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Northern Premier League

UniBond League 1996/97

Premier Division

                            Pl   W  D  L  F   A  Pts
 1 Leek Town                44  28  9  7  71  35  93   [P]
 2 Bishop Auckland          44  23 14  7  88  43  83 
 3 Hyde United              44  22 16  6  93  46  82 
 4 Emley                    44  23 12  9  89  53  81 
 5 Barrow                   44  23 11 10  71  45  80 
 6 Boston United            44  22 13  9  74  47  79 
 7 Blyth Spartans           44  22 11 11  73  49  77 
 8 Marine                   44  20 15  9  53  37  75 
 9 Guiseley                 44  20 11 13  63  54  71 
10 Gainsborough Trinity     44  18 12 14  65  46  66 
11 Accrington Stanley       44  18 12 14  77  70  66 
12 Runcorn                  44  15 15 14  63  62  60 
13 Chorley                  44  16  9 19  69  66  57 
14 Winsford United          44  13 14 17  50  56  53 
15 Knowsley United          44  12 14 18  58  79  49   [-1][folded]
16 Colwyn Bay               44  11 13 20  60  76  46 
17 Lancaster City           44  12  9 23  48  75  45 
18 Frickley Athletic        44  12  8 24  62  91  44 
19 Spennymoor United        44  10 10 24  52  68  40 
20 Bamber Bridge            44  11  7 26  59  99  40 
21 Alfreton Town            44   8 13 23  45  83  37 
22 Witton Albion            44   5 14 25  41  91  29   [R]
23 Buxton                   44   5 12 27  33  86  27   [R]

Teams leaving the division:

• Leek Town promoted to the Conference
• Knowsley United folded
• Witton Albion relegated to Division One
• Buxton relegated to Division One

Teams joining the division:

• Altrincham relegated from the Conference
• Leigh RMI promoted from Division One
• Radcliffe Borough promoted from Division One

Sources:

• Rob Monger

Division One

                            Pl   W  D  L  F   A  Pts
 1 Radcliffe Borough        42  26  7  9  77  33  85   [P]
 2 Leigh RMI                42  24 11  7  65  33  83   [P]
 3 Lincoln United           42  25  8  9  78  47  83 
 4 Farsley Celtic           42  23  8 11  75  48  77 
 5 Worksop Town             42  20 12 10  68  38  72 
 6 Stocksbridge Park Steels 42  19 11 12  66  54  68 
 7 Bradford Park Avenue     42  20  8 14  58  50  68 
 8 Ashton United            42  17 14 11  73  52  65 
 9 Great Harwood Town       42  16 12 14  56  46  60 
10 Droylsden                42  15 14 13  69  67  59 
11 Matlock Town             42  16  9 17  60  69  57 
12 Whitley Bay              42  14 12 16  47  54  54 
13 Flixton                  42  15  7 20  57  72  52 
14 Netherfield              42  12 14 16  54  56  50 
15 Eastwood Town            42  12 14 16  42  49  50 
16 Gretna                   42  11 17 14  55  67  50 
17 Harrogate Town           42  13  8 21  54  76  47 
18 Congleton Town           42  12  9 21  47  64  45 
19 Workington               42  10 12 20  45  63  42 
20 Curzon Ashton            42   8 10 24  48  79  34   [R]
21 Warrington Town          42   5 18 19  42  79  33   [R]
22 Atherton Laburnum Rovers 42   7  9 26  45  85  30   [R]

Teams leaving the division:

• Radcliffe Borough promoted to the Premier Division
• Leigh RMI promoted to the Premier Division
• Curzon Ashton relegated to the Northern Counties East League
• Warrington Town relegated to the North West Counties League
• Atherton Laburnum Rovers relegated to the North West Counties League

Teams joining the division:

• Whitby Town promoted from the Northern League
• Buxton relegated from the Premier Division
• Witton Albion relegated from the Premier Division
• Belper Town promoted from the Northern Counties East League
• Trafford promoted from the North West Counties League

Sources:

• Rob Monger

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