2012–13 Northern Premier League

The 2012–13 season is the 45th season of the Northern Premier League Premier Division, and the sixth season of the Northern Premier League Division One North and South. The League sponsors for 2012–13 are Evo-Stik.^[1]

Due to Step Three leagues increasing their number of teams from 22 to 24 from the 2013–14 season onwards, only two teams will be relegated from the Premier Division, and only one team will be relegated from each of Division One North and South this season.^[2]

Premier Division

Northern Premier League
Premier Division

Season	2012–13
Champions	North Ferriby United
Promoted	North Ferriby United Hednesford Town
Relegated	Kendal Town Eastwood Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,536 (3.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ryan Kendall (36 goals)[3]
Biggest home win	Worksop Town 8–1 Stocksbridge Park Steels[4] (31 October 2012) Buxton 7–0 Stocksbridge Park Steels[4] (26 December 2012)
Biggest away win	5 goals[4] Matlock Town 0–5 Nantwich Town (18 August 2012) Eastwood Town 0–5 Ashton United (25 August 2012) Nantwich Town 0–5 Worksop Town (6 October 2012) Kendal Town 0–5 Stocksbridge Park Steels (10 November 2012) Eastwood Town 0–5 North Ferriby United (29 December 2012) Chorley 1–6 Rushall Olympic (9 February 2013) Blyth Spartans 0–5 AFC Fylde (2 March 2013)
Highest scoring	Stocksbridge Park Steels 4–5 Chorley[4] (17 August 2012) Worksop Town 8–1 Stocksbridge Park Steels[4] (31 October 2012)
Highest attendance	2,761 F.C. United of Manchester 1–0 Worksop Town[4] (20 April 2013)
Lowest attendance	79 Ashton United 2–0 Blyth Spartans[4] (27 March 2013)
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The Premier Division features six new teams:

• AFC Fylde, promoted as champions of NPL Division One North
• Blyth Spartans, relegated from Conference North
• Eastwood Town, relegated from Conference North
• Grantham Town, promoted as champions of NPL Division One South
• Ilkeston, promoted via play-offs of NPL Division One South
• Witton Albion, promoted via play-offs of NPL Division One North

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	North Ferriby United (C, P)	42	28	9	5	96	43	+53	93	Promotion to Conference North
2	Hednesford Town (P)	42	28	9	5	91	47	+44	93	Qualification for Playoffs
3	F.C. United of Manchester	42	25	8	9	86	48	+38	83
4	Witton Albion	42	24	8	10	85	57	+28	80
5	AFC Fylde	42	23	6	13	93	51	+42	75
6	Rushall Olympic	42	20	10	12	69	55	+14	70
7	Buxton	42	18	13	11	72	56	+16	67
8	Chorley	42	20	7	15	63	52	+11	67
9	Worksop Town	42	20	6	16	91	68	+23	66
10	Ashton United	42	15	14	13	71	66	+5	59
11	Ilkeston	42	15	13	14	67	55	+12	58
12	Whitby Town	42	16	9	17	68	72	−4	57
13	Marine	42	16	11	15	61	61	0	56[a]
14	Nantwich Town	42	15	8	19	63	76	−13	53
15	Stafford Rangers	42	12	15	15	54	60	−6	51
16	Blyth Spartans	42	15	6	21	70	87	−17	51
17	Matlock Town	42	12	9	21	54	80	−26	45
18	Frickley Athletic	42	10	9	23	58	88	−30	39
19	Grantham Town	42	9	9	24	56	75	−19	36
20	Stocksbridge Park Steels	42	9	9	24	67	106	−39	36
21	Kendal Town (R)	42	9	6	27	65	112	−47	33	Relegation to NPL Division One North
22	Eastwood Town (R)	42	3	6	33	36	121	−85	15	Relegation to NPL Division One South

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2013. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Marine were deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player

Play-offs

	Semifinals					Final
	2	Hednesford Town	3(3)
	5	AFC Fylde	3(1)
						2	Hednesford Town	2
						3	F.C. United of Manchester	1
	3	F.C. United of Manchester	3
	4	Witton Albion	1

Semi-finals

7 May 2013

19:45

Hednesford Town	3–3 (a.e.t.)	AFC Fylde
Durrell 56', 97' (pen.) MacPherson 71'	Hednesford Town Report AFC Fylde Report NPL Report	Blinkhorn 24' Hinchliffe 90+' Farrell 105'
Penalties
Durrell Woolfe Disney Taylor	3–1	Farrell Denson Booth Sumner

Keys Park, Hednesford

Attendance: 1,360

7 May 2013

19:45

F.C. United of Manchester	3–1	Witton Albion
Wolfenden 9' Mulholland 35' Stott 74' (pen.)	Report	Hancock 53'

Gigg Lane, Bury

Attendance: 2,492

Finals

11 May 2013

15:00

Hednesford Town	2–1	F.C. United of Manchester
Harvey 2' Osborne 32'	Report	Norton 56'

