2015–16 Northern Premier League

The 2015–16 season is the 48th season of the Northern Premier League Premier Division, and the ninth season of the Northern Premier League Division One North and South. The League sponsors for 2015–16 are Evo-Stik.^[1]

Premier Division

Northern Premier League
Premier Division

Season	2015–16
Champions	Darlington 1883
Promoted	Darlington 1883 Salford City
Relegated	Colwyn Bay Hyde United Ramsbottom United Stamford
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The Premier Division featured six new teams:

• Colwyn Bay, relegated from Conference North
• Darlington 1883, promoted via play-offs from NPL Division One North
• Hyde United, relegated from Conference North and changed name from Hyde
• Mickleover Sports, promoted as champions of NPL Division One South
• Salford City, promoted as champions of NPL Division One North
• Sutton Coldfield Town, promoted via play-offs from NPL Division One South

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Darlington 1883 (C, P)	46	33	5	8	106	42	+64	104	Promotion to National League North
2	Blyth Spartans	46	32	3	11	89	41	+48	99	Qualification for Play-offs
3	Salford City (O, P)	46	27	9	10	94	48	+46	90
4	Ashton United	46	26	9	11	90	52	+38	87
5	Workington	46	25	11	10	78	50	+28	86
6	Stourbridge	46	25	9	12	90	63	+27	84
7	Frickley Athletic	46	22	11	13	69	46	+23	77
8	Nantwich Town	46	20	15	11	94	62	+32	75
9	Barwell	46	23	4	19	82	66	+16	73
10	Rushall Olympic	46	19	12	15	74	61	+13	69
11	Buxton	46	21	4	21	71	74	−3	67
12	Sutton Coldfield Town	46	17	11	18	59	66	−7	62
13	Halesowen Town	46	17	11	18	53	63	−10	62
14	Ilkeston	46	15	9	22	61	79	−18	54
15	Marine	46	12	17	17	53	61	−8	53
16	Skelmersdale United	46	14	11	21	66	82	−16	53
17	Matlock Town	46	14	10	22	59	79	−20	52
18	Grantham Town	46	13	12	21	51	85	−34	51
19	Whitby Town	46	12	11	23	60	79	−19	47
20	Mickleover Sports	46	11	13	22	50	74	−24	46
21	Stamford (R)	46	12	9	25	71	97	−26	45	Relegated to NPL Division One South
22	Hyde United (R)	46	11	7	28	53	90	−37	40	Relegated to NPL Division One North
23	Colwyn Bay (R)	46	10	8	28	51	95	−44	38
24	Ramsbottom United (R)	46	5	11	30	43	112	−69	26

Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2016. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

	Semifinals					Final
	2	Blyth Spartans	3
	5	Workington	4
						3	Salford City	3
						5	Workington	2
	3	Salford City (a.e.t.)	3
	4	Ashton United	1

Semi-finals

Blyth Spartans v Workington

26 April 2016	Blyth Spartans	3–4	Workington	Croft Park, Blyth
19:45	Sean Reid   45' Dillon Morse   74' Daniel Maguire   85'	Report	Scott Allison   34',   56',   68' Robert Wilson   90'

Salford City v Ashton United

26 April 2016	Salford City	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Ashton United	Moor Lane, Salford
19:45	J Hulme   25' G Seddon   93' J Poole   113'	Report	Will Haining   69'

