1995–96 Northern Premier League

The 1995–96 Northern Premier League season was the 28th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First. It was known as the Unibond League for sponsorship reasons.[1]

Premier Division

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season 1995–96
Champions Bamber Bridge
Relegated Droylsden
Matlock Town
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1350 (2.92 per match)

The Premier Division featured three new teams:

League Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Bamber Bridge (C) 42 20 16 6 81 49+32 076*
2 Boston United 42 23 6 13 86 59+27 75
3 Hyde United 42 21 11 10 86 51+35 74
4 Barrow 42 20 13 9 69 42+27 73
5 Gainsborough Trinity 42 20 13 9 60 41+19 73
6 Blyth Spartans 42 17 13 12 75 61+14 64
7 Accrington Stanley 42 17 14 11 62 54+8 062#
8 Emley 42 17 10 15 57 53+4 61
9 Spennymoor United 42 14 18 10 67 61+6 60
10 Bishop Auckland 42 16 11 15 60 55+5 59
11 Guiseley 42 15 14 13 62 57+5 59
12 Marine 42 15 14 13 59 54+5 59
13 Witton Albion 42 17 8 17 60 622 59
14 Chorley 42 14 9 19 67 747 51
15 Knowsley United 42 14 6 22 61 8928 48
16 Winsford United 42 10 16 16 56 7923 46
17 Leek Town 42 10 15 17 52 553 45
18 Colwyn Bay 42 8 21 13 43 5714 45
19 Frickley Athletic 42 11 14 17 63 8724 044#
20 Buxton 42 9 11 22 43 7229 38
21 Droylsden (R) 42 10 8 24 58 10042 38 Relegation to NPL Division One
22 Matlock Town (R) 42 8 11 23 23 7148 35

Updated to games played on 7 November 2015.
Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
*Bamber bridge were not promoted due to ground standards.
#Accrington Stanley and Frickley Athletic were docked 3 points.
(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.

Results

Home ╲ Away ACC BAM BRWBISBLYBOSBUXCHOCOLDROEmleyFRKGAIGUIHYDKnowsley UnitedLEEMARMATSPUWNSWTN
Accrington Stanley 12 11 21 12 02 10 73 31 02 00 21 21 01 11 42 00 00 21 00 12 12
Bamber Bridge 11 22 02 30 12 20 20 50 32 01 23 11 31 33 22 00 44 41 20 20 11
Barrow 03 02 00 21 20 10 62 11 33 00 11 01 02 21 70 10 20 31 11 11 30
Bishop Auckland 22 11 12 30 13 11 31 10 32 10 31 11 22 11 12 11 01 23 12 10 12
Blyth Spartans 22 11 12 60 03 11 32 20 21 00 11 00 33 51 41 21 22 30 31 32 20
Boston United 40 03 21 10 10 93 21 00 01 11 13 12 43 03 42 22 01 10 41 22 12
Buxton 01 12 00 12 21 03 52 01 03 12 10 12 00 01 32 12 13 31 11 13 04
Chorley 00 00 23 20 14 02 21 11 60 10 11 06 10 11 10 31 11 32 03 11 40
Colwyn Bay 12 11 01 13 00 31 11 11 00 10 13 00 00 13 00 00 00 33 23 11 11
Droylsden 12 12 04 14 22 25 13 06 01 30 22 12 12 02 51 21 21 30 11 11 21
Emley 13 11 12 11 13 20 21 03 41 40 52 10 20 10 13 01 20 32 02 11 10
Frickley Athletic 41 05 00 03 12 12 02 10 11 45 21 30 22 30 43 11 11 14 23 33 11
Gainsborough Trinity 11 13 20 10 40 21 22 10 22 71 03 02 02 00 21 10 10 22 01 00 10
Guiseley 13 40 13 20 11 42 10 03 10 30 11 30 13 01 11 31 24 42 22 11 01
Hyde United 00 23 00 31 41 24 70 31 51 11 72 41 12 11 50 32 40 11 32 01 10
Knowsley United 10 22 02 12 10 24 20 12 13 20 13 12 23 11 21 31 21 10 20 41 22
Leek Town 22 23 20 01 13 22 00 20 11 40 22 11 00 11 01 20 01 42 02 51 21
Marine 12 00 12 22 00 04 11 21 11 61 01 11 30 01 40 21 21 10 21 31 21
Matlock Town 20 01 04 11 33 02 01 43 14 22 11 60 02 30 13 80 01 33 11 11 52
Spennymoor United 34 42 11 10 21 23 00 22 00 20 20 22 11 00 01 14 42 22 11 33 31
Winsford United 22 14 43 04 24 10 11 02 13 32 04 41 11 12 14 01 00 10 31 22 21
Witton Albion 02 00 10 12 21 11 13 21 23 21 31 50 02 32 11 21 21 20 32 22 20

Updated to games played on 4 May 1996.
Source: Northern 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.

Division One

Northern Premier League
Division One
Season 1995–96
Champions Lancaster City
Promoted Lancaster City
Alfreton Town
Relegated None
Matches played 420
Goals scored 1345 (3.2 per match)

Division One featured four new teams:

League Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Lancaster City (C) (P) 40 24 11 5 79 38+41 83 Promotion to Premier Division
2 Alfreton Town (P) 40 23 9 8 79 47+32 78
3 Lincoln United 40 22 7 11 80 56+24 73
4 Curzon Ashton 40 20 7 13 73 53+20 67
5 Farsley Celtic 40 19 9 12 66 61+5 66
6 Radcliffe Borough 40 17 13 10 70 48+22 64
7 Eastwood Town 40 18 9 13 60 47+13 63
8 Whitley Bay 40 18 8 14 72 62+10 62
9 Ashton United 40 19 7 14 73 65+8 060*
10 Atherton Laburnum Rovers 40 15 12 13 60 611 57
11 Worksop Town 40 16 8 16 84 906 56
12 Gretna 40 13 13 14 75 65+10 52
13 Warrington Town 40 13 10 17 75 72+3 49
14 Leigh RMI 40 14 7 19 53 596 049#
15 Netherfield 40 13 10 17 64 739 49
16 Workington 40 11 12 17 50 6212 45
17 Bradford Park Avenue 40 9 14 17 57 7215 41
18 Congleton Town 40 11 11 18 36 5923 041
19 Great Harwood Town 40 9 7 24 44 7834 033
20 Fleetwood 40 7 10 23 41 8140 31 Club folded at the end of the season
21 Harrogate Town 40 7 10 23 54 9642 31

Updated to games played on May 1996.
Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
*Ashton United were docked 4 points.
#From this season onwards Horwich RMI were known as Leigh RMI.
Congleton Town were docked 3 points.
Great Harwood Town were docked 1 point.
(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.

Promotion and relegation

In the twenty-eighth season of the Northern Premier League Bamber Bridge should have been (as champions) automatically promoted to the Football Conference, but were not as they did not meet the Conference's requirements. Droylsden and Matlock Town were relegated to the First Division; these two clubs were replaced by relegated Conference side Runcorn, First Division winners Lancaster City and second placed Alfreton Town. In the First Division Fleetwood folded at the end of the season and were replaced by newly admitted Stocksbridge Park Steels and Flixton.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup: Teams from both leagues.

President's Cup: 'Plate' competition for losing teams in the NPL Cup.

Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.

References

External links

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