2001 Northern Ford Premiership

Stats

Champions: Widnes
Runners Up: Oldham
League Leaders: Leigh
Wooden Spoon: York
Top Tryscorer: Neil Turley (52)
Top Pointscorer: Simon Svabic (321)

No. Of Teams: 19
No. Of Games: 275
No. Of Players: 658
No. Of Tries: 2,229
No. Of Goals: 1,793
No. Of F.Goals: 105

Total Attendance: 408,754
Average Crowd: 1,486
Average Crowd (Reg. Season)
Highest Crowd: 8,974
Highest Crowd (Reg. Season)
Lowest Crowd: 254

Mean Scoreline: 35-11
Median Scoreline: 30-10
Highest Scoreline: 98-0
Lowest Scoreline: 2-0
Highest Team Score: Rochdale (98-0)
Average PPG: 51.67

Ladder

		Home							Away							Overall
Team		P	W	L	D	F	A	PD	P	W	L	D	F	A	PD	P	W	L	D	F	A	Pts	PD	FPG	APG
1.	Leigh	14	14	-	-	669	118	551	14	12	2	-	470	203	267	28	26	2	-	1,139	321	52	+818	40.68	11.46
2.	Widnes	14	11	3	-	542	191	351	14	10	3	1	419	186	233	28	21	6	1	961	377	43	+584	34.32	13.46
3.	Rochdale H.	14	12	2	-	532	169	363	14	9	5	-	333	264	69	28	21	7	-	865	433	42	+432	30.89	15.46
4.	Oldham	14	11	3	-	415	205	210	14	10	4	-	365	211	154	28	21	7	-	780	416	42	+364	27.86	14.86
5.	Featherstone R.	14	10	4	-	488	164	324	14	7	5	2	337	237	100	28	17	9	2	825	401	36	+424	29.46	14.32
6.	Dewsbury	14	11	3	-	458	187	271	14	7	7	-	343	251	92	28	18	10	-	801	438	36	+363	28.61	15.64
7.	Hull KR	14	10	2	2	277	138	139	14	6	8	-	278	312	-34	28	16	10	2	555	450	34	+105	19.82	16.07
8.	Keighley	14	8	5	1	436	257	179	14	8	6	-	374	241	133	28	16	11	1	810	498	33	+312	28.93	17.79
9.	Workington	14	10	4	-	345	203	142	14	6	8	-	336	365	-29	28	16	12	-	681	568	32	+113	24.32	20.29
10.	Whitehaven	14	9	5	-	312	177	135	14	6	7	1	296	242	54	28	15	12	1	608	419	31	+189	21.71	14.96
11.	Sheffield	14	9	5	-	431	241	190	14	5	9	-	206	302	-96	28	14	14	-	637	543	28	+94	22.75	19.39
12.	Doncaster	14	9	5	-	406	224	182	14	5	9	-	216	308	-92	28	14	14	-	622	532	28	+90	22.21	19.00
13.	Batley	14	8	6	-	228	235	-7	14	5	9	-	224	383	-159	28	13	15	-	452	618	26	-166	16.14	22.07
14.	Barrow	14	9	4	1	409	237	172	14	3	11	-	222	448	-226	28	12	15	1	631	685	25	-54	22.54	24.46
15.	Swinton	14	6	8	-	283	344	-61	14	4	10	-	255	367	-112	28	10	18	-	538	711	20	-173	19.21	25.39
16.	Hunslet	14	5	9	-	210	385	-175	14	1	12	1	170	574	-404	28	6	21	1	380	959	13	-579	13.57	34.25
17.	Gateshead	14	1	13	-	184	456	-272	14	1	13	-	162	534	-372	28	2	26	-	346	990	4	-644	12.36	35.36
18.	Chorley	14	2	12	-	245	617	-372	14	-	14	-	150	744	-594	28	2	26	-	395	1,361	4	-966	14.11	48.61
19.	York	14	1	12	1	140	661	-521	14	-	14	-	53	838	-785	28	1	26	1	193	1,499	3	-1,306	6.89	53.54

