 4–2 2–3 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–4
Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2022. Source: NPL Premier Division results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs[]

Semifinals Final
      
2  
5  
 
 
3  
4  

Semi-finals

–
–

Final

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Stadia and locations[]

Locations of the 2021–22 Premier Division teams
Locations of Northern Premier League 2021–22 Premier Division teams (Greater Manchester)
Club Location Ground Capacity
Ashton United Ashton-under-Lyne Hurst Cross 4,500
Atherton Collieries Atherton Alder Street 2,500
Bamber Bridge Bamber Bridge Irongate 2,264
Basford United Nottingham (Basford) Greenwich Avenue 2,200
Buxton Buxton The Silverlands 5,200
FC United of Manchester Manchester (Moston) Broadhurst Park 4,400
Gainsborough Trinity Gainsborough The Northolme 4,304
Grantham Town Grantham South Kesteven Sports Stadium 7,500
Hyde United Hyde Ewen Fields 4,250
Lancaster City Lancaster Giant Axe 3,500
Matlock Town Matlock Causeway Lane 2,214
Mickleover Derby (Mickleover) Station Road 1,500
Morpeth Town Morpeth Craik Park 1,500
Nantwich Town Nantwich The Weaver Stadium 3,500
Radcliffe Radcliffe Stainton Park 3,500
Scarborough Athletic Scarborough Flamingo Land Stadium 2,833
South Shields South Shields Mariners Park 3,500
Stafford Rangers Stafford Marston Road 4,000
Stalybridge Celtic Stalybridge Bower Fold 6,500
Warrington Town Warrington Cantilever Park 3,500
Whitby Town Whitby Turnbull Ground 3,500
Witton Albion Northwich Wincham Park 4,813

Division One West[]

Northern Premier League
Division One West
Season2021–22
2022–23 →

When the divisions were realigned this became Division One West instead of Division One North West from the previous season. Division One West comprised 20 teams.

Team changes[]

The following 3 clubs were promoted from Step 5 divisions before the season:


The following and 5 clubs transferred from NPL Division One South East Step 4 division before the season:

Division One West table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Workington 27 20 5 2 58 21 +37 65 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Marine 26 20 0 6 52 29 +23 60 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Warrington Rylands 1906 27 17 5 5 64 32 +32 56
4 Leek Town 26 16 5 5 55 28 +27 53
5 Runcorn Linnets 26 15 4 7 54 33 +21 49
6 Clitheroe 26 13 6 7 52 34 +18 45
7 Trafford 27 12 8 7 47 29 +18 44
8 Mossley 27 13 3 11 46 44 +2 42
9 Bootle 24 13 1 10 54 41 +13 40
10 City of Liverpool 24 9 6 9 33 32 +1 33
11 1874 Northwich 24 9 5 10 40 42 −2 32
12 Kidsgrove Athletic 26 9 3 14 36 48 −12 30
13 Widnes 25 9 2 14 36 36 0 29
14 Glossop North End 26 6 11 9 26 36 −10 29
15 Colne 24 8 4 12 28 38 −10 28
16 Newcastle Town 28 7 7 14 37 53 −16 28
17 Ramsbottom United 24 8 3 13 33 47 −14 27 Reprieved from inter-step play-offs[a]
18 Prescot Cables 27 8 2 17 38 58 −20 26 Possible qualification to inter-step play-offs[a]
19 Kendal Town 28 3 2 23 25 75 −50 10[b] Relegation to Step 5
20 Market Drayton Town 26 1 4 21 12 70 −58 7
Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2022. 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[3]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ten of the 16 clubs at Step 4, all eight fourth-from-bottom placed teams and two that are third-from-bottom and have the most points per game (PPG), will be reprieved. The remaining six teams that are also third-from-bottom will contest one-off play-off matches with six runners-up from Step 5 that have the fewest PPG at the end of the 2021–22 season. The winner of each match will rise to or stay at Step 4 for the 2022–23 season, while each loser will drop to or remain at Step 5.[4]
  2. ^ Kendal Town were deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player.

