1994–95 Northern Premier League
# 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.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division featured three new teams:

* Guiseley promoted as champions of Division One
* Spennymoor United promoted as runners-up from Division One
* Witton Albion relegated from the Football Conference

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Marine (C) | 42 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 83 | 27 | +56 | 98 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 (R) | 42 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 49 | 94 | −45 | 31 | Relegation to NPL Division One |

* ↑ Marine were not promoted due to ground grading standards.
* ↑ Bishop Auckland were docked 3 points.
* ↑ From the next season Horwich RMI were renamed as Leigh RMI.

### Results

| 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 | |

## Division One

Division One featured three new teams:

* Atherton Laburnum Rovers promoted as champions of the NWCFL Division One
* Blyth Spartans promoted as runners-up of the Northern League Division One
* Fleetwood relegated from the Premier Division

### League table

| 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 | Promotion to Premier Division |
| 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 | |
| 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 | Relegation to NWCFL Division One |

* ↑ Fleetwood Town were docked 3 points.
* ↑ Mossley were docked 1 point.

## Promotion and relegation

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

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
