2011–12 Northern Premier League

The 2011–12 season was the 44th season of the Northern Premier League Premier Division, and the fifth season of the Northern Premier League Division One North and South.

The League sponsors for 2011–12 were Evo-Stik.^[1] The league allocations were released on the 20 May 2011.^[2]

Contents 1 Premier Division 1.1 League table 1.2 Playoffs 1.2.1 Semi-finals 1.3 Results grid 1.4 Stadia and locations 2 Division One North 2.1 League table 2.2 Playoffs 2.2.1 Semi-finals 2.2.2 Final 2.3 Results grid 2.4 Stadia and locations 3 Division One South 3.1 League table 3.2 Playoffs 3.2.1 Semi-finals 3.2.2 Final 3.3 Results grid 3.4 Stadia and locations 4 Challenge Cup 4.1 Calendar 4.2 Preliminary Round 4.3 First Round 4.4 Second Round 4.5 Third Round 4.6 Fourth Round 4.7 Quarter Finals 4.8 Semi Finals 4.9 Final 5 President's Cup 6 Peter Swales Shield 7 See also 8 References 9 External links

Premier Division

Northern Premier League
Premier Division

Season	2011–12
Champions	Chester
Promoted	Chester
Relegated	Burscough Chasetown Mickleover Sports Northwich Victoria
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1411 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorer	Steve Foster (21)
Biggest home win	Stocksbridge Park Steels 7–0 North Ferriby United (28 January 2012)
Biggest away win	Mickleover Sports 0–6 Kendal Town (3 September 2011)
Highest scoring	9 goals F.C. United of Manchester 6–3 North Ferriby United (17 August 2011) Hednesford Town 5–4 Stafford Rangers (29 August 2011) Mickleover Sports 3–6 Frickley Athletic (28 September 2011) North Ferriby United 6–3 Ashton United (11 October 2011) Worksop Town 5–4 Mickleover Sports (30 November 2011) Whitby Town 4–5 Nantwich Town (3 December 2011)
Highest attendance	5,009 Chester 1–1 Northwich Victoria (9 April 2012)[3]
Lowest attendance	101 Ashton United 0–1 North Ferriby United (7 March 2011)[3]
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The Premier Division featured five new teams:

• Chester, promoted as champions from NPL Division One North
• Chorley, promoted via play-offs from NPL Division One North
• Hednesford Town, transferred from Southern League Premier Division
• Rushall Olympic, promoted via play-offs from NPL Division One South
• Stafford Rangers, relegated from Conference North

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chester (C) (P)	42	31	7	4	102	29	+73	100	Promotion to the 2012–13 Conference North
2	Northwich Victoria (R)	42	26	8	8	73	43	+30	083*	Relegation to the NPL Division One North †
3	Chorley	42	24	7	11	76	48	+28	79	Qualification to the Playoffs
4	Bradford Park Avenue (P)	42	24	6	12	77	49	+28	78
5	Hednesford Town	42	21	10	11	67	49	+18	73
6	F.C. United of Manchester	42	21	9	12	83	51	+32	72
7	Marine	42	19	9	14	56	50	+6	66
8	Rushall Olympic	42	17	10	15	52	51	+1	61
9	North Ferriby United	42	16	10	16	56	70	−14	58
10	Nantwich Town	42	15	13	14	65	61	+4	057#
11	Kendal Town	42	15	8	19	78	83	−5	53
12	Ashton United	42	15	8	19	61	67	−6	53
13	Buxton	42	15	8	19	64	77	−13	53
14	Matlock Town	42	12	14	16	52	54	−2	50
15	Worksop Town	42	13	10	19	56	76	−20	49
16	Stafford Rangers	42	12	12	18	60	65	−5	48
17	Whitby Town	42	12	11	19	57	80	−23	47
18	Stocksbridge Park Steels	42	10	12	20	57	75	−18	42
19	Frickley Athletic	42	10	12	20	48	69	−21	42
20	Chasetown (R)	42	10	11	21	50	75	−25	41	Relegation to the NPL Division One South
21	Mickleover Sports (R)	42	11	10	21	67	85	−18	040*
22	Burscough (R)	42	5	11	26	54	104	−50	26	Relegation to the NPL Division One North

Updated to games played on 21 April 2012
Source: [1]
^*Northwich Victoria and Mickleover Sports deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.^[4][5]
†Northwich Victoria were expelled from the Northern Premier League after being found guilty of failing to comply with League Rules relating to financial matters; on appeal this was reduced to relegation from the Premier Division.^[6][7]
# Nantwich Town deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player.^[8]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Final
	3	Chorley	0
	6	F.C. United of Manchester	2
						4	Bradford Park Avenue	1*
						6	F.C. United of Manchester	0
	4	Bradford Park Avenue	5
	5	Hednesford Town	0

^*AET

Semi-finals

28 April 2012 15:00	Chorley	0–2	F.C. United of Manchester	Victory Park, Chorley

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28 April 2012 15:00	Bradford Park Avenue	5–0	Hednesford Town	Horsfall Stadium, Bradford

