2013–14 Northern Premier League

Premier Division

The Premier Division featured six new teams:

League table

Updated to games played on 26 April 2014.
Source: [1]
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.
^‡ Frickley Athletic finished 21st, in the final relegation place but were reprieved as Vauxhall Motors resigned from the Conference North and chose to play in a lower division than the Northern Premier League.

Results

Updated to games played on 26 April 2014.
Source: NPL 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

Division One North will feature four new teams:

On 17 April 2014, the NPL announced that Cammell Laird and Wakefield had tendered their resignation from the league, and that they would take up the two relegation spots at the end of the season.

League table

Updated to games played on 21 April 2014.
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
‡ Ramsbottom United were deducted 3 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 21 April 2014.
Source: NPL 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

Division One South will feature four new teams:

League table

Updated to games played on 26 April 2014.
Source: [3]
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.
^‡ The Northern Premier League confirmed that Eastwood Town had resigned from competition on 9 March 2014 and as a result their playing record (PL:27, W:2, D:5, L:20) was expunged.
^† Leek Town were deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player (vs Eastwood Town), but as Eastwood Town's record has been expunged this has no effect on their points total in the table.

Results

Updated to games played on 26 April 2014.
Source: NPL 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.

Challenge Cup

The 2013–14 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup is the 44th season of the Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, the main cup competition in the Northern Premier League. It will be sponsored by Doodson Sport for a third consecutive season. 68 clubs from England will enter the competition, beginning with the Preliminary Round on 3 September.

The defending champions are North Ferriby United, who beat Curzon Ashton on penalties after a 1–1 result in regulation and extra time in the 2013 Final. North Ferriby United will be unable to defend their title as they were promoted to the Conference North after being the 2012–13 NPL Premier Division champions.

Changes from previous cups include the elimination of a round by having the Premier Division teams enter in the First Round instead of the Third Round as in previous years and, instead of going into extra time, all ties in the preliminary through semi-final rounds will end after 90 minutes and conclude with penalties.

Preliminary Round

Eight teams from the Northern Premier League Division One North or Northern Premier League Division One South had to compete in the Preliminary round to win a place in the competition proper. The draw for the Preliminary round took place on 9 August 2013.

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First Round

Teams that weren't in the preliminary round from Northern Premier League Division One North or Northern Premier League Division One South entered at this stage as well as teams from the Northern Premier League Premier Division, along with the winners from the preliminary round. The draw for this round was made on 9 August 2013 with the ties originally schedule to be played the 11th to the 13th November 2013.

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Second Round

The 32 winners from the First Round were entered into the Second Round draw on the 14 November 2013. The ties are originally scheduled to be played between November 27 and December 4.

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Third Round

The 16 winners from the Second Round were entered into the Third Round draw on 6 December 2013. The ties are originally scheduled to be played January 14 or 21. The Brigg Town and Frickley Athletic match was originally played the 21st of January but was abandoned with Frickley Athletic leading 1–0 after a player was injured.

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Quarter-finals

The 8 winners from the Third Round were entered into the Quarter-finals draw on 22 January 2014. The ties are originally scheduled to be played February 8, 25, or 26.

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Semi-finals

The 4 winners from the Quarter-finals were entered into the Semi-finals draw on 26 February 2014, with Carlton Town from the Northern Premier League Division One South remaining as the lowest-placed team still in the Cup. The ties are originally scheduled to be played March 11 and 12.

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Final

The Challenge Cup Final was played at Edgeley Park, the home ground of Stockport County. This was A.F.C. Fylde's first Final appearance and the second Final appearance for Skelmersdale United (they advanced to the Final in 2008 but were defeated by Eastwood Town). After a 35th-minute goal, A.F.C. Fylde won their first Challenge Cup.

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Peter Swales Shield

For the 2014 edition of the Peter Swales Shield, the 2013–14 champions of the Northern Premier League First Division North, Curzon Ashton, played against the 2013–14 champions of the Northern Premier League First Division South, Halesowen Town.