North East Premier League

The North East Premier League is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in the North East, serving the historic counties of Durham and Northumberland. Since 2000 it has been a designated ECB Premier League.[1] In 2013, the league expanded into two divisions (Premier and Division 1) following a restructure of the cricketing leagues in the North East of England. Subsequently, the Durham & Northeast Cricket League[2] and Northumberland and Tyneside Cricket League[3] began to feed into the NEPL in the revised pyramid structure for the purposes of promotion and relegation.

The 2020 competition was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. A replacement competition was organised for the later part of the season when cricket again became possible, but with the winners not to be regarded as official league champions.

The most successful team has been South Northumberland who have been champions on thirteen occasions in the league's twenty one year history, including six consecutive championships between 2003 and 2008.[4]

Champions

    Division 1
    • YearClub
      Division 1 Champions
      2013–2021
      2013 Whitburn
      2014 South Shields
      2015 Eppleton
      2016 Felling
      2017 Sacriston
      2018 Burnopfield
      2019 Washington
      2020 COVID-19 pandemic
      2021 Sunderland

      Performance by season from 2000
      Key
      Gold Champions
      Blue Left League
      Red Relegated
      Premier Division performance by season, from 2000
      Club 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
      Benwell Hill 7 2 1 9 5 4 5 6 11 4 3 4 11 7 5 5 10 4 7 7 3
      Blaydon 3 3 7 6 3 10 4 3 5 2 5 3 2 5 4 12
      Burnmoor 1 2
      Burnopfield 8 10
      Chester-le-Street 6 1 5 4 4 2 2 5 3 1 1 2 3 6 3 2 1 3 2 3 4
      Durham Academy 2 5 8 2 7 6 6 4 6 8 4 6 5 10 10 4 5 5 9
      Eppleton 11 7 8 4 7
      Felling 11 10 11 8
      Gateshead Fell 8 11 6 12 9 3 8 9 9 7 8 12 12 11 11 11 12
      Hetton Lyons 12 10 5 7 3 2 6 7 6 3 5 5
      Newcastle 11 4 10 8 8 11 11 10 12 11 6 8 10 4 6 3 2 2 5 12
      Norton 5 9 9 10 11 9 10 11 8 12
      Philadelphia 4 7 12 12
      Sacriston 11 9 12
      South Northumberland 4 8 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 4 1 1 2 1
      South Shields 7 2 5 11 11 8 12 9 6 12
      Stockton 9 7 11 3 6 5 9 12 7 9 7 10 6 1 7 10 9 9 12
      Sunderland 1 6 3 5 2 7 7 2 4 6 9 7 4 9 12
      Tynemouth 10 10 12 11 10 8 3 8 10 10 12 9 9 8 8 7 3 8 4 6 6
      Washington 11
      Whitburn 9 8 8 10 6 10 9
      References [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25][lower-alpha 1] [26]
      1. Coronavirus pandemic forced a reduction in league activity.


      Division One

      2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
      Ashington 4
      Blaydon 11 10 11 9
      Boldon 5 7 6 5 5 9 8
      Brandon 2 3 7 7 4 4
      Burnmoor 4 4 3 2
      Burnopfield 2 1
      Castle Eden 3 6
      Crook Town 5
      Eppleton 8 4 1
      Felling 9 9 5 1
      Gateshead Fell 9 8 10
      Mainsforth 6 12
      Sacriston 3 5 10 2 1
      Seaham Harbour 10 6 8 9 11
      Shotley Bridge 3
      South Hetton 6 10 12
      South Shields 1 10 11
      Sunderland 11 10 6 5 2
      Tudhoe 9 12
      Washington 4 2 2 8 8 7 1
      Whitburn 1
      Willington 7 8 3 3 7 6 7
      [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33]

      References
      1. List of ECB Premier Leagues Archived 2008-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
      2. "Durham & Northeast Cricket League". dnecl.play-cricket.com. Durham & Northeast Cricket League. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
      3. "Northumberland and Tyneside Cricket League". ntcl.play-cricket.com. Northumberland and Tyneside Cricket League. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
      4. "North East Premier League". nepremierleague.play-cricket.com. North East Premier League. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
      5. Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
      6. Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
      7. "First Division - 2002".
      8. "First Division - 2003".
      9. "First Division - 2004".
      10. "First Division - 2005".
      11. "First Division - 2006".
      12. "First Division - 2007".
      13. "First Division - 2008".
      14. "First Division - 2009".
      15. "First Division - 2010".
      16. "First Division - 2011".
      17. "First Division - 2012".
      18. "Premier Division - 2013".
      19. "Premier Division - 2014".
      20. "Premier Division - 2015".
      21. "Premier Division - 2016".
      22. "Premier Division - 2017".
      23. "Premier Division - 2018".
      24. "Premier Division - 2019".
      25. "Premier Division - 2020".
      26. "Premier Division - 2021".
      27. "First Division - 2013".
      28. "Division 1 - 2014".
      29. "Division 1 - 2015".
      30. "Division 1 - 2016".
      31. "Division 1 - 2017".
      32. "Division 1 - 2018".
      33. "Division 1 - 2019".
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