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Results grid

Home \ Away1

ASH

BPA

BUR

BUX

CHA

CHR

CHO

FCU

FRK

HED

KEN

MAR

MAT

MIC

NAN

NFU

NOR

RSO

STF

SPS

WTB

WKS

Ashton United

0–1

3–2

4–2

4–0

0–2

3–1

1–0

2–0

1–2

1–0

1–2

3–0

0–3

1–1

0–1

0–3

3–1

1–5

1–2

1–2

4–2

Bradford Park Avenue

4–0

3–0

3–1

2–1

2–1

1–0

2–5

3–0

0–1

4–1

0–1

2–2

3–1

3–1

1–0

1–2

0–2

3–1

2–0

3–0

1–0

Burscough

2–3

1–1

1–2

4–4

1–4

1–4

3–5

1–3

0–4

2–2

0–4

1–2

1–3

2–1

1–2

1–3

2–4

2–3

1–1

0–1

0–2

Buxton

2–1

1–3

2–2

0–0

1–1

1–3

0–4

3–0

1–3

5–3

0–4

2–1

2–0

4–3

1–3

2–3

1–2

3–1

1–4

0–1

1–3

Chasetown

1–0

0–4

4–1

1–3

1–1

1–1

0–3

2–1

1–2

2–1

0–1

1–1

0–1

4–4

2–2

0–1

0–2

0–1

1–3

1–1

1–2

Chester

1–0

3–2

4–0

4–0

1–0

3–0

2–1

2–2

1–2

4–0

4–0

4–0

2–1

1–1

6–0

1–1

1–1

2–0

5–1

2–0

2–0

Chorley

2–2

3–1

2–1

1–0

3–2

0–2

2–0

6–0

5–1

2–3

1–2

1–0

1–0

1–0

2–0

0–0

1–0

2–2

0–0

2–2

4–1

F.C. United of Manchester

2–1

5–2

1–1

1–2

1–2

2–3

0–0

2–2

2–0

1–0

1–1

2–1

4–0

1–3

6–3

4–1

0–0

1–2

3–0

3–0

3–1

Frickley Athletic

0–1

1–2

2–0

1–1

0–1

1–3

2–1

1–3

1–1

2–1

0–1

0–2

1–2

1–2

1–0

0–0

0–0

4–3

2–0

1–2

2–1

Hednesford Town

0–0

1–1

4–0

3–2

0–1

1–0

2–0

1–2

1–0

2–3

1–1

1–1

6–1

0–0

0–0

0–2

4–1

5–4

1–1

3–1

0–0

Kendal Town

1–3

1–1

3–4

0–0

1–4

0–3

1–2

3–1

1–1

2–1

3–3

2–1

3–3

4–1

2–3

4–1

1–3

0–1

4–2

2–1

3–0

Marine

1–0

0–2

0–0

1–0

2–3

1–2

2–4

1–2

2–1

1–0

1–1

2–2

2–3

0–0

0–2

0–2

0–3

0–1

1–0

1–2

4–0

Matlock Town

0–2

0–1

3–1

1–1

2–2

0–1

4–0

2–1

3–0

1–2

1–0

1–1

2–1

1–0

3–0

0–2

1–0

1–1

4–0

2–4

1–1

Mickleover Sports

1–1

4–0

1–1

1–3

2–3

1–3

3–4

0–2

3–6

1–2

0–6

0–1

3–1

3–1

4–0

0–2

2–2

1–0

1–3

5–0

1–1

Nantwich Town

1–1

0–3

3–4

0–0

0–0

4–1

1–0

1–1

0–0

2–2

3–0

1–2

2–1

1–1

2–1

3–2

4–1

2–0

1–0

2–0

0–1

North Ferriby United

6–3

2–1

0–0

1–4

1–1

0–3

1–2

0–0

1–2

1–2

4–2

2–0

1–1

3–1

3–1

2–3

1–0

3–1

2–1

1–0

0–0

Northwich Victoria

3–1

1–0

2–1

1–1

3–1

1–1

1–3

2–1

2–2

1–2

2–0

1–2

0–0

3–1

2–1

2–0

2–0

0–1

2–0

2–0

2–1

Rushall Olympic

1–0

0–0

3–0

3–1

1–0

0–4

1–0

1–0

1–2

2–1

2–3

0–1

1–0

1–1

0–1

1–1

0–3

2–1

3–0

3–2

0–0

Stafford Rangers

1–2

3–1

1–1

0–2

4–1

0–3

0–1

0–2

2–0

0–1

1–2

2–1

1–1

1–1

1–1

1–1

1–1

1–1

5–1

3–3

2–2

Stocksbridge Park Steels

1–1

2–2

0–2

0–1

2–0

1–2

0–3

2–2

1–1

4–0

1–3

1–1

1–1

1–1

1–5

7–0

3–4

2–0

1–0

0–2

3–0

Whitby Town

2–2

1–4

3–3

3–4

2–0

0–4

0–1

0–0

1–1

0–2

1–1

1–2

1–1

1–1

4–5

0–2

2–1

2–1

2–1

3–3

3–4

Worksop Town

3–3

0–2

2–3

2–1

4–1

0–3

1–5

2–3

2–1

1–0

3–5

0–3

2–0

5–4

3–0

0–0

0–1

2–1

1–1

1–1

0–1

Updated to games played on 21 April 2012
Source: NPL Premier Division results grid
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
F.C. United of Manchester	Gigg Lane (Bury ground share)	11,840
Hednesford Town	Keys Park	6,500
Chester	Deva Stadium	5,376
Buxton	The Silverlands	5,200
