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Northern Premier League Division One North
	Founded
	2007
	Nation
	England and one club from Wales
	Feeder To
	NPL Premier Division
	Relegation To
	Northern League Division One; NWCL Premier Division; NCEL Premier Division
	Number of Teams
	22
	Level on Pyramid
	Level 8
	Cups
	FA Cup; FA Trophy; Challenge Cup; President's Cup; Chairman's Cup
	Current Champions (2007/08)
	Bradford (Park Avenue)
	Website
	Unibond

Division One North is one of the two second-tier divisions of the Northern Premier League. It is at Step 4 (or level 8) of the National League System, placing it seven divisions below the Premier League. For sponsorship reasons, it is also referred to as the UniBond League Division One North.

The split of the Northern Premier League First Division resulted in the creation of the Division One North and the Division One South. The division began play at the start of the 2007-08, initially with 18 teams.

At the end of the season, the champion of the league is promoted to the Northern Premier Division. The teams placed 2nd through 5th engaged in a playoff to determine which team is also promoted.

[edit] 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 be promoted to the Northern Premier League Premier Division and the 2 teams at the bottom of the league will be relegated to one of the feeder leagues (Usually either the North West Counties or Northern League).

The teams placed 2nd to 5th will play off for the final promotion spot.

However, for the 1st season of the new division in 2007/8 season, when the league originally split from its traditional 1 division into a North and South, the league operated with 18 teams, leading to splitting the league into 2 separate groups of 9 teams each. Each team would play each team in their own group 3 times (once at home,once away then a extra game where each team received an extra 4 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.

[edit] Current clubs

Club	Finishing position 2008-09
AFC Fylde	1st in NWC Premier Division
Bamber Bridge	11th
Chorley	14th
Clitheroe	12th
Colwyn Bay	4th (Losing playoff Semi Finalist)
Curzon Ashton	5th (Losing Playoff Finalist)
FC Halifax Town	8th
Garforth Town	16th
Harrogate Railway Athletic	18th
Lancaster City	7th
Leigh Genesis	21st in NPL Premier Division
Mossley	10th
Ossett Albion	6th
Prescot Cables	22nd in NPL Premier Division
Radcliffe Borough	17th
Rossendale United	21st (Reprieved from Relegation)
Salford City	20th
Skelmersdale United	2nd (Losing Playoff Semi Finalist)
Trafford	15th
Wakefield	9th
Warrington Town	19th
Woodley Sports	13th

[edit] Past Champions

From 1987 until 2007, the league 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.

1987-88 - Fleetwood Town
1988-89 - Colne Dynamoes
1989-90 - Leek Town
1990-91 - Whitley Bay
1991-92 - Colwyn Bay
1992-93 - Bridlington Town
1993-94 - Guiseley
1994-95 - Blyth Spartans
1995-96 - Lancaster City
1996-97 - Radcliffe Borough
1997-98 - Whitby Town

1998-99 - Droylsden
1999-00 - Accrington Stanley
2000-01 - Bradford Park Avenue
2001-02 - Harrogate Town
2002-03 - Alfreton Town
2003-04 - Hyde United
2004-05 - North Ferriby United
2005-06 - Mossley
2006-07 - Buxton

[edit] Champions and Runners-up as Northern Premier League Division One North

[edit] 2007-08

Champions : Bradford Park Avenue
Runners Up: FC United of Manchester (Promoted Via Playoffs)
Other Playoff teams: Skelmersdale United, Curzon Ashton, Bamber Bridge
Relegated: Bridlington Town

[edit] 2008-09

Champions: Durham City
Runners-up: Skelmersdale United
Playoffs: Skelmersdale United, Newcastle Blue Star, Colwyn Bay, Curzon Ashton^[1]
Relegated: No relegation ^[2]

[edit] References

^ Although Newcastle won the playoffs, no team promoted as Newcastle Blue Star folded immediately afterwards, with the Unibond saying that no team shall replace/be reprieved in their place
^ Rossendale United should have been relegated, but due to Gresley Rovers resigning from the South Division, they were reprieved

[edit] External links

Current league tables

[0] Although Newcastle won the playoffs, no team promoted as Newcastle Blue Star folded immediately afterwards, with the Unibond saying that no team shall replace/be reprieved in their place

[1] Rossendale United should have been relegated, but due to Gresley Rovers resigning from the South Division, they were reprieved

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