Top goalscorers[]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Ryan Brooke Runcorn Linnets 17
Ben Hodkinson Bootle
3 Kane Drummond Warrington Rylands 13
Jamie Rainford Glossop North End
Ramsbottom United
Daniel Trickett-Smith Leek Town
6 William Saxon Leek Town 12
David Alexander Symington Workington
Reece Webb-Foster Colne

Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2022.

Results table[]

Home \ Away 18N BTL COL CLI CLN GNE KEN KID LEE MAR MKT MOS NEW PRE RAM RUN TRA WAR WID WOR
1874 Northwich 0–5 2–2 1–2 4–1 0–3 0–3 0–2 7–3 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–3 2–4
Bootle 3–0 1–2 3–2 0–3 3–0 2–3 3–0 5–0 2–1 2–3 2–4
City of Liverpool 0–1 2–1 0–4 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 3–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–2
Clitheroe 2–2 7–1 5–1 1–2 0–2 2–0 4–0 3–2 4–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–2
Colne 0–4 0–2 4–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–3
Glossop North End 1–1 0–2 3–2 2–0 2–2 1–2 3–2 0–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–3
Kendal Town 2–4 1–2 0–2 0–0 0–4 1–3 0–2 2–1 0–2 4–3 1–2 0–3 1–5 1–3
Kidsgrove Athletic 1–3 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–3 4–0 1–2 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–1
Leek Town 5–0 3–0 3–2 5–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 3–0 2–1
Marine 0–3 2–1 1–0 2–1 4–1 3–0 0–3 3–2 3–1 3–1 3–1 2–1 0–2
Market Drayton Town 0–1 0–3 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–7 1–1 1–0 0–4 1–3 0–5
Mossley 2–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 3–3 3–2 1–0 0–3 3–1 0–3 0–1
Newcastle Town 1–3 0–1 5–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 1–3 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 3–4 1–1
Prescot Cables 1–2 2–1 0–6 2–3 0–4 0–2 3–0 0–1 7–0 3–1 2–1 3–3 0–1
Ramsbottom United 2–3 1–0 3–1 0–0 3–2 0–2 0–3 7–1 1–2 4–0 1–3 3–2
Runcorn Linnets 1–0 3–3 1–1 7–0 4–0 0–4 2–0 2–1 4–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–2
Trafford 2–5 0–1 1–1 1–0 4–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 2–2
Warrington Rylands 1906 2–3 2–2 4–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–4 2–1 5–2 7–2 8–0 1–0 2–1
Widnes 3–0 2–1 1–3 3–1 1–2 2–3 2–0 1–2 0–0 3–5 1–0 0–1 0–1
Workington 2–2 2–2 3–0 1–0 5–1 5–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 2–4
Updated to match(es) played on 29 January 2022. Source: NPL West Division results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs[]

Semifinals Final
      
2  
5  
 
 
3  
4  

Semi-finals

–
–

Final

–

Stadia and locations[]

Locations of Northern Premier League 2021–22 Division One West teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity
1874 Northwich Barnton The Offside Trust Stadium (groundshare with Barnton) 3,000
Bootle Bootle New Bucks Park 3,750
City of Liverpool Ellesmere Port Rivacre Park (groundshare with Vauxhall Motors) 3,300
Clitheroe Clitheroe Shawbridge 2,000
Colne Colne Holt House 1,800
Glossop North End Glossop The Amdec Forklift Stadium 1,350
Kendal Town Kendal Parkside Road 2,400
Kidsgrove Athletic Kidsgrove The Autonet Insurance Stadium 2,000
Leek Town Leek Harrison Park 3,600
Marine Crosby Rossett Park 3,185
Market Drayton Town Market Drayton Greenfields Sports Ground 1,000
Mossley Mossley Seel Park 4,000
Newcastle Town Newcastle-under-Lyme Lyme Valley Stadium 4,000
Prescot Cables Prescot IP Truck Parts Stadium 3,200
Ramsbottom United Ramsbottom The Harry Williams Riverside 2,000
Runcorn Linnets Runcorn APEC Taxis Stadium 1,600
Trafford Flixton Shawe lane 2,500
Warrington Rylands 1906 Warrington Gorsey Lane 1,345
Widnes Widnes Halton Stadium 13,350
Workington Workington Borough Park 3,101

Division One East[]

Northern Premier League
Division One East
Season2021–22
2022–23 →

When the divisions were realigned this became Division One East instead of Division One South East from the previous season. Division One East comprised 19 teams, with a vacancy left due to the withdrawal of Droylsden in the previous campaign.