Northwich Victoria	Victoria Stadium	5,098
Bradford Park Avenue	Horsfall Stadium	5,000
Ashton United	Hurst Cross	4,500
Chorley	The Chorley Group Victory Park Stadium	4,100
Nantwich Town	The Weaver Stadium	3,500
Stocksbridge Park Steels	Look Local Stadium	3,500
Whitby Town	Turnbull Ground	3,500
Worksop Town	Sandy Lane	3,200
Burscough	Victoria Park	3,054
Stafford Rangers	Marston Road	3,000
Marine	The Arriva Stadium	2,800
North Ferriby United	Grange Lane	2,700
Kendal Town	Lakeland Radio Stadium	2,400
Matlock Town	Causeway Lane	2,214
Frickley Athletic	Westfield Lane	2,087
Chasetown	The Scholars Ground	2,000
Mickleover Sports	Mickleover Sports Ground	1,500
Rushall Olympic	Dales Lane	1,400

Division One North

Northern Premier League
Division One North

Season	2011–12
Champions	A.F.C. Fylde
Promoted	(Witton Albion)
Relegated	Durham City AFC Woodley Sports
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1516 (3.28 per match)
Top goalscorer	Shaun Tuck (31)
Biggest home win	7 goals A.F.C. Fylde 7–0 Harrogate Railway Athletic (14 January 2012) Bamber Bridge 7–0 Cammell Laird (28 January 2012)
Biggest away win	Harrogate Railway Athletic 3–10 Radcliffe Borough (22 November 2011)
Highest scoring	Harrogate Railway Athletic 3–10 Radcliffe Borough (22 November 2011)
Highest attendance	501 Lancaster City 4–2 AFC Fylde (29 August 2011)[9]
Lowest attendance	31 Cammell Laird 1–3 Wakefield (10 March 2011)[9]
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

Division One North featured two new teams:

• Farsley, promoted as champions from the NCEFL Premier Division
• Ossett Town, relegated from the NPL Premier Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AFC Fylde (C) (P)	42	31	6	5	90	29	+61	99	Promotion to the 2012–13 NPL Premier Division
2	Curzon Ashton	42	28	11	3	91	44	+47	95	Qualification to the Playoffs
3	Witton Albion (P)	42	28	6	8	101	44	+57	90
4	Farsley	42	25	6	11	86	48	+38	81
5	Garforth Town	42	24	7	11	95	63	+32	79
6	Lancaster City	42	24	5	13	80	48	+32	77
7	Skelmersdale United	42	21	12	9	94	60	+34	75
8	Woodley Sports (R)	42	22	5	15	71	51	+20	71	Relegation to the NWCFL*
9	Durham City	42	20	2	20	81	80	+1	62	Resigned to Northern League at the end of the season
10	Bamber Bridge	42	17	9	16	69	68	+1	60
11	Warrington Town	42	17	9	16	69	71	−2	60
12	Trafford	42	15	11	16	70	66	+4	56
13	Salford City	42	14	10	18	69	71	−2	52
14	Mossley	42	10	15	17	66	75	−9	45
15	Radcliffe Borough	42	13	6	23	54	75	−21	45
16	Prescot Cables	42	10	12	20	53	71	−18	42
17	Ossett Town	42	11	9	22	41	84	−43	42
18	Ossett Albion	42	11	6	25	59	95	−36	39
19	Clitheroe	42	10	8	24	51	76	−25	38
20	Wakefield	42	7	12	23	38	77	−39	33
21	Harrogate Railway Athletic	42	8	7	27	54	115	−61	31
22	Cammell Laird	42	8	4	30	34	103	−69	28

Updated to games played on 21 April 2012
Source: [2]
^*Woodley Sports relegated due to ground grading and security of tenure issues.^[10] Durham City resigned from the league on 21 April 2012.^[11]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Final
	2	Curzon Ashton	2(4)
	5	Garforth Town	2(1)
						2	Curzon Ashton	0
						3	Witton Albion	3
	3	Witton Albion	3
	4	Farsley	0

Semi-finals

23 April 2012 19:45	Curzon Ashton	2–2	Garforth Town	Tameside Stadium, Ashton-under-Lyne Attendance: 406

Curzon Ashton win 4–2 on penalties

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24 April 2012 19:45	Witton Albion	3–0	Farsley	Wincham Park, Northwich Attendance: 574

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Final

28 April 2012 15:00	Curzon Ashton	0–3	Witton Albion	Tameside Stadium, Ashton-under-Lyne Attendance: 989

Results grid

Home \ Away1

FYL

BAM

CAM

CLT

CZA

DUR

FAR

GAR

HRA

LNC

MOS

OSA

OST

PRC

RAD

SLC

SKU

TRA

WAK

WAR

WTN

WDL

AFC Fylde

2–0

4–0

2–0

2–1

3–0

2–2

3–0

7–0

1–0

2–2

3–0

5–0

1–1

3–0

1–0

2–5

2–1

3–0

0–0

3–1

2–0

Bamber Bridge

0–1

7–0

6–0

0–2

1–2

2–1

1–3

3–2

2–6

3–0

4–0

1–1

2–1

2–3

0–3

2–2

1–0

1–1

2–1

0–6

1–1

Cammell Laird

0–2

1–3

1–1

1–2

3–2

0–3

1–4

5–1

0–3

0–1

3–1

1–0

1–0

1–0

0–2

1–3

0–1

1–3

0–5

1–1

0–3

Clitheroe

2–6

1–3

5–1

0–4

1–2

2–1

3–2

3–1

2–1

1–1

2–2

1–2

1–2

4–0

1–1

1–2

1–4

0–1

2–0

0–1

1–2

Curzon Ashton

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3–1

0–0

2–1

2–0

3–2

3–1

3–0

3–1

3–3

2–1

4–0

4–1

1–0

1–1

2–2

2–0

1–1

2–0

1–1

2–1

Durham City

1–2

3–0

4–1

1–0

1–3

1–0

4–5

4–1

5–3

4–2

1–1

3–2

1–3

2–1

2–4

0–3

3–4

0–1

7–1

1–3

3–0

Farsley

2–0

3–2

2–1

2–0

1–2

1–0

2–3

3–0

1–3

3–0

5–0

2–1

4–2

1–0

6–0

1–2

4–2

2–1

0–1

1–0

3–1

Garforth Town

1–2

3–1

6–0

2–1

1–2

2–1

1–1

5–1

1–2

0–1

2–3

5–1

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3–2

2–1

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4–3

4–1

Harrogate Railway Athletic

0–3

0–2

3–1

1–0

3–3

0–1

1–3

1–1

3–2

1–6

1–3

2–3

2–2

3–10

2–0

0–2

0–1

0–1

1–3

1–6

0–4

Lancaster City

1–1

0–1

1–0

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1–1

1–2

4–1

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3–2

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2–0

4–1

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3–1

5–1

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Mossley

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3–4

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1–2

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6–2

3–2

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1–1

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Ossett Albion

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3–0

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2–5

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1–4

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0–1

1–0

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2–3

Ossett Town

0–0

1–0

3–0

2–0

1–1

0–1

0–2

0–2

0–0

2–1

2–1

1–1

0–4

1–1

0–2

0–6

2–0

4–0

1–0

0–1

0–4

Prescot Cables

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2–2

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4–1

0–1

0–1

0–2

1–1

5–2

0–1

2–3

2–1

0–0

1–1

1–1

2–1

0–1

1–1

0–1

1–3

0–1

Radcliffe Borough

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2–1

1–0

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3–3

2–3

2–2

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3–2

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0–1

0–2

0–1

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Salford City

0–2

2–2

5–0

0–1

2–3

3–0

2–1

2–2

1–4

0–2

4–1

3–1

2–2

1–1

0–2

3–3

3–1

2–0

1–5

1–1

3–0

Skelmersdale United

1–3

1–2

3–1

2–2

2–2

6–3

1–1

0–0

2–0

1–1

3–1

1–2

4–0

4–1

4–1

2–1

1–0

3–1

4–1

1–3

2–2

Trafford

2–4

1–1

2–0

3–2

2–2

2–3

0–0

0–0

1–2

1–1

1–1

1–2

2–3

2–1

4–1

2–2

4–0

3–3

2–2

2–3

1–2

Wakefield

0–1

0–0

0–2

3–3

0–3

0–4

0–1

1–3

1–5

0–2

1–1

2–2

4–1

1–1

0–2

1–2

1–1

1–4

2–2

0–1

1–0

Warrington Town

0–1

