What are the 2026/27 Isthmian League and Northern Premier League opening-day fixtures?

The Isthmian League and Northern Premier League have unveiled their fixtures for the 2026/27 season.

With another fascinating season ahead across Step 3 and Step 4, clubs can now begin planning for the new campaign as promotion hopefuls, new arrivals and familiar rivals prepare to do battle once again.

Here’s a look at the opening-day matches and where to find the full fixture lists.

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Where can I view the full 2026/27 fixtures?

The Northern Premier League and Isthmian League seasons both begin on Saturday, August 8 and conclude on Saturday, April 17.

Clubs at Step 4 will also juggle FA Cup and Isuzu FA Trophy commitments during the opening weeks of the campaign.

• View the full Northern Premier League fixtures HERE
• View the full Isthmian League fixtures HERE

What are the opening-day fixtures?

Northern Premier League (Saturday 8th August 2026)

NPL Premier Division

Ashton United vs Lancaster City
Avro vs Quorn
Cleethorpes Town vs Bamber Bridge
Curzon Ashton vs Alfreton Town
Gainsborough Trinity vs Workington
Guiseley vs Warrington Town
Hyde United vs Emley
Ilkeston Town vs Stockton Town
Leek Town vs Whitby Town
Redcar Athletic vs Bury
Warrington Rylands vs FC United of Manchester

NPL East Division

Heaton Stannington vs Stocksbridge Park Steels
Matlock Town vs Dunston
Pontefract Collieries vs Morpeth Town

NPL Midlands Division

Barwell vs Basford United
Shepshed Dynamo vs Belper Town
St Ives Town vs Carlton Town

NPL West Division

Lower Breck vs Lichfield City
Prescot Cables vs Vauxhall Motors
Runcorn Linnets vs Stalybridge Celtic

Isthmian League (Saturday 8th August 2026)

Isthmian Premier

AFC Whyteleafe vs Carshalton Athletic
Aveley vs Eastbourne Borough
Brentwood Town vs Burgess Hill Town
Cheshunt vs Stanway Rovers
Dulwich Hamlet vs Maldon & Tiptree
Lewes vs Enfield Town
Ramsgate vs Leatherhead
St. Albans vs Chatham Town
Three Bridges vs Dartford
Welling United vs Whitehawk
Wingate & Finchley vs Cray Wanderers

Isthmian North

AFC Sudbury vs Hashtag United
Canvey Island vs Gorleston
Redbridge vs Felixstowe & Walton

Isthmian South Central

AFC Portchester vs Westfield
Harrow Borough vs Jersey Bulls
Moneyfields vs Southall
Winchester City vs Egham Town

Isthmian South East

AFC Croydon Athletic vs Sittingbourne
Cray Valley PM vs Margate

Opening day (Saturday 8 August)

What are some of the festive fixtures?

The festive schedule sees the Northern Premier League feature on Boxing Day (Saturday, December 26), while Isthmian League fixtures take place two days later on Monday, December 28.

Both competitions then stage their customary New Year’s fixtures on Saturday, January 2.

Northern Premier League (Saturday 26th December 2026)

NPL Premier Division

Curzon Ashton vs Avro
Emley vs Cleethorpes Town
FC United of Manchester vs Bury
Gainsborough Trinity vs Guiseley
Hyde United vs Ashton United
Ilkeston Town vs Alfreton Town
Lancaster City vs Bamber Bridge
Leek Town vs Quorn Football Club
Stockton Town vs Workington
Warrington Rylands vs Warrington Town
Whitby Town vs Redcar Athletic

NPL East Division

Blyth Spartans vs Ashington
Bridlington Town vs Beverley Town
Dunston vs Morpeth Town
Guisborough Town vs West Auckland Town
Hallam vs Stocksbridge Park Steels
Heaton Stannington vs Consett
Lincoln United vs Matlock Town
North Ferriby vs Grimsby Borough
Ossett United vs Liversedge
Pontefract Collieries vs Bradford (Park Avenue)
Silsden vs Garforth Town

NPL Midlands Division

Barwell vs Long Eaton United
Basford United vs Carlton Town
Bedworth United vs Nuneaton Town
Boston Town vs St Ives Town
Coleshill Town vs Coventry United
Corby Town vs Rugby Borough
Grantham Town vs Bourne Town
Mickleover vs Belper Town
Shepshed Dynamo vs Loughborough Students
Sutton Coldfield Town vs Boldmere St Michaels
Wellingborough Town vs AFC Rushden & Diamonds

NPL West Division

1874 Northwich vs Witton Albion
Chasetown vs Stafford Rangers
Hanley Town vs Congleton Town
Kidsgrove Athletic vs Runcorn Linnets
Lower Breck vs Vauxhall Motors
Nantwich Town vs Lichfield City
Padiham vs Clitheroe
Prescot Cables vs Bootle
Shifnal Town vs Newcastle Town
Stalybridge Celtic vs Mossley
Wythenshawe vs Atherton Collieries

