2001 Northern Ford Premiership

{{Infobox rugby football league season

| title = Premiership

| league = Northern Ford Premiership

| logo =

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| duration = 28 Rounds

| no_of_teams = 19

| highest_attendance =

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| season2 = 2001 Season

| season_champs2 = {{leagueicon|Widnes|16}} Widnes Vikings

| season_champ_name2 = Grand Final winners

| league_leaders2 = {{leagueicon|Leigh|16}} Leigh Centurions

| league_leaders_name2= League leaders

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| prevseason_link = 2000 Northern Ford Premiership

| prevseason_year = 2000

| nextseason_link = 2002 Northern Ford Premiership

| nextseason_year = 2002

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The 2001 Northern Ford Premiership season was the second tier of British rugby league during the 2001 season. The competition featured nineteen teams, with Widnes Vikings winning the Grand Final.

Championship

The league was won by Widnes Vikings, who beat Oldham in the Grand Final. The League Leaders Leigh Centurions lost in the play-off semi-finals. Widnes Vikings were promoted to the Super League.

=League table=

width=20 abbr="Position" \| !width=175 \|Team !width=20 abbr="Played" \|Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" \|W !width=20 abbr="Drawn" \|D !width=20 abbr="Lost" \|L !width=20 abbr="Points for" \|PF !width=20 abbr="Points against" \|PA !width=20 abbr="Points" \|Pts
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style="background:#CCFFCC;" \|1	style="text-align:left;"\|Leigh Centurions \|28	26	0	2	1139	321	52
style="background:#CCFFCC;" \|2	style="text-align:left;"\|Widnes Vikings \|28	21	1	6	961	377	43
style="background:#CCFFCC;" \|3	style="text-align:left;"\|Rochdale Hornets \|28	21	0	7	865	433	42
style="background:#CCFFCC;" \|4	style="text-align:left;"\|Oldham \|28	21	0	7	780	416	42
style="background:#CCFFCC;" \|5	style="text-align:left;"\|Featherstone Rovers \|28	18	0	10	825	401	36
style="background:#CCFFCC;" \|6	style="text-align:left;"\|Dewsbury Rams \|28	18	0	10	801	438	36
style="background:#CCFFCC;" \|7	style="text-align:left;"\|Hull Kingston Rovers \|28	16	2	10	555	450	34
style="background:#CCFFCC;" \|8	style="text-align:left;"\|Keighley Cougars \|28	16	1	11	810	498	33
9	style="text-align:left;"\|Workington Town \|28	16	0	12	681	568	32
10	style="text-align:left;"\|Whitehaven Warriors \|28	15	1	12	608	419	31
11	style="text-align:left;"\|Sheffield Eagles \|28	14	0	14	637	543	28
12	style="text-align:left;"\|Doncaster Dragons \|28	14	0	14	622	532	28
13	style="text-align:left;"\|Batley Bulldogs \|28	13	0	15	452	618	26
14	style="text-align:left;"\|Barrow Raiders \|28	12	1	15	631	685	25
15	style="text-align:left;"\|Swinton Lions \|28	10	0	18	538	711	20
16	style="text-align:left;"\|Hunslet Hawks \|28	6	1	21	380	959	13
17	style="text-align:left;"\|Gateshead Thunder \|28	2	0	26	346	990	4
18	style="text-align:left;"\|Chorley Lynx \|28	2	0	26	395	1361	4
19	style="text-align:left;"\|York Wasps \|28	1	1	26	193	1499	3

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|bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|Play-offs

Play-offs

=Week 1=

Dewsbury Rams 6–19 Hull Kingston Rovers

Featherstone Rovers 28–24 Keighley Cougars

Leigh Centurions 14–15 Oldham

Widnes Vikings 34–24 Rochdale Hornets

=Week 2=

Leigh Centurions 26–10 Featherstone Rovers

Rochdale hornets 26–14 Hull Kingston Rovers

=Week 3=

Leigh Centurions 18–26 Widnes Vikings

Oldham 39–32 Rochdale Hornets

=Grand Final=

{{rugbyleaguebox

| date = 28 July 2001

| time =

| team1 = Widnes Vikings

| score = 24 – 14

| report = {{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Andy |title=Widnes show they are ready to assume rightful place |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2001/jul/29/rugbyleague.theobserver |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 February 2024 |date=29 July 2001}}

| team2 = Oldham

| points1 = Try: Gee, Demetriou (2), Cantillon, Munro
Goal: Weston (2)

| points2 = Try: Brennan, Ford, Mannion
Goal: Rich

| stadium = Spotland, Rochdale

| attendance= 8,974

| referee = Steve Ganson (St Helens)

| manofmatch= Phil Cantillon

}}