Final

Salford City v Workington

30 April 2016	Salford City	3–2	Workington	Moor Lane, Salford
15:00	S O'Halloran (14'), B Priestley (79'), J Hulme (87')

Results

Home \ Away	ASH	BAR	BLY	BUX	COL	DAR	FRK	GRN	HAL	HYD	ILK	MAR	MAT	MIC	NAN	RAM	RSO	SLC	SKU	STM	STB	SUT	WTB	WRK
Ashton United		2–0	0–2	3–1	1–2	1–2	2–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	3–2	4–4	0–0	4–2	6–0	2–3	0–3	5–0	1–0	2–3	3–0	2–0	0–1
Barwell	0–1		0–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	6–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	4–0	2–4	0–4	2–1	2–3	0–1	3–1	0–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	0–1
Blyth Spartans	1–1	4–0		1–0	3–0	0–1	2–3	1–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	4–0	1–1	5–0	3–0	2–1	1–2	4–3	4–3	1–2	3–2	3–0
Buxton	2–1	5–1	0–4		2–0	2–0	0–2	3–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–3	3–0	4–1	3–1	2–1	1–2	0–2	2–1	3–1	2–3	2–2	3–2	0–2
Colwyn Bay	0–2	0–4	1–3	3–2		2–4	0–2	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–3	1–4	1–2	1–1	4–1	1–2	2–3	1–4	2–1	0–2	3–0	1–4	0–2
Darlington 1883	1–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	3–0		3–0	2–0	2–1	2–3	3–1	0–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–2	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–0
Frickley Athletic	0–0	1–0	2–3	5–1	1–0	3–1		3–1	1–2	3–0	3–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	3–0	0–2	0–1	3–0	3–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–1
Grantham Town	3–3	0–5	2–3	0–3	0–0	0–2	1–0		2–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–3	0–4	2–2	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–1
Halesowen Town	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–1	3–0		1–1	2–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–3	0–1	2–1	1–3	2–0	2–2	0–0	2–0
Hyde United	0–4	1–0	0–4	2–1	3–2	1–3	1–1	2–2	0–1		1–3	0–2	2–2	0–1	0–4	5–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	7–1	0–2	1–2	2–1	0–4
Ilkeston	1–1	1–0	3–4	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–3	3–1		0–0	0–1	0–2	3–1	3–0	4–1	2–1	1–3	0–3	4–3	1–1	2–1	0–3
Marine	0–0	1–2	0–2	1–2	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–3	2–3	3–1		2–1	3–3	1–2	3–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–1	1–2
Matlock Town	1–0	1–3	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–5	3–0	3–1	0–3	2–1	1–0	0–0		2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–1
Mickleover Sports	1–3	1–3	0–2	2–0	1–2	1–5	0–1	2–3	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–0		1–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–3	0–1	1–0	1–2
Nantwich Town	2–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	3–2	0–5	1–0	6–2	3–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1		7–1	3–3	1–1	1–0	6–3	1–0	4–1	1–2	2–0
Ramsbottom United	0–2	1–3	0–0	0–1	2–2	0–3	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–4	4–0	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–4		2–1	0–4	0–3	1–1	1–2	0–1	4–1	1–1
Rushall Olympic	0–2	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	4–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	3–0	2–3	1–1	1–0	2–0		2–3	0–0	5–1	1–2	0–1	3–1	1–1
Salford City	3–1	7–0	0–1	2–0	2–2	3–4	2–2	5–0	3–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–3		4–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	5–3
Skelmersdale United	1–2	3–3	2–1	2–1	3–4	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–3	3–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	4–1	3–1		1–4	1–2	1–2	0–0	2–0
Stamford	3–4	1–2	0–1	2–4	2–3	1–4	1–0	1–3	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–4	3–3	2–3	1–1	5–2		2–2	3–3	2–2	1–2
Stourbridge	1–2	2–3	3–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	5–1	1–2	2–0	4–1	2–1	4–3	2–3	2–2	1–2	3–1	2–0		2–0	2–0	0–0
Sutton Coldfield Town	0–1	1–5	1–0	0–0	5–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	3–0	0–0	0–2	4–2	2–2	2–0	0–1	2–2	2–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	2–3		1–0	0–2
Whitby Town	0–2	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–7	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–3	4–2	1–0	2–1	4–1	3–3	1–1	1–3	2–3	1–1	3–5	4–0	0–1		1–0
Workington	5–2	1–1	2–0	5–0	1–2	2–1	1–3	1–1	3–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	4–1	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–4	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1

Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2016. Source: NPL Premier Division results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

 

 

Ashton United

 

Barwell

 

Blyth Spartans

 

Buxton

 

Colwyn Bay

 

Darlington 1883

 

Frickley Athletic

 

Grantham Town

 

Halesowen Town

 

Hyde United

 

Ilkeston

 

Marine

 

Matlock Town

 

Mickleover Sports

 

Nantwich Town

 

Ramsbottom

 

Rushall Olympic

 

Salford City

 

Skelmersdale

 

Stamford

 

Stourbridge

 

Sutton
Coldfield Town

 

Whitby Town

 

Workington

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Locations of the 2015–16 Northern Premier League Premier Division teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Grantham Town	South Kesteven Sports Stadium	7,500
Buxton	The Silverlands	5,200
Halesowen Town	The Grove	5,000
Ashton United	Hurst Cross	4,500
Blyth Spartans	Croft Park	4,435
Hyde United	Ewen Fields	4,250
Ilkeston	New Manor Ground	3,500
Nantwich Town	The Weaver Stadium	3,500
Whitby Town	Turnbull Ground	3,500
Marine	Marine Travel Arena	3,185
Workington	Borough Park	3,101
Barwell	Kirkby Road	2,500
Skelmersdale United	West Lancashire College Stadium	2,500
Colwyn Bay	Llanelian Road	2,500
Matlock Town	Causeway Lane	2,214
Frickley Athletic	Westfield Lane	2,087
Stourbridge	War Memorial Athletic Ground	2,014
Darlington 1883	Heritage Park (groundshare)	2,004
Ramsbottom United	The Harry Williams Riverside	2,000
Stamford	Zeeco Stadium	2,000
Sutton Coldfield Town	Central Ground	2,000
Mickleover Sports	The Raygar Stadium	1,500
Rushall Olympic	Dales Lane	1,400
Salford City	Moor Lane	1,400