Team changes[]

The following 6 clubs were promoted from Step 5 divisions and 7 clubs transferred from NPL Division One North West before the season:

The following and 7 clubs transferred from NPL Division One North West Step 4 division before the season:

Division One East table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Liversedge 24 21 2 1 69 15 +54 65 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Marske United 25 21 1 3 69 22 +47 64 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Cleethorpes Town 25 16 3 6 60 35 +25 51
4 Stockton Town 24 15 5 4 58 24 +34 50
5 Shildon 26 15 3 8 44 25 +19 48
6 Worksop Town 26 14 4 8 49 36 +13 46
7 Dunston UTS 25 12 2 11 51 39 +12 38
8 Ossett United 25 10 6 9 31 44 −13 36
9 Yorkshire Amateur 25 10 4 11 35 41 −6 34
10 Stocksbridge Park Steels 24 9 3 12 39 40 −1 30
11 Pontefract Collieries 25 9 2 14 26 40 −14 29
12 Brighouse Town 22 7 7 8 31 32 −1 28
13 Hebburn Town 24 8 4 12 31 37 −6 28
14 Lincoln United 25 6 5 14 37 71 −34 23
15 Frickley Athletic 24 6 4 14 17 39 −22 22
16 Bridlington Town 26 6 4 16 26 49 −23 22 Reprieved from inter-step play-offs[a]
17 Tadcaster Albion 24 5 4 15 32 47 −15 19 Possible qualification to inter-step play-offs[a]
18 Sheffield 23 4 5 14 26 55 −29 17 Relegation to Step 5
19 Pickering Town 26 4 4 18 37 76 −39 16
Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2022. 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[3]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ten of the 16 clubs at Step 4, all eight fourth-from-bottom placed teams and two that are third-from-bottom and have the most points per game (PPG), will be reprieved. The remaining six teams that are also third-from-bottom will contest one-off play-off matches with six runners-up from Step 5 that have the fewest PPG at the end of the 2021–22 season. The winner of each match will rise to or stay at Step 4 for the 2022–23 season, while each loser will drop to or remain at Step 5.[4]

Top goalscorers[]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Adam Boyes Marske United 25
2 Luke Mangham Stocksbridge Park Steels 14
Michael Roberts Stockton Town
4 Matthew Cotton Lincoln United 13
Kevin Hayes Stockton Town
Laurence Sorhaindo Brighouse Town
Dean Thexton Shildon
8 Nicholas Walker Liversedge 12
9 Benjamin Atkinson Liversedge 11
Edward Church Tadcaster Albion
Oliver Martin Hebburn Town
Brody Robertson Cleethorpes Town
Scott Vernon Cleethorpes Town

Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2022.

Results table[]