Keys Park, Hednesford

Attendance: 4,412

Results grid

Home \ Away	FYL	ASH	BLY	BUX	CHO	EAS	FCU	FRK	GRN	HED	ILK	KEN	MAR	MAT	NAN	NFU	RSO	STA	STO	WTB	WTN	WKS
AFC Fylde		1–2	1–0	5–0	0–1	5–1	4–2	3–2	5–3	1–2	2–3	4–0	2–0	3–0	3–2	1–0	1–3	0–1	4–0	4–3	1–2	2–2
Ashton United	2–2		2–0	0–1	3–2	6–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–3	4–1	2–4	2–0	2–1	0–2	2–3	0–0	2–3	2–2	1–3	5–3
Blyth Spartans	0–5	4–1		2–2	1–3	1–0	1–2	4–2	1–0	1–2	3–2	1–3	3–3	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	5–0	2–2	0–3	3–2
Buxton	1–0	6–1	2–0		1–1	6–2	0–3	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–2	1–4	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	7–0	2–1	2–2	0–3
Chorley	1–4	1–1	1–0	2–1		1–1	1–2	5–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	5–0	1–0	1–0	3–3	0–1	1–6	2–0	1–1	2–3	1–2	1–1
Eastwood Town	1–4	0–5	1–4	1–5	0–1		2–2	0–1	2–2	0–2	1–4	2–5	1–2	3–3	1–5	0–5	2–1	2–2	1–2	0–2	3–4	0–1
F.C. United of Manchester	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–2	1–3	4–1		3–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	6–0	0–1	4–0	1–2	1–1	0–4	3–0	4–0	3–2	0–1	1–0
Frickley Athletic	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–3	0–1	1–0	2–4		0–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	1–2	3–0	2–3	3–3	2–1	4–2	0–2	0–2	0–0
Grantham Town	1–2	0–2	2–2	0–0	0–1	4–0	2–4	2–1		2–3	1–1	3–4	1–0	3–3	1–4	2–3	2–1	2–2	1–2	2–3	1–3	3–0
Hednesford Town	2–0	1–2	3–0	3–2	3–1	2–0	1–0	3–2	3–0		2–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	3–0	2–3	3–4	2–2	4–1	4–0	2–1	0–4
Ilkeston	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	4–2	2–0	0–2		4–4	1–0	0–2	3–0	2–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	3–1	2–3	2–1
Kendal Town	2–2	2–2	1–3	1–0	1–4	6–0	1–5	0–2	1–0	1–3	3–2		2–3	4–1	0–1	2–4	0–2	2–2	0–5	2–4	1–2	3–4
Marine	0–4	0–0	5–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–3	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–2		1–3	2–1	1–3	1–1	3–1	2–1	2–5	3–0	2–3
Matlock Town	2–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	3–1	3–2	2–3	1–1	3–0	1–0		0–5	0–2	0–3	2–3	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–5
Nantwich Town	0–3	0–2	2–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	2–3	3–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–3	0–1		2–3	0–2	1–1	4–3	2–1	2–1	0–5
North Ferriby United	0–1	2–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	6–1	1–1	4–0	3–1	2–3	1–1	3–2	3–1	2–1	0–0		2–2	1–1	5–1	1–1	2–0	2–0
Rushall Olympic	2–0	0–0	5–2	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–4	2–3	0–3		1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–1
Stafford Rangers	4–2	0–0	2–4	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–3	0–1	0–1	2–1	5–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–2	1–2		1–1	0–1	0–0	3–1
Stocksbridge Park Steels	0–2	0–3	2–3	0–2	4–5	1–1	1–3	4–3	0–3	3–3	1–1	5–3	2–2	2–3	5–2	0–4	3–0	2–0		1–4	3–3	1–2
Whitby Town	0–4	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	4–1	2–0	0–2	0–4	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–4	0–1	4–0	3–2		1–3	2–2
Witton Albion	0–2	0–2	2–1	2–4	1–3	3–0	1–1	5–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	3–0	2–0	3–0	2–2	2–4	2–0	3–1	1–0	4–2		4–3
Worksop Town	0–0	5–1	8–1	2–0	1–0	2–3	4–1	3–2	3–2	0–4	1–4	3–0	1–1	6–1	0–2	2–1	2–3	2–3	2–1	0–1	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2013. Source: NPL Premier Division results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

AFC Fylde

Ashton United

Blyth Spartans

Buxton

Chorley

Eastwood Town

F.C. United

Frickley Athletic

Grantham Town

Hednesford Town

Ilkeston

Kendal Town

Marine

Matlock Town

Nantwich Town

North Ferriby

Rushall Olympic

Stafford Rangers

Stocksbridge PS

Whitby Town

Witton Albion

Worksop Town

Locations of the 2012–13 Northern Premier League Premier Division teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity
F.C. United of Manchester	Gigg Lane (Bury ground share)	11,840
Grantham Town	South Kesteven Sports Stadium	7,500
Hednesford Town	Keys Park	6,500
Buxton	The Silverlands	5,200
Eastwood Town	Coronation Park	5,000
Witton Albion	Wincham Park	4,813
Ashton United	Hurst Cross	4,500
Blyth Spartans	Croft Park	4,435
Chorley	The Chorley Group Victory Park Stadium	4,100
Ilkeston	New Manor Ground	3,500
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
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
AFC Fylde	Kellamergh Park	1,500
Rushall Olympic	Dales Lane	1,400

