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1995–96 Northern Premier League

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Season
  
1995–96

Champion
  
Bamber Bridge F.C.

Matches played
  
462

Champions
  
Bamber Bridge

Goals scored
  
1,350

Relegated
  
Droylsden F.C., Matlock Town F.C.

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The 1995–96 Northern Premier League season was the 28th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First. It was known as the Unibond League for sponsorship reasons.

Contents

Premier Division

The Premier Division featured three new teams:

  • Bamber Bridge promoted as runners up from Division One
  • Blyth Spartans promoted as champions from Division One
  • Leek Town transferred from the Southern League

    • League Table

    Updated to games played on 7 November 2015.
    Source: [1].
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
    *Bamber bridge were not promoted due to ground standards.
    #Accrington Stanley and Frickley Athletic 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

    Updated to games played on 4 May 1996.
    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.

    Division One

    Division One featured four new teams:

  • Bradford Park Avenue promoted as champions from the NWCFL Division One
  • Leigh RMI relegated from the Premier Division
  • Lincoln United promoted as champions from the NCEFL Premier Division
  • Whitley Bay relegated from the Premier Division

    • League Table

    Updated to games played on May 1996.
    Source: [2].
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
    *Ashton United were docked 4 points.
    #From this season onwards Horwich RMI were known as Leigh RMI.
    †Congleton Town were docked 3 points.
    ‡Great Harwood Town were docked 1 point.
    (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.

    Promotion and relegation

    In the twenty-eighth season of the Northern Premier League Bamber Bridge should have been (as champions) automatically promoted to the Football Conference, but were not as they did not meet the Conference's requirements. Droylsden and Matlock Town were relegated to the First Division; these two clubs were replaced by relegated Conference side Runcorn, First Division winners Lancaster City and second placed Alfreton Town. In the First Division Fleetwood folded at the end of the season and were replaced by newly admitted Stocksbridge Park Steels and Flixton.

    Cup Results

    Challenge Cup: Teams from both leagues.

  • Hyde United bt. Leek Town

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

  • Worksop Town bt. Guiseley

    • Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.

  • Hyde United bt. Bamber Bridge

    • References

    1995–96 Northern Premier League Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA