2025–26 Northern Premier League

2025–26 Northern Premier League

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

Premier Division

2025–26 Northern Premier League

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

Premier Division table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Hebburn Town	36	19	10	7	66	38	+28	67	Promotion to the National League North
2	FC United of Manchester	34	19	8	7	53	31	+22	65	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Hednesford Town	35	18	10	7	49	31	+18	64
4	Warrington Rylands 1906	36	15	13	8	51	38	+13	58
5	Gainsborough Trinity	35	15	11	9	46	35	+11	56
6	Stockton Town	34	16	10	8	55	42	+13	55
7	Lancaster City	35	14	9	12	46	43	+3	51
8	Cleethorpes Town	35	13	11	11	51	40	+11	50
9	Bamber Bridge	35	14	7	14	48	42	+6	49
10	Warrington Town	36	12	11	13	40	56	−16	47
11	Guiseley	36	13	7	16	41	47	−6	46
12	Ashton United	35	12	9	14	39	47	−8	45
13	Ilkeston Town	35	13	5	17	46	49	−3	44
14	Leek Town	35	12	7	16	40	48	−8	43
15	Whitby Town	35	10	11	14	39	45	−6	41
16	Workington	35	9	12	14	38	49	−11	39
17	Rushall Olympic	35	9	11	15	40	55	−15	38
18	Hyde United	35	8	12	15	51	60	−9	36
19	Prescot Cables	36	7	15	14	36	45	−9	36	Relegation to Step 4
20	Morpeth Town	35	10	6	19	33	46	−13	36
21	Stocksbridge Park Steels	35	8	11	16	35	56	−21	35
22	Widnes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned from the league

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Gary Martin	Hebburn Town	22
2	Ewan Bange	Bamber Bridge	15
3	Josh Walker	Cleethorpes Town	14
3	Adam Le Fondre	FC United Of Manchester	13
Ahkeem Rose	Hednesford Town
Jordan Thewlis	Guiseley
Kevin Hayes	Stockton Town
8	Ben Hardcastle	Warrington Rylands	12
Connor Heath	Leek Town
Joshua Scott	Stockton Town
Nic Evangelinos	Lancaster City

Stadia and locations

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

Division One East

2025–26 Northern Premier League

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

Division One East table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Redcar Athletic (C, P)	37	30	4	3	131	33	+98	94	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Matlock Town	37	23	4	10	84	50	+34	73	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Emley	37	21	8	8	59	26	+33	71
4	Pontefract Collieries	37	19	10	8	68	51	+17	67
5	Dunston	37	18	10	9	59	49	+10	64
6	Bradford (Park Avenue)	37	17	12	8	53	31	+22	63
7	Heaton Stannington	37	16	10	11	51	44	+7	58
8	Garforth Town	37	15	8	14	60	45	+15	53
9	Consett	37	14	10	13	70	59	+11	52
10	North Ferriby	37	11	17	9	49	44	+5	50
11	Bridlington Town	37	13	10	14	53	60	−7	49
12	Hallam	37	11	14	12	48	53	−5	47
13	Lincoln United	37	12	10	15	41	57	−16	46
14	Grimsby Borough	37	11	9	17	34	60	−26	42
15	Ashington	37	11	9	17	35	67	−32	42
16	Blyth Spartans	37	11	7	19	43	48	−5	40
17	Silsden	37	9	13	15	43	64	−21	40
18	Ossett United	37	9	11	17	44	57	−13	38
19	Blyth Town	37	11	4	22	37	63	−26	37	Relegation to Step 5
20	Newton Aycliffe	37	9	8	20	46	72	−26	35
21	Bishop Auckland	37	9	5	23	47	75	−28	32
22	Brighouse Town	37	7	7	23	30	77	−47	28

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Adam Boyes	Redcar Athletic	39
2	Bradley Fewster	Redcar Athletic	24
3	Cameron Wilson	Matlock Town	23
4	Louis Johnson	Redcar Athletic	21
5	Dale Pearson	Heaton Stannington	18
6	Oscar Fletcher	Redcar Athletic	17
7	Conor Washington	Matlock Town	16
Frankie Sinfield	Pontefract Collieries
9	Bailey Thompson	Emley	15
Conor Brown	Lincoln United
Isaac Walker	Consett
Marcus Carver	Bradford PA

