2015–16 National League North

National League North 2015–16
Season information
Winners	Solihull Moors
Promoted	Solihull Moors North Ferriby United
Relegated	Corby Town Hednesford Town Lowestoft Town
Season statistics
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The 2015–16 National League North season, known as the Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, is the first season under the new title of National League, twelfth season consisting of three divisions and the thirty-sixth season overall. The National League covers the top two levels of Non-League football in England. The National League is the fifth highest level of the overall pyramid, whilst the National League North and National League South exist at the sixth level. The top team and the winner of the play-off of the Premier division will be promoted to Football League Two, while the bottom four are relegated to the North or South divisions. The champions of the North and South divisions will be promoted to the Premier division, alongside the play-off winners from each division. The bottom three in each of the North and South divisions are relegated to the premier divisions of the Northern Premier League, Isthmian League or Southern League.

On 6 April 2015, it was announced that as of the 2015–16 season the League was to undergo a name change from the Football Conference to the National League. As well as the name change, the league's logo has been re-designed and the league's broadcaster BT Sport has signed a new three-year contract. The structure of the league and the title sponsor Vanarama however remain the same.

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated from 2014–15 Conference Premier

• AFC Telford United
• Alfreton Town
• Nuneaton Town

Teams promoted from 2014–15 Northern Premier League

• F.C. United of Manchester (League Champions)
• Curzon Ashton (Play-off Winners)

Teams promoted from 2014–15 Southern Football League

• Corby Town (League Champions)

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
A.F.C. Fylde	Kellamergh Park	3,180
A.F.C. Telford United	New Bucks Head	6,300
Alfreton Town	North Street	3,600
Boston United	York Street	6,643
Brackley Town	St. James Park	3,500
Bradford Park Avenue	Horsfall Stadium	3,500
Chorley	The Chorley Group Victory Park Stadium	4,100
Corby Town	Steel Park	3,893
Curzon Ashton	Tameside Stadium	4,000
F.C. United of Manchester	Broadhurst Park	4,400
Gainsborough Trinity	The Northolme	4,304
Gloucester City	Whaddon Road	7,066
Harrogate Town	Wetherby Road	3,800
Hednesford Town	Keys Park	6,500
Lowestoft Town	Crown Meadow	3,000
North Ferriby United	Grange Lane	2,700
Nuneaton Town	Liberty Way	4,314
Solihull Moors	Damson Park	3,050
Stalybridge Celtic	Bower Fold	6,500
Stockport County	Edgeley Park	10,841
Tamworth	The Lamb Ground	4,000
Worcester City	Aggborough	6,302

League table

2015–16 National North League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Solihull Moors  (C) (P)	42	25	10	7	84	48	+36	85	Promotion to the National League
2	North Ferriby United  (P) (O)	42	22	10	10	82	49	+33	76	Qualification to the National League North play-offs
3	A.F.C. Fylde	42	22	9	11	76	53	+23	75
4	Harrogate Town	42	21	9	12	73	46	+27	72
5	Boston United	42	22	5	15	73	60	+13	71
6	Nuneaton Town	42	20	13	9	71	46	+25	70
7	Tamworth	42	16	15	11	55	45	+10	63
8	Chorley	42	18	9	15	64	55	+9	63
9	Stockport County	42	15	14	13	50	49	+1	59
10	Alfreton Town	42	15	13	14	58	54	+4	58
11	Curzon Ashton	42	14	15	13	55	52	+3	57
12	Stalybridge Celtic	42	14	11	17	62	75	−13	53
13	F.C. United of Manchester	42	15	8	19	60	75	−15	53
14	Bradford Park Avenue	42	13	11	18	51	59	−8	50
15	Gloucester City	42	12	14	16	39	49	−10	50
16	Gainsborough Trinity	42	14	8	20	46	62	−16	50
17	Worcester City	42	12	12	18	55	61	−6	48
18	A.F.C. Telford United	42	13	8	21	47	60	−13	47
19	Brackley Town	42	11	13	18	45	54	−9	46
20	Lowestoft Town  (R)	42	12	10	20	48	69	−21	46	Relegation to Northern Premier League, Southern Football League or Isthmian League
21	Hednesford Town  (R)	42	8	14	20	50	77	−27	38
22	Corby Town  (R)	42	7	11	24	47	93	−46	32

Updated to games played on 8 August 2015 - Note: Nuneaton were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in their win over Corby Town on 27 February 2016.
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Results