Home \ Away BRD BRI CLE DUN FRI HEB LIN LIV MAR OSS PIC PON SHE SHI STB STC TAD WOR YOR
Bridlington Town 1–2 1–1 0–0 4–2 0–5 5–2 2–0 2–1 1–3 0–4 0–1 2–1
Brighouse Town 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1
Cleethorpes Town 1–0 3–2 0–2 4–4 2–4 3–4 7–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 0–0 1–1
Dunston UTS 1–2 2–3 6–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 4–3 4–1 0–2 4–2 4–0 3–0
Frickley Athletic 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–3 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–3 2–0 0–1 1–4
Hebburn Town 3–0 1–3 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–5 1–4 4–2
Lincoln United 2–2 1–1 1–4 3–2 1–0 0–2 0–3 3–3 2–2 0–1 0–5 1–0
Liversedge 2–0 2–0 2–0 6–1 2–1 6–0 5–1 1–1 2–1 4–2 3–1 5–0
Marske United 2–1 4–1 2–0 4–0 5–2 1–0 6–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 3–2 3–2 4–0
Ossett United 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 0–5 1–3 1–1 3–2 3–0 2–1 1–0
Pickering Town 2–2 0–4 4–2 3–4 0–2 1–3 4–1 0–4 0–6 2–1 1–4
Pontefract Collieries 2–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 3–4 1–3 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–5
Sheffield 3–0 0–1 2–1 0–4 2–0 0–2 0–5 0–0 4–0 0–0 2–3 0–3
Shildon 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–3 4–0 4–0 5–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–2
Stocksbridge Park Steels 2–0 1–2 5–2 0–3 2–2 1–0 3–2 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–0
Stockton Town 3–2 2–3 3–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 1–0 3–2 4–0 0–1 1–1
Tadcaster Albion 2–1 1–4 1–2 1–2 0–2 0–1 2–3 3–2 0–2 2–2 2–2
Worksop Town 4–2 0–1 3–1 0–3 1–2 1–1 6–2 1–1 3–2 1–0 6–0 2–1 3–2 0–3
Yorkshire Amateur 2–0 0–4 0–3 0–0 7–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–5 2–0 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2022. Source: NPL East Division results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs[]

Semifinals Final
      
2  
5  
 
 
3  
4  

Semi-finals

–
–

Final

–

Stadia and locations[]

Locations of Northern Premier League 2021–22 Division One East teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Bridlington Town Bridlington Queensgate 3,000
Brighouse Town Brighouse St Giles Road 1,000
Cleethorpes Town Grimsby Bradley Football Centre 1,000
Dunston UTS Dunston Wellington Road 2,500
Frickley Athletic South Elmsall Westfield Lane 2,087
Hebburn Town Hebburn The Green Energy Sports Ground –
Lincoln United Lincoln Ashby Avenue 2,200
Liversedge Cleckheaton Clayborn 2,000
Marske United Marske-by-the-Sea Mount Pleasant 2,500
Ossett United Ossett Ingfield 1,950
Pickering Town Pickering Mill Lane 2,000
Pontefract Collieries Pontefract Harratt Nissan Stadium 1,200
Sheffield Dronfield Coach and Horses Ground 2,089
Shildon Shildon Dean Street 4,700
Stocksbridge Park Steels Stocksbridge Bracken Moor 3,500
Stockton Town Stockton Bishopton Road West 1,800
Tadcaster Albion Tadcaster Ings Lane 2,000
Worksop Town Worksop Sandy Lane 2,500
Yorkshire Amateur Leeds Bracken Edge 1,550

Division One Midlands[]

Northern Premier League
Division One Midlands
Season2021–22
2022–23 →

As part of the realignment, the delayed formation of a third Northern Premier League First Division saw the creation of a new Midlands Division, in which it covers the Birmingham area, Nottinghamshire, western Northamptonshire and northern Cambridgeshire regions. The division consists of 20 sides for the upcoming season .

Team changes[]

The following 2 clubs were promoted from Step 5 divisions before the season:

The following and 9 clubs transferred from NPL Division One South East Step 4 division before the season:

The following 9 clubs were transferred from other Step 4 Trident Alliance divisions before the season:

Division One Midlands table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Ilkeston Town 27 20 4 3 79 30 +49 64 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Chasetown 28 19 6 3 65 29 +36 63 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Halesowen Town 27 19 4 4 60 25 +35 61
4 Stamford 27 17 5 5 66 32 +34 56
5 Belper Town 28 18 2 8 57 37 +20 56
6 Carlton Town 27 13 10 4 49 30 +19 49
7 Coleshill Town 28 15 3 10 51 36 +15 48
8 Bedworth United 28 12 6 10 38 35 +3 42
9 Cambridge City 27 12 5 10 44 39 +5 41
10 Sporting Khalsa 27 12 3 12 47 50 −3 39
11 Spalding United 27 11 6 10 40 43 −3 39
12 Loughborough Dynamo 28 10 4 14 55 56 −1 34
13 Yaxley 28 10 3 15 47 68 −21 33
14 Shepshed Dynamo 28 7 9 12 34 46 −12 30
15 Daventry Town 28 6 8 14 32 60 −28 26
16 Corby Town 27 7 4 16 33 47 −14 25
17 Sutton Coldfield Town 27 5 7 15 33 50 −17 22 Reprieved from inter-step play-offs[a]
18 Wisbech Town 27 4 3 20 21 59 −38 15 Possible qualification to inter-step play-offs[a]
19 Histon 27 3 6 18 24 65 −41 15 Relegation to Step 5
20 Soham Town Rangers 27 3 4 20 29 67 −38 13
Updated to match(es) played on 9 February 2022. 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[3]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ten of the 16 clubs at Step 4, all eight fourth-from-bottom placed teams and two that are third-from-bottom and have the most points per game (PPG), will be reprieved. The remaining six teams that are also third-from-bottom will contest one-off play-off matches with six runners-up from Step 5 that have the fewest PPG at the end of the 2021–22 season. The winner of each match will rise to or stay at Step 4 for the 2022–23 season, while each loser will drop to or remain at Step 5.[4]

Top goalscorers[]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Jack Langston Chasetown 21
Jonathon Margetts Stamford
Belper Town
3 Zak Goodson Ilkeston Town 19
4 Joey Butlin Chasetown 17
5 Remaye Campbell Ilkeston Town 14
Jordan Macleod Spalding United
7 Ryan Nesbitt Bedworth United
Sutton Coldfield Town
Loughborough Dynamo 		13
Kai Tonge Coleshill Town
9 Jack Duffy Stamford 12
Alexander Troke Ilkeston Town

Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2022.

Results table[]

Home \ Away BED BEL CAM CAR CHA COL COR DAV HAL HIS ILK LOU SHE SOH SPA SPO STA SUT WIS YAX
Bedworth United 2–2 0–0 1–3 1–0 2–0 1–2 4–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–0
Belper Town 5–0 2–1 0–2 0–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 4–1 3–1 3–0 4–0
Cambridge City 0–1 1–3 3–4 1–2 4–2 3–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–1
Carlton Town 1–0 1–0 2–1 4–2 3–2 0–0 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–3 2–0
Chasetown 1–1 3–0 2–2 5–0 1–4 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 4–0
Coleshill Town 1–1 1–4 4–2 2–3 0–0 3–0 1–2 0–3 1–2 3–1 4–1
Corby Town 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–3 1–2 3–1 0–4 2–1 2–0
Daventry Town 3–2 1–3 0–4 0–2 2–2 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–4 2–2 0–5 0–2
Halesowen Town 2–1 2–0 2–2 0–2 3–0 2–1 0–1 5–1 4–0 2–0
Histon 1–1 0–4 0–5 2–4 0–1 2–4 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–2
Ilkeston Town 3–1 3–1 2–0 3–4 4–0 8–0 3–1 5–0 2–3 0–0 5–1
Loughborough Dynamo 0–2 1–4 2–0 1–1 3–4 1–5 5–0 3–2 6–2 3–3 6–1
Shepshed Dynamo 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 0–1 0–1 1–3 0–2 0–0 4–4
Soham Town Rangers 1–4 0–2 1–2 0–6 1–0 1–3 0–2 0–2 1–3 0–1 2–4
Spalding United 1–1 0–3 1–2 1–1 0–3 3–0 2–1 3–0 4–3 3–2 1–3
Sporting Khalsa 4–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–3 4–2 2–0 1–2 4–3
Stamford 4–1 6–1 1–3 1–0 5–1 2–2 1–3 3–1 2–2 4–3 5–0 1–2
Sutton Coldfield Town 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–1
Wisbech Town 3–4 0–3 0–4 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–3 1–4 3–0 0–0 2–2 2–1
Yaxley 1–2 1–3 1–4 0–3 2–0 1–5 0–1 1–1 3–1 3–2 4–3 3–0
Updated to match(es) played on 8 January 2022. Source: NPL Midlands Division results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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Stadia and locations[]