Division One North

Northern Premier League
Division One North

Season	2015–16
Champions	Warrington Town
Promoted	Warrington Town Spennymoor Town
Relegated	New Mills Harrogate Railway Athletic
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Division One North featured three new teams:

• Glossop North End, promoted as champions from the North West Counties League Premier Division
• Trafford, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
• Witton Albion, relegated from the NPL Premier Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Warrington Town (C, P)	42	34	4	4	121	36	+85	106	Promotion to NPL Premier Division
2	Spennymoor Town (O, P)	42	27	10	5	113	35	+78	91	Qualification for Play-offs
3	Northwich Victoria	42	29	5	8	102	41	+61	83^[a]	Qualification for Play-offs and transferred to NPL Division One South
4	Glossop North End	42	24	9	9	78	41	+37	81	Qualification for Play-offs
5	Burscough	42	25	5	12	81	50	+31	80
6	Lancaster City	42	18	15	9	74	57	+17	69
7	Clitheroe	42	22	3	17	90	86	+4	69
8	Trafford	42	19	8	15	78	51	+27	65
9	Farsley Celtic	42	18	9	15	82	50	+32	63
10	Ossett Albion	42	20	3	19	56	63	−7	63
11	Witton Albion	42	18	7	17	85	72	+13	61	Transferred to NPL Division One South
12	Bamber Bridge	42	16	12	14	73	55	+18	60
13	Mossley	42	18	6	18	80	76	+4	60
14	Brighouse Town	42	17	8	17	75	72	+3	59
15	Kendal Town	42	14	10	18	62	80	−18	52
16	Prescot Cables	42	13	7	22	66	99	−33	46
17	Ossett Town	42	12	7	23	51	94	−43	43
18	Radcliffe Borough	42	11	7	24	54	75	−21	40
19	Droylsden	42	11	6	25	68	139	−71	39
20	Scarborough Athletic	42	10	8	24	40	64	−24	38
21	Harrogate Railway Athletic (R)	42	6	8	28	52	115	−63	26	Relegation to NCEFL Premier Division
22	New Mills (R)	42	0	3	39	26	156	−130	3	Relegation to NWCFL Premier Division

Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2016. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Northwich Victoria were deducted 9 points for fielding an ineligible player in four matches, three of which they had won.^[2]

Play-offs

	Semifinals					Final
	2	Spennymoor Town	3
	5	Burscough	1
						2	Spennymoor Town	2
						3	Northwich Victoria	0
	3	Northwich Victoria	2
	4	Glossop North End	1

Semi-finals

Spennymoor Town v Burscough

26 April 2016	Spennymoor Town	3–1	Burscough	The Brewery Field, Spennymoor
19:45	Craig Gott   45' Liam Henderson   48' Gavin Cogdon   74'		Liam Caddick   2'	Attendance: 662

Northwich Victoria v Glossop North End

27 April 2016	Northwich Victoria	2–1	Glossop North End	Wincham Park, Northwich
19:45	Stuart Cook  3'(p) Richard Bennett   61'		Mark Reed   12'	Attendance: 376

Final

Spennymoor Town v Northwich Victoria

30 April 2016	Spennymoor Town	2–0	Northwich Victoria	The Brewery Field, Spennymoor
15:00	Gavin Cogdon   10' Mark Anderson   66'			Attendance: 1129