Division One North

Northern Premier League
Division One North

Season	2012–13
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,598 (3.46 per match)
Biggest home win	Curzon Ashton 10–1 Wakefield (1 April 2013)
Biggest away win	Ossett Albion 0–8 Trafford (18 August 2012)
Highest scoring	11 goals New Mills 9–2 Garforth Town (19 November 2012) Curzon Ashton 10–1 Wakefield (1 April 2013)
Highest attendance	615 Curzon Ashton 1–1 Cammell Laird (12 January 2013)[5]
Lowest attendance	29 Cammell Laird 3–2 Radcliffe Borough (12 March 2013)[5]
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Division One North features four new teams:

• Burscough, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
• New Mills and Goole, transferred from the NPL Division One South
• Ramsbottom United, promoted as champions from the North West Counties League Premier Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Skelmersdale United (C, P)	42	32	6	4	110	41	+69	102	Promotion to NPL Premier Division
2	Cammell Laird	42	26	8	8	86	58	+28	86	Qualification for Playoffs
3	New Mills	42	26	7	9	107	69	+38	85
4	Trafford (P)	42	24	8	10	93	44	+49	80
5	Mossley	42	24	8	10	83	48	+35	80
6	Ramsbottom United	42	24	7	11	97	49	+48	79
7	Curzon Ashton	42	22	7	13	98	67	+31	73
8	Clitheroe	42	21	10	11	66	63	+3	73
9	Bamber Bridge	42	21	7	14	86	58	+28	70
10	Warrington Town	42	19	12	11	76	54	+22	69
11	Burscough	42	14	17	11	81	64	+17	59
12	Ossett Town	42	14	13	15	67	65	+2	55
13	Lancaster City	42	15	8	19	70	73	−3	50[a]
14	Farsley	42	13	10	19	72	80	−8	49
15	Radcliffe Borough	42	11	15	16	68	69	−1	48
16	Salford City	42	11	13	18	65	79	−14	46
17	Prescot Cables	42	12	10	20	51	67	−16	46
18	Harrogate Railway Athletic	42	11	8	23	47	89	−42	41
19	Wakefield	42	6	9	27	38	119	−81	27
20	Ossett Albion	42	6	7	29	49	96	−47	25
21	Goole	42	5	8	29	44	89	−45	23	Transferred to the NPL Division One South
22	Garforth Town (R)	42	4	4	34	44	157	−113	16	Relegation to NCEFL Premier Division

Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2013. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Lancaster City deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.

Play-offs

	Semifinals					Final
	2	Cammell Laird	1
	5	Mossley	0
						2	Cammell Laird	0(2)
						4	Trafford (p)	0(4)
	3	New Mills	0
	4	Trafford (a.e.t.)	2

Semifinals

6 May 2013

15:00

Cammell Laird	1–0	Mossley
Holt 90+3'

Kirklands Stadium, Birkenhead

Attendance: 338

6 May 2013

15:00

New Mills	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Trafford
		Ahern 97' Oates 120'

Church Lane, New Mills

Attendance: 448

Final

10 May 2013

19:45

Cammell Laird	0–0	Trafford
	Report
Penalties
	2–4

Kirklands Stadium, Birkenhead

Attendance: 622

Results grid

Home \ Away	BAM	BUR	CAM	CLT	CZA	FAR	GAR	GOO	HRA	LNC	MOS	NEM	OSA	OST	PRC	RAD	RAM	SLC	SKU	TRA	WAK	WAR
Bamber Bridge		2–1	0–0	1–3	3–0	4–0	5–0	3–0	4–1	4–3	2–2	1–4	3–2	4–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–0	2–0	0–0
Burscough	1–0		2–2	0–0	0–0	5–1	5–0	3–1	0–1	1–4	0–0	0–3	2–1	1–1	1–2	4–2	0–2	2–2	4–1	1–3	1–1	1–1
Cammell Laird	3–2	4–2		3–2	1–2	2–4	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	3–2	4–2	5–2	3–2	3–1	3–2	3–2	1–1	2–1	2–1
Clitheroe	2–1	3–2	2–1		2–1	0–0	3–1	3–1	3–3	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–2	0–2	2–0	0–3	1–3	2–2	1–7	2–0	2–2	2–0
Curzon Ashton	4–2	2–5	1–1	1–1		3–2	6–0	3–2	3–0	4–1	3–0	4–3	3–2	0–1	2–2	0–2	1–0	3–1	1–6	0–0	10–1	4–2
Farsley	1–1	1–2	1–3	3–0	1–1		5–0	1–1	2–3	2–3	0–4	1–2	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	5–3	1–5	3–4	3–0	0–3
Garforth Town	0–3	1–5	0–4	0–2	1–6	1–3		0–0	1–2	3–4	0–6	3–4	2–4	0–6	1–4	2–2	0–5	0–2	0–3	2–4	1–1	2–5
Goole	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–2	0–2	0–3	6–2		1–0	1–3	0–4	2–3	3–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–2
Harrogate Railway Athletic	1–2	1–6	1–3	4–2	0–2	2–2	2–3	3–0		0–4	0–1	1–4	1–3	1–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	2–0	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–2
Lancaster City	4–2	2–2	1–2	2–2	3–2	1–1	4–1	2–2	2–1		0–0	1–2	1–0	2–3	3–1	2–2	0–5	0–1	1–3	0–0	0–1	1–1
Mossley	1–0	3–1	1–3	2–3	1–2	3–0	7–0	2–1	3–0	2–0		0–4	2–0	2–1	4–1	2–0	0–4	2–2	0–2	3–2	2–2	1–0
New Mills	1–5	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	3–0	9–2	3–1	4–0	3–1	2–2		5–1	2–1	2–1	1–4	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	6–0	1–6
Ossett Albion	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	3–2	0–2	0–3	3–3	1–4		0–2	0–0	1–2	1–6	2–0	1–4	0–8	2–3	0–2
Ossett Town	2–1	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–4	3–3	5–5	0–2	0–0	1–2	0–1	3–3	1–1		1–1	0–0	0–1	3–2	0–1	0–4	6–0	2–2
Prescot Cables	2–3	0–0	0–2	0–2	1–3	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	3–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2		1–1	2–0	0–3	0–1	1–1	4–0	1–1
Radcliffe Borough	2–2	1–1	0–3	1–3	3–1	2–2	6–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	2–3	1–1	1–2	1–0		2–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	4–0	2–2
Ramsbottom United	2–2	3–1	3–3	3–0	3–4	1–2	6–0	2–1	4–0	2–0	1–2	2–3	4–3	1–1	3–0	3–2		5–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	0–0
Salford City	2–4	2–6	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–3		0–3	3–3	5–2	1–1
Skelmersdale United	2–1	3–3	6–1	3–0	3–2	4–0	3–1	2–2	4–0	3–1	2–1	3–3	4–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	3–2		1–2	2–0	1–1
Trafford	2–0	0–0	0–1	3–0	0–3	3–2	3–0	5–1	4–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–2	4–1	2–1	6–0	0–2		7–0	3–2
Wakefield	0–5	1–1	2–1	0–3	2–1	0–5	0–2	3–1	0–0	1–4	1–6	3–5	1–1	0–3	1–2	2–2	1–2	0–3	0–2	0–1		1–2
Warrington Town	3–1	1–2	0–2	2–1	2–3	2–1	1–4	7–2	4–0	1–3	0–0	4–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–3	2–1	0–1	1–1	4–1