Playoffs/Finals

Elim Playoff	Jul 8	Dewsbury	6	Hull KR	19	N. Oddy	Ram Stadium	1,576	>
Elim Playoff	8	Featherstone R.	28	Keighley	24	P. Taberner	Lionheart	1,710	>
Qualif Playoff	8	Leigh	14	Oldham	15	C. Morris	Coliseum	3,436	>
Qualif Playoff	8	Widnes	34	Rochdale H.	24	K. Kirkpatrick	AutoQuest	4,202	>
Prelim Semi	15	Leigh	26	Featherstone R.	10	N. Oddy	Coliseum	3,236	>
Prelim Semi	15	Rochdale H.	21	Hull KR	14	R. Connolly	Spotland	2,252	>
Semi Final	22	Leigh	18	Widnes	26	I. Smith	Coliseum	6,399	>
Semi Final	22	Rochdale H.	32	Oldham	39	S. Ganson	Spotland	4,153	>
Final	28	Oldham	14	Widnes	24	S. Ganson	Boundary	8,974	>

Team Stats (includes Cup/Tour matches)

Team Name	Position	W	L	D	Pts For	Pts Ag.	Coach(es)	Top Tryscorer(s)			Top Pointscorer(s)			Home Venue(s)	Home Crowd Avg	Extra Info
Barrow Border Raiders	14th	13	16	1	675	757	Paul CHARLTON Stuart WILKINSON	16	-	Ade GARDNER	201	-	Darren HOLT	Craven Park	1,033
Batley Bulldogs	13th	14	16	0	528	662	Jon SHARP David WARD Paul STOREY	15	-	Craig LINGARD	88	-	Jeremy DYSON	Mount Pleasant	820
Chorley Lynx	18th	2	27	0	403	1383	Graeme WEST	10	-	Stuart DICKINSON	96	-	Stuart FISHER	Deepdale (14), Victory Park (1)	509
Dewsbury Rams	6th	19	12	0	859	485	Roy SAMPSON	23	-	Adrian FLYNN	244	-	Barry EATON	Ram Stadium	1,509	Elimination Playoff
Doncaster Dragons	12th	16	15	0	704	596	St John ELLIS	18	-	Paul MANSSON	109	-	Simon IRVING	Belle Vue	1,195
Featherstone Rovers	5th	19	11	2	925	479	Peter ROE	20	-	Jamie STOKES Matt BRAMALD	301	-	Jamie ROONEY	Lionheart	1,778	Preliminary Semi Final
Gateshead Thunder	17th	3	27	0	380	1066	Andy KELLY	9	-	Jim CARLTON	86	-	Carl BRIGGS	Gateshead	687
Hull Kingston Rovers	7th	18	12	2	638	494	Gary WILKINSON	15	-	Whetu TAEWA	152	-	Chris CHARLES	Craven Park	1,800	Preliminary Semi Final
Hunslet Hawks	16th	7	22	1	422	1003	David PLANGE	9	-	George RAYNER	62	-	Chris ROSS	John Charles	865
Keighley Cougars	8th	17	14	1	930	596	Steve DEAKIN	16	-	Danny SEAL Jason LEE	144	-	Martin WOOD	Cougar	2,202	Elimination Playoff
Leigh Centurions	1st	30	5	0	1287	409	Paul TERZIS	52	-	Neil TURLEY	321	-	Simon SVABIC	Coliseum	3,121	Semi Final, Trans-Pennine Cup
Oldham	4th	25	9	0	935	518	Mike FORD	16	-	Neil RODEN	290	-	Pat RICH	Boundary	2,299	Runners Up
Rochdale Hornets	3rd	24	10	0	1051	550	Martin HALL	27	-	Marlon BILLY	302	-	Danny WOOD	Spotland	1,446	Semi Final
Sheffield Eagles	11th	15	15	0	691	557	Mark ASTON	14	-	Richard GODDARD	243	-	Richard GODDARD	Don Valley	1,193
Swinton Lions	15th	11	19	0	592	829	Mike GREGORY	15	-	Paul SMITH	186	-	Mick NANYN	Gigg Lane	1,059
Whitehaven Warriors	10th	17	13	1	720	469	Paul CULLEN	15	-	David SEEDS Aaron LESTER	122	-	Steve KIRKBRIDE	Recreation Gnd	1,175
Widnes Vikings	2nd	25	7	1	1125	489	David HULME Neil KELLY	44	-	Phil CANTILLON	176	-	Phil CANTILLON	AutoQuest	3,699	League Champions
Workington Town	9th	17	13	0	725	624	Gary MURDOCK	30	-	Graeme LEWTHWAITE	143	-	Tane MANIHERA	Derwent Park	1,156
York Wasps	19th	2	27	1	225	1533	Lee CROOKS Martin FLYNN	4	-	Craig MOORE	27	-	Gareth OULTON	Huntington	624	Wooden Spoon

2001 Northern Ford Premiership

Stats

Ladder

Playoffs/Finals

Team Stats (includes Cup/Tour matches)

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