Northern Premier League Premier Division Totally Explained

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Northern Premier League Premier Division

Founded
1968
Nation

Feeder To
Conference North
Relegation To
NPL Division One North NPL Division One South
Number of Teams
21
Level on Pyramid
Level 7
Cups
Northern Premier League Challenge Cup
Current Champions (2007/08)
Fleetwood Town
Website
Unibond

The Premier Division is the top division of the Northern Premier League. It is at Step 3 (or level 7) of the National League System, placing it six divisions below the FA Premier League. For sponsorship reasons, it's often referred to as the UniBond League Premier Division.
   The league was founded in 1968, as the northern equivalent of the Southern League, being the highest level non-League division below The Football League. In 1979, upon the creation of the Alliance Premier League, it became a feeder league and fell down one 'level' in the English football league system. Since then, its prestige has fallen further: there are now two levels between it and the Football League.
   The division is at the same level as the Premier Divisions of the Southern League and the Isthmian League. At the end of each season two clubs are promoted to the Conference North: the league champions, and the winners of a play-off competition held between the 2nd through 5th placed clubs. The four lowest placed teams are relegated to the Northern Premier League Division One North or Northern Premier League Division One South, to be replaced by four promoted teams.
   All clubs in the Premier Division also compete in the Challenge Cup knockout competition, but not in the other two NPL cup competitions (the President's Cup and the Chairman's Cup) which in 2007-2008 were only open to teams in the lower divisions.

Current clubs

Past winners

1968-69 Macclesfield Town
1969-70 Macclesfield Town
1970-71 Wigan Athletic
1971-72 Stafford Rangers
1972-73 Boston United
1973-74 Boston United
1974-75 Wigan Athletic
1975-76 Runcorn
1976-77 Boston United
1977-78 Boston United
1978-79 Mossley
1979-80 Mossley
1980-81 Runcorn
1981-82 Bangor City
1982-83 Gateshead
1983-84 Barrow
1984-85 Stafford Rangers
1985-86 Gateshead
1986-87 Macclesfield Town
1987-88 Chorley
1988-89 Barrow
1989-90 Colne Dynamoes
1990-91 Witton Albion
1991-92 Stalybridge Celtic
1992-93 Southport
1993-94 Marine
1994-95 Marine
1995-96 Bamber Bridge
1996-97 Leek Town
1997-98 Barrow
1998-99 Altrincham
1999-00 Leigh RMI
2000-01 Stalybridge Celtic
2001-02 Burton Albion
2002-03 Accrington Stanley
2003-04 Hucknall Town
2004-05 Hyde United
2005-06 Blyth Spartans
2006-07 Burscough
2007-08 Fleetwood Town

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