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2013. Source: NPL Division North results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

Bamber Bridge

Burscough

Cammell Laird

Clitheroe

Curzon Ashton

Farsley

Garforth Town

Goole

Harrogate RA

Lancaster City

Mossley

New Mills

Ossett A

Ossett T

Prescot Cables

Radcliffe

Ramsbottom

Salford City

Skelmersdale

Trafford

Warrington

Wakefield

Locations of the 2012–13 Northern Premier League Division One North teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Wakefield	Belle Vue (groundshare with Wakefield Trinity Wildcats)	11,000
Curzon Ashton	Tameside Stadium	4,000
Mossley	Seel Park	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
Burscough	Queensgate	3,054
Garforth Town	Genix Healthcare Stadium	3,000
Goole	Victoria Pleasure Grounds	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	Stade France Stadium	2,000
Ramsbottom United	The Harry Williams Riverside	2,000
Cammell Laird	Kirklands Stadium	1,500
New Mills	Church Lane	1,400
Salford City	Moor Lane	1,400

Division One South

Northern Premier League
Division One South

Season	2012–13
Champions	King's Lynn Town
Promoted	King's Lynn Town Stamford
Relegated	Hucknall Town
Biggest home win	Loughborough Dynamo 13–0 Hucknall Town (1 January 2013)
Biggest away win	Hucknall Town 1–9 Coalville Town (20 October 2012)
Highest scoring	Loughborough Dynamo 13–0 Hucknall Town (1 January 2013)
Highest attendance	1,958 King's Lynn Town 2–1 Sheffield (30 April 2013)[6]
Lowest attendance	34 Hucknall Town 2–4 Market Drayton Town (19 March 2013)[6]
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Division One South features six new teams:

• Chasetown, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
• Gresley, promoted as champions from the Midland Alliance
• Halesowen Town, transferred from the Southern League Division One South & West
• Mickleover Sports, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
• Northwich Victoria, demoted from the NPL Premier Division
• King's Lynn Town, promoted as runners-up from the United Counties League Premier Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	King's Lynn Town (C, P)	42	28	8	6	86	46	+40	92	Promotion to NPL Premier Division
2	Coalville Town	42	25	11	6	108	44	+64	86	Qualification for Playoffs
3	Belper Town	42	23	13	6	95	42	+53	82
4	Stamford (P)	42	23	7	12	97	58	+39	76
5	Chasetown	42	21	11	10	83	51	+32	74
6	Sutton Coldfield Town	42	22	8	12	81	61	+20	74
7	Halesowen Town	42	23	5	14	79	65	+14	74
8	Northwich Victoria	42	19	10	13	88	58	+30	67	Transferred to the NPL Division One North
9	Sheffield	42	18	9	15	85	82	+3	63
10	Leek Town	42	15	14	13	72	60	+12	59
11	Gresley	42	16	10	16	75	77	−2	58
12	Carlton Town	42	16	8	18	67	68	−1	56
13	Brigg Town	42	14	11	17	62	76	−14	53
14	Rainworth Miners Welfare	42	14	9	19	59	75	−16	51
15	Market Drayton Town	42	13	11	18	68	78	−10	50
16	Loughborough Dynamo	42	13	10	19	75	75	0	49
17	Newcastle Town	42	11	13	18	45	58	−13	46
18	Kidsgrove Athletic	42	12	7	23	75	89	−14	43
19	Romulus	42	11	9	22	52	78	−26	42
20	Lincoln United	42	9	9	24	64	102	−38	36
21	Mickleover Sports	42	7	13	22	51	92	−41	34
22	Hucknall Town (R)	42	4	4	34	39	171	−132	16	Relegation to CMFL South Division