Results

Home \ Away	BAM	BRT	BUR	CLT	DRO	FAR	GNE	HRA	KEN	LNC	MOS	NEM	NOR	OSA	OST	PRC	RAD	SCA	SPE	TRA	WAR	WTN
Bamber Bridge		3–0	3–5	0–1	5–1	1–1	2–3	5–0	1–1	2–2	4–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–3	0–0	2–2	1–0	2–2	1–4
Brighouse Town	0–1		1–0	3–4	8–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	4–2	2–2	3–1	6–1	1–2	1–3	1–2	5–3	1–0	2–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	1–5
Burscough	1–0	2–1		6–1	3–1	0–0	0–3	3–2	2–0	1–2	3–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	3–0	0–2	4–1	4–1	2–3
Clitheroe	1–4	3–4	0–2		6–1	2–5	3–0	3–0	0–0	4–2	2–0	5–1	2–0	1–3	1–2	3–1	2–1	4–2	0–1	2–4	2–5	2–0
Droylsden	4–0	4–3	2–4	1–5		0–4	2–1	2–3	3–4	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–6	1–2	1–3	4–3	3–3	4–2	1–3	1–3	0–9	1–4
Farsley Celtic	2–1	0–1	0–3	2–0	6–0		1–3	3–1	0–3	0–0	1–2	4–0	1–2	1–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	7–0
Glossop North End	2–2	2–0	0–1	4–1	6–0	2–1		5–1	2–0	3–1	5–1	2–0	0–2	2–3	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–0
Harrogate Railway Athletic	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–4		1–3	1–3	2–0	4–1	0–1	1–3	1–2	2–1	4–1	0–6	0–4	0–5	0–7	2–2
Kendal Town	1–2	1–3	2–1	1–3	0–1	1–1	0–3	3–1		2–2	3–1	3–0	0–5	1–3	2–0	5–5	3–2	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–3	1–1
Lancaster City	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	3–1		0–3	2–0	2–2	6–1	3–2	5–0	4–1	1–1	0–3	0–1	2–1	3–2
Mossley	2–1	1–2	2–3	3–0	5–1	3–3	1–0	5–3	3–2	2–0		3–0	2–3	0–0	2–1	0–1	4–1	1–0	1–3	0–0	2–3	4–0
New Mills	0–7	1–1	1–2	2–3	1–4	1–4	0–3	0–3	0–2	1–3	2–7		1–5	1–4	0–2	1–7	0–5	0–3	0–9	0–4	0–5	3–3
Northwich Victoria	2–0	1–0	4–0	0–0	8–2	0–5	0–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	5–1	2–0		2–0	5–0	5–2	4–0	0–1	3–0	1–2	3–2	2–1
Ossett Albion	0–1	1–2	1–1	6–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–3	1–3	4–3	2–0	0–3		1–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–4	2–1	0–3	4–0
Ossett Town	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–5	2–3	2–5	1–3	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	0–4	2–3		1–1	1–2	2–0	1–5	1–0	0–4	0–5
Prescot Cables	1–1	2–1	0–3	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–4	4–2	2–2	2–3	0–2	5–2	0–2	4–0	1–3		0–1	1–1	0–1	4–1	0–3	0–6
Radcliffe Borough	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–6	1–3	3–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	4–0	1–2	1–0	4–0	3–0		2–1	1–4	0–3	1–3	2–2
Scarborough Athletic	0–3	0–1	0–3	1–3	2–4	1–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–1	0–2	2–1	0–3	1–2	2–1	0–3	1–0		1–1	1–0	0–1	2–3
Spennymoor Town	1–0	1–3	3–1	5–0	5–0	0–4	2–2	1–1	6–1	1–1	4–1	9–0	2–0	3–0	5–0	3–0	1–0	2–2		2–2	2–3	3–0
Trafford	3–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	6–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	3–2	2–2	0–1	4–0	8–0	2–0	0–1	0–2		1–2	1–2
Warrington Town	1–0	2–0	1–3	5–0	5–1	1–1	3–0	6–3	3–0	1–1	5–0	1–0	4–2	1–0	2–1	6–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	4–1		4–2
Witton Albion	2–4	4–1	0–2	2–3	4–0	2–1	3–0	5–0	2–3	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	3–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2016. Source: NPL First Division North results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

 

 

Bamber Bridge

 

Brighouse T

 

Burscough

 

Clitheroe

 

Droylsden

 

Farsley Celtic

 

Glossop

 

Harrogate RA

 

Kendal Town

 

Lancaster City

 

Mossley

 

New Mills

 

Northwich Vic

 

Ossett A

 

Ossett T

 

Prescot Cables

 

Radcliffe

 

Scarborough Athletic

 

Spennymoor Town

 

Trafford

 

Warrington

 

