2003–04 Northern Premier League

The 2003–04 Northern Premier League season was the 36th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First. This season was the last before the formation of the Conference North and the Conference South, so most of the Premier Division teams were promoted to the Conference North for next season. Subsequently, the First Division had most of its teams promoted to the Premier Division, with new teams admitted from the leagues just below the Northern Premier in the English football league system. During this season, Radcliffe Borough's Jody Banim broke the English Record for the most Consecutive games where a player has scored at least one goal, which ran from 9 September to 4 November.

Premier Division

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season 2003–04
Champions Hucknall Town
Promoted
Relegated None
Matches played 513
Goals scored 1534 (2.99 per match)

The Premier Division featured four new teams:

Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Hucknall Town (C) (P) 44 29 8 7 83 38+45 95 Promotion to Conference North
2 Droylsden (P) 44 26 8 10 96 64+32 86
3 Barrow (P) 44 22 14 8 82 52+30 80
4 Alfreton Town (P) 44 23 9 12 73 43+30 78
5 Harrogate Town (P) 44 24 5 15 79 63+16 77
6 Southport (P) 44 20 10 14 71 52+19 70
7 Worksop Town (P) 44 19 13 12 64 50+14 70
8 Lancaster City (P) 44 20 9 15 62 49+13 69
9 Vauxhall Motors (P) 44 19 10 15 78 75+3 67
10 Gainsborough Trinity (P) 44 17 13 14 70 52+18 64
11 Stalybridge Celtic (P) 44 18 10 16 72 66+6 64
12 Altrincham (P) 44 16 15 13 66 51+15 63
13 Runcorn F.C. Halton (P) 44 16 13 15 67 63+4 61
14 Ashton United (P) 44 17 8 19 59 7920 059* Qualification for Playoffs
15 Whitby Town 44 14 11 19 55 7015 53
16 Marine 44 13 12 19 62 7412 51
17 Bradford Park Avenue (P) 44 12 14 18 48 6214 50
18 Spennymoor United 44 14 6 24 55 9338 48
19 Burscough 44 10 15 19 47 6720 45
20 Radcliffe Borough 44 12 6 26 74 9925 42
21 Blyth Spartans 44 10 10 24 54 7420 40
22 Frickley Athletic 44 11 7 26 51 8332 40
23 Wakefield & Emley 44 8 6 30 45 9954 30

Updated to games played on 8 February 2011.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
* Although Ashton United did not progress through the playoffs, they were promoted nonetheless.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away ALF ALT ASHBRWBLYBPABURDROEmleyFRKGAIHARHUCLNCMARRADRUNSOUSPUSTLVAUWTBWKS
Alfreton Town 00 50 11 21 11 10 42 12 31 20 21 30 40 00 02 02 11 31 51 21 30 21
Altrincham 01 12 11 12 10 30 10 11 22 00 23 00 33 41 10 10 11 33 31 12 40 21
Ashton United 11 02 12 20 02 00 11 32 11 34 16 21 43 33 42 21 12 21 01 23 13 03
Barrow 12 21 30 30 40 33 21 31 30 12 10 43 11 20 10 11 20 02 01 32 00 10
Blyth Spartans 10 22 20 02 00 02 15 13 11 34 12 00 50 10 33 14 02 01 36 10 11 33
Bradford Park Avenue 01 11 21 22 11 02 02 00 00 23 12 02 11 11 11 01 00 23 62 12 23 01
Burscough 41 31 12 11 12 11 13 31 00 10 01 01 00 36 13 03 21 00 31 11 11 00
Droylsden 21 14 12 11 33 30 20 40 21 31 31 00 42 54 12 32 20 20 21 31 21 22
Frickley Athletic 03 11 12 42 21 01 20 03 00 00 01 02 43 30 12 12 32 12 02 21 31 11
Gainsborough Trinity 24 23 30 00 20 33 41 12 30 20 21 32 20 62 01 12 31 00 00 30 22 21
Harrogate Town 10 10 21 21 21 01 21 44 21 02 } 12 01 41 30 11 31 31 43 32 50 10 02
Hucknall Town 33 21 20 31 10 00 10 11 30 20 10 30 11 11 10 40 21 13 20 01 10 31
Lancaster City 01 10 11 03 11 13 40 21 11 01 14 31 31 42 01 10 60 21 00 30 43 20
Marine 01 01 02 12 10 20 40 12 21 31 22 11 11 32 13 11 13 02 32 30 22 02
Radcliffe Borough 10 13 12 23 23 20 12 42 42 21 31 16 02 31 12 13 11 32 12 41 05 12
Runcorn 22 03 12 00 10 12 00 22 20 22 41 12 01 02 22 11 12 30 11 53 11 23
Southport 10 22 00 11 10 01 21 41 31 20 32 11 30 00 21 03 23 23 11 11 30 23
Spennymoor United 10 21 32 24 05 24 02 01 32 06 15 13 01 02 31 21 02 13 21 44 20 11
Stalybridge Celtic 30 10 11 22 20 20 11 21 50 20 12 12 03 11 02 22 21 02 34 33 13 03
Vauxhall Motors 20 11 12 11 21 62 32 24 21 02 30 13 21 10 05 60 32 42 11 10 11 11
Wakefield & Emley 05 20 12 25 12 01 22 02 02 02 02 03 10 04 21 35 01 20 13 01 03 11
Whitby Town 04 23 01 32 21 01 11 12 21 21 02 00 21 12 10 10 05 10 02 11 21 23
Worksop Town 00 00 30 24 10 12 11 13 30 00 10 03 00 12 41 01 10 40 21 43 40 11

Updated to games played on 24 April 2004.
Source: Northern Premier Division results grid
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Eight teams competed for the final Conference North place; including Hyde United, champions of Division One.

