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The 2007–08 is the 40th season for the Northern Premier League Premier Division, and the first season for the Northern Premier League Division One North and South.
Contents
- Premier Division
- League table
- Results
- Division One North
- Fixture increase
- Division One South
- Cup results
- References
Created as part of non-league restructuring, the Division One leagues temporarily have 18 teams each, with a targeted number of 22 teams. To help increase the league to 20 teams for next season there will only be one relegation this year per league. Many clubs expressed their concern that a 34 game season would be too short. To remedy this, clubs will play an extra 8 games (4 home, 4 away) against teams within geographically related groups.
Premier Division
The Premier Division featured four new clubs:
League table
Updated to games played on 30 Apr 2008.
Source: Unibond League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
* Deducted 1 points for fielding an ineligible player.
(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 26 April 2008.
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 North
This was the first season of the Northern Premier League Division One North. It Featured six new teams:
Fixture increase
The following are the groups which decided the extra 8 games for all teams:
League table
Updated to games played on 26 Apr 2008.
Source: Unibond League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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 26 April 2008.
Source: Northern Premier League First Division North 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 South
This was the first season of the Northern Premier League Division One South. It featured seven new teams:
Fixture increase
The following are the groups which decided the extra 8 games for all teams:
League table
Updated to games played on 26 Apr 2008.
Source: Unibond League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Failed to meet ground grading requirements
(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 26 April 2008.
Source: Northern Premier League First Division South results grid
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Cup results
Challenge Cup: Teams from all 3 divisions.
President's Cup: Teams from lower 2 divisions.
Chairman's Cup: Between Champions of NPL Division One North and NPL Division One South.
Peter Swales Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the Chairmans Cup.
1 Retford United qualified but its ground standards were not high enough for it to play in the shield.