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2013. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

	Semifinals					Final
	2	Coalville Town	1
	5	Chasetown	2
						4	Stamford	2
						5	Chasetown	1
	3	Belper Town	2
	4	Stamford (a.e.t.)	4

Semifinals

6 May 2013

15:00

Coalville Town	1–2	Chasetown
Murdock 45'		Robinson 21', 54'

Owen Street Sports Ground, Coalville

Attendance: 495

6 May 2013

15:00

Belper Town	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Stamford
Cotton 6' Froggatt 13'		Miller 16' Brooks 66' Hall 105' (pen.) Richards 120'

Christchurch Meadow, Belper

Attendance: 620

Final

10 May 2013

19:45

Stamford	2–1	Chasetown
Brooks 4' Miller 83'		Hay 15'

Kettering Road, Stamford

Attendance: 864

Results grid

Home \ Away	BLP	BRG	CAR	CHA	COA	GRE	HAL	HUC	KID	KLT	LEE	LIN	LOU	MAR	MIC	NEW	NOR	RAI	ROM	SHE	STM	SUT
Belper Town		1–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	5–1	0–3	1–1	3–0	3–1	5–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	9–0	2–2	4–0	1–0
Brigg Town	2–2		3–0	0–1	0–3	3–3	2–2	1–0	3–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–3	0–3	3–2	0–5	0–3	2–3	2–1
Carlton Town	0–1	5–2		2–2	3–2	0–1	1–2	1–0	4–2	2–2	3–2	1–1	1–2	2–3	0–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	2–2	2–3	2–3
Chasetown	1–1	2–0	5–0		1–4	3–4	3–0	4–0	6–1	0–1	0–0	3–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	3–2	5–1	3–1	2–2
Coalville Town	1–1	2–1	5–1	1–1		1–1	0–1	5–0	4–3	0–0	6–2	2–1	0–0	2–2	6–1	4–1	1–0	3–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	2–0
Gresley	1–0	2–4	0–2	1–4	1–2		3–2	5–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–1	3–0	0–1	2–3	1–3	1–2
Halesowen Town	1–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–5	4–2		2–1	4–3	1–0	2–2	5–0	3–0	1–0	1–3	0–0	3–1	1–3	5–0	2–3	1–1	2–1
Hucknall Town	0–5	1–6	0–3	3–2	1–9	1–3	0–4		0–5	1–3	1–6	1–1	1–7	2–4	0–2	0–1	1–2	1–8	1–3	0–5	2–2	2–3
Kidsgrove Athletic	2–2	3–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	5–3	1–0	4–0		1–2	3–3	2–1	3–2	2–2	1–1	4–1	0–1	3–0	0–0	1–4	1–3	0–2
King's Lynn Town	1–2	3–2	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–2	3–2	2–4	3–1		2–0	5–2	2–0	3–0	7–0	3–2	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–0
Leek Town	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–4	1–2	0–2	5–1	2–1	1–1		3–1	0–1	3–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	5–1	0–1	3–0	2–1
Lincoln United	2–4	1–0	2–4	2–2	2–1	5–2	1–2	0–1	1–4	2–3	1–2		1–3	2–1	1–3	1–2	1–2	3–1	0–3	2–6	1–1	3–2
Loughborough Dynamo	0–0	1–1	2–4	3–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	13–0	5–1	3–5	0–3	1–2		1–5	4–2	0–3	1–3	0–0	2–0	4–1	0–2	0–2
Market Drayton Town	3–2	1–1	1–4	0–1	2–5	0–1	2–3	2–4	2–0	0–1	1–1	3–3	4–1		3–3	3–1	2–3	3–1	1–0	6–3	0–1	1–0
Mickleover Sports	0–0	0–2	2–2	0–3	0–5	0–4	3–2	4–0	0–3	1–3	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–2		0–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	3–3	1–2	2–2
Newcastle Town	1–2	1–1	1–0	4–0	2–1	3–1	2–3	1–1	0–4	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–1		1–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–2
Northwich Victoria	1–2	2–0	2–3	0–1	3–0	2–2	3–0	10–0	1–1	0–1	4–3	3–3	4–4	1–1	4–1	3–1		2–0	3–1	2–2	3–4	0–1
Rainworth Miners Welfare	1–3	1–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	4–1	3–1	2–2	1–0	3–4	0–0	2–2	4–2	3–2	0–0		2–1	1–2	0–4	1–0
Romulus	0–3	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–1	0–2	0–1	7–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–4	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–3		2–1	0–2	1–1
Sheffield	1–5	1–2	2–0	2–2	3–3	1–2	0–3	3–3	3–0	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–2	3–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–0		2–1	2–3
Stamford	4–1	3–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–2	4–1	8–0	4–1	4–1	0–1	5–1	1–2	3–2	5–2	3–0	5–3	1–2	0–2	4–1		0–0
Sutton Coldfield Town	2–1	5–0	1–0	4–4	0–4	4–2	2–0	4–0	4–3	3–1	2–2	4–3	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–5	5–1	1–1	4–0	2–4

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2013. Source: NPL Division South results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

Belper Town

Brigg Town

Carlton Town

Chasetown

Coalville Town

Gresley

Halesowen Town

Hucknall Town

Kidsgrove Athletic

King's Lynn Town

Leek Town

Lincoln United

Loughborough Dynamo

Market Drayton Town

Mickleover Sports

Newcastle Town

Northwich Victoria

Rainworth Miners Welfare

Romulus

Sheffield

Stamford

Sutton
Coldfield Town

Locations of the 2012–13 Northern Premier League Division One South teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity
King's Lynn Town	The Walks	5,733
Halesowen Town	The Grove	5,000
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
Northwich Victoria	Marston Road (groundshare with Stafford Rangers)	3,000
Belper Town	Christchurch Meadow	2,400
Gresley	The Moat Ground	2,400
Lincoln United	Ashby Avenue	2,200
Chasetown	The Scholars Ground	2,000
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	Kettering Road	2,000
Sutton Coldfield Town	The Central Ground	2,000
Carlton Town	Bill Stokeld Stadium	1,500
Loughborough Dynamo	Nanpantan Sports Ground	1,500
Mickleover Sports	Raygar Stadium	1,500
Market Drayton Town	Greenfields Sports Ground	1,000

Challenge Cup

2012–13 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup

Tournament details
Country	England
Teams	66
Defending champions	North Ferriby United
Final positions
Champions	North Ferriby United
Runners-up	Curzon Ashton
Tournament statistics
Matches played	65
Goals scored	266 (4.09 per match)
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup (billed as the 2012–13 Doodson Sports Cup for sponsorship reasons)^[7] is the 43rd season of the Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, the cup competition of the Northern Premier League.

Calendar

Round	matches played	matches	Clubs
Preliminary round	5–13 November 2012	4	66 → 62
First round	20 November – 18 December 2012	20	62 → 42
Second round	18 December – 14 January 2013	10	42 → 32
Third round	7 January – 25 February 2013	16	32 → 16
Fourth round	29 January – 12 March 2013	8	16 → 8
Quarterfinals	12–19 March 2013	4	8 → 4
Semifinals	3–4 April 2013	2	4 → 2
Final	23 April 2013	1	2 → 1

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, eight teams from the lower regional divisions have been drawn together.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	New Mills	0–4	Leek Town	80
2	Romulus	2–1	Gresley	52
3	Salford City	0–1	Curzon Ashton	49
4	Sheffield	5–3	Harrogate Railway Athletic	124

First round

The four clubs which make 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.^[8]

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 5 Bamber Bridge 1–2 AET Cammell Laird 80 6 Burscough 2–1 Ramsbottom United 75 7 Coalville Town 4–6 AET Rainworth Miners Welfare 62 8 Farsley 2–1 Ossett Albion 76 9 Garforth Town 1–2 Sheffield 56 10 Halesowen Town 1–3 AET Carlton Town 84 11 Hucknall Town 0–4 Brigg Town 36 12 King's Lynn Town 1–2 Stamford 201 13 Lancaster City 0–1 Curzon Ashton 72 14 Lincoln United 1–4 Mickleover Sports 36

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 15 Mossley 1–7 Warrington Town 95 16 Newcastle Town 1–2 Market Drayton Town 62 17 Northwich Victoria 2–0 Kidsgrove Athletic 65 18 Ossett Town 3–1 AET Belper Town 63 19 Radcliffe Borough 4–5 Clitheroe 68 20 Romulus 0–2 Chasetown 71 21 Skelmersdale United 7–1 Prescot Cables 104 22 Sutton Coldfield Town 4–2 Loughborough Dynamo 49 23 Trafford 3–1 Leek Town 47 24 Wakefield 2–3 Goole 40

Second round

The 20 clubs which make it through the first round enter into the draw.^[9]

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 25 Brigg Town 3–5 AET Sheffield 76 26 Carlton Town 2–1 Ossett Town 54 27 Chasetown 1–5 Northwich Victoria 104 28 Curzon Ashton 2–0 Burscough 64 29 Farsley 4–1 Clitheroe 61

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 30 Goole 0–4 Rainworth Miners Welfare 43 31 Market Drayton Town 1–0 Sutton Coldfield Town 33 32 Mickleover Sports 4–3 AET Stamford 58 33 Skelmersdale United 2–2 AET Cammell Laird 101 Cammell Laird 3–0 on penalties 34 Trafford 3–2 Warrington Town 126

Third round

Teams from the Northern Premier League Premier Division entered at this stage, along with the 10 winners from the second round. The draw for the third round was made on 19 December 2012.^[10]

Witton Albion v AFC Fylde

8 January 2013 35	Witton Albion	3–1	AFC Fylde	Wincham Park, Northwich
19:45	Shaw 29' Gardner 52' (pen.), 82' (pen.)	Witton Albion Report AFC Fylde Report	Horne 70' (o.g.)	Attendance: 152 Referee: Mark Astley

Ashton United v F.C. United of Manchester

30 January 2013 36	Ashton United	1–2	F.C. United of Manchester	Hurst Cross, Ashton-under-Lyne
19:45	Sherriff 51'	Ashton United Report F.C. United Report	Norton 23' Jones 49'	Attendance: 229

