Northern Premier League 2025/26

tonyburke70@gmail.com 13 July 202613 July 2026 2025/26

Anstey Nomads win the Midlands Division.

Current results and league tables can be found on the Official League Website.

Leicestershire & Rutland teams in the league this season

Midlands Division

Anstey Nomads, Loughborough Students and Shepshed Dynamo.

Honours

	Winners	Runners Up
Premier Division	Hebburn Town	Hednesford Town
East Division	Redcar Athletic	Matlock Town
West Division	Bury	Avro
Midlands Division	Anstey Nomads	Carlton Town

Before the start of the season the following teams moved to the league:

From the National League

Rushall Olympic and Warrington Town.

From the Midland Football League

Lichfield City and Shifnal Town.

From the Northern League

Blyth Town and Redcar Athletic.

From the Northern Counties (East) League

Hallam and Silsden AFC.

From the North West Counties League

Bury and Lower Breck.

From the United Counties League

Bourne Town, Lincoln United, Rugby Borough and St. Neots Town.

Premier Division

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Hebburn Town	40	23	10	7	75	41	34	79
2	Hednesford Town	40	22	11	7	62	35	27	77
3	FC United of Manchester	40	21	9	10	65	41	24	72
4	Warrington Rylands 1906	40	18	13	9	59	42	17	67
5	Stockton Town (-3)	40	18	12	10	62	50	12	63
6	Lancaster City	40	17	11	12	56	45	11	62
7	Gainsborough Trinity	40	16	11	13	50	45	5	59
8	Leek Town	40	17	7	16	50	52	-2	58
9	Cleethorpes Town	40	14	13	13	56	47	9	55
10	Ashton United	40	14	11	15	47	54	-7	53
11	Ilkeston Town	40	15	7	18	52	54	-2	52
12	Bamber Bridge	40	14	8	18	52	52	0	50
13	Guiseley	40	13	9	18	46	56	-10	48
14	Warrington Town	40	12	12	16	43	63	-20	48
15	Hyde United	40	11	14	15	58	63	-5	47
16	Rushall Olympic	40	12	11	17	48	61	-13	47
17	Whitby Town	40	10	13	17	43	55	-12	43
18	Workington AFC	40	10	13	17	43	58	-15	43
19	Prescot Cables	40	9	15	16	40	50	-10	42
20	Morpeth Town	40	12	6	22	38	54	-16	42
21	Stocksbridge Park Steels	40	8	12	20	38	65	-27	36

Widnes withdrew on 29th June 2025 before the start of the season.

Premier Division Promotion Playoffs

Semi Finals

28th April 2026
FC United of Manchester	2 – 3	Warrington Rylands 1906
Hednesford Town	2 – 0	Stockton Town

Final

4th May 2026
Hednesford Town	1 – 1 (5 – 4 pens)	Warrington Rylands 1906

East Division

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Redcar Athletic	42	33	6	3	140	38	102	105
2	Matlock Town	42	28	4	10	102	53	49	88
3	Emley AFC	42	22	11	9	68	31	37	77
4	Dunston UTS	42	22	10	10	70	51	19	76
5	Bradford Park Avenue	42	21	12	9	67	34	33	75
6	Pontefract Collieries	42	21	11	10	76	62	14	74
7	Heaton Stannington	42	17	10	15	55	53	2	61
8	Bridlington Town	42	16	11	15	71	63	8	59
9	Garforth Town	42	16	10	16	66	51	15	58
10	Consett AFC	42	16	10	16	74	66	8	58
11	North Ferriby	42	13	19	10	54	47	7	58
12	Hallam	42	13	14	15	50	57	-7	53
13	Lincoln United	42	14	11	17	49	69	-20	53
14	Ashington	42	14	9	19	45	77	-32	51
15	Grimsby Borough	42	13	10	19	41	70	-29	49
16	Blyth Spartans	42	13	8	21	47	53	-6	47
17	Silsden AFC	42	10	14	18	48	70	-22	44
18	Ossett United	42	10	12	20	50	63	-13	42
19	Bishop Auckland	42	12	5	25	52	79	-27	41
20	Blyth Town	42	12	5	25	42	76	-34	41
21	Newton Aycliffe	42	9	9	24	49	86	-37	36
22	Brighouse Town	42	8	7	27	31	98	-67	31

