2004–05 Northern Premier League

The 2004–05 Northern Premier League season was the 37th 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 was the first Northern Premier League system after the creation of Conference North and Conference South

Premier Division

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season 2004–05
Champions Hyde United
Promoted Hyde United
Workington
Relegated Bamber Bridge
Bishop Auckland
Bridlington Town
Matches played 456
Goals scored 1427 (3.13 per match)

Due to a restructuring of the league system in which the new leagues Conference North and Conference South, the league featured 14 new teams promoted from Division One:

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Hyde United (C) (P) 42 25 13 4 80 43+37 88 Promotion to Conference North
2 Workington (P) 42 26 7 9 73 30+43 85 Qualification for Play-offs
3 Farsley Celtic 42 25 8 9 81 41+40 83
4 Whitby Town 42 23 11 8 65 49+16 80
5 Prescot Cables 42 21 8 13 63 54+9 71
6 Burscough 42 21 7 14 93 74+19 70
7 Leek Town 42 16 15 11 63 52+11 63
8 Witton Albion 42 15 17 10 56 44+12 62
9 Radcliffe Borough 42 16 14 12 60 611 62
10 Guiseley 42 16 13 13 70 64+6 61
11 Matlock Town 42 14 13 15 59 678 55
12 Blyth Spartans 42 13 13 16 53 552 52
13 Wakefield & Emley 42 14 10 18 60 677 52
14 Lincoln United 42 15 4 23 53 6613 49
15 Marine 42 10 18 14 53 607 48
16 Ossett Town 42 11 13 18 53 629 46
17 Gateshead 42 11 12 19 61 8423 45
18 Frickley Athletic 42 10 14 18 44 5713 44
19 Bishop Auckland (R) 42 11 7 24 51 7423 40 Relegation to NPL Division One
20 Bridlington Town (R) 42 7 14 21 44 6622 35
21 Bamber Bridge (R) 42 9 7 26 48 9244 34
22 Spennymoor United 42 9 10 23 44 6521 013* Resigned after 33 games

Updated to games played on 8 February 2011.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
* Spennymoor United were docked 24 points for failing to fulfil their fixture list. Their resignation from the League after 33 matches caused the Northern Premier League controversy of 2005.
(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 BIS BLYBRIBURFARFRKGATGUIHYDLEELINMARMATOSTPRCRADSPUWakefield & EmleyWTBWTNWRK
Bamber Bridge 00 13 21 23 12 20 02 21 04 04 23 21 01 33 02 03 11 32 12 11 02
Bishop Auckland 30 11 23 12 01 21 43 11 02 13 12 21 41 10 13 40 42 13 11 01 02
Blyth Spartans 01 30 51 24 14 11 20 22 02 01 20 10 11 01 02 20 10 52 22 21 10
Bridlington Town 22 22 11 01 02 11 21 41 12 00 12 11 02 11 20 03 12 10 00 00 00
Burscough 40 40 01 04 14 21 32 32 40 00 73 13 30 53 35 24 50 33 51 11 13
Farsley Celtic 51 20 11 31 12 21 10 31 20 23 10 00 40 20 00 11 11 50 12 01 02
Frickley Athletic 10 10 20 31 21 24 11 01 12 02 10 11 15 11 11 23 11 12 11 21 01
Gateshead 22 11 21 22 33 10 11 21 13 22 23 13 21 33 11 01 51 21 03 21 11
Guiseley 42 52 21 31 31 22 00 12 11 21 11 12 24 00 23 43 32 10 11 11 13
Hyde United 21 10 30 21 61 24 11 40 31 11 11 10 22 20 22 30 21 22 10 10
Leek Town 42 21 00 21 20 11 12 50 13 22 02 02 22 20 11 00 00 40 22 11
Lincoln United 20 12 10 21 23 01 30 12 01 12 23 41 30 21 03 12 12 01 15 32
Marine 33 41 00 11 11 21 11 42 00 22 22 22 11 31 02 13 12 23 11 12
Matlock Town 32 02 00 00 31 12 11 11 11 11 32 21 13 10 01 30 23 21 11 14 12
Ossett Town 23 11 11 51 00 12 21 10 10 24 30 10 30 11 02 02 43 21 21 12 01
Prescot Cables 21 21 21 32 13 14 02 31 01 01 21 10 00 23 21 22 30 02 11 14
Radcliffe Borough 12 32 11 11 12 02 00 30 14 10 11 11 22 11 22 21 22 32 01 11 02
Spennymoor United 03 50 23 21 10 11 02 22 33 13 10 00 02 00 52 10 00 15
Wakefield & Emley 40 02 31 20 00 23 10 13 13 33 21 30 00 12 22 21 12 30 00 10 11
Whitby Town 30 20 42 00 14 21 31 32 21 11 20 10 21 32 10 32 02 00 12 22 01
Witton Albion 20 10 22 10 03 22 21 41 00 11 13 10 30 10 00 13 41 12 11 02 10
Workington 20 10 10 21 10 12 21 30 12 02 41 12 30 40 31 20 00 50 00 12 11

Updated to games played on 30 April 2005.
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.