Isthmian League (Monday 28th December 2026)

Isthmian Premier

Brentwood Town vs Aveley
Cheshunt vs Enfield Town
Cray Wanderers vs AFC Whyteleafe
Dartford vs Dulwich Hamlet
Leatherhead vs Carshalton Athletic
Lewes vs Welling United
Ramsgate vs Chatham Town
Stanway Rovers vs Maldon & Tiptree
Three Bridges vs Burgess Hill Town
Whitehawk vs Eastbourne Borough
Wingate & Finchley vs St. Albans

Isthmian North

AFC Sudbury vs Fakenham Town
Bowers & Pitsea vs Hashtag United
Concord Rangers vs Canvey Island
Felixstowe & Walton vs Little Oakley
Gorleston vs Lowestoft Town
Newmarket Town vs Cambridge City
Redbridge vs Buckhurst Hill
Takeley vs Walthamstow
Tilbury vs Grays Athletic
Witham Town vs Brightlingsea Regent
Wroxham vs Mulbarton Wanderers

Isthmian South Central

AFC Portchester vs Winchester City
Ascot United vs Hartley Wintney
Bedfont Sports vs Egham Town
Binfield vs Windsor & Eton
Bognor Regis Town vs AFC Stoneham
Hayes & Yeading United vs Southall
Hendon vs Harrow Borough
Jersey Bulls vs Cobham
Kingstonian vs Ashford Town (Middx)
Littlehampton Town vs Moneyfields
Westfield vs Raynes Park Vale

Isthmian South East

AFC Croydon Athletic vs Horley Town
Broadbridge Heath vs Steyning Town
Deal Town vs Margate
Eastbourne Town vs Crowborough Athletic
Erith Town vs Cray Valley PM
Faversham Town vs Ashford United
Hastings United vs Peacehaven & Telscombe
Sevenoaks Town vs Punjab United
Sittingbourne vs Sheppey United
South Park (Reigate) vs Merstham
Whitstable Town vs Herne Bay

Northern Premier League (Saturday 2nd January 2027)

NPL Premier Division

Alfreton Town vs Whitby Town
Ashton United vs Curzon Ashton
Avro vs FC United of Manchester
Bamber Bridge vs Warrington Rylands
Bury vs Hyde United
Cleethorpes Town vs Gainsborough Trinity
Guiseley vs Emley
Quorn vs Ilkeston Town
Redcar Athletic vs Stockton Town
Warrington Town vs Leek Town
Workington vs Lancaster City

NPL East Division

Ashington vs Heaton Stannington
Beverley Town vs North Ferriby
Bradford (Park Avenue) vs Ossett United
Consett vs Guisborough Town
Garforth Town vs Bridlington Town
Grimsby Borough vs Lincoln United
Liversedge vs Pontefract Collieries
Matlock Town vs Hallam
Morpeth Town vs Blyth Spartans
Stocksbridge Park Steels vs Silsden
West Auckland Town vs Dunston

NPL Midlands Division

AFC Rushden & Diamonds vs Corby Town
Belper Town vs Basford United
Boldmere St Michaels vs Coleshill Town
Bourne Town vs Boston Town
Carlton Town vs Shepshed Dynamo
Coventry United vs Bedworth United
Long Eaton United vs Grantham Town
Loughborough Students vs Mickleover
Nuneaton Town vs Sutton Coldfield Town
Rugby Borough vs Barwell
St Ives Town vs Wellingborough Town

NPL West Division

Atherton Collieries vs Stalybridge Celtic
Bootle vs Lower Breck
Clitheroe vs Shifnal Town
Congleton Town vs Kidsgrove Athletic
Lichfield City vs Chasetown
Mossley vs Wythenshawe
Newcastle Town vs Hanley Town
Runcorn Linnets vs Prescot Cables
Stafford Rangers vs Padiham
Vauxhall Motors vs 1874 Northwich
Witton Albion vs Nantwich Town

Isthmian Leagues (Saturday 2nd January 2027)

Isthmian Premier

AFC Whyteleafe vs Ramsgate
Aveley vs Stanway Rovers
Burgess Hill Town vs Whitehawk
Carshalton Athletic vs Three Bridges
Chatham Town vs Dartford
Dulwich Hamlet vs Leatherhead
Eastbourne Borough vs Lewes
Enfield Town vs Wingate & Finchley
Maldon & Tiptree vs Brentwood Town
St. Albans vs Cheshunt
Welling United vs Cray Wanderers

Isthmian North

Brightlingsea Regent vs Felixstowe & Walton
Buckhurst Hill vs Takeley
Cambridge City vs AFC Sudbury
Canvey Island vs Bowers & Pitsea
Fakenham Town vs Gorleston
Grays Athletic vs Concord Rangers
Hashtag United vs Redbridge
Little Oakley vs Witham Town
Lowestoft Town vs Wroxham
Mulbarton Wanderers vs Newmarket Town
Walthamstow vs Tilbury

