2015–16 National League South

National League South 2015–16
Season information
Winners	Sutton United
Promoted	Sutton United Maidstone United
Relegated	Basingstoke Town Havant & Waterlooville Hayes & Yeading United
Season statistics
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The 2015–16 National League South 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

• Dartford

Teams transferred from 2014–15 Conference North

• Oxford City

Teams promoted from 2014–15 Isthmian League

• Maidstone United (League Champions)
• Margate (Play-off Winners)

Teams promoted from 2014–15 Southern Football League

• Truro City (Play-off Winners)

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Basingstoke Town	The Camrose	6,000
Bath City	Mayday Trust Park	8,840
Bishop's Stortford	ProKit UK Stadium	4,525
Chelmsford City	Melbourne Stadium	3,019
Concord Rangers	The Aspect Arena	3,300
Dartford	Princes Park	4,100
Eastbourne Borough	Priory Lane	4,134
Ebbsfleet United	Stonebridge Road	5,011
Gosport Borough	Privett Park	4,500
Havant & Waterlooville	West Leigh Park	5,250
Hayes & Yeading United	York Road	3,000
Hemel Hempstead Town	Vauxhall Road	3,152
Maidenhead United	York Road	3,000
Maidstone United	Gallagher Stadium	2,226
Margate	Hartsdown Park	2,100
Oxford City	Court Place Farm	2,000
St Albans City	Clarence Park	4,500
Sutton United	Borough Sports Ground	5,013
Truro City	Treyew Road	3,500
Wealdstone	The Vale	2,640
Weston-super-Mare	Woodspring Stadium	3,500
Whitehawk	The Enclosed Ground	2,000

League table

2015–16 National South League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sutton United  (C) (P)	42	26	12	4	83	32	+51	90	Promotion to the National League
2	Ebbsfleet United	42	24	12	6	73	36	+37	84	Qualification to the National League South play-offs
3	Maidstone United  (P) (O)	42	24	5	13	55	40	+15	77
4	Truro City	42	17	14	11	62	55	+7	65
5	Whitehawk	42	18	10	14	75	62	+13	64
6	Hemel Hempstead Town	42	16	13	13	72	66	+6	61
7	Maidenhead United	42	16	11	15	66	62	+4	59
8	Dartford	42	16	11	15	58	56	+2	59
9	Gosport Borough	42	15	11	16	53	63	−10	56
10	Concord Rangers	42	15	10	17	66	68	−2	55
11	Bishop's Stortford	42	15	10	17	56	63	−7	55
12	Oxford City	42	13	15	14	70	60	+10	54
13	Wealdstone	42	12	17	13	63	64	−1	53
14	Bath City	42	14	11	17	50	61	−11	53
15	Chelmsford City	42	15	7	20	66	64	+2	52
16	Weston-super-Mare	42	14	9	19	63	76	−13	51
17	Eastbourne Borough	42	13	11	18	60	63	−3	50
18	St Albans City	42	13	10	19	58	65	−7	49
19	Margate	42	13	8	21	51	73	−22	47
20	Havant & Waterlooville  (R)	42	12	11	19	52	75	−23	47	Relegation to Northern Premier League, Southern Football League or Isthmian League
21	Hayes & Yeading United  (R)	42	11	13	18	51	76	−25	46
22	Basingstoke Town  (R)	42	9	11	22	46	69	−23	38

Updated to games played on 8 August 2015
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