North Ferriby United v Sheffield

19 February 2013 37	North Ferriby United	6–3	Sheffield	Grange Lane, North Ferriby
19:45	Banks 5' Bradshaw 47', 52', 78', 89' Bolder 60'	North Ferriby Report Sheffield Report	Forbes-Swindells 48' Woolley 51' Gray 67' (o.g.)	Attendance: 65

Northwich Victoria v Market Drayton Town

30 January 2013 38	Northwich Victoria	1–0	Market Drayton Town	Marston Road, Stafford
19:45	Harries 58'	Northwich Victoria Report Market Drayton Town Report		Attendance: 48

Chorley v Cammell Laird

29 January 2013 39	Chorley	2–3	Cammell Laird	Victory Park, Chorley
19:45	Atherton 18' (o.g.) Roscoe 63'	Chorley Report	Grogan 2' Holt 80' Dysar 90+'	Attendance: 117

Curzon Ashton v Kendal Town

25 February 2013 40	Curzon Ashton	3–0	Kendal Town	Tameside Stadium, Ashton-under-Lyne
19:45	Walker 20', 29' McDonagh 58'	Curzon Ashton Report Kendal Town Report		Attendance: 85

Farsley v Whitby Town

8 January 2013 41	Farsley	3–1	Whitby Town	Throstle Nest, Farsley
19:45	Harrison 30' Stead 41' Priestley 62'	Whitby Town Report	Snaith 32'	Attendance: 102

Ilkeston v Eastwood Town

7 January 2013 42	Ilkeston	1–2	Eastwood Town	New Manor Ground, Ilkeston
19:45	Gardner 10'	Ilkeston Report Eastwood Town Report	Green 34' Elliott 68'	Attendance: 230

Marine v Trafford

15 January 2013 43	Marine	3–0	Trafford	Arriva Stadium, Crosby
19:45	Noon 26', 51', 82'	Marine Report		Attendance: 119 Referee: Barry Cropp

Matlock Town v Carlton Town

12 February 2013 44	Matlock Town	2–1	Carlton Town	Causeway Lane, Matlock
19:45	Yates 12' McDonald 76'	Matlock Town Report	Henry 17'	Attendance: 82

Mickleover Sports v Grantham Town

8 January 2013 45	Mickleover Sports	1–4	Grantham Town	The Raygar Stadium, Mickleover
19:45	Munn 40'	Grantham Town Report	Troke 2', 56' Lewis 33' Demidh 62'	Attendance: 67

Rainworth Miners Welfare v Buxton

8 January 2013 46	Rainworth Miners Welfare	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Buxton	Kirklington Road, Rainworth
19:45	Cooksey 99' Goward 104'	Rainworth Miners Report Buxton Report		Attendance: 78

Rushall Olympic v Hednesford Town

8 January 2013 47	Rushall Olympic	1–0	Hednesford Town	Dales Lane, Rushall
19:45	Craddock 15'	Rushall Olympic Report Hednesford Town Report		Attendance: 112

Stafford Rangers v Nantwich Town

8 January 2013 48	Stafford Rangers	1–2	Nantwich Town	Marston Road, Stafford
19:45	Ashton 90'	Stafford Rangers Report Nantwich Town Report	Wilson 29' Cooke 86' (pen.)	Attendance: 210 Referee: Thomas Harty

Stocksbridge Park Steels v Blyth Spartans

8 January 2013 49	Stocksbridge Park Steels	3–5 (a.e.t.)	Blyth Spartans	Look Local Stadium, Stocksbridge
19:45	Turner 18' Thewlis 75' South 80'	Stocksbridge Park Report Blyth Spartans Report	Buchanan 28' McGorrigan 41' Jennings 86' Dale 104' Maguire 117'	Attendance: 48

Worksop Town v Frickley Athletic

9 January 2013 50	Worksop Town	4–1	Frickley Athletic	Sandy Lane, Worksop
19:45	Hawes 19' Jackson 21', 59' Telling 26'	Worksop Town Report Frickley Athletic Report	Hinsley 52'	Attendance: 196

Fourth round

The draw for the fourth round took place on 10 January 2013, with the 16 clubs that made it through the third round.^[11]

Witton Albion v F.C. United of Manchester

19 February 2013 51	Witton Albion	4–3	F.C. United of Manchester	Wincham Park, Northwich
19:45	Tuck 30', 54' Powell 38' Andrews 78'	F.C. United Report Witton Albion Report	Stott 14', 90' Giggs 71'	Attendance: 382 Referee: Peter Gooch

Blyth Spartans v North Ferriby United

26 February 2013 52	Blyth Spartans	1–2	North Ferriby United	Croft Park, Blyth
19:45	Mason 80'	Blyth Spartans Report North Ferriby Report	Bradshaw 66' Wilson 89'	Attendance: 208

Eastwood Town v Rainworth Miners Welfare

29 January 2013 53	Eastwood Town	2–0	Rainworth Miners Welfare	Coronation Park, Eastwood
19:45	Breach 18' White 77'	Rainworth Report		Attendance: 91 Referee: Duncan Street

Farsley v Worksop Town

29 January 2013 54	Farsley	2–1	Worksop Town	Throstle Nest, Farsley
19:45	Tiani 40' Priestley 66'	Worksop Town Report Farsley Report	Burbeary 70'	Attendance: 97 Referee: Gary Chapman

