1994–95 Northern Premier League

The 1994–95 Northern Premier League season was the 27th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First. It was known as the Unibond League for sponsorship reasons.[1]

Premier Division

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Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season1994–95
ChampionsMarine
PromotedMorecambe
RelegatedHorwich RMI
Whitley Bay
Matches played462
Goals scored1,475 (3.19 per match)

The Premier Division featured three new teams:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Marine (C) 42 29 11 2 83 27 +56 98[a]
2 Morecambe (P) 42 28 10 4 99 34 +65 94 Promotion to Football Conference
3 Guiseley 42 28 9 5 96 50 +46 93
4 Hyde United 42 22 10 10 89 59 +30 76
5 Boston United 42 20 11 11 80 43 +37 71
6 Spennymoor United 42 20 11 11 66 52 +14 71
7 Buxton 42 18 9 15 65 62 +3 63
8 Gainsborough Trinity 42 16 13 13 69 61 +8 61
9 Bishop Auckland 42 16 12 14 68 55 +13 57[b]
10 Witton Albion 42 14 14 14 54 56 −2 56
11 Barrow 42 17 5 20 68 71 −3 56
12 Colwyn Bay 42 16 8 18 71 80 −9 56
13 Emley 42 14 13 15 62 68 −6 55
14 Matlock Town 42 15 5 22 62 72 −10 50
15 Accrington Stanley 42 12 13 17 55 77 −22 49
16 Knowsley United 42 11 14 17 64 83 −19 47
17 Winsford United 42 10 11 21 56 75 −19 41
18 Chorley 42 11 7 24 64 87 −23 40
19 Frickley Athletic 42 10 10 22 53 79 −26 40
20 Droylsden 42 10 8 24 56 93 −37 38
21 Whitley Bay (R) 42 8 8 26 46 97 −51 32 Relegation to NPL Division One
22 Horwich RMI[c] (R) 42 9 4 29 49 94 −45 31
Updated to match(es) played on May 1995. Source: [1].
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Marine were not promoted due to ground grading standards.
  2. ^ Bishop Auckland were docked 3 points.
  3. ^ From the next season Horwich RMI were renamed as Leigh RMI.

Results

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Home \ Away ACC BRW BIS BOS BUX CHO COL DRO EML FRK GAI GUI HOR HYD KNO MAR MAT MOR SPU WHI WNS WTN
Accrington Stanley 5–2 1–4 0–4 1–0 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–4 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–5 0–2 0–4 0–1 4–1 2–2 1–2
Barrow 2–2 2–1 2–5 4–2 2–1 5–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 2–3 0–3 3–1 0–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 0–1
Bishop Auckland 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–2 2–2 3–3 0–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 3–1 0–3 0–0 2–2 2–1 0–1
Boston United 4–2 3–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 5–2 5–1 1–2 5–0 2–2 2–2 4–0 2–1 6–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–3 2–1 0–0 1–1
Buxton 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–2 4–2 2–2 0–1 3–2 0–4 3–2 4–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 4–0 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–1
Chorley 1–2 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 3–2 2–4 2–3 2–3 0–2 2–4 2–3 1–0 3–1 1–4 0–1 1–4 1–2 1–4 2–0 0–2
Colwyn Bay 3–3 1–2 1–3 0–1 1–2 3–2 3–2 3–0 1–2 0–0 2–4 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–4 0–0 2–1 5–1 1–0 2–2
Droylsden 1–3 1–0 1–4 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–3 0–0 2–1 2–6 1–3 2–1 3–3 1–3 1–4 3–2 3–2 1–2 0–1 5–1 0–2
Emley 0–0 2–1 1–4 1–4 2–0 1–4 1–0 3–1 2–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–3 3–3 0–0 0–1 0–0 5–1 4–0 1–1 0–0
Frickley Athletic 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–3 1–2 2–0 3–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–4 0–2 1–5 3–0 2–2
Gainsborough Trinity 0–1 4–3 2–2 2–0 0–2 3–2 6–1 2–2 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–2 0–0 0–3 2–2 1–1 1–0
Guiseley 4–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 3–3 5–0 2–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 6–3 5–1 1–1
Horwich RMI 1–5 1–6 0–2 0–4 4–1 6–0 0–1 2–2 4–4 0–3 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–4 0–3 0–2 0–0 2–3 1–0 0–1
Hyde United 4–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 4–2 2–3 4–3 5–2 1–1 6–0 5–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–2 6–3 1–4 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–1
Knowsley United 0–0 0–2 2–3 2–2 1–3 1–2 2–2 3–0 4–2 0–3 4–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–5 1–4
Marine 2–1 4–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 2–0 1–4 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 4–1
Matlock Town 0–1 1–1 4–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 3–2 5–1 0–2 2–1 2–3 3–2 0–1 3–3 0–0 0–2 1–2 5–1 0–3 0–1
Morecambe 3–0 1–3 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–0 2–1 3–1 4–0 2–2 7–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 5–0 3–2 2–0 6–1 5–2
Spennymoor United 5–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 4–1 2–2 5–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–3 2–1 1–3 4–0 1–1 2–1
Whitley Bay 0–0 3–1 1–4 0–1 1–3 2–1 0–2 0–1 0–3 2–2 2–2 0–1 0–3 2–2 5–3 0–4 0–2 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–1
Winsford United 2–2 3–0 0–4 1–2 1–2 1–3 0–1 2–1 2–3 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–3 5–1 2–2 2–2 2–4 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–0
Witton Albion 0–0 0–3 1–3 0–0 1–2 1–4 1–4 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 1995. Source: Northern Premier Division results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division One