Play-offs

The Premier Division play-offs saw the second to fifth placed sides in the Division compete for one place in the Conference North.

Semi-finals
14 May 2005
Final
17 May 2005
      
3 Farsley Celtic 1*
4 Whitby Town 0
3 Farsley Celtic 0(5)
2 Workington 0(6)
2 Workington 3
5 Prescot Cables 1

* After extra time

Division One

Northern Premier League Division One
Season 2004–05
Champions North Ferriby United
Promoted Ilkeston Town
North Ferriby United
A.F.C. Telford United
Relegated None
Matches played 465
Goals scored 1394 (3 per match)

Division One featured 14 new teams due to the creation of Conference North and Conference South:

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 North Ferriby United (C) (P) 42 25 8 9 83 49+34 83 Promotion to NPL Premier Division
2 Ilkeston Town (P) 42 24 9 9 64 40+24 81
3 A.F.C. Telford United (P) 42 23 11 8 78 44+34 80 Qualification for Play-offs
4 Willenhall Town 42 22 12 8 71 46+25 78
5 Kendal Town 42 21 8 13 89 69+20 71
6 Eastwood Town 42 20 9 13 73 54+19 69
7 Mossley 42 20 6 16 81 56+25 66
8 Brigg Town 42 15 19 8 57 53+4 64
9 Gresley Rovers 42 17 12 13 53 563 63
10 Kidsgrove Athletic 42 15 15 12 60 55+5 60
11 Woodley Sports 42 16 11 15 68 746 59
12 Ossett Albion 42 15 13 14 83 74+9 58
13 Colwyn Bay 42 14 13 15 54 628 55
14 Stocksbridge Park Steels 42 15 9 18 58 580 051*
15 Shepshed Dynamo 42 13 11 18 55 7520 50
16 Chorley 42 13 9 20 62 697 48
17 Belper Town 42 13 8 21 57 669 47
18 Spalding United 42 13 8 21 57 6912 47
19 Clitheroe 42 12 10 20 47 5710 46
20 Warrington Town 42 11 13 18 45 5914 46
21 Rossendale United 42 10 10 22 64 8723 40
22 Rocester (R) 42 0 6 36 31 132101 6 Relegation to Midland Alliance

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
*Stocksbridge Park Steels 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 TEL BLP BRGCHOCLTCOLEASGREILKKENKIDMOSNFUOSAROCRossendale UnitedSPDSPASTOWARWILWDL
A.F.C. Telford United 40 02 30 02 10 20 31 10 41 02 20 22 33 20 11 20 00 13 11 22 10
Belper Town 11 12 42 10 00 12 01 00 23 22 11 25 12 20 22 01 32 34 03 02 00
Brigg Town 22 13 02 11 10 00 21 12 31 40 31 20 11 11 15 11 30 10 10 33 22
Chorley 13 12 11 20 32 12 31 01 20 11 10 01 32 30 03 50 11 01 12 21 23
Clitheroe 11 01 00 31 00 01 12 01 05 01 24 21 12 60 41 20 21 20 01 11 11
Colwyn Bay 03 10 11 41 00 11 11 01 10 00 21 21 15 21 11 30 20 20 13 14 24
Eastwood Town 10 31 11 13 32 40 22 01 40 12 11 03 11 20 10 41 60 22 20 12 31
Gresley Rovers 02 10 10 22 20 21 12 11 22 41 30 23 21 20 22 11 13 10 10 14 21
Ilkeston Town 23 20 22 10 11 40 10 01 13 21 21 11 21 22 53 30 10 21 00 10 32
Kendal Town 42 02 22 40 12 32 30 12 21 41 12 11 11 51 51 00 32 32 00 21 51
Kidsgrove Athletic 22 10 11 21 01 11 21 11 11 40 44 11 32 22 30 11 02 01 12 03 32
Mossley 01 01 21 21 30 40 31 01 02 11 02 12 01 51 54 01 31 20 41 22 10
North Ferriby United 10 21 00 30 31 11 40 22 30 60 01 24 31 21 10 30 13 10 32 01 32
Ossett Albion 12 28 11 11 30 02 33 21 14 23 22 14 12 61 31 60 21 10 11 11 33
Rocester 35 02 03 33 01 03 16 00 03 04 06 04 04 03 14 23 24 04 11 12 23
Rossendale United 11 14 01 22 23 11 23 12 10 13 21 25 12 23 32 20 04 23 21 01 01
Shepshed Dynamo 12 22 20 02 42 22 01 32 01 13 01 01 21 43 52 11 32 11 42 23 00
Spalding United 12 12 21 10 10 14 02 10 12 31 10 22 23 13 31 11 11 23 11 11 01
Stocksbridge Park Steels 12 31 23 00 10 01 20 21 22 12 00 15 01 22 20 30 12 00 21 10 23
Warrington Town 05 10 02 22 11 00 22 21 12 04 01 10 11 00 40 23 20 01 11 15 20
Willenhall Town 10 20 11 03 10 24 20 00 21 31 21 10 23 02 30 11 11 21 11 10 21
Woodley Sports 04 31 00 43 22 42 03 00 10 22 11 03 41 21 20 12 13 32 43 10 22

Updated to games played on 30 April 2005.
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.

