April 30, 2006

North Division results in England FA
April 25, 2006
Liverpool 3 Tranmere Rovers 0
April 30, 2006
Middlesborough 0 Blackburn Rovers 1
Wolverhampton Wand. 3 Tranmere Rovers 1

Standings ......................P ..W ..D ..L GF GA .PTS ..GD
1 Blackburn Rvrs .........19 .17 ..2 ..0 44 .11 .....53 ...+33 *
2 Liverpool ...................21 .15 ..3 ..3 38 .14 .....48 ...+24 **
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3 Tranmere Rovers .....22 .13.. 4 ..5 41 .29 .....43 ...+12
4 Lincoln City ...............22 .11 ..3 ..8 40 .31 .....36 ....+ 9
5 Nottingham For........ 22 ...8 ..6 ..8 33 .30 ......30 ....+ 3
6 Wolverhampton W... 21... 6 10 ..5 29 .29 ......28 .......0
7 Aston Villa ................22 ...8 ...2 12 33 38 ......26 .....- 5
8 Newcastle Utd .........20 ...6 ...7 ..7 31 .27 ......25 ....+ 4
9 Stockport Cty ..........22 ...5 ...7 10 24 .31 ......22 .....- 7
10 Curzon Ashton ......22... 4 ...6 12 27 .64 ......18.... -37
11 Manchester City ...22 ...3 ...7 12 19 .31 ......16.... -12
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12 Middlesborough ...21 ...2 ...3 16 15. 40 .........9 ....-25 R
* Top team, automatic promotion to national division
** 2nd placed team into promotion/relegation play-off
R Middlesborough relegated

Commentary
As we predicted, Blackburn are promoted to the National Division for the first time.

Liverpool are assured of 2nd place, and will go into the play-off against one of the National Division bottom two teams.
Manchester City may have avoided relegation due to the increase in number of teams in the top division.

Two clubs will be promoted from the North and Midlands Combination Leagues into FAPL North Division.