Stadia and locations

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

Division One Midlands

2025–26 Northern Premier League

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

Division One Midlands table

<table><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Team</th><th>Pld</th><th>W</th><th>D</th><th>L</th><th>GF</th><th>GA</th><th>GD</th><th>Pts</th><th>Promotion, qualification or relegation</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Carlton Town (T)</td><td>37</td><td>25</td><td>4</td><td>8</td><td>72</td><td>45</td><td>+27</td><td>79</td><td>Promotion to the Southern League Premier Central</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Anstey Nomads (T)</td><td>37</td><td>23</td><td>8</td><td>6</td><td>67</td><td>33</td><td>+34</td><td>77</td><td>Qualification for the play-offs</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Coleshill Town</td><td>37</td><td>18</td><td>8</td><td>11</td><td>45</td><td>38</td><td>+7</td><td>62</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Basford United</td><td>37</td><td>17</td><td>10</td><td>10</td><td>57</td><td>50</td><td>+7</td><td>61</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Belper Town</td><td>37</td><td>16</td><td>11</td><td>10</td><td>56</td><td>41</td><td>+15</td><td>59</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Wellingborough Town</td><td>37</td><td>15</td><td>11</td><td>11</td><td>53</td><td>34</td><td>+19</td><td>56</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Shepshed Dynamo</td><td>37</td><td>16</td><td>7</td><td>14</td><td>44</td><td>37</td><td>+7</td><td>55</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Racing Club Warwick</td><td>37</td><td>15</td><td>10</td><td>12</td><td>54</td><td>52</td><td>+2</td><td>55</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Lichfield City</td><td>37</td><td>15</td><td>9</td><td>13</td><td>43</td><td>45</td><td>−2</td><td>54</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>AFC Rushden & Diamonds</td><td>37</td><td>14</td><td>9</td><td>14</td><td>51</td><td>55</td><td>−4</td><td>51</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Corby Town</td><td>37</td><td>14</td><td>9</td><td>14</td><td>45</td><td>54</td><td>−9</td><td>51</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Long Eaton United</td><td>37</td><td>13</td><td>9</td><td>15</td><td>57</td><td>58</td><td>−1</td><td>48</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>Mickleover</td><td>37</td><td>13</td><td>9</td><td>15</td><td>53</td><td>60</td><td>−7</td><td>48</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Boldmere St Michaels</td><td>37</td><td>14</td><td>6</td><td>17</td><td>46</td><td>59</td><td>−13</td><td>48</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>Rugby Borough</td><td>37</td><td>12</td><td>11</td><td>14</td><td>45</td><td>44</td><td>+1</td><td>47</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>Sutton Coldfield Town</td><td>37</td><td>13</td><td>7</td><td>17</td><td>60</td><td>67</td><td>−7</td><td>46</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>Bedworth United</td><td>37</td><td>12</td><td>7</td><td>18</td><td>39</td><td>47</td><td>−8</td><td>43</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>Loughborough Students</td><td>37</td><td>9</td><td>13</td><td>15</td><td>57</td><td>60</td><td>−3</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>Coventry Sphinx</td><td>37</td><td>11</td><td>7</td><td>19</td><td>48</td><td>57</td><td>−9</td><td>40</td><td>Relegation to Step 5</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>Bourne Town</td><td>37</td><td>11</td><td>6</td><td>20</td><td>46</td><td>60</td><td>−14</td><td>39</td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>St Neots Town</td><td>37</td><td>9</td><td>9</td><td>19</td><td>45</td><td>62</td><td>−17</td><td>36</td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td>Rugby Town</td><td>37</td><td>9</td><td>6</td><td>22</td><td>40</td><td>65</td><td>−25</td><td>33</td></tr></tbody></table>

Top goalscorers

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Player</th><th>Club</th><th>Goals</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Evan Garnett</td><td>Long Eaton United</td><td>22</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Ashley Chambers</td><td>Carlton Town</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Lamin Manneh</td><td>Carlton Town</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Bruno Andrade</td><td>AFC Rushden & Diamonds</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Ashden Shortland</td><td>Loughborough Students</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>Will Jones</td><td>Wellingborough Town</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>James Harding</td><td>Racing Club Warwick</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>James McGrady</td><td>Sutton Coldfield Town</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Jude Collins</td><td>Shepshed Dynamo</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Harvey Williams</td><td>St Neots Town</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Tyler Winters</td><td>AFC Rushden & Diamonds</td></tr></tbody></table>

Stadia and locations

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

Division One West

2025–26 Northern Premier League

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

Division One West table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Bury	37	23	8	6	73	33	+40	77	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Avro	37	22	7	8	68	38	+30	73	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Stalybridge Celtic	37	22	6	9	81	50	+31	72
4	Runcorn Linnets	37	20	9	8	66	39	+27	69
5	Vauxhall Motors	37	19	11	7	88	58	+30	68
6	Lower Breck	37	20	8	9	78	56	+22	68
7	Bootle	37	17	10	10	58	46	+12	61
8	Chasetown	37	16	7	14	51	47	+4	55
9	Nantwich Town	36	16	6	14	61	54	+7	54
10	Witton Albion	37	14	10	13	65	57	+8	52
11	Mossley	37	12	16	9	54	47	+7	52
12	Shifnal Town	37	14	10	13	55	56	−1	52
13	Atherton Collieries	37	14	7	16	50	59	−9	49
14	Clitheroe	37	12	10	15	58	60	−2	46
15	Kidsgrove Athletic	37	12	9	16	56	67	−11	45
16	Newcastle Town	37	11	7	19	35	56	−21	40
17	Congleton Town	37	8	14	15	50	63	−13	38
18	Stafford Rangers	37	9	8	20	46	66	−20	35
19	Sporting Khalsa	37	9	7	21	50	77	−27	34	Relegation to Step 5
20	Trafford	37	7	8	22	46	68	−22	29
21	Darlaston Town (1874)	36	7	6	23	31	73	−42	27
22	Wythenshawe Town	37	6	8	23	34	84	−50	26

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Kyle Hawley	Avro	24
2	Sam Burns	Lower Breck	20
4	Alex Panter	Nantwich Town	19
Lewis Buckley	Lower Breck
5	Chay Tilt	Sporting Khalsa	19
6	Nick Rushton	Vauxhall Motors	17
7	Ruben Jerome	Stalybridge Celtic	16
8	Alex Cherera	Lower Breck	15
Joe Duckworth	Witton Albion
Kai Evans	Bury
11	Courtney Duffus	Bootle	14

Stadia and locations

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