2001–02 Northern Premier League
The 2001–02 Northern Premier League season was the 34th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First.
Premier Division
| Season | 2001–02 |
|---|---|
| Promoted | Burton Albion |
| Relegated |
Bamber Bridge Bishop Auckland |
| Matches played | 506 |
| Goals scored | 1540 (3.04 per match) |
| Biggest home win |
Worksop Town 5–0 Accrington Stanley Emley 5–0 Bamber Bridge Bradford Park Avenue 5–0 Colwyn Bay |
| Biggest away win |
Gateshead 0–7 Bradford Park Avenue Droylsden 0–7 Burton Albion |
| Highest scoring |
Bradford Park Avenue 3–5 Gateshead Burscough 6–2 Droylsden Colwyn Bay 4–4 Hyde United Marine 4–4 Lancaster City (8 goals) |
| Longest winning run |
12 games Burton Albion |
| Longest unbeaten run |
30 games Burton Albion |
| Longest winless run |
11 games Bamber Bridge |
| Longest losing run |
9 games Bamber Bridge |
| Highest attendance |
4,478 Burton Albion 3–0 Bishop Auckland |
| Lowest attendance |
362 Altrincham 0–1 Vauxhall Motors |
| Average attendance | 2,047 |
|
← 2000–01 2002–03 → | |
The Premier Division featured three new teams:
- Bradford Park Avenue promoted as champions of Division One
- Vauxhall Motors promoted as runners-up of Division One
- Burton Albion transferred from the Southern League Premier Division
League Table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burton Albion (C) (P) | 44 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 106 | 30 | +76 | 104 | Promotion to Conference |
| 2 | Vauxhall Motors | 44 | 27 | 8 | 9 | 86 | 55 | +31 | 89 | |
| 3 | Lancaster City | 44 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 80 | 57 | +23 | 78 | |
| 4 | Worksop Town | 44 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 74 | 51 | +23 | 78 | |
| 5 | Emley | 44 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 69 | 55 | +14 | 75 | |
| 6 | Accrington Stanley | 44 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 89 | 64 | +25 | 72 | |
| 7 | Runcorn F.C. Halton | 44 | 21 | 8 | 15 | 76 | 53 | +23 | 71# | |
| 8 | Barrow | 44 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 75 | 59 | +16 | 67 | |
| 9 | Altrincham | 44 | 19 | 9 | 16 | 66 | 58 | +8 | 66 | |
| 10 | Bradford Park Avenue | 44 | 18 | 5 | 21 | 77 | 76 | +1 | 59 | |
| 11 | Droylsden | 44 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 65 | 78 | −13 | 59 | |
| 12 | Blyth Spartans | 44 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 58 | 71 | −13 | 58 | |
| 13 | Frickley Athletic | 44 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 63 | 69 | −6 | 58* | |
| 14 | Gateshead | 44 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 58 | 71 | −13 | 56 | |
| 15 | Whitby Town | 44 | 15 | 8 | 21 | 61 | 76 | −15 | 53 | |
| 16 | Hucknall Town | 44 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 50 | 68 | −18 | 51 | |
| 17 | Marine | 44 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 62 | 71 | −9 | 50 | |
| 18 | Burscough | 44 | 15 | 5 | 24 | 69 | 86 | −17 | 50 | |
| 19 | Gainsborough Trinity | 44 | 13 | 10 | 21 | 61 | 76 | −15 | 49 | |
| 20 | Colwyn Bay | 44 | 12 | 11 | 21 | 49 | 82 | −33 | 47 | |
| 21 | Bishop Auckland (R) | 44 | 12 | 8 | 24 | 46 | 68 | −22 | 44† | Relegation to NPL Division One |
| 22 | Hyde United | 44 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 61 | 87 | −26 | 40 | |
| 23 | Bamber Bridge (R) | 44 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 38 | 88 | −50 | 30‡ | Qualification for Division One Playoffs |
Updated to games played on 8 February 2011.
Source: .
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
#From this season onwards, Runcorn were known as Runcorn F.C. Halton.
* Frickley Athletic were docked 1 point.
†Bishop Auckland relegated due to ground concerns.
‡Due to Bishop Auckland's dismissal, Bamber Bridge were placed into a playoff to decide if they were to stay up. They were also docked 1 point.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
| Home ╲ Away | ACC | ALT | BAM | BRW | BIS | BLY | BPA | BUR | BRT | COL | DRO | Emley | FRK | GAI | GAT | HUC | HYD | LNC | MAR | RUN | VAU | WTB | WKS |
| Accrington Stanley | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 5–0 | |
| Altrincham | 3–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Bamber Bridge | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–6 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | |
| Barrow | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Bishop Auckland | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
| Blyth Spartans | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
| Bradford Park Avenue | 1–2 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–5 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–5 | |
| Burscough | 3–2 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–3 | |
| Burton Albion | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | |
| Colwyn Bay | 3–0 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | |
| Droylsden | 1–5 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–7 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | |
| Emley | 0–3 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | |
| Frickley Athletic | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 4–0 | |
| Gainsborough Trinity | 5–2 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | |
| Gateshead | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–7 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | |
| Hucknall Town | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
| Hyde United | 2–4 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | |
| Lancaster City | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | |
| Marine | 2–5 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | |
| Runcorn | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | |
| Vauxhall Motors | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | |
| Whitby Town | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | |
| Worksop Town | 5–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 |
Updated to games played on 3 May 2002.
