Northern Premier League Division One North
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| Northern Premier League Division One North |
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| Founded |
| 2007 |
| Nation |
 England and one club from  Wales |
| Feeder To |
| NPL Premier Division |
| Relegation To |
| Northern League Division One NWCL Division One NCEL Premier Division |
| Number of Teams |
| 21 |
| 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.
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[edit] League system
When the FA announced the details of the restructuring, a number of clubs complained that a 34 game season was too short. To address this perceived shortfall it was decided that the clubs would play an additional eight games on top of that; four to be played at home and four to be played away.[1]
To facilitate these additional games each division was split into two regional groups of nine clubs. Each team in Group A for example, would play the other teams in Group A three times, while they would play teams in Group B just twice. Likewise, the reverse was true for those teams in Group B, who would play teams in their group three times, and they would play teams in Group A twice.
The increase to 20 clubs in each division for season 2008-09 has meant that this system is no longer needed, and each team will play all others at home and away for a total of 38 games.
[edit] Current clubs
| Club |
Finishing position 2007-08 |
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| Bamber Bridge | 5th |
| Chorley | 14th |
| Clitheroe | 13th |
| Colwyn Bay | 7th in the NPL Division 1 South |
| Curzon Ashton | 4th |
| Durham City | 1st in the Northern League |
| FC Halifax Town | 20th in the Blue Square Premier |
| Garforth Town | 10th |
| Harrogate Railway Athletic | 12th |
| Lancaster City | 11th |
| Mossley | 15th |
| Newcastle Blue Star | 8th |
| Ossett Albion | 6th |
| Radcliffe Borough | 16th |
| Rossendale United | 9th |
| Salford City | 2nd in the North West Counties 1st Division |
| Skelmersdale United | 3rd |
| Trafford | 1st in the North West Counties 1st Division |
| Wakefield | 7th |
| Warrington Town | 13th in the NPL Division 1 South |
| Woodley Sports | 17th |
[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.
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[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 (Promoted Via Playoffs), Colwyn Bay, Curzon Ashton
- Relegated: Rossendale United