East Division Promotion Playoffs

Semi Finals

28th April 2026
Emley AFC	1 – 0	Dunston
Matlock Town	1 – 2	Bradford Park Avenue

Final

2nd May 2026
Emley AFC	0 – 0 (5 – 4 pens)	Bradford Park Avenue

West Division

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Bury	42	27	9	6	86	36	50	90
2	Avro	42	27	7	8	94	41	53	88
3	Stalybridge Celtic	42	25	7	10	88	55	33	82
4	Runcorn Linnets	42	23	11	8	76	45	31	80
5	Lower Breck	42	22	9	11	88	62	26	75
6	Bootle	42	21	11	10	69	48	21	74
7	Vauxhall Motors	42	20	12	10	94	70	24	72
8	Witton Albion	42	17	10	15	76	67	9	61
9	Nantwich Town	42	18	7	17	69	65	4	61
10	Chasetown	42	17	9	16	55	52	3	60
11	Mossley	42	14	17	11	59	53	6	59
12	Shifnal Town	42	15	10	17	60	67	-7	55
13	Atherton Collieries	42	16	7	19	56	68	-12	55
14	Newcastle Town	42	15	7	20	45	62	-17	52
15	Clitheroe	42	13	12	17	64	67	-3	51
16	Kidsgrove Athletic	42	12	11	19	62	78	-16	47
17	Stafford Rangers	42	12	9	21	51	70	-19	45
18	Congleton Town	42	10	14	18	60	72	-12	44
19	Sporting Khalsa	42	12	7	23	57	81	-24	43
20	Wythenshawe Town	42	8	8	26	40	93	-53	32
21	Trafford	42	7	8	27	49	80	-31	29
22	Darlaston Town 1874	42	7	6	29	33	99	-66	27

West Division Promotion Playoffs

Semi Finals

28th April 2026
Avro	2 – 2 (4 – 3 pens)	Lower Breck
Stalybridge Celtic	1 – 0	Runcorn Linnets

Final

2nd May 2026
Avro	4 – 2	Stalybridge Celtic

Midlands Division

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Anstey Nomads	42	28	8	6	80	35	45	92
2	Carlton Town	42	28	6	8	84	49	35	90
3	Basford United	42	19	12	11	63	56	7	69
4	Belper Town	42	19	11	12	65	50	15	68
5	Racing Club Warwick	42	18	11	13	62	56	6	65
6	Coleshill Town	42	18	10	14	53	51	2	64
7	Shepshed Dynamo	42	18	9	15	52	44	8	63
8	Lichfield City	42	17	9	16	50	58	-8	60
9	Wellingborough Town	42	15	13	14	59	43	16	58
10	Long Eaton United	42	16	10	16	67	63	4	58
11	Sutton Coldfield Town	42	16	9	17	70	71	-1	57
12	AFC Rushden & Diamonds	42	14	13	15	56	61	-5	55
13	Corby Town	42	15	10	17	50	61	-11	55
14	Boldmere St. Michaels	42	16	6	20	53	70	-17	54
15	Mickleover	42	14	11	17	62	69	-7	53
16	Rugby Borough	42	13	13	16	52	49	3	52
17	Loughborough Students	42	13	13	16	64	63	1	52
18	Bedworth United	42	13	11	18	47	53	-6	50
19	Bourne Town	42	12	7	23	54	70	-16	43
20	St. Neots Town	42	11	10	21	51	69	-18	43
21	Coventry Sphinx	42	11	8	23	51	69	-18	41
22	Rugby Town	42	9	8	25	44	79	-35	35

Midlands Division Promotion Playoffs

Semi Finals

28th April 2026
Basford United	2 – 2 (3 – 4 pens)	Belper Town
Carlton Town	0 – 0 (2 – 4 pens)	Racing Club Warwick

Final

2nd May 2026
Belper Town	1 – 1 (6 – 7 pens)	Racing Club Warwick