Grantham Town v Matlock Town

26 February 2013 55	Grantham Town	1–2	Matlock Town	South Kesteven Sports Stadium, Grantham
19:45	Smith 15'	Grantham Town Report Matlock Town Report	Grayson 35' (pen.) McDonald 44'	Attendance: 81

Marine v Cammell Laird

12 February 2013 56	Marine	1–2	Cammell Laird	Arriva Stadium, Crosby
19:45	Burton 48'	Marine Report Cammell Laird Report	Henders 25' Foley 90+'	Attendance: 104 Referee: Ian Gittins

Nantwich Town v Curzon Ashton

14 March 2013 57	Nantwich Town	1–3	Curzon Ashton	Weaver Stadium, Nantwich
19:45	Moss 32'	Nantwich Town Report Curzon Ashton Report	Kay 17' Henderson 24' Dell 84'	Attendance: 105

Rushall Olympic v Northwich Victoria

5 February 2013 58	Rushall Olympic	1–2	Northwich Victoria	Dales Lane, Rushall
19:45	Bragioli 28'	Rushall Olympic Report Northwich Victoria Report	Wisdom 11' Leadbetter 82'	Attendance: 48

Source:^[12]

Quarter-finals

The eight clubs to have made it through the fourth round were entered into the quarter-finals draw, which took place on 19 February 2013.^[13] Cammell Laird, Farsley, and Curzon Ashton from the NPL Division One North and Northwich Victoria from the NPL Division One South remain as the lowest-placed teams still in the Cup.

Eastwood Town v North Ferriby United

12 March 2013 59	Eastwood Town	0–5	North Ferriby United	Coronation Park, Eastwood
19:45		report	Robson 3' Bradshaw 45', 75', 76' Banks 72'	Attendance: 51

Cammell Laird v Northwich Victoria

19 March 2013 60	Cammell Laird	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Northwich Victoria	Kirklands Stadium, Birkenhead
19:45	Holt 15' Cairns 103' Henders 111'	report	Wisdom 14'	Attendance: 59

Matlock Town v Farsley

19 March 2013 61	Matlock Town	3–1	Farsley	Causeway Lane, Matlock
19:45	Ashmore 12' McMahon 19' McDonald 58'	report	Grant 63'	Attendance: 126

Curzon Ashton v Witton Albion

20 March 2013 62	Curzon Ashton	0–4	Witton Albion	Tameside Stadium, Ashton-under-Lyne
19:45		report	Shaw 29' Hancock 42' (pen.) Sheehan 59' Andrews 90'	Attendance: 104

Source:^[12]

Semi-finals

The four clubs to have made it through the quarter-finals were entered into the semi-finals draw. The draw for the semi-finals took place on 21 March 2013, with Cammell Laird from the Northern Premier League Division One North remaining as the lowest-placed team still in the Cup.^[14] Witton Albion was removed from the semi-finals due to fielding an ineligible player on 19 February 2013 against F.C. United of Manchester since the player had already represented Curzon Ashton in a previous round on 27 November 2012. Curzon Ashton was reinstated to play Matlock Town in place of Witton Albion in the semi-finals.^[15]

North Ferriby United v Cammell Laird

3 April 2013 63	North Ferriby United	2–1	Cammell Laird	Grange Lane, North Ferriby
19:45	Gray 19' Wilson 81'	Report	Dysart 45'	Attendance: 148

Matlock Town v Curzon Ashton^[15]

4 April 2013 64	Matlock Town	1–2	Curzon Ashton[15]	Causeway Lane, Matlock
19:45	Leesley 64'	Report	Gaughan 7' (o.g.) Metcalfe 79'	Attendance: 144

Source:^[16]

Final

The Challenge Cup Final was played at the Throstle Nest, the home ground of Farsley F.C.^[17] This was the second consecutive Challenge Cup Final for North Ferriby United and Curzon Ashton's first Finals appearance. After a 1–1 draw, North Ferriby United went on to win the penalty shoot-out and secure their second Challenge Cup in a row while also being the third team ever to retain the Cup.^[18]

23 April 2013

19:45 BST

Curzon Ashton	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	North Ferriby United
Dennis 3'	Report 1 Report 2	Bradshaw 20'
Penalties
Kay Dennis Walker Metcalfe McDonagh	1 – 2	Stokes King Bruce Williams Ombeni

Throstle Nest, Farsley

Attendance: 179

Peter Swales Shield

2013 Peter Swales Shield

King's Lynn Town Skelmersdale United 1 6
Date	6 May 2013
Venue	The Walks, King's Lynn
Referee	S. Meredith (Mansfield)[19]
Attendance	321
← 2012 2014 →

For the 2013 edition of the Peter Swales Shield, the 2012–13 champions of the Northern Premier League First Division North, Skelmersdale United, played against the 2012–13 champions of the Northern Premier League First Division South, King's Lynn Town.

6 May 2013

King's Lynn Town (2012–13 NPL Division One South Winners)	1–6	Skelmersdale United (2012–13 NPL Division One North Winners)
Thomson 64' (pen.)	Report	Mark Jackson 21' Hine 24', 75', 86', 87' Morning 36'

The Walks, King's Lynn, Norfolk

Attendance: 321

Referee: S. Meredith (Mansfield)^[19]

See also

• 2012–13 Isthmian League
• 2012–13 Southern League