Northern Premier League Division One South

Northern Premier League Division One South

Country	England
Founded	2007
Number of teams	22
Level on pyramid	8
Promotion to	NPL Premier Division
Relegation to	NWCL Premier Division NCEL Premier Division Midland Football League
Domestic cup(s)	FA Cup FA Trophy Challenge Cup Peter Swales Shield
Current champions	Stafford Rangers F.C (2015–16)
Website	Official website
2016–17

Division One South is one of the two second-tier divisions of the Northern Premier League. It is at Step 4 of the National League System, placing it at the eighth level of the overall English football league system, seven divisions below the Premier League. For sponsorship reasons, it is also referred to as the Evo-Stik League Division One South.

The split of the Northern Premier League First Division resulted in the creation of the Division One South and the Division One North. The division began play at the start of the 2007–08 season, initially with 18 teams but increased to 22 teams from the 2009–10 season.

At the end of the season, the champion of the league is promoted to the Northern Premier Division. The teams placed 2nd to 5th engage in a playoff to determine which team is also promoted. The teams placed 21st and 22nd are relegated to level 9.^[1]

League system

The league operates a double round robin system, where each team plays each other team twice, once at home and once away. After 42 games, the team that are placed top of the league will automatically promote to the Northern Premier League Premier Division and the two teams at the bottom of the league relegate to one of the feeder leagues (usually either the North West Counties, Northern Counties East, United Counties League or Midland Alliance). Teams placed 2nd to fifth will play off for the final promotion spot.

In the 2007-08 season, when the league originally split from its traditional one division into a North and South, the league operated with 18 teams, leading to splitting the league into two separate groups of 9 teams each. Each team would play each team in their own group three times (once at home, once away then an extra game where each team received an extra four home games) and play the teams in the other group home and away once each.

This changed back to the traditional format in 2008–09 when more teams entered the league.

Current clubs 2016-17

Club	Home Ground	Finishing position 2015–16
Rushden & Diamonds	Dog & Duck	Transferred from the Southern Football League Division One Central, 5th
Basford United	Greenwich Avenue	4th
Bedworth United	The Oval	Relegated from the Southern Football League Premier Division, 21st
Belper Town	Christchurch Meadow	13th
Carlton Town	Bill Stokeld Stadium	18th
Chasetown	The Scholars Ground	13th
Gresley	The Moat Ground	5th
Kidsgrove Athletic	The Seddon Stadium	20th
Leek Town	Harrison Park	2nd
Lincoln United	Ashby Avenue	9th
Loughborough Dynamo	Nanpantan Sports Ground	14th
Market Drayton Town	Greenfields Sports Ground	19th
Newcastle Town	Lyme Valley Stadium	3rd
Northwich Victoria	Wincham Park	Transferred from the Division One North, 3rd
Romulus	The Central Ground	12th
Rugby Town	Butlin Road	9th
Shaw Lane Aquaforce	Shaw Lane	2nd
Sheffield	Coach and Horses Ground	15th
Spalding United	Sir Halley Stewart Field	7th
Stamford	Zeeco Stadium	Relegated from NPL Premier Division, 21st
Stocksbridge Park Steels	Look Local Stadium	17th
Witton Albion	Wincham Park	Transferred from the Division One North, 11th

Past champions

From 1987 until 2007, the division was united and just known as the Northern Premier League First Division, before being split into North and South subsections. Here are the champions from when the league was just the NPL First Division.

League summaries

Year	Champions	Promoted	Playoff Teams	Relegated
2007–08	Retford United	Cammell Laird Nantwich Town^*	Grantham Town Nantwich Town Sheffield Stocksbridge Park Steels	Alsager Town^#
2008–09	Retford United	Retford United Stocksbridge Park Steels	Belper Town Carlton Town Rushall Olympic Stocksbridge Park Steels	Gresley Rovers^†
2009–10	Mickleover Sports	Mickleover Sports Chasetown	Chasetown Glapwell Kidsgrove Athletic Sheffield	Willenhall Town
2010–11	Barwell	Barwell Rushall Olympic	Brigg Town Grantham Town Newcastle Town Rushall Olympic	Glapwell^† Spalding United
2011–12	Grantham Town	Grantham Town Ilkeston	Carlton Town Ilkeston Sheffield Leek Town	Quorn Shepshed Dynamo
2012–13	King's Lynn Town	King's Lynn Town Stamford	Coalville Town Belper Town Stamford Chasetown	Mickleover Sports Hucknall Town
2013–14	Halesowen Town	Halesowen Town Belper Town	Coalville Town Belper Town Leek Town Mickleover Sports	No relegation
2014–15	Mickleover Sports	Mickleover Sports	Newcastle Town Sutton Coldfield Town Leek Town Gresley	Brigg Town^† Rainworth Miners Welfare^†

^{* Retford United not promoted due to ground grading in 2007–08.}
^{# Relegated for Ground Standards.}
^{† Voluntarily asked for relegation.}

References

↑ BBC Guide to the Non-League Pyramid

External links

Current league tables

Northern Premier League

Premier Division	Ashton United Barwell Blyth Spartans Buxton Coalville Town Corby Town Frickley Athletic Grantham Town Halesowen Town Hednesford Town Ilkeston Marine Matlock Town Mickleover Sports Nantwich Town Rushall Olympic Skelmersdale United Spennymoor Town Stafford Rangers Stourbridge Sutton Coldfield Town Warrington Town Whitby Town Workington

Division One North	Bamber Bridge Brighouse Town Burscough Clitheroe Colne Colwyn Bay Droylsden Farsley Celtic Glossop North End Goole Hyde United Kendal Town Lancaster City Mossley Ossett Albion Ossett Town Prescot Cables Radcliffe Borough Ramsbottom United Scarborough Athletic Tadcaster Albion Trafford

Division One South	AFC Rushden & Diamonds Basford United Bedworth United Belper Town Carlton Town Chasetown Gresley Kidsgrove Athletic Leek Town Lincoln United Loughborough Dynamo Market Drayton Town Newcastle Town Northwich Victoria Romulus Rugby Town Shaw Lane Sheffield Spalding United Stamford Stocksbridge Park Steels Witton Albion

Seasons	1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

See also: Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, Northern Premier League President's Cup, Northern Premier League Chairman's Cup, Peter Swales Shield

Men's football in England

National teams

League competitions

Level 1	Premier League

Levels 2-4	Football League

Levels 5-6	National League

Levels 7-8	Isthmian League Northern Premier League Southern League

Levels 9-10	Combined Counties League East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only) Eastern Counties League Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League Midland League Northern Counties East League Northern League North West Counties League Southern Counties East League South West Peninsula League (level 10 only) Spartan South Midlands League Southern Combination League United Counties League Wessex League Western League West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup FA Community Shield FA Trophy FA Vase FA Inter-League Cup

League cups	EFL Cup EFL Trophy Northern Premier League Cup Isthmian League Cup Southern League Cup

County cups	List of County Cups

Others

Reserve and youth football
Defunct leagues
Defunct cups

Lists

Venues
Competitions
Trophies and awards
History
Records

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