Play-offs

The First Division play-offs saw the third to sixth placed sides in the First Division compete for a place in the Premier Division.

Semi-finals
2 May 2005
Final
7 May 2005
      
4 Willenhall Town 0
5 Kendal Town 1
5 Kendal Town 1
3 A.F.C. Telford United 2
3 A.F.C. Telford United 1
6 Eastwood Town 0

Promotion and relegation

In the thirty-seventh season of the Northern Premier League Hyde United where promoted as champions while Workington were promoted as play-off winners, where they would both be promoted to the Conference North. Bishop Aukland, Bridlington Town, Bamber Bridge and Spennymoor United were relegated to the First Division;[1] these four clubs were replaced by relegated Conference North sides Runcorn Halton, Ashton United and Bradford Park Avenue.[2] First Division winners North Ferriby United, second placed Ilkeston Town and play-off winners A.F.C. Telford United where all promoted to the Premier Division.[3][4][5] In the First Division Rocester were relegated and were replaced by Goole and Fleetwood Town.[6]

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.

2005 Northern Premier League Controversy

NPL meeting

The end of this season saw Spennymoor United fail to fulfil nine of their league fixtures after folding. The Northern Premier League's Board of Directors met on 24 April 2005 to consider how these unplayed games would be treated in the fairest possible manner to all Premier Division member clubs. At this meeting it was decided to expunge the record of Spennymoor United from the table. Subsequent to this meeting the member clubs of Gateshead, Radcliffe Borough, Hyde United and Workington appealed to the Football Association (the FA) against the decision.[7]

One of the grounds of appeal was that the meeting did not have a quorum and the FA recommended that the Northern Premier League withdraw their decision to expunge the record of Spennymoor United from the table and for the issue to be considered by a meeting that had a quorum.

Second board meeting

At the emergency board meeting held on 1 May 2005, the Board of the Northern Premier Football League confirmed their decision to expunge Spennymoor United's playing record. This meeting came a day after the final day of the Northern Premier League Premier Division season where Workington had finished in first place, Hyde United in second (having played 41 games to Workington and Farsley's 42) and Farsley in third. The confirmation to expunge Spennymoor United's playing record then saw Farsley finish in first place, Hyde United finish in second and Workington finish in third.

Gateshead, Hyde United, Radcliffe Borough and Workington followed up their appeal to the FA and on 4 May 2005 the FA overturned the Northern Premier League Board's decision to expunge the playing record of Spennymoor United. The FA ruled that the Northern Premier League was bound by an undertaking, duly minuted at its management committee meeting in January 2005, that Spennymoor United would not be expelled, nor its record for the season expunged.

The FA decided that Spennymoor United’s playing record would re-instated into the league records and, in addition, three points would be awarded to other teams for each game outstanding against Spennymoor United, although no goals for or against will be allocated. Hyde United were one of the teams awarded three points which awarded them the 2004–05 Northern Premier League Premier Division Championship.

Farsley Celtic celebrated winning the Championship on the last day of the season, ignoring the fact that the original meeting on 24 April 2005 did not have a quorum however, as a result of the new overruling finished third in the table. Burscough, who had slipped from fifth to sixth, and out of the final promotion playoff place, thanks to Prescot Cables being awarded six points due to their two unplayed games against Spennymoor United, were aggrieved by this decision and, on 11 May 2005, attempted to get the FA to go to arbitration. This was rejected outright by the FA, and so Farsley Celtic and Burscough attempted to get the FA Appeal Board decision on 4 May overturned by the High Court of Justice in London on 12 May 2005.

Conclusive finding

On 13 May 2005 the FA and the Northern Premier League confirmed that Hyde United were the champions of the Northern Premier League Premier Division, and were presented with the trophy at their end of season party by Northern Premier League Chairman, Duncan Bayley.

Workington, who had finished first on the last day of the season having played a game more than Hyde United, were promoted along with Hyde United having beaten Farsley Celtic in a penalty shootout in the play-off final.[8]

References

  1. "English Northern Premier 2004-2005 : Table". Statto.com. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  2. "English Conference North 2004-2005 : Table". Statto.com. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  3. "AFC Telford United". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  4. "North Ferriby United". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  5. "Ilkeston Town". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  6. "England - Northern Premier League". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  7. Chaotic finale to Unibond season
  8. Unibond League play-offs go ahead

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