England Netball Premier League

{{Short description|National amateur netball league in England}}

{{Infobox sports league

| title = England Netball Premier League

| current_season =

| last_season =

| upcoming_season =

| logo = England Netball Premier League.png

| caption =

| pixels = 250

| sport = Netball

| classification = Amateur

| formerly =

| founded = 2006

| inaugural = 2006/2007

| organiser = England Netball

| divisions = 3

| teams = 30

| country = England

| champion =

| most_champs =

| most successful club = Oldham Netball Club

| qualification = Premier League Play Offs

| streaming = englandnetball.tv

| sponsor =

| relegation = Regional League

| related_comps =

| website = https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/competitions/premier-leagues/

}}

The England Netball Premier League is a netball league in England and the highest level of club/amateur netball in the country. The teams that make up the three divisions have come through the county, regional and national pathway to take one of the 30 places.{{cite web |title=Premier League 1 |url=https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/competitions/premier-leagues/premier-league-1/ |access-date=31 January 2023 |website=England Netball}}

The league was founded at the start of the 2006/07 season, as a replacement for the National Clubs League. It is the second level of play in the sport in England, below the closed Netball Super League.

Competition Format

Each league comprises 10 teams who play each other twice in a home and away fixture. 5 points are award for a win, 3 for a draw, 2 for a loss within 5 goals, 1 for a loss if more than 50% of the winners score and 0 for any other loss.{{Cite web |title=Premier League Regulations 24-25 |url=https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/document/premier-league-regulations-22-23/ |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=England Netball |language=en-US}} The team who finishes top of the each league table are named champions.

Each season, the top two teams in Premier League 2 and 3 are promoted to the division above, and the bottom two teams in Premier League 1 and 2 are relegated.{{cite web |title=National Premier League |url=https://www.leedsathleticnetballclub.org.uk/national-premier-league.html |access-date=30 January 2023 |website=Leeds Athletic Netball Club}} In Premier League 3 the bottom 3 teams (8th, 9th and 10th) take part in the Premier League Play-Offs alongside the 9 regional league winners to decide who will compete in Premier League 3 the following season.

The league started with two divisions but expanded to 3 divisions for the 2010/2011 season, each with ten teams.

League Champions

class="wikitable"

|+Division Champions

!Season

!Premier League 1

!Premier League 2

!Premier League 3

2006/07

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| rowspan="4" |No Competition

2007/08

|Linden{{Cite web |title=2007-2008 Annual Report |url=https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/document/2007-2008-annual-report/ |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=England Netball |language=en-US}}

|Essex Open

2008/09

|Team Bath{{Cite web |title=2008-2009 Annual Report |url=https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/document/2008-2009-annual-report/ |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=England Netball |language=en-US}}

|The Downs

2009/10

|Academy{{cite web |title=Academy Netball Club- Prem 1 Champions!! |url=http://www.sportfocus.com/newspub/story.cfm?ID=37960 |access-date=31 January 2023 |website=Sport Focus}}

|Leeds Carnegie{{Cite web |title=2009-2010 Annual Report |url=https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/document/2009-2010-annual-report/ |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=England Netball |language=en-US}}

2010/11

|Academy{{cite journal |date=November 2010 |title=A Year in Netball |url=https://d2cx26qpfwuhvu.cloudfront.net/englandnetball/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/21112115/2010-2011-Annual-Report.pdf |journal=England Netball |access-date=31 January 2023}}

|The Downs{{Cite web |title=2010-2011 Annual Report |url=https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/document/2010-2011-annual-report/ |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=England Netball |language=en-US}}

|Evesham Reds (Worcester Reds)

2011/12

|Oldham{{Cite web |title=2011-2012 Annual Report |url=https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/document/2011-2012-annual-report/ |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=England Netball |language=en-US}}

|Leyton

|Telstars

2012/13

|Oldham{{Cite web |date=25 October 2013 |title=Annual Report 2012-2013 All England Netball Association Ltd |url=https://d2cx26qpfwuhvu.cloudfront.net/englandnetball/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/21112149/Annual-Report-2012-13-Final.pdf |archive-url= |access-date=30 April 2025 |website=www.englandnetball.co.uk}}

|Thoroughbreds

|Roman Glass (Bristol Romans)