3–1

2–1

1–1

0–2

0–0

2–5

4–0

0–1

4–0

1–1

3–2

2–0

5–1

3–1

4–2

1–2

3–3

2–2

0–2

1–0

Witton Albion

2–1

2–0

1–2

0–1

3–1

4–1

1–1

5–1

4–1

0–4

2–1

4–2

5–0

2–2

3–0

4–1

1–2

0–3

1–0

5–0

4–1

Woodley Sports

1–0

0–0

3–1

2–1

2–0

2–1

0–1

0–0

2–2

2–0

3–1

1–3

4–0

4–0

0–2

4–0

2–1

0–2

2–1

2–1

1–2

Updated to games played on 21 April 2012
Source: NPL Division North results grid
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Witton Albion	Wincham Park	4,813
Curzon Ashton	Tameside Stadium	4,000
Mossley	Steel Park	4,000
Wakefield	College Grove	4,000
Farsley	Throstle Nest	3,900
Harrogate Railway Athletic	Station View	3,500
Lancaster City	Giant Axe	3,500
Radcliffe Borough	Stainton Park	3,500
Warrington Town	Cantilever Park	3,500
Prescot Cables	Valerie Park	3,200
Durham City	The Arnott Stadium	3,000
Garforth Town	Genix Healthcare Stadium	3,000
Ossett Albion	WareHouse Systems Stadium	3,000
Skelmersdale United	West Lancashire College Stadium	2,500
Trafford	Shawe View	2,500
Bamber Bridge	QED Stadium	2,264
Clitheroe	Shawbridge	2,000
Ossett Town	Ingfield	2,000
Woodley Sports	The Neil Rourke Memorial Stadium	2,000
AFC Fylde	Kellamergh Park	1,500
Cammell Laird	Kirklands Stadium	1,500
Salford City	Moor Lane	1,400

Division One South

Northern Premier League
Division One South

Season	2011–12
Champions	Grantham Town
Promoted	Grantham Town Ilkeston
Relegated	Quorn Shepshed Dynamo
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1519 (3.29 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jonathan Froggatt (27)
Biggest home win	6 goals Carlton Town 7–1 Leek Town (21 January 2012) Sheffield 7–1 Shepshed Dynamo (20 March 2012) Sheffield 6–0 Stamford (27 March 2012)
Biggest away win	Quorn 0–8 Carlton Town (28 January 2012)
Highest scoring	Goole 5–4 Romulus (24 September 2011)
Highest attendance	1,315 Ilkeston 4–0 Goole (13 August 2011)[12]
Lowest attendance	44 Brigg Town 5–2 Quorn (6 December 2011)[12]
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

Division One South featured four new teams:

• Coalville Town, promoted as champions from the Midland Alliance
• Hucknall Town, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
• Ilkeston, new team
• New Mills, promoted as champions from the NWCFL Premier Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Grantham Town (C) (P)	42	29	7	6	92	44	+48	093*	Promotion to the 2012–13 NPL Premier Division
2	Carlton Town	42	26	5	11	101	52	+49	83	Qualification to the Playoffs
3	Ilkeston (P)	42	26	5	11	93	44	+49	83
4	Sheffield	42	22	9	11	93	62	+31	75
5	Leek Town	42	22	8	12	77	60	+17	74
6	Belper Town	42	23	5	14	74	57	+17	74
7	Stamford	42	20	8	14	77	75	+2	68
8	Loughborough Dynamo	42	18	11	13	80	61	+19	65
9	New Mills	42	17	12	13	79	76	+3	63
10	Goole	42	18	8	16	72	78	−6	62
11	Hucknall Town	42	16	9	17	54	61	−7	57
12	Sutton Coldfield Town	42	16	7	19	72	63	+9	55
13	Kidsgrove Athletic	42	13	16	13	62	59	+3	55
14	Coalville Town	42	15	10	17	69	72	−3	55
15	Newcastle Town	42	14	10	18	59	70	−11	52
16	Market Drayton Town	42	11	15	16	61	84	−23	48
17	Brigg Town	42	11	12	19	52	76	−24	45
18	Lincoln United	42	10	13	19	65	85	−20	43
19	Rainworth Miners Welfare	42	10	11	21	38	55	−17	41
20	Romulus	42	7	15	20	56	85	−29	36
21	Quorn (R)	42	6	9	27	48	85	−37	27	Relegation to the Midland Alliance
22	Shepshed Dynamo (R)	42	5	10	27	45	115	−70	25

Updated to games played on 21 April 2012
Source: [3]
^*Grantham Town deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player.^[13]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Final
	2	Carlton Town	2(6)
	5	Leek Town	2(7)
						3	Ilkeston	2
						5	Leek Town	0
	3	Ilkeston	7
	4	Sheffield	0

Semi-finals

23 April 2012 19:45	Ilkeston	7–0	Sheffield	New Manor Ground, Ilkeston Attendance: 1,068

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25 April 2012 19:45	Carlton Town	2–2	Leek Town	Bill Stokeld Stadium, Carlton Attendance: 369