Witton Albion

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Locations of the 2015–16 Northern Premier League Division One North teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Northwich Victoria	Wincham Park (Ground share with Witton Albion)	4,813
Witton Albion	Wincham Park	4,813
Mossley	Seel Park	4,000
Spennymoor Town	The Brewery Field	2,900^[3]
Farsley Celtic	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
Burscough	Victoria Park	3,054
Droylsden	Butcher's Arms Ground	3,000
Ossett Albion	Our Physio Stadium	3,000
Scarborough Athletic	Queensgate	3,000
Trafford	Shawe View	2,500
Kendal Town	Lakeland Radio Stadium	2,400
Bamber Bridge	QED Stadium	2,264
Clitheroe	Shawbridge	2,000
Ossett Town	4G Voice & Data Stadium	2,000
New Mills	Church Lane	1,400
Glossop North End	The Arthur Goldthorpe Stadium	1,350
Brighouse Town	St Giles' Road	1,000

Division One South

Northern Premier League
Division One South

Season	2015–16
Champions	Stafford Rangers
Promoted	Stafford Rangers Coalville Town
Relegated	Tividale
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,456 (3.15 per match)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Division One South will feature five new teams:

• Basford United, promoted as champions from the Midland League Premier Division
• Belper Town, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
• Daventry Town, transferred from the Southern League Division One Central
• Rugby Town, transferred from the Southern League Division One Central
• Shaw Lane Aquaforce, promoted as champions from the Northern Counties East League Premier Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Stafford Rangers (C, P)	42	29	8	5	79	31	+48	95	Promotion to NPL Premier Division
2	Shaw Lane Aquaforce	42	28	10	4	95	40	+55	94	Qualification for Play-offs. And Changed Name to Shaw Lane
3	Coalville Town (O, P)	42	25	10	7	81	46	+35	85	Qualification for Play-offs
4	Basford United	42	22	10	10	67	42	+25	76
5	Lincoln United	42	21	11	10	70	46	+24	74
6	Stocksbridge Park Steels	42	20	9	13	72	53	+19	69
7	Chasetown	42	19	11	12	68	49	+19	68
8	Leek Town	42	18	9	15	61	56	+5	63
9	Rugby Town	42	17	9	16	73	68	+5	60
10	Romulus	42	18	6	18	76	74	+2	60
11	Market Drayton Town	42	16	10	16	65	65	0	58
12	Spalding United	42	14	14	14	52	54	−2	56
13	Belper Town	42	15	9	18	66	65	+1	54
14	Newcastle Town	42	15	8	19	65	68	−3	53
15	Kidsgrove Athletic	42	12	14	16	81	78	+3	50
16	Gresley	42	16	2	24	58	75	−17	50
17	Sheffield	42	13	8	21	61	71	−10	47
18	Carlton Town	42	14	5	23	60	72	−12	47
19	Goole	42	10	8	24	51	87	−36	38	Transferred to the NPL Division One North
20	Loughborough Dynamo	42	10	5	27	60	108	−48	35
21	Daventry Town	42	10	3	29	43	113	−70	33	Resigned to the UCL Division One^[4]
22	Tividale (R)	42	5	11	26	52	95	−43	26	Relegation to MFL Premier Division

Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

	Semifinals					Final
	2	Shaw Lane Aquaforce	3
	5	Lincoln United	2
						2	Shaw Lane Aquaforce	1
						3	Coalville Town	3
	3	Coalville Town	5
	4	Basford United	0

Semi-finals

Coalville Town v Basford United

26 April 2016	Coalville Town	5–0	Basford United	Owen Street Sports Ground, Coalville
19:45	Alexander Troke   3' Callum Woodward   22' Danny Jenno   24' Alexander Troke   53' (p) Nathan Watson   69'

Shaw Lane Aquaforce v Lincoln United

27 April 2016	Shaw Lane Aquaforce	3–2	Lincoln United	Shaw Lane, Barnsley
19:45

Final

Shaw Lane Aquaforce v Coalville Town

30 April 2016	Shaw Lane Aquaforce	1–3	Coalville Town	Shaw Lane, Barnsley
19:45

Results

Home \ Away	BAS	BLP	CAR	CHA	COA	DAV	GOO	GRE	KID	LEE	LIN	LOU	MAR	NEW	ROM	RUG	SAQ	SHE	SPA	STA	STO	TIV
Basford United		3–0	1–2	2–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	3–2	2–2	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–2	4–2
Belper Town	0–2		1–3	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–3	5–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	3–3	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–3	1–1	0–1	2–1	3–0
Carlton Town	0–1	1–2		2–3	1–1	5–2	0–0	0–1	1–4	1–3	2–3	1–0	3–2	1–3	0–2	1–3	0–3	2–0	0–0	0–2	3–2	5–2
Chasetown	0–1	1–3	2–0		1–3	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	9–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–3	3–1	1–0	0–1	2–1
Coalville Town	0–1	3–2	2–1	1–1		5–0	6–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	3–2	5–4	3–2	3–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–1
Daventry Town	0–2	0–6	1–0	1–0	1–4		2–3	0–7	0–5	0–4	0–5	1–0	1–3	1–3	3–0	0–4	0–1	1–4	0–1	1–2	1–3	1–1
Goole	2–1	3–3	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–0		0–2	3–3	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–4	0–5	2–3	3–4	0–3	3–2	0–1	0–1	1–2	2–2
Gresley	0–1	2–1	0–2	2–1	1–3	1–4	2–1		2–0	0–1	2–1	3–3	2–3	0–2	1–4	1–3	0–3	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–3	2–1
Kidsgrove Athletic	1–4	2–2	3–3	1–2	2–5	1–2	1–2	3–1		1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–1	4–2	1–1	3–5	3–0	2–0	0–3	2–2	4–0
Leek Town	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	4–1	5–1	3–5	3–0	3–3		1–2	3–1	0–0	1–4	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–3	2–0	2–1	3–1
Lincoln United	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	2–1	1–3	4–0	1–2		3–1	0–0	4–0	0–2	3–1	3–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	4–0
Loughborough Dynamo	0–1	2–5	3–2	2–3	1–4	2–0	2–0	0–3	2–6	4–0	2–1		0–1	0–3	0–3	6–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	0–2	1–5	3–3
Market Drayton Town	1–4	1–0	1–2	0–3	2–2	4–0	2–1	3–0	0–3	1–2	4–3	2–3		4–1	2–0	2–1	0–3	1–0	1–1	2–3	4–1	3–0
Newcastle Town	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–3	3–2	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	0–0	1–1		2–3	2–2	3–2	2–3	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–0
Romulus	0–4	2–3	1–3	1–2	0–2	4–0	5–0	0–2	0–5	2–0	1–2	5–1	4–0	2–1		1–5	1–5	4–3	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–0
Rugby Town	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–3	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–1	3–3	1–0	1–1	4–1	3–1	2–1	0–2		1–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–1
Shaw Lane Aquaforce	5–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–3	3–3	4–2	2–2	3–1	0–2	4–1	3–0	0–0	3–0	3–2		1–1	5–0	2–0	1–0	3–2
Sheffield	1–2	1–3	1–2	0–4	1–3	0–1	2–1	3–1	4–0	0–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	0–4	1–1	1–1		2–2	0–2	2–3	3–3
Spalding United	2–3	2–1	5–3	1–1	1–0	1–2	4–0	0–3	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	5–0	1–0	1–1	0–3	0–0		1–2	0–2	2–1
Stafford Rangers	0–0	6–0	3–0	2–1	2–2	4–1	3–0	3–1	0–3	1–0	4–1	5–2	0–0	2–1	2–2	4–0	0–1	3–2	2–0		1–1	3–0
Stocksbridge Park Steels	2–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	3–2	1–2	2–3	3–1	3–0	0–1	5–0	3–2	1–0	4–4	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–2		1–1
Tividale	1–1	4–2	0–3	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–2	3–1	1–2	1–3	3–2	3–3	5–3	0–2	4–3	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2016. Source: NPL First Division South results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

 

 

Basford United

 

Belper Town

 

Carlton Town

 

Chasetown

 

Coalville Town

 

Daventry Town

 

Goole

 

Gresley

 

Kidsgrove Athletic

 

Leek Town

 

Lincoln United

 

Loughborough

 

Market Drayton

 

Newcastle Town

 

Romulus

 

Rugby Town

 

Shaw Lane

 

Sheffield

 

Spalding

 

Stafford

 

Stocksbridge

 

Tividale

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Locations of the 2015–16 Northern Premier League Division One South teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Rugby Town	Butlin Road	6,000
Newcastle Town	Lyme Valley Stadium	4,000
Stafford Rangers	Marston Road	4,000
Leek Town	Harrison Park	3,600
Spalding United	Sir Halley Stewart Field	3,500
Stocksbridge Park Steels	Look Local Stadium	3,500
Daventry Town	Communications Park	3,000
Goole	Victoria Pleasure Grounds	3,000
Tividale	The Beaches	3,000
Gresley	The Moat Ground	2,400
Belper Town	Cristchurch Meadow	2,400
Lincoln United	Ashby Avenue	2,200
Shaw Lane Aquaforce	Shaw Lane	2,000
Chasetown	The Scholars Ground	2,000
Coalville Town	Owen Street Sports Ground	2,000
Kidsgrove Athletic	The Seddon Stadium	2,000
Romulus	The Central Ground (Sutton Coldfield Town ground share)	2,000
Sheffield	Coach and Horses Ground	2,000
Carlton Town	Bill Stokeld Stadium	1,500
Loughborough Dynamo	Nanpantan Sports Ground	1,500
Market Drayton Town	Greenfields Sports Ground	1,000
Basford United	Greenwich Avenue	1,000