Home \ Away

FYL

TEL

ALF

BOS

BRA

BPA

CHO

COR

CZA

FCU

GAI

GLO

HAR

HED

LOW

NFU

NUN

SOL

STC

SPC

TMW

WOR

A.F.C. Fylde

1–0

0–1

5–2

2–2

1–0

1–0

2–1

1–2

4–0

2–2

1–0

2–1

2–0

1–0

2–3

2–2

1–2

5–0

2–3

2–2

2–3

A.F.C. Telford United

1–2

1–1

2–2

2–0

3–1

2–0

3–0

0–0

5–1

0–2

0–1

0–4

1–3

1–0

1–1

1–5

0–3

2–0

0–1

1–0

2–0

Alfreton Town

1–2

2–3

1–2

1–1

0–1

1–0

1–1

2–2

0–1

1–0

1–1

3–2

4–0

0–1

0–1

2–2

2–2

1–3

0–3

1–0

2–1

Boston United

0–3

1–0

2–1

1–2

3–0

1–2

2–0

2–1

3–1

1–0

1–0

3–3

3–1

4–1

1–2

2–1

1–4

0–3

4–0

1–1

1–1

Brackley Town

0–0

0–0

1–4

1–3

0–0

1–1

1–2

2–0

4–0

3–2

1–0

1–0

1–1

2–2

2–4

2–3

0–1

2–3

0–1

1–0

2–0

Bradford Park Avenue

1–2

1–0

2–2

1–2

1–0

1–0

1–0

4–2

3–1

1–4

1–1

3–1

1–1

3–0

4–4

2–3

1–1

3–1

0–0

0–2

3–1

Chorley

3–2

2–1

1–2

2–0

1–0

2–2

3–0

2–0

3–0

3–1

0–1

0–1

2–2

2–0

2–3

2–3

2–2

0–0

1–0

1–1

2–0

Corby Town

1–2

3–2

2–3

2–3

1–1

2–0

2–2

0–4

2–3

1–2

3–1

0–3

0–0

3–5

1–4

1–3

1–3

0–3

0–4

2–0

0–3

Curzon Ashton

0–2

1–0

0–2

0–2

1–1

2–1

4–2

2–2

0–0

3–0

1–1

1–2

3–2

4–1

0–3

1–0

1–3

0–0

0–0

2–0

3–1

F.C. United of Manchester

1–2

1–3

1–3

1–2

3–2

2–1

2–0

1–0

3–3

1–2

1–2

4–3

1–1

6–1

3–2

3–2

2–2

0–1

1–2

1–1

0–2

Gainsborough Trinity

0–2

1–1

1–1

1–0

1–0

0–1

2–1

1–1

0–2

0–1

3–3

2–1

3–1

1–1

2–0

1–0

1–6

3–1

0–1

0–2

1–1

Gloucester City

1–3

1–0

1–1

1–0

0–0

1–3

1–1

1–0

3–1

1–0

0–2

0–1

2–2

0–1

3–2

0–1

0–2

3–0

0–0

1–2

0–1

Harrogate Town

2–2

0–1

1–2

0–0

1–0

2–1

2–4

5–0

1–1

5–0

3–1

0–0

2–1

4–0

3–3

0–3

6–0

2–1

2–1

0–0

1–0

Hednesford Town

0–1

2–0

3–3

3–2

0–2

0–0

1–3

3–3

0–3

0–3

0–2

2–2

2–3

2–1

1–1

2–4

0–0

2–1

1–2

2–1

0–1

Lowestoft Town

3–1

3–0

1–0

3–0

1–2

3–0

2–0

2–2

0–0

1–4

1–0

1–1

1–2

0–0

0–3

0–1

2–2

0–2

2–2

0–4

2–1

North Ferriby United

3–0

2–0

0–1

4–3

2–1

1–0

4–0

5–0

0–0

1–0

4–0

3–0

0–1

1–1

0–0

1–2

1–1

1–0

2–0

3–1

3–3

Nuneaton Town

1–1

0–0

2–0

1–3

1–0

1–0

2–2

0–0

0–1

2–2

2–0

0–1

0–0

3–0

1–0

3–1

0–1

3–3

1–1

3–0

1–1

Solihull Moors

3–0

2–1

2–1

0–1

3–0

2–1

0–2

4–1

2–0

1–2

3–2

0–0

1–0

1–2

2–1

1–3

3–1

4–1

1–0

1–2

3–0

Stalybridge Celtic

1–1

5–5

1–1

0–5

3–1

1–1

0–1

2–3

1–1

1–0

0–0

1–0

0–1

4–2

3–1

2–0

2–5

1–3

1–1

3–5

3–1

Stockport County

0–4

0–1

1–0

2–1

1–1

2–0

1–3

2–2

0–0

1–2

2–0

3–0

1–2

3–0

0–2

1–1

1–1

2–4

0–3

1–1

0–0

Tamworth

3–1

2–1

1–2

1–2

1–2

0–0

2–1

0–0

2–1

1–1

2–0

2–2

1–0

1–0

1–1

1–0

1–1

1–1

1–1

1–1

3–0

Worcester City

2–2

3–0

1–1

2–1

0–0

3–1

2–3

1–2

2–2

0–0

2–0

1–2

0–0

1–4

2–1

2–0

0–1

2–2

5–0

2–3

1–2

Updated to games played on 30 April 2016
Source: Football Conference
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

		Semifinals				Final
	2	North Ferriby United
	5	Boston United
						2	North Ferriby United (a.e.t.)	2
						3	Fylde	1
	3	Fylde
	4	Harrogate Town

First leg

4 May 2016	Boston United	2–0	North Ferriby United	York Street, Boston
19:45	Roberts  23' Mills  90+5'

4 May 2016	Harrogate Town	0–1	Fylde	Wetherby Road, Harrogate
19:45			Rowe  53'

Second leg

8 May 2016	North Ferriby United	3–0 (3–2 agg.)	Boston United	Grange Lane, North Ferriby
15:00	King  11' (pen.) Denton  16' Clarke  54'

8 May 2016	Fylde	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	Harrogate Town	Kellamergh Park, Fylde
15:00	Finley  11'		Knowles  15'

Final

14 May 2016	North Ferriby United	2–1	Fylde	Grange Lane, North Ferriby
15:00	Brooksby  45+3' Hone  95'		Finley  24'

Top scorers

As of matches played 30 April 2016

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dayle Southwell	Boston United	24
2	Brendon Daniels	Harrogate Town	22
3	Danny Rowe	AFC Fylde	21
4	Tom Denton	North Ferriby United	20
5	Darren Stephenson	Chorley	18
6	Akwasi Asante	Solihull Moors	17
	Liam King	North Ferriby United
8	Chibuzor Chilaka	Bradford Park Avenue	16
	Greg Mills	Corby Town
10	Lee Hughes	Worcester City	15
	Jake Reed	Lowestoft Town

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