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
1 Ashton United 2
8 Hyde United 1
1 Ashton United 1
4 Bradford Park Avenue 2
4 Bradford Park Avenue 3
5 Spennymoor United 1
4 Bradford Park Avenue 2
6 Burscough 0
2 Whitby Town 2(2)
7 Radcliffe Borough 2(4)
7 Radcliffe Borough 0
6 Burscough 2
3 Marine 1
6 Burscough 3

Division One

Northern Premier League Division One
Season 2003–04
Champions Hyde United
Promoted
Relegated None
Matches played 463
Goals scored 1372 (2.96 per match)

Division One featured five new teams:

League Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Hyde United (C) (P) 42 24 8 10 79 49+30 80 Promotion to NPL Premier Division and Playoffs
2 Matlock Town (P) 42 23 7 12 78 51+27 76 Promotion to NPL Premier Division
3 Farsley Celtic (P) 42 20 14 8 78 56+22 74
4 Lincoln United (P) 42 20 11 11 73 53+20 71
5 Witton Albion (P) 42 17 12 13 61 56+5 63
6 Gateshead (P) 42 21 4 17 64 684 064*
7 Workington (P) 42 17 11 14 70 58+12 62
8 Leek Town (P) 42 16 13 13 56 47+9 61
9 Guiseley (P) 42 16 12 14 66 44+22 60
10 Bamber Bridge (P) 42 16 12 14 64 53+11 60
11 Bridlington Town (P) 42 16 10 16 70 68+2 58
12 Prescot Cables (P) 42 16 10 16 63 652 58
13 Bishop Auckland (P) 42 14 13 15 61 643 55
14 Ossett Town (P) 42 15 10 17 62 7311 054*
15 Rossendale United 42 13 12 17 53 629 51
16 Colwyn Bay 42 14 9 19 56 8226 51
17 North Ferriby United 42 13 11 18 64 706 50
18 Chorley 42 13 10 19 54 7016 49
19 Stocksbridge Park Steels 42 12 12 18 57 6912 48
20 Belper Town 42 9 15 18 44 5814 42
21 Kendal Town 42 11 7 24 53 7926 40
22 Kidsgrove Athletic 42 10 9 23 45 6722 39

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
*Gateshead and Ossett Town were docked 3 points.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away BAM BLP BISBRICHOCOLFARGATGUIHYDKENKIDLEELINMATNFUOSTPRCRossendale UnitedSTOWTNWRK
Bamber Bridge 21 13 20 00 11 12 02 12 23 51 30 00 10 44 11 00 22 21 40 12 20
Belper Town 21 11 02 20 20 11 11 10 01 30 11 02 01 02 03 30 22 00 10 00 11
Bishop Auckland 01 24 32 11 41 42 21 10 23 20 20 23 11 01 04 20 11 33 22 12 11
Bridlington Town 10 13 20 20 41 31 10 21 31 51 21 32 01 11 22 24 11 01 22 11 24
Chorley 01 11 21 11 32 12 41 12 10 22 21 10 23 20 12 12 42 20 13 11 41
Colwyn Bay 05 32 23 11 34 10 13 10 11 05 50 13 33 00 10 44 02 10 11 12 00
Farsley Celtic 11 22 40 22 10 50 33 53 13 21 11 00 22 12 50 21 02 10 31 10 21
Gateshead 21 21 03 23 10 12 34 15 21 21 21 42 10 13 32 02 11 20 41 10 23
Guiseley 11 30 11 21 13 12 20 42 01 40 20 11 12 31 12 11 01 21 00 22 31
Hyde United 40 31 11 31 00 40 11 02 10 10 10 01 20 21 40 52 41 20 11 01 31
Kendal Town 23 21 12 10 11 21 22 12 22 13 12 21 23 12 11 01 23 21 21 21 05
Kidsgrove Athletic 11 20 11 42 22 12 14 21 12 12 21 01 12 10 41 12 01 13 21 02 11
Leek Town 10 11 00 32 20 01 12 00 22 52 10 12 31 02 12 01 11 21 20 22 12
Lincoln United 11 00 00 20 41 21 01 01 22 20 43 21 11 52 33 00 10 40 00 41 10
Matlock Town 10 31 01 35 40 11 20 20 12 25 00 31 10 42 11 30 21 41 31 21 40
North Ferriby United 20 20 03 22 23 50 02 12 20 20 31 21 11 01 02 23 41 23 11 13 11
Ossett Town 23 20 00 01 10 41 12 40 12 22 02 11 02 31 04 22 22 00 30 23 12
Prescot Cables 23 10 42 11 41 02 01 20 10 01 21 21 13 10 02 31 53 01 23 30 02
Rossendale United 32 11 30 31 00 13 11 13 11 12 00 00 11 42 20 10 12 52 00 01 33
Stocksbridge Park Steels 13 33 21 20 40 03 22 30 11 22 02 21 02 32 21 30 12 31 24 01 01
Witton Albion 00 20 20 21 31 01 22 02 12 43 31 00 11 13 11 11 31 22 50 13 12
Workington 12 11 42 12 40 21 22 02 22 11 01 01 30 05 21 21 70 00 01 20 40

Updated to games played on 24 April 2004.
Source: Northern Premier League First Division results grid
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion and relegation

In the thirty-sixth season of the Northern Premier League the top fourteen teams of the Premier Division plus Bradford Park Avenue were promoted to the newly formed Conference North. They were replaced by the top fourteen teams of the First Division, who in turn were replaced by the following fourteen teams:

No teams were relegated this season.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup: Teams from both leagues.

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

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

Peter Swales Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.

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