Challenge Cup

2015–16 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup

Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Country	England
Teams	68
Final positions
Champions	Marine
Runner-up	Scarborough Athletic
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, known as the 15–16 Integro Doodson League Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the 46th season of the Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, the main cup competition in the Northern Premier League. It will be sponsored by Doodson Sport for a fifth consecutive season. 68 clubs from England will enter the competition, beginning with the preliminary round, and all ties will end will end after 90 minutes and conclude with penalties.^[5] Due to weather damage to pitches in late December, two ties were reversed.^[6]

The defending champions were Warrington Town, who defeated Farsley on penalties in the 2015 Final. Warrington Town were unable to defend their title as they were eliminated in the first round by Ramsbottom United.

Calendar

Round	Clubs remaining	Clubs involved	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Scheduled playing date
Preliminary round	68	8	0	8	15 September 2015
First round	64	64	4	60	9 – 11 November 2015
Second round	32	32	32	none	30 November – 2 December 2015
Third round	16	16	16	none
Quarter-finals	8	8	8	none
Semi-finals	4	4	4	none
Final	2	2	2	none

Preliminary round

Eight teams from the Northern Premier League Division One North or Northern Premier League Division One South have to compete in the preliminary round to win a place in the competition proper. The draw for this round was made on 10 July 2015.^[5]

Bamber Bridge v New Mills

6 October 2015	Bamber Bridge	4–0	New Mills	The Sir Tom Finney Stadium
19:45	Booth   19', 50', 87' Joel   47'			Attendance: 124

Belper Town v Rugby Town

15 September 2015	Belper Town	3–4	Rugby Town	Christchurch Meadow
19:45	Stevenson   36', 82' Williams   90'	Belper Town report Rugby Town report	Kolodynski   32', 59' Powell   38', 54'	Attendance: 117

Shaw Lane Aquaforce v Sheffield

15 September 2015	Shaw Lane Aquaforce	4–1	Sheffield	Shaw Lane Sports Club
19:45	Hammond   11' (o.g.) Thornhill   32' Morris   37', 52'	Sheffield report	Sabo   61' (o.g.)	Attendance: 112

Tividale v Stafford Rangers

15 September 2015	Tividale	2–2 (1–4 p)	Stafford Rangers	The Beeches
19:45	Ayettey   36' Jackson   51'	Tividale report	Rooney   45' Till   71'	Attendance: 62
	Penalties
	Sterling   Danks   Rabone		Till   Kasiama   Edmunds   McNaught

Source:^[7][8]

First round

Teams that were not in the preliminary round from Northern Premier League Division One North or Northern Premier League Division One South entered at this stage as well as teams from the Northern Premier League Premier Division, along with the winners from the preliminary round. The draw for this round was made on 10 July 2015.^[5]

Ashton United v Nantwich Town

10 November 2015	Ashton United	0–3	Nantwich Town	Hurst Cross
19:45			Shotton   4', 39' Osborne   63'	Attendance: 101

Lancaster City v Bamber Bridge

5 January 2016	Lancaster City	0–1	Bamber Bridge	Lancaster, Lancashire
19:45			Milligan   72'	Stadium: Giant Axe Attendance: 167

Barwell v Loughborough Dynamo

10 November 2015	Barwell	2–2 (5–4 p)	Loughborough Dynamo	Kirkby Road Sports Ground
19:45	Lower   2' Towers   82'	Barwell report Loughborough Dynamo report	Browne   24' Sibson   86'	Attendance: 77
	Penalties
	Gaunt   Towers   Christie   Hickey   Tomkinson		Meer

Blyth Spartans v Darlington 1883

10 November 2015	Blyth Spartans	1–2	Darlington 1883	Croft Park
19:45	Cartwright   78'		Kneeshaw   34' Jordon   65'	Attendance: 627

Buxton v Gresley

10 November 2015	Buxton	2–0	Gresley	The Silverlands
19:45	Barraclough   44' Swain   90'			Attendance: 113

Carlton Town v Basford United

11 November 2015	Carlton Town	2–1	Basford United	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
19:45	Graham   15' Lusamba   66'		Wiggins-Thomas   72'	Stadium: Bill Stokeld Stadium Attendance: 111