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Northern Premier League
Division One
Season1994–95
ChampionsBlyth Spartans
PromotedBamber Bridge
Blyth Spartans
RelegatedGoole Town
Mossley
Matches played462
Goals scored1,521 (3.29 per match)

Division One featured three new teams:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Blyth Spartans (C, P) 42 26 9 7 95 55 +40 87 Promotion to Premier Division
2 Bamber Bridge (P) 42 25 10 7 101 51 +50 85
3 Warrington Town 42 25 9 8 74 40 +34 84
4 Alfreton Town 42 25 7 10 94 49 +45 82
5 Lancaster City 42 23 10 9 81 44 +37 79
6 Worksop Town 42 19 14 9 95 68 +27 71
7 Radcliffe Borough 42 18 10 14 76 70 +6 64
8 Ashton United 42 18 8 16 80 70 +10 62
9 Netherfield 42 17 7 18 54 56 −2 58
10 Eastwood Town 42 14 13 15 67 61 +6 55
11 Gretna 42 14 13 15 64 66 −2 55
12 Atherton Laburnum Rovers 42 14 8 20 60 67 −7 50
13 Harrogate Town 42 14 8 20 57 78 −21 50
14 Caernarfon Town 42 13 10 19 59 62 −3 49 Transferred to the League of Wales
15 Curzon Ashton 42 10 16 16 64 80 −16 46
16 Great Harwood Town 42 11 13 18 66 87 −21 46
17 Congleton Town 42 11 13 18 52 75 −23 46
18 Fleetwood 42 12 11 19 51 74 −23 44[a]
19 Farsley Celtic 42 12 7 23 66 100 −34 43
20 Workington 42 12 6 24 61 91 −30 42
21 Goole Town (R) 42 11 7 24 46 81 −35 40 Relegation to NCEFL Premier Division
22 Mossley (R) 42 11 5 26 52 90 −38 37[b] Relegation to NWCFL Division One
Updated to match(es) played on May 1995. Source: [2].
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Fleetwood Town were docked 3 points.
  2. ^ Mossley were docked 1 point.

Promotion and relegation

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In the twenty-seventh season of the Northern Premier League Marine should have been (as champions) automatically promoted to the Football Conference, but were not as they did not meet the Conference's requirements, so second placed Morecambe took their place. Whitley Bay and Horwich RMI were relegated to the First Division; these two clubs were replaced by readmitted Leek Town (returning from the Southern League), First Division winners Blyth Spartans and second placed Bamber Bridge. In the First Division Caernarfon Town left the League to join the League of Wales while Goole Town and Mossley left the League altogether at the end of the season; they were replaced by newly admitted Lincoln United and Bradford Park Avenue.

Cup Results

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Challenge Cup:

  • Bamber Bridge bt. Bishop Auckland

President's Cup:

  • Lancaster City bt. Witton Albion

Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the Presidents Cup.

  • Marine bt. Lancaster City

References

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