Leek Town win 6–7 on penalties

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Final

28 April 2012 15:00	Ilkeston	2–0	Leek Town	New Manor Ground, Ilkeston

Results grid

Home \ Away1

BLP

BRG

CAR

CLV

GOO

GRN

HUC

ILK

KID

LKT

LCU

LBD

MDT

NEW

NEM

QON

RMW

ROM

SHF

SPD

STM

SCT

Belper Town

2–2

0–2

0–2

2–0

0–3

1–5

3–1

3–1

2–1

1–0

3–1

3–2

3–1

1–1

2–1

1–0

2–1

1–3

3–1

2–3

1–2

Brigg Town

1–2

3–2

0–0

1–2

2–3

1–2

1–1

0–4

0–3

2–1

0–3

3–0

1–1

1–4

5–2

0–4

1–0

0–2

3–2

2–2

2–1

Carlton Town

3–2

2–0

4–2

3–0

2–1

3–1

2–0

2–2

7–1

1–2

2–1

5–2

2–3

1–1

2–1

0–0

4–0

3–1

1–0

4–2

0–2

Coalville Town

1–3

1–1

1–3

3–1

1–2

2–0

0–0

1–1

2–4

1–2

0–2

2–2

1–0

0–0

2–0

1–5

4–2

1–3

2–0

0–2

2–0

Goole

0–3

1–3

2–2

4–2

3–4

3–1

3–0

1–2

1–1

2–4

3–1

1–1

4–2

0–4

2–0

2–1

5–4

1–1

3–1

1–1

0–1

Grantham Town

2–0

1–1

4–2

0–0

3–0

1–1

2–1

3–0

1–3

3–3

1–0

4–2

2–3

2–0

1–0

0–1

4–0

2–0

2–0

1–0

2–1

Hucknall Town

0–3

0–1

3–2

2–2

0–1

1–1

0–2

1–0

0–0

3–0

0–3

0–1

1–0

1–0

0–1

1–0

2–0

2–3

2–2

0–2

3–1

Ilkeston

0–1

2–0

2–0

0–0

4–0

1–3

3–1

1–2

3–4

3–1

2–2

1–0

3–0

3–1

2–0

2–0

4–1

4–1

5–0

1–2

2–1

Kidsgrove Athletic

2–0

1–0

0–0

2–2

1–2

1–2

1–1

0–0

2–2

3–3

1–0

0–0

1–1

0–2

2–0

1–1

2–2

2–1

1–2

3–2

2–1

Leek Town

0–3

3–0

1–0

2–1

2–2

1–3

0–2

0–1

0–1

1–0

3–2

1–2

1–0

4–0

4–2

1–0

3–0

2–3

5–0

2–0

0–5

Lincoln United

1–1

1–1

1–4

3–2

3–4

1–1

0–1

2–5

1–1

1–2

1–1

1–4

0–2

1–2

0–0

0–0

1–1

2–2

2–3

4–5

3–1

Loughborough Dynamo

2–2

2–1

2–4

1–3

2–1

3–1

3–0

2–4

2–1

1–1

3–3

1–1

1–2

3–3

1–0

1–0

1–1

3–4

6–2

2–0

2–1

Market Drayton Town

3–0

1–1

1–0

0–2

1–3

1–5

3–0

0–6

2–1

1–1

2–3

1–7

0–2

1–4

1–1

1–1

2–1

2–4

4–1

2–2

0–3

Newcastle Town

2–0

2–1

0–2

1–5

4–4

0–0

2–4

0–2

2–2

2–3

3–0

1–5

2–1

1–1

1–0

1–1

1–1

2–1

0–1

1–2

0–1

New Mills

1–4

3–1

2–3

4–2

3–0

0–4

2–2

0–3

0–6

0–2

3–0

1–1

2–2

4–2

5–3

3–2

2–5

2–1

4–2

2–1

3–1

Quorn

1–2

1–3

0–8

2–3

1–2

0–5

0–0

3–2

3–3

0–1

1–3

1–3

0–0

2–3

2–2

3–2

1–1

1–2

5–0

1–2

1–0

Rainworth Miners Welfare

0–2

0–0

2–1

0–2

1–3

1–2

0–4

1–4

1–1

2–1

1–0

0–1

1–1

0–2

0–2

1–0

0–0

0–2

2–1

3–0

0–2

Romulus

2–1

1–1

1–3

4–1

0–2

2–3

0–1

0–4

4–1

2–2

1–3

2–0

1–2

1–0

2–1

3–3

1–1

1–1

2–2

0–0

1–1

Sheffield

0–2

1–0

2–1

2–3

4–0

2–0

1–0

1–3

3–0

4–2

2–3

0–0

4–2

1–1

2–2

0–0

2–0

4–1

7–1

6–0

3–2

Shepshed Dynamo

0–6

2–3

0–6

2–5

0–2

1–2

1–2

0–0

2–1

1–1

0–3

0–1

2–2

2–2

2–2

1–0

1–1

2–2

1–1

1–4

2–2

Stamford

1–1

2–2

0–1

4–2

1–0

1–3

1–1

2–4

3–2

1–4

4–0

2–1

0–1

3–2

1–1

3–2

2–1

4–1

4–3

3–0

3–2

Sutton Coldfield Town

2–0

6–1

1–2

2–0

1–1

2–2

5–1

2–1

0–2

1–2

2–2

2–2

1–4

0–2

1–0

0–3

0–1

3–1

3–3

4–1

3–0

Updated to games played on 21 April 2012
Source: NPL Division South results grid
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Grantham Town	South Kesteven Sports Stadium	7,500
Hucknall Town	Watnall Road	5,000
Brigg Town	The Hawthorns	4,000
Newcastle Town	Lyme Valley Stadium	4,000
Leek Town	Harrison Park	3,600
Ilkeston	New Manor Ground	3,500
