Northampton Town Football League
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Northampton
Northampton is a large market town and local government district in the East Midlands region of England. Situated about north-west of London and around south-east of Birmingham, Northampton lies on the River Nene and is the county town of Northamptonshire. The demonym of Northampton is...
in England
England
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. It has two divisions, headed by the Premier Division which sits at Level 11 (or "Step 7") of the National League System
National League System
The National League System comprises the seven levels of the English football league system immediately below the level of the Premier League and The Football League. It contains 91 league competitions and more than 1,600 clubs. It comes under the jurisdiction of The Football Association...
. The top club in the Premier Division can apply for promotion to the United Counties League
United Counties Football League
The United Counties Football League is an English football league covering Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire, as well as parts of Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Norfolk. It has a total of four divisions, two for first teams and two for reserve teams...
Division One.
In the 2010-11 season, Northampton Harlequins won the Premier Division title and Mereway United won Division One. Peter Smith Recruitment is currently the sponsor of the league.
Recent divisional champions
| Season | Premier Division | Division One | Division Two |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-04 | University College Northampton | Queen Eleanor Great Houghton Reserves | Ford Sports Daventry "A" |
| 2004-05 | Airflow | TWS | Division disbanded |
| 2005-06 | University College Northampton | Airflow Reserves | |
| 2006-07 | Duston United | Asda George | |
| 2007-08 | Northampton Harlequins | Cotton Hill | |
| 2008-09 | Cotton Hill | Ashley Rovers | |
| 2009-10 | Northampton Harlequins | AFC Wombles | |
| 2010-11 | Northampton Harlequins | Mereway United |
Premier Division
- AFC Wombles
- Delapre Old Boys
- Denton
- FC Crispin
- Mereway United
- Northampton Harlequins
Division One
- Bantam
- James King Blisworth "A"
- Kettering Ochard Park
- Mereway United Reserves
- Northampton Harlequins Reserves
- SPA
- Thorplands Club
- Thorplands United
- Wellingborough Gleneagles
- Yardley United