Source: Northern Premier Division results grid
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Division One
| Season | 2001–02 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Harrogate Town |
| Promoted |
Ashton United Harrogate Town |
| Relegated | Ossett Albion |
| Matches played | 465 |
| Goals scored | 1405 (3.02 per match) |
|
← 2000–01 2002–03 → | |
Division One featured 4 new teams:
- Leek Town relegated from Premier Division
- Spennymoor United relegated from Premier Division
- Ossett Albion promoted from the Northern Counties East League Premier Division
- Rossendale United promoted as champions of the North West Counties League Division One
League Table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harrogate Town (C) (P) | 42 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 80 | 35 | +45 | 86 | Promotion to Premier Division |
| 2 | Ossett Town | 42 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 73 | 44 | +29 | 76 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 3 | Ashton United (P) | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 90 | 63 | +27 | 75 | |
| 4 | Spennymoor United | 42 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 75 | 73 | +2 | 72 | |
| 5 | Radcliffe Borough | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 73 | 51 | +22 | 68 | |
| 6 | Leek Town | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 67 | 51 | +16 | 68 | |
| 7 | Gretna | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 66 | 66 | 0 | 63* | Transferred to the Scottish Football League |
| 8 | Eastwood Town | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 66 | 58 | +8 | 62 | |
| 9 | Rossendale United | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 69 | 58 | +11 | 61 | |
| 10 | Witton Albion | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 72 | 68 | +4 | 61 | |
| 11 | Guiseley | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 60 | 67 | −7 | 61 | |
| 12 | North Ferriby United | 42 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 71 | 60 | +11 | 58 | |
| 13 | Chorley | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 59 | 57 | +2 | 57 | |
| 14 | Matlock Town | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 54 | |
| 15 | Trafford | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 64 | 80 | −16 | 51 | |
| 16 | Workington | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 51 | 57 | −6 | 48 | |
| 17 | Farsley Celtic | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 54 | 81 | −27 | 47 | |
| 18 | Belper Town | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 49 | 66 | −17 | 47 | |
| 19 | Lincoln United | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 62 | 80 | −18 | 47 | |
| 20 | Stocksbridge Park Steels | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 55 | 76 | −21 | 45 | |
| 21 | Kendal Town | 42 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 52 | 76 | −24 | 36 | |
| 22 | Ossett Albion (R) | 42 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 99 | −65 | 32 | Relegation to NCEFL Premier Division |
Updated to games played on 8 February 2011.
Source: .
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
*Gretna were docked 1 point
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
| Home ╲ Away | ASH | BLP | CHO | EAS | FAR | GRT | GUI | HAR | KEN | LEE | LIN | MAT | NFU | OSA | OST | RAD | Rossendale United | STO | SPU | TRA | WTN | WRK |
| Ashton United | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 6–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 1–0 | |
| Belper Town | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | |
| Chorley | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 5–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |
| Eastwood Town | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 4–5 | 0–2 | |
| Farsley Celtic | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | |
| Gretna | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | |
| Guiseley | 2–0 | 5–4 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | |
| Harrogate Town | 3–0 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | |
| Kendal Town | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 1–5 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | |
| Leek Town | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | |
| Lincoln United | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
| Matlock Town | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | |
| North Ferriby United | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| Ossett Albion | 1–5 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–5 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–5 | 3–1 | 0–3 | |
| Ossett Town | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | |
| Radcliffe Borough | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 6–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | |
| Rossendale United | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |
| Spennymoor United | 2–6 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 5–4 | |
| Stocksbridge Park Steels | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | |
| Trafford | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
| Witton Albion | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 7–2 | 0–0 | 5–0 | |
| Workington | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 |
Updated to games played on 3 May 2002.
Source: Northern Premier League First Division results grid
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Division One Playoffs
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 1 | Bamber Bridge | ||||||||
| 2 | Ossett Town | ||||||||
| 1 | Bamber Bridge | ||||||||
| 3 | Ashton United | ||||||||
| 3 | Ashton United | ||||||||
| 4 | Spennymoor United | ||||||||
Promotion and relegation
In the thirty-fourth season of the Northern Premier League Burton Albion (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Football Conference. Bishop Auckland and Bamber Bridge were relegated to the First Division; these two clubs were replaced by relegated Conference side Stalybridge Celtic, First Division winners Harrogate Town and play-off winners Ashton United. In the First Division Gretna left the League to join the Scottish Football League Third Division, while Ossett Albion left the League altogether; these teams were replaced by newly admitted Alfreton Town and Kidsgrove Athletic.
Cup Results
Challenge Cup: Teams from both leagues.
- Accrington Stanley bt. Bradford Park Avenue
President's Cup: 'Plate' competition for losing teams in the NPL Cup.
- Barrow bt. Gainsborough Trinity
Chairman's Cup: 'Plate' competition for losing teams in the NPL Cup.
- Worksop Town bt. Droylsden
Peter Swales Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.
- Accrington Stanley bt. Burton Albion