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2001–02 Northern Premier League

Field	Value
competition	Northern Premier League
season	2001–02
promoted	Burton Albion
relegated	Bamber Bridge
Bishop Auckland
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)
matches	506
total goals	1540
longest wins	12 games
Burton Albion
longest unbeaten	30 games
Burton Albion
longest winless	11 games
Bamber Bridge
longest losses	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
prevseason	[2000–01](2000-01-northern-premier-league-premier-division)
nextseason	[2002–03](2002-03-northern-premier-league-premier-division)

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

Bishop Auckland Emley 5–0 Bamber Bridge Bradford Park Avenue 5–0 Colwyn Bay Droylsden 0–7 Burton Albion Burscough 6–2 Droylsden Colwyn Bay 4–4 Hyde United Marine 4–4 Lancaster City (8 goals) Burton Albion Burton Albion Bamber Bridge Bamber Bridge Burton Albion 3–0 Bishop Auckland Altrincham 0–1 Vauxhall Motors

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

Results

Division One

Harrogate Town

Division One featured 4 new teams:

Leek Town relegated from Premier Division
Spennymoor United relegated from Premier Division
Ossett Albion promoted as runners-up from the Northern Counties East League Premier Division
Rossendale United promoted as champions of the North West Counties League Division One

League table

Results

Play-offs

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

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