Locations of Northern Premier League 2021–22 Division One Midlands teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Bedworth United Bedworth The Oval 3,000
Belper Town Belper Christchurch Meadow 2,650
Cambridge City Impington Bridge Road (groundshare with Histon) 4,300
Carlton Town Carlton Bill Stokeld Stadium 1,500
Chasetown Burntwood The Scholars Ground 2,000
Coleshill Town Coleshill Pack Meadow 2,000
Corby Town Corby Steel Park 3,893
Daventry Town Daventry Elderstubbs 1,855
Halesowen Town Halesowen The Grove 3,150
Histon Impington Bridge Road 4,300
Ilkeston Town Ilkeston New Manor Ground 3,029
Loughborough Dynamo Loughborough Nanpantan Sports Ground 1,500
Shepshed Dynamo Leicestershire The Dovecote Stadium 2,500
Soham Town Rangers Soham Julius Martin Lane 2,000
Spalding United Spalding Sir Halley Stewart Field 3,500
Sporting Khalsa Willenhall Guardian Warehousing Arena –
Stamford Stamford Borderville Sports Centre 2,000
Sutton Coldfield Town Sutton Coldfield Central Ground 2,000
Wisbech Town Wisbech Fenland Stadium 1,118
Yaxley Yaxley Leading Drove 1,000

Relegation reprieves[]

Step 3[]

Seven clubs at Step 3, all four fourth-from-bottom teams and those placed third-from-bottom that are the top three on a points per game (PPG) basis, will be reprieved from relegation. The remaining team will be relegated to Step 4.[2]

The current points-per-game ranking of the third-from-bottom placed teams in Step 3 divisions is as follows:

Pos Team League Pld Pts PPG Qualification
5 Biggleswade Town Southern League Premier Division Central 26 24 0.923 Retention at Step 3
6 Nantwich Town Northern Premier League Premier Division 26 24 0.923
7 Cray Wanderers Isthmian League Premier Division 27 23 0.852
8 Kings Langley Southern League Premier Division South 30 20 0.667 Relegation to Step 4

Updated to match(es) played on 29 January 2022. Source: Football Web Pages.

Step 4[]

Ten of the 16 clubs at Step 4, all eight fourth-from-bottom teams and two that are placed third-from-bottom, which are also the top two on a points per game (PPG) basis, will be reprieved from relegation. The remaining six teams will contest one-off play-off matches with six runners-up from Step 5 that have the fewest PPG at the end of the 2021–22 season. The winner of each match will play at Step 4 for the 2022–23 season, while each loser will also play at Step 5.[4]

The current points-per-game ranking of the 3rd-from-bottom-placed teams in Step 4 divisions is also as follows:

Pos Team League Pld Pts PPG Qualification
9 Kempston Rovers Southern League Division One Central 27 23 0.852 Retention at Step 4
10 Bridlington Town Northern Premier League Division One East 26 22 0.846
11 Witham Town Isthmian League North Division 26 22 0.846 Relegation match with a Step 5 team
12 Sutton Coldfield Town Northern Premier League Division One Midlands 27 22 0.815
13 Tadcaster Albion Northern Premier League Division One East 24 19 0.792
14 Cinderford Town Southern League Division One South 24 18 0.750
15 Sutton Common Rovers Isthmian League South Central Division 23 16 0.696
16 Wisbech Town Northern Premier League Division One Midlands 27 15 0.556

Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2022. Source: Football Web Pages.

Challenge Cup[]

For the second successive season, it was announced to clubs that the League Challenge Cup was cancelled due to any further fixture disruptions that may occur due to the coronavirus disease pandemic.

See also[]

Notes[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Coronavirus: All football below National League to end". Northern Premier League. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "[Promotion and relegation for 2021/22]". The Football Association. September 2021. "7 clubs across Step 3 to be reprieved. Reprieves are based on those with the highest PPG, starting with 4th from bottom Clubs, then 3rd from bottom (and so on). As it stands, this would be all four 4th from bottom Clubs and the best three 3rd from bottom Clubs."
  3. ^ a b c d "The FA Handbook 2020/2021 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d "Changes to promotion and relegation at Step 5". North East Counties Football League. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

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