Northern Premier League 1996/97 Final Tables

Premier Division
Leek Town 44 28 9 7 71 35 93
Bishop Auckland 44 23 14 7 88 43 83
Hyde United 44 22 16 6 93 46 82
Emley 44 23 12 9 89 54 81
Barrow 44 23 11 10 71 45 80
Boston United 44 22 13 9 74 47 79
Blyth Spartans 44 22 11 11 74 49 77
Marine 44 20 15 9 53 37 75
Guiseley 44 20 11 13 63 54 71
Gainsborough Trinity 44 18 12 14 65 46 66
Accrington Stanley 44 18 12 14 77 70 66
Runcorn 44 15 15 14 63 62 60
Chorley 44 16 9 19 69 66 57
Winsford United 44 13 14 17 50 56 53
Knowsley United (- 1 point) 44 12 14 18 58 79 49
Colwyn Bay 44 11 13 20 60 76 46
Lancaster City 44 12 9 23 48 75 45
Frickley Athletic 44 12 8 24 62 91 44
Spennymoor United 44 10 10 24 52 68 40
Bamber Bridge 44 11 7 26 59 99 40
Alfreton Town 44 8 13 23 45 83 37
Witton Albion 44 5 14 25 41 91 29
Buxton 44 5 12 27 33 86 27

 

Division One
Radcliffe Borough 42 26 7 9 77 33 85
Leigh RMI 42 24 11 7 65 33 83
Lincoln United 42 25 8 9 78 47 83
Farsley Celtic 42 23 8 11 75 48 77
Worksop Town (- 3 points) 42 20 12 10 68 38 69
Stocksbridge PS 42 19 11 12 66 54 68
Bradford Park Avenue 42 20 8 14 58 50 68
Ashton United 42 17 14 11 73 52 65
Great Harwood Town 42 16 12 14 56 46 60
Droylsden 42 15 14 13 69 67 59
Matlock Town 42 16 10 16 61 69 58
Whitley Bay 42 14 12 16 47 54 54
Flixton 42 15 7 20 57 72 52
Netherfield 42 12 14 16 54 56 50
Eastwood Town 42 12 14 16 42 50 50
Gretna 42 10 18 14 55 68 48
Harrogate Town 42 13 8 21 55 76 47
Congleton Town 42 12 9 21 47 64 45
Workington 42 10 12 20 45 63 42
Curzon Ashton 42 8 10 24 48 79 34
Warrington Town 42 5 18 19 42 79 33
Atherton LR 42 7 9 26 45 85 30

In the Premier Division Leek Town were promoted to the Conference League, being replaced by Altrincham.
Knowsley United folded at the end of the season. Witton Albion and Buxton were relegated to Division One
being replaced by Radcliffe Borough and Leigh RMI.

Division One was straight forward, with the top two promoted being replaced by the bottom two from the
Premier Division. At the bottom Curzon Ashton were relegated to the Northern Counties East League, while
Atherton LR and Warrington Town were relegated to the North West Counties League. Coming in were
Whitby Town from the Northern League, Belper Town from the Northern Counties East League and Trafford
from the North West Counties League

 

Division One Home and Away
  Home   Away  
Radcliffe Borough 21 15 2 4 47 17   21 11 5 5 30 16 85
Leigh RMI 21 12 5 4 33 19   21 12 6 3 32 14 83
Lincoln United 21 13 3 5 43 26   21 12 5 4 35 21 83
Farsley Celtic 21 10 6 5 32 18   21 13 2 6 43 30 77
Worksop Town 21 12 5 4 38 15   21 8 7 6 30 23 72
Stocksbridge PS 21 11 5 5 39 26   21 8 6 7 27 28 68
Bradford Park Avenue 21 11 2 8 28 25   21 9 6 6 30 25 68
Ashton United 21 10 7 4 38 24   21 7 7 7 35 28 65
Great Harwood Town 21 10 5 6 30 17   21 6 7 8 26 29 60
Droylsden 21 7 7 7 38 35   21 8 7 6 31 32 59
Matlock Town 21 9 4 8 35 35   21 7 6 8 26 34 58
Whitley Bay 21 8 7 6 26 21   21 6 5 10 21 33 54
Flixton 21 7 5 9 26 27   21 8 2 11 31 45 52
Netherfield 21 7 6 8 24 24   21 5 8 8 30 32 50
Eastwood Town 21 8 8 5 25 19   21 4 6 11 17 31 50
Gretna 21 5 10 6 31 33   21 5 8 8 24 35 48
Harrogate Town 21 6 5 10 30 39   21 7 3 11 25 37 47
Congleton Town 21 8 4 9 31 31   21 4 5 12 16 33 45
Workington 21 7 8 6 33 29   21 3 4 14 12 34 42
Curzon Ashton 21 4 4 13 25 37   21 4 6 11 23 42 34
Warrington Town 21 2 11 8 20 32   21 3 7 11 22 47 33
Atherton LR 21 3 4 14 23 38   21 4 5 12 23 45 30

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