Goole	Victoria Pleasure Grounds	3,000
Shepshed Dynamo	The Dovecote	2,500
Belper Town	Christchurch Meadow	2,400
Lincoln United	Ashby Avenue	2,200
Coalville Town	Owen Street Sports Ground	2,000
Kidsgrove Athletic	The Seddon Stadium	2,000
Rainworth Miners Welfare	Welfare Ground	2,000
Romulus	The Central Ground (Sutton Coldfield Town ground share)	2,000
Sheffield	Coach and Horses Ground	2,000
Stamford	Vic Couzens Stadium	2,000
Sutton Coldfield Town	The Central Ground	2,000
Carlton Town	Bill Stokeld Stadium	1,500
Loughborough Dynamo	Nanpantan Sports Ground	1,500
New Mills	Church Lane	1,400
Quorn	Sutton Park	1,400
Market Drayton Town	Greenfields Sports Ground	1,000

Challenge Cup

2011–12 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup

Country	England
Teams	66
Champions	North Ferriby United
Runners-up	Rushall Olympic
Matches played	65
Goals scored	250 (3.85 per match)
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup (billed as the 2011–12 Doodson Sports Cup for sponsorship reasons)^[14] is the 42nd season of the Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, the cup competition of the Northern Premier League.^[15] The tournament was won by North Ferriby United who beat Rushall Olympic 4–1 after extra-time.^[16]

Calendar

Round	Matches played	Matches	Clubs
Preliminary Round	5–20 September 2011	4	66 → 62
First Round	26 September – 1 November 2011	20	62 → 42
Second Round	18 October – 15 November 2011	10	42 → 32
Third Round	2 November – 20 December 2011	16	32 → 16
Fourth Round	9–11 January 2012	8	16 → 8
Quarterfinals	14–21 February 2012	4	8 → 4
Semifinals	20–21 March 2012	2	4 → 2
Final	28 April 2012	1	2 → 1

Preliminary Round

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In the Preliminary Round, eight teams from the lower regional divisions were drawn together.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Ossett Town	0–2[17]	Brigg Town	23
2	Rainworth Miners Welfare	1–2[18]	Stamford	73
3	Romulus	3–5[19] AET	Kidsgrove Athletic	74
4	Warrington Town	4–2[20] AET	Cammell Laird	55

First Round

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The four clubs which made it through the Preliminary Round enter into the draw with the rest of the teams from the two Division One leagues which weren't drawn into the Preliminary Round.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 5 AFC Fylde 0–3 Bamber Bridge 121 6 Carlton Town 2–4 AET Belper Town 71 7 Coalville Town 2–1 Ilkeston 213 8 Farsley 1–0 Durham City 91 9 Goole 5–0 Lincoln United 74 10 Harrogate Railway Athletic 1–5 Garforth 65 11 Kidsgrove Athletic 5–2 Market Drayton Town 108 12 Lancaster City 4–2 Skelmersdale United 123 13 Loughborough Dynamo 3–2 Hucknall Town 80 14 Mossley 2–0* Curzon Ashton 112

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 15 New Mills 3–4 Salford City 105 16 Ossett Albion 1–2 Brigg Town 70 17 Prescot Cables 1–2 Warrington Town 101 18 Quorn 2–0 AET Grantham Town 110 19 Radcliffe Borough 1–3 Woodley Sports 70 20 Sheffield 4–2 Wakefield 160 21 Shepshed Dynamo 0–3 Stamford 107 22 Sutton Coldfield Town 0–3 Newcastle Town 41 23 Trafford 1–1 Clitheroe 85 Clitheroe 4–2 on penalties 24 Witton Albion 4–0 Leek Town 133

• ^*Mossley were removed from the competition as they had not registered a player correctly.