Clitheroe v Prescot Cables

17 November 2015	Clitheroe	6–0	Prescot Cables	Shawbridge
19:45	Hampson   6' Mayers   11' Heywood   17' Gonzales   51' Hession   90' Harries   90'			Attendance: 142

Coalville Town v Stamford

10 November 2015	Coalville Town	0–1	Stamford	Owen Street Sports Ground
19:45			Phillips   66'	Attendance: 83

Daventry Town v Newcastle Town

10 November 2015	Daventry Town	3–2	Newcastle Town	Communications Park
19:45	Shariff   29' Piggon   50' Prinzel   62'		Mills   17' Gardner   75'	Attendance: 64

Droylsden v Radcliffe Borough

10 November 2015	Droylsden	2–3	Radcliffe Borough	Butcher's Arms Ground
19:45	Smith   67' Hewitt   89'		Foster   17', 90' Davies   35'	Attendance: 92

Farsley Celtic v Shaw Lane Aquaforce

10 November 2015	Farsley Celtic	2–0	Shaw Lane Aquaforce	Farsley, West Yorkshire
19:45	Savory   26' Howarth   36'			Stadium: Throstle Nest Attendance: 106

Goole v Ossett Town

10 November 2015	Goole	0–2	Ossett Town	Victoria Pleasure Grounds
19:45			Akeroyd   69', 90'	Attendance: 166

Grantham Town v Frickley Athletic

10 November 2015	Grantham Town	0–2	Frickley Athletic	South Kesteven Sports Stadium
19:45			Lucas   29' Dockerty   57'	Attendance: 115

Halesowen Town v Leek Town

10 November 2015	Halesowen Town	2–1	Leek Town	Halesowen, West Midlands
19:45	Hales   2' Bragoli   75'		Cropper   5'	Stadium: The Grove Attendance: 132

Harrogate Railway Athletic v Stocksbridge Park Steels

9 November 2015	Harrogate Railway Athletic	2–3	Stocksbridge Park Steels	Station View
19:45	Stockdill   16' Bromley   34'		Reay   68', 87' Lumsden   78'	Attendance: 47

Hyde United v Colwyn Bay

14 December 2015	Hyde United	1–1 (3–4 p)	Colwyn Bay	Ewen Fields
19:45	Bevins   23'	Colwyn Bay report	Holsgrove   62'	Attendance: 86
	Penalties
	Spencer   Boyle		Marsden   Matthews   Tuck   Denson

Kidsgrove Athletic v Chasetown

11 November 2015	Kidsgrove Athletic	2–1	Chasetown	The Novus Stadium
19:45	Kinsey   38' Taylor   73'		Turton   26'	Attendance: 179

Lincoln United v Mickleover Sports

10 November 2015	Lincoln United	1–1 (5–4 p)	Mickleover Sports	Ashby Avenue
19:45	Fairclough   50'	Lincoln United report	Dawes   60'	Attendance: 78
	Penalties
	Vince   Smith		O’Neil-Dwyer

Marine v Glossop North End

10 November 2015	Marine	2–1	Glossop North End	Crosby, Merseyside
19:45	Codling   31' Burton   81'		Brizell   90'	Stadium: Marine Travel Arena Attendance: 248

Market Drayton Town v Stourbridge

10 November 2015	Market Drayton Town	1–1 (4–3 p)	Stourbridge	Greenfields Sports Ground
19:45	Ryan   73'	Market Drayton Town report Stourbridge report	Clarke   39'	Attendance: 131
	Penalties
	Ryan   McFarlane   Lowe   Green		Clifton   Wright   Billingham   McPike   Knight

Ossett Albion v Mossley

10 November 2015	Ossett Albion	3–2	Mossley	Our Physio Stadium
19:45	Bower   8' Brunt   28' Matthews   70'		Short   43' McGonigle   90'	Attendance: 81

Ramsbottom United v Warrington Town

1 December 2015	Ramsbottom United	2–0	Warrington Town	The Harry Williams Stadium
19:45	Smith   1', 35'			Attendance: 104

Romulus v Sutton Coldfield Town

10 November 2015	Romulus	0–1	Sutton Coldfield Town	Central Ground
19:45			Melvin   5'	Attendance: 70

Rugby Town v Ilkeston

10 November 2015	Rugby Town	0–2	Ilkeston	Butlin Road
19:45		Rugby Town report	Burrows   25', 44'	Attendance: 142

Salford City v Trafford

10 November 2015	Salford City	1–2	Trafford	Moor Lane
19:45	Mwasile   67'		Tuanzebe