The 2005–06 Northern Premier League season was the 38th in the history of the
Northern Premier League
The Northern Premier League is an English Association football, football league that was founded in 1968. Together with the Isthmian League and the Southern Football League, Southern League it forms levels seven and eight of the English footba ...
, a
football
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competition in
England
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. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First.
Premier Division
The Premier Division featured six new clubs:
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Ashton United
Ashton United Football Club is a football club in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England. They are currently members of and play at Hurst Cross. Having been founded as Hurst in 1892, they folded in 1892, before being reformed in 1909. ...
relegated from
Conference North
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Bradford Park Avenue relegated from
Conference North
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Runcorn F.C. Halton
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History
The club was founded in 1918 as Highfield and Camden ...
relegated from
Conference North
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North Ferriby United
North Ferriby United Association Football Club was a semi-professional football club in North Ferriby, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. At the time of their demise they were members of the Northern Premier League and played at Grange Lane.
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as champions from Division One.
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Ilkeston Town as runners-up from Division One.
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A.F.C. Telford United via play-offs from Division One.
League table
Results
Play-offs
The Premier Division playoffs saw the second to fifth placed sides in the Division compete for one place in the
Conference North
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.
* After extra time
Division One
Division One featured four new clubs:
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Bamber Bridge
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, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
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Bishop Auckland
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, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
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Bridlington Town
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History
The club was founded in 1918 as Bridlington Centr ...
, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
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Fleetwood Town, promoted from the
North West Counties League Division One
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Goole
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At the 2021 United Kingdom censu ...
, promoted from the
Northern Counties East League Premier Division
League table
Results
Play-offs
The First Division playoffs saw the third to sixth placed sides in the First Division compete for a place in the Premier Division.
Promotion and relegation
In the thirty-eighth season of the Northern Premier League Blyth Spartans (as champions) and Farsley Celtic (as play-off winners) were promoted to the
Conference North
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. Wakefield, Bradford Park Avenue and Runcorn Halton were relegated to the First Division; these three clubs were replaced by relegated Conference North side
Hednesford Town
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History
The club was established in 1880 as a merger of t ...
,
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Airborne divisions
*1st Parachute Division (Germany)
*1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom)
* 1st Airmobile Division (Ukraine)
* 1st Guards Airborne Division
Armoured divisions
*1st Armoure ...
winners
Mossley
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The town grew ...
, second placed
Fleetwood Town and play-off winners
Kendal Town. In the First Division Bishop Auckland were relegated and were replaced by
Buxton
Buxton is a spa town in the High Peak, Derbyshire, Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, in the East Midlands region of England. It is England's highest market town, sited at some above sea level.Alston, Cumbria also claims this, but lacks a regu ...
,
Cammell Laird
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,
Harrogate Railway Athletic,
Alsager Town and
Skelmersdale United.
Cup Results
Challenge Cup
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: Teams from both leagues.
*''Farsley Celtic'' 1–0 Stocksbridge Park Steels
President's Cup: 'Plate' competition for losing teams in the NPL Cup.
*''Bradford Park Avenue'' 1–0 Ilkeston Town
Chairman's Cup: 'Plate' competition for losing teams in the NPL Cup.
*''Blyth Spartans'' bt. Ossett Town
Peter Swales Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.
*''Blyth Spartans'' bt. Farsley Celtic
See also
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Northern Premier League
The Northern Premier League is an English Association football, football league that was founded in 1968. Together with the Isthmian League and the Southern Football League, Southern League it forms levels seven and eight of the English footba ...
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2005–06 Isthmian League The 2005–06 season was the 91st in the history of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England.
It was the last season in which the Isthmian L ...
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2005–06 Southern Football League The 2005–06 season was the 103rd in the history of the Southern League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales.
At the end ...
References
External links
2005–06 Northern Premier League tables at FCHD
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Northern Premier League seasons
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