Second Round

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The twenty clubs which made it through the First Round were entered into the draw for the Second Round.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 25 Brigg Town 3–0 Farsley 54 26 Curzon Ashton 0–3 Woodley Sports 65 27 Goole 1–2 Garforth 74 28 Lancaster City 2–1 Clitheroe 102 29 Newcastle Town 2–0 AET Warrington Town 69

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 30 Quorn 1–2 Loughborough Dynamo 91 31 Salford City 2–1 Bamber Bridge 68 32 Sheffield 1–2 Belper Town 185 33 Stamford 5–3 AET Coalville Town 101 34 Witton Albion 2–0 Kidsgrove Athletic 109

Third Round

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The ten clubs which made it through the Second Round were entered into the draw for the Second Round with the clubs from the Premier Division.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 35 Ashton United 1–4 Lancaster City 62 36 Belper Town 1–3 AET Worksop Town 111 37 Brigg Town 0–1 Buxton 66 38 Burscough 0–2 F.C. United of Manchester 147 39 Woodley Sports 0–2 Kendal Town 53 40 Frickley Athletic 4–2 Garforth Town 98 41 Hednesford Town 3–1 Chester 251 42 Loughborough Dynamo 3–1 AET Stamford 85

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 43 Matlock Town 4–1 Mickleover Sports 191 44 Newcastle Town 2–2 Nantwich Town 108 Newcastle Town won 4–3 on penalties 45 North Ferriby United 1–0 Whitby Town 107 46 Northwich Victoria 4–0 Marine 163 47 Rushall Olympic 1–0 Chasetown 166 48 Salford City 1–2 Chorley 131 49 Stocksbridge Park Steels 1–1 Bradford Park Avenue 76 Bradford Park Avenue won 4–3 on penalties 50 Witton Albion 3–1 Stafford Rangers 96

Fourth Round

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The 16 clubs which made it through the Third Round were entered into the draw for the Fourth Round.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 51 Bradford Park Avenue 4–0 Loughborough Dynamo 91 52 Chorley 2–3 F.C. United of Manchester 830 53 Lancaster City 3–3 AET Kendal Town 194 Kendal Town won 5–4 on penalties 54 Matlock Town 0–1 Frickley Athletic 169

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 55 Newcastle Town 2–3 Northwich Victoria 109 56 North Ferriby United 4–2 Worksop Town 177 57 Rushall Olympic 2–1 Hednesford Town 209 58 Witton Albion 4–1 Buxton 128

Quarter Finals

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The eight clubs to have made it through the Fourth Round were entered into the Quarter Finals draw.

59 14 February 2012	Frickley Athletic	3–1	F.C. United of Manchester	Westfield Lane, South Elmsall
19:45	Bleau  40' Ludlam  45' Walsh  72'	Report	Norton  7'	Attendance: 251

60 21 February 2012	Kendal Town	2–1	Witton Albion	Parkside, Kendal
19:45	Farrel  28' Wooley  82' (og.)	Report	Titchiner  54'	Attendance: 123

61 15 February 2012	North Ferriby United	2–1	Bradford Park Avenue	Grange Lane, North Ferriby
19:45	Fry  32' (pen.), 79' (pen.)	Report	Marshall  12'	Attendance: 118

62 21 February 2012	Northwich Victoria	4–5	Rushall Olympic	The Seddon Stadium, Kidsgrove
19:45	Fitzpatrick  7' Abbott  17' Smythe  35' Evans  85'	Report	Obeng  5', 45' Melbourne  25' Bannister  43' Dacres  51'	Attendance: 102

Semi Finals

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The four clubs to have made it through the Quarter Finals were entered into the Semi Finals draw.

63 20 March 2012	Rushall Olympic	2–1 (a.e.t)	Frickley Athletic	Dales Lane, Rushall
19:45	Bannister  50' Dacres  100'	Report	Grayson  4'	Attendance: 157

64 21 March 2012	North Ferriby United	3–0	Kendal Town	Grange Lane, North Ferriby
19:45	Bradshaw  62' Clarke  68', 72'	Report		Attendance: 122

Final

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The two clubs to have made it through the Semi Finals play each other in the Final to decide the winner of the Challenge Cup.

65 28 April 2012	North Ferriby United	4–1 (a.e.t)	Rushall Olympic	Coronation Park, Eastwood
15:00	Fry  76' (pen.) Taylor  92' Anderson  97' Bolder  108'	Report	Tolley  77' (pen.)	Attendance: 256

President's Cup

2011–12 Northern Premier League President's Cup

Country	England
Teams	44
← 2010–11

At the 2011 league AGM, the 2011–12 Northern Premier League President's Cup, the cup competition of the Northern Premier League Division One North and South, was deferred for at least one year due to fixture congestion and clubs making losses from the games. It was decided to award the trophy to the team that tops the fair play league at the end of the season instead.^[21]

Peter Swales Shield

The Peter Swales Shield has changed format several times, and this season it saw the champions of the Premier Division play against the winners of the Challenge Cup. It was won by F.C. Halifax Town 5–4 on penalties against Ashton United after a 1–1 draw.^[22]

6 August 2011	F.C. Halifax Town (2010–11 NPL Premier Division Winners)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Ashton United (2010–11 Challenge Cup Winners)	Hurst Cross, Ashton Under Lyne
15:00	Gray  27'	Report	Dawson  57'	Attendance: 204
		Penalties
	Holland Dean Toulson Winter Hardy		Burns Smith Wright Bathurst Harrop

See also

• 2011–12 Isthmian League
• 2011–12 Southern League

References

External links

• Official website
• Official Northern Premier League Match Photo Gallery

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