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The 2011–12 season was the 44th season 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 ...
Premier Division, and the fifth season of the Northern Premier League Division One North and South. The League sponsors for 2011–12 were Evo-Stik. The league allocations were released on 20 May 2011.


Premier Division

The Premier Division featured five new teams: *
Chester Chester is a cathedral city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, Wales, River Dee, close to the England–Wales border. With a built-up area population of 92,760 in 2021, it is the most populous settlement in the borough of Cheshire West an ...
, promoted as champions from NPL Division One North *
Chorley Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, north of Wigan, south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton, south of Preston and north west of Manchester. The town's wealth ca ...
, promoted via play-offs from NPL Division One North *
Hednesford Town Hednesford Town Football Club is a football club based in Hednesford, Staffordshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Keys Park. They won the FA Trophy in 2004. History The club was established in 1880 as a merger of t ...
, transferred from
Southern League Premier Division The Southern League is a football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from East Anglia, the South and Midlands of England, and South Wales. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and e ...
* Rushall Olympic, promoted via play-offs from NPL Division One South * Stafford Rangers, relegated from
Conference North The National League North, officially known as Vanarama National League North for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Association football league in England. National League North is the second division of the National Leagues and step 2 o ...


League table


Play-offs

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Semi-finals

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Final


Results grid


Stadia and locations


Division One North

Division One North featured two new teams: *
Farsley Farsley is a village in the City of Leeds, Leeds district, in West Yorkshire, England, west of Leeds city centre and east of Bradford near Pudsey. Before 1974, Farsley was part of the Municipal Borough of Pudsey, Borough of Pudsey. Before 193 ...
, promoted as champions from the Northern Counties East League Premier Division * Ossett Town, relegated from the NPL Premier Division


League table


Play-offs


Semi-finals

''Curzon Ashton win 4–1 on penalties'' ----


Final


Results grid


Stadia and locations


Division One South

Division One South featured four new teams: * Coalville Town, promoted as champions from the Midland Alliance * Hucknall Town, relegated from the NPL Premier Division * Ilkeston, new team *
New Mills New Mills is a small town in the Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England, south-east of Stockport and from Manchester at the confluence of the River Goyt and River Sett, Sett. It is close to the border with Cheshire and above the Torrs, a ...
, promoted as champions from the North West Counties League Premier Division


League table


Play-offs


Semi-finals

---- ''Leek Town win 6–7 on penalties''


Final


Results grid


Stadia and locations


Challenge Cup

The 2011–12 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup (billed as the 2011–12 Doodson Sports Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 42nd season of the Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, the cup competition 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 ...
. The tournament was won by North Ferriby United who beat Rushall Olympic 4–1 after extra-time.


Calendar


Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, eight teams from the lower regional divisions were drawn together.


First round

The four clubs which made it through the preliminary round enter into the draw with the rest of the teams from the two Division One leagues which weren't drawn into the preliminary round. **Mossley were removed from the competition as they had not registered a player correctly.


Second round

The twenty clubs which made it through the first round were entered into the draw for the second round.


Third round

The ten clubs which made it through the second round were entered into the draw for the second round with the clubs from the Premier Division.


Fourth round

The 16 clubs which made it through the third round were entered into the draw for the fourth round.


Quarter-finals

The eight clubs to have made it through the fourth round were entered into the Quarter-finals draw.


Semi-finals

The four clubs to have made it through the Quarter-finals were entered into the Semi-finals draw.


Final

The two clubs to have made it through the Semi-finals play each other in the final to decide the winner of the Challenge Cup.


President's Cup

At the 2011 league AGM, the 2011–12 Northern Premier League President's Cup, the cup competition of the
Northern Premier League Division One North The Northern Premier League is an English football league that was founded in 1968. Together with the Isthmian League and the Southern League it forms levels seven and eight of the English football league system. Geographically, the league c ...
and
South South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþa ...
, was deferred for at least one year due to fixture congestion and clubs making losses from the games. It was decided to award the trophy to the team that tops the fair play league at the end of the season instead.


Peter Swales Shield

The Peter Swales Shield has changed format several times, and the 2012–13 season saw the champions of the Premier Division,
Chester Chester is a cathedral city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, Wales, River Dee, close to the England–Wales border. With a built-up area population of 92,760 in 2021, it is the most populous settlement in the borough of Cheshire West an ...
, play against the winners of the Challenge Cup, North Ferriby United. Chester won the game 3–0.


See also

* 2011–12 Isthmian League * 2011–12 Southern League


References


External links


Official websiteOfficial Northern Premier League Match Photo Gallery
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