Start date set for new season

21 Mar 2016 By David Watters

The 2016-17 EVO-STIK Northern Premier League season is set to kick off on Saturday 13 August.

The EVO-STIK NPL's 68 clubs received confirmation on the start of next term on Monday.

Subject to agreement with the Football Association and other leagues in the summer's annual shake-up of the Non-League pyramid, the EVO-STIK NPL's fans, players and officials can look forward to the fixtures for the new campaign being published on or around Friday 15 July.

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Where next?

Monday's First Division North action review Second-bottom Harrogate Railway suffered a narrow defeat to Burscough for the second time this season in the EVO-STIK Northern Premier League's First Division North on Monday night as the Linnets triumphed 2-1, writes Pitchero's Steve Whitney.

Strike sparks love-in at leaders! Hot-shot Ciaran Kilheeney got more than he bargained for on Saturday for firing home EVO-STIK Northern Premier League Warrington Town's one hundreth goal of the season.