2013/14

|Oldham{{Cite web |title=Annual Report 2013-2014 All England Netball Association Ltd |url=https://d2cx26qpfwuhvu.cloudfront.net/englandnetball/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/21112155/EN-2013_2014-Annual-Report_v3-LR-1.compressed-3.pdf |access-date=30 April 2025 |website=www.englandnetball.co.uk}}

|Worcester Reds

|Tameside

2014/15

|Oldham{{Cite web |date=25 October 2015 |title=Annual Report 2014-2015 All England Netball Association Ltd |url=https://d2cx26qpfwuhvu.cloudfront.net/englandnetball/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/21112129/2014-15-Annual-Report-FINAL.pdf |access-date=30 April 2025 |website=ww.englandnetball.co.uk}}

|Viper10 Blades (Weston Park)

|Ryland

2015/16

|Academy{{cite web |title=Premier League is back! |url=https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/premier-league-back/ |access-date=31 January 2023 |website=England Netball}}

|Tameside{{Cite web |last=jmcconnell |date=2016-12-27 |title=Looking back at 2016 – Competitions! |url=https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/looking-back-2016-competitions/ |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=England Netball |language=en-US}}

|Linden

2016/17

|Oldham{{Cite web |last=jmcconnell |date=2017-04-05 |title=Dramatic final day ends Premier League season |url=https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/dramatic-final-day-ends-premier-league-season/ |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=England Netball |language=en-US}}

|Team Bath Toucans

|Sussex Thunder

2017/18

|Oldham{{Cite web |last=jmcconnell |date=2018-04-24 |title=Mizuno Premier League 2017/18 wrap-up |url=https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/mizuno-premier-league-201718-wrap-up/ |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=England Netball |language=en-US}}

|Grangetown

|Essex Open

2018/19

|Oldham

|Hucclecote{{Cite web |last=client |date=2019-09-08 |title=Teams eager to impress as 2019/20 Premier League season beckons |url=https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/premier-league-season-beckons/ |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=England Netball |language=en-US}}

|Sussex Thunder

2019/20

|Oldham{{Cite web |title=Annual Report 2019-20 |url=https://d2cx26qpfwuhvu.cloudfront.net/englandnetball/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/21163723/Annual-Report-2019-20.pdf |access-date=30 April 2025 |website=www.englandnetball.co.uk}}

|YWCA Bury

|Charnwood

2020/21

|Oldham{{cite news |last1=Bugby |first1=Tony |date=20 May 2022 |title=Oldham again crowned national champions |url=https://saddind.co.uk/oldham-again-crowned-national-champions/ |access-date=31 January 2023 |work=Saddleworth Independent}}

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2021/22

|Oldham

|Charnwood

|Sussex Thunder {{Cite web |last=Franks |first=Hannah |date=2022-04-26 |title=Premier League Players of the Season 2021/2022 announced |url=https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/premier-league-players-of-the-season-2021-2022-announced/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=England Netball |language=en-US}}

2022/23

|Oldham {{Cite web |last=Hinds |first=Toby |date=2022-03-21 |title=League winners decided in Premier League 1 & 2 |url=https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/league-winners-decided-in-premier-league-1-2/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=England Netball |language=en-US}}

|Grangetown{{Cite web |last=Ratcliffe |first=Katherine |date=2023-05-11 |title=2022-23 Premier League Award Winners Announced |url=https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/2022-23-premier-league-award-winners-announced/#:~:text=Oldham%20Netball%20Club%20retained%20their,nest%20in%20Premier%20League%203. |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=England Netball |language=en-US}}

|Eagles

2023/24

|Academy{{Cite web |last=Ratcliffe |first=Katherine |date=2024-04-08 |title=2023-24 Premier League Award Winners Announced |url=https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/2023-24-premier-league-award-winners-announced/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=England Netball |language=en-US}}

|Hucclecote

|Team Bath Toucans

2024/25

|Oldham{{Cite web |last=Ratcliffe |first=Katherine |date=2025-04-09 |title=2024-25 Premier League Award Winners Announced |url=https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/2024-25-premier-league-award-winners-announced/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=England Netball |language=en-US}}

|The Downs

|Blackpool

2025/26 Premier League Teams

class="wikitable"