Isthmian South Central

AFC Stoneham vs AFC Portchester
Ashford Town (Middx) vs Jersey Bulls
Cobham vs Bedfont Sports
Egham Town vs Westfield
Harrow Borough vs Hayes & Yeading United
Hartley Wintney vs Binfield
Moneyfields vs Bognor Regis Town
Raynes Park Vale vs Kingstonian
Southall vs Hendon
Winchester City vs Littlehampton Town
Windsor & Eton vs Ascot United

Isthmian South East

Ashford United vs Sittingbourne
Cray Valley PM vs AFC Croydon Athletic
Crowborough Athletic vs Hastings United
Herne Bay vs Deal Town
Horley Town vs South Park (Reigate)
Margate vs Whitstable Town
Merstham vs Sevenoaks Town
Peacehaven & Telscombe vs Broadbridge Heath
Punjab United vs Erith Town
Sheppey United vs Faversham Town
Steyning Town vs Eastbourne Town

What are the final-day fixtures?

Northern Premier Leagues (Saturday 24th April 2027)

NPL Premier Division

Alfreton Town vs Quorn
Ashton United vs Workington
Bury vs Bamber Bridge
Cleethorpes Town vs Lancaster City
Curzon Ashton vs Stockton Town
FC United of Manchester vs Guiseley
Gainsborough Trinity vs Warrington Rylands
Ilkeston Town vs Leek Town
Redcar Athletic vs Hyde United
Warrington Town vs Avro
Whitby Town vs Emley

NPL East Division

Blyth Spartans vs Bradford (Park Avenue)
Bridlington Town vs Lincoln United
Consett vs Ashington
Garforth Town vs Liversedge
Guisborough Town vs North Ferriby
Hallam vs Heaton Stannington
Morpeth Town vs Beverley Town
Ossett United vs Stocksbridge Park Steels
Pontefract Collieries vs Dunston
Silsden vs Grimsby Borough
West Auckland Town vs Matlock Town

NPL Midlands Division

AFC Rushden & Diamonds vs Carlton Town
Bedworth United vs Loughborough Students
Belper Town vs Bourne Town
Boston Town vs Grantham Town
Coleshill Town vs Barwell
Coventry United vs Nuneaton Town
Long Eaton United vs Boldmere St Michaels
Mickleover vs Basford United
Shepshed Dynamo vs Corby Town
St Ives Town vs Rugby Borough
Sutton Coldfield Town vs Wellingborough Town

NPL West Division

1874 Northwich vs Clitheroe
Bootle vs Lichfield City
Chasetown vs Mossley
Congleton Town vs Atherton Collieries
Hanley Town vs Stafford Rangers
Kidsgrove Athletic vs Newcastle Town
Lower Breck vs Wythenshawe
Padiham vs Nantwich Town
Runcorn Linnets vs Witton Albion
Shifnal Town vs Prescot Cables
Stalybridge Celtic vs Vauxhall Motors

Isthmian Leagues (Saturday 24th April 2027)

Isthmian Premier

Burgess Hill Town vs Welling United
Carshalton Athletic vs Dulwich Hamlet
Chatham Town vs Aveley
Cray Wanderers vs Ramsgate
Dartford vs AFC Whyteleafe
Eastbourne Borough vs St. Albans
Enfield Town vs Three Bridges
Leatherhead vs Brentwood Town
Maldon & Tiptree vs Lewes
Stanway Rovers vs Wingate & Finchley
Whitehawk vs Cheshunt

Isthmian North

Bowers & Pitsea vs Newmarket Town
Brightlingsea Regent vs Walthamstow
Cambridge City vs Redbridge
Concord Rangers vs Wroxham
Fakenham Town vs Canvey Island
Felixstowe & Walton vs Witham Town
Gorleston vs AFC Sudbury
Grays Athletic vs Little Oakley
Hashtag United vs Lowestoft Town
Mulbarton Wanderers vs Buckhurst Hill
Takeley vs Tilbury

Isthmian South Central

Ascot United vs Cobham
Bognor Regis Town vs Bedfont Sports
Egham Town vs Moneyfields
Harrow Borough vs AFC Portchester
Hayes & Yeading United vs Hendon
Jersey Bulls vs Westfield
Kingstonian vs Southall
Littlehampton Town vs AFC Stoneham
Raynes Park Vale vs Binfield
Winchester City vs Hartley Wintney
Windsor & Eton vs Ashford Town (Middx)

Isthmian South East

Deal Town vs Broadbridge Heath
Hastings United vs Sheppey United
Herne Bay vs Erith Town
Horley Town vs Ashford United
Margate vs AFC Croydon Athletic
Peacehaven & Telscombe vs Cray Valley PM
Punjab United vs Merstham
Sevenoaks Town vs Crowborough Athletic
Sittingbourne vs Eastbourne Town
South Park (Reigate) vs Faversham Town
Steyning Town vs Whitstable Town

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