!Premier League 1

!Premier League 2

!Premier League 3

Eagles (S)

|Academy (LSE)

|Exeter (SW)

Grangetown (NE)

|Blackpool (NW)

|Hatfield (E)

Hucclecote (SW)

|Bristol Romans (SW)

|Leeds Athletic (Y)

New Cambell (LSE)

|Charnwood (EM)

|Norfolk United (E)

Oldham (NW)

|Cumberland (LSE)

|Northants Storm (EM)

Team Bath Toucans (WM)

|Linden (WM)

|Ryland (WM)

The Downs (SW)

|Oaksway (NE)

|Sussex Thunder (S)

Turnford (E)

|Tameside (NW)

|Team Jets (SW)

Weston Park Blades (S)

|Telstars (LSE)

|Worcester Reds (WM)

YWCA Bury (NW)

|Trafford (NW)

|YMCA Magic (Y)

England Netball Regional Leagues: North East, North West, Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, East, London and South East, South, South West

Premier League Play Off Winners

class="wikitable"

|+Premier League Play Off Winners

!Year

!Location

! colspan="3" |Winners

2007

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2008

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2009

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2010

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2011

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|Leamington

|Telstars

|Grangetown

2012

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|Norfolk United

|Ryland

|Roman Glass

2013

|Loughborough

|Clan

|Tameside

|TFC

2014

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|Norfolk United

|Team Jets

|Sussex Thunder

2015

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|Chester

|Riverside

|Sussex Thunder

2016

|EIS Sheffield

|Grangetown

|Billericay

|Charnwood Sapphires

2017{{Cite web |title=England Netball Annual Report 2016/17 |url=https://d2cx26qpfwuhvu.cloudfront.net/englandnetball/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/02180157/2016-17-Annual-Report-compressed.pdf |access-date=30 April 2024 |website=www.englandnetball.co.uk}}

|University of Nottingham

|Essex Open

|TFC

|Hertford Hornets

2018

|Redbridge Leisure Centre

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2019{{Cite web |last=jmcconnell |date=2019-04-29 |title=Thoroughbreds, Exeter and Eclipse secure promotion to Premier League 3 |url=https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/thoroughbreds-exeter-eclipse-win-promotion/ |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=England Netball |language=en-US}}

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|Exeter

|Eclipse

|Thoroughbreds

2020

| colspan="4" |Cancelled due to Covid19

2021

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2022{{Cite web |last=Franks |first=Hannah |date=2022-04-24 |title=Trafford, Northants Storm and Eagles secure promotion to Premier League 3 |url=https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/trafford-northants-storm-and-eagles-secure-promotion-to-premier-league-3/ |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=England Netball |language=en-US}}

|University of Warwick

|Trafford

|Eagles

|Northants Storm

2023{{Cite web |last=Ratcliffe |first=Katherine |date=2023-04-23 |title=Blackpool NC, Leyton and Trafford secure place in Premier League 3 |url=https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/blackpool-nc-leyton-and-trafford-secure-place-in-premier-league-3/ |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=England Netball |language=en-US}}

|Worcester Arena

|Blackpool

|Leyton

|Trafford

2024{{Cite web |title=Premier League Play-Offs Fixtures 2024 |url=https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/competitions/premier-leagues/premier-league-3/premier-league-play-offs-fixtures-2024/ |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=England Netball |language=en-US}}

|EIS Sheffield

|Leyton

|Hatfield

|Premier Romans

2025{{Cite web |last=Ratcliffe |first=Katherine |date=2025-04-28 |title=Hatfield, Team Jets and YMCA Magic secure place in Premier League 3 |url=https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/hatfield-team-jets-and-ymca-magic-secure-place-in-premier-league-3/ |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=England Netball |language=en-US}}

|Worcester Arena

|Hatfield

|Team Jets

|YMCA Magic

References