BAS

BAT

BIS

CHE

CON

DAR

EAS

EBB

GOS

H&W

H&Y

HEM

MAI

MAI

MAR

OXC

SAC

SUT

TRU

WEA

WSM

WHI

Basingstoke Town

1–2

1–1

1–2

0–2

0–1

1–5

1–2

0–1

1–1

1–0

2–0

2–1

0–1

0–0

2–0

2–2

1–2

2–0

1–1

2–2

3–1

Bath City

0–0

2–2

2–0

0–1

0–0

1–0

1–1

0–1

5–0

2–3

1–1

2–1

0–2

2–0

1–3

1–0

1–3

0–3

2–1

2–1

0–3

Bishop's Stortford

1–2

3–2

1–2

3–2

1–2

1–1

1–2

2–0

3–0

0–0

1–0

0–2

0–1

4–1

3–0

2–1

0–2

0–3

2–1

0–1

2–1

Chelmsford City

0–2

3–1

4–1

5–2

0–1

0–3

0–0

6–1

2–2

4–0

0–1

4–1

3–0

2–3

0–4

2–1

0–2

1–2

0–2

2–3

4–3

Concord Rangers

5–0

1–2

2–2

1–0

2–3

4–1

0–0

0–0

0–1

0–3

0–3

2–0

1–2

2–1

0–2

1–2

0–3

1–2

2–2

4–1

1–2

Dartford

0–0

4–1

3–1

1–1

1–2

1–0

0–1

2–3

4–2

2–0

2–2

2–0

1–1

1–1

2–2

2–0

2–2

0–1

1–2

2–1

2–4

Eastbourne Borough

1–2

5–2

0–1

2–0

0–0

1–1

1–2

3–0

2–2

2–0

2–3

1–2

1–0

1–4

1–1

1–0

1–1

0–0

3–0

3–3

1–1

Ebbsfleet United

1–0

0–1

4–2

3–1

4–2

1–1

4–2

2–0

2–2

0–0

6–0

3–1

0–1

1–2

1–1

1–0

1–0

0–0

2–3

2–1

2–2

Gosport Borough

3–2

3–1

0–0

2–1

2–3

1–3

3–1

1–2

2–1

2–5

2–6

2–1

0–0

1–2

0–0

0–0

0–2

3–1

1–1

1–0

2–2

Havant & Waterlooville

1–0

1–1

2–1

0–1

2–1

2–0

4–0

1–4

1–3

1–0

1–2

3–1

2–1

2–0

2–1

1–1

0–2

0–0

1–2

1–1

2–3

Hayes & Yeading United

3–0

0–3

0–2

0–5

2–2

2–2

4–4

0–5

0–0

0–0

1–1

2–5

1–0

0–2

2–1

1–3

1–3

2–2

0–0

1–1

3–4

Hemel Hempstead Town

2–2

1–1

1–2

1–1

1–2

1–0

1–0

1–2

1–0

2–0

4–0

0–1

0–1

1–2

3–1

2–2

2–2

2–1

2–2

5–5

0–3

Maidenhead United

4–3

3–1

4–1

1–0

2–2

2–1

2–0

0–0

0–0

2–2

2–1

2–3

0–2

3–1

2–1

0–1

1–1

0–0

1–1

2–0

3–0

Maidstone United

3–1

1–0

1–1

0–1

2–2

1–2

2–1

0–2

2–1

1–0

3–1

2–1

1–2

2–1

0–1

1–0

1–2

2–1

1–0

3–1

0–1

Margate

2–1

1–1

1–1

4–1

0–1

0–2

0–1

0–2

1–0

4–1

1–2

4–3

3–2

1–0

0–2

0–1

0–4

1–1

0–0

0–2

2–6

Oxford City

2–2

1–1

3–1

2–2

5–1

2–1

2–2

1–1

1–2

1–3

2–2

0–2

0–0

2–3

1–1

4–1

0–1

1–2

3–2

3–0

0–0

St Albans City

3–0

0–1

1–1

1–1

2–2

4–0

3–1

0–2

1–3

6–0

1–1

2–2

3–2

1–2

3–0

1–3

0–3

0–1

1–0

2–1

6–0

Sutton United

2–0

1–1

2–0

2–0

2–2

2–0

2–1

2–0

1–0

3–0

0–1

2–2

2–2

0–2

4–1

1–1

5–0

2–2

5–2

0–0

2–2

Truro City

2–0

3–1

0–1

1–0

2–1

3–0

1–0

1–1

2–2

3–0

0–2

4–2

4–4

1–3

2–1

0–6

2–0

0–2

1–2

1–3

1–1

Wealdstone

4–4

2–0

3–1

0–0

1–2

2–1

0–1

1–2

1–1

3–2

3–0

0–0

0–0

2–2

4–1

2–2

1–1

0–2

4–4

2–3

2–2

Weston-super-Mare

2–1

1–1

1–1

0–3

0–3

2–1

1–2

2–1

0–4

3–2

0–2

2–4

2–0

1–2

1–0

5–2

4–1

0–2

2–2

1–2

1–2

Whitehawk

1–0

0–1

2–3

4–2

0–2

0–1

1–2

0–1

3–0

1–1

1–3

0–1

3–2

1–0

2–2

2–0

6–0

2–0

0–0

3–0

0–2

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	Ebbsfleet United (a.e.t.)
	5	Whitehawk
						2	Ebbsfleet United	2 (3)
						3	Maidstone United (a.e.t.)	2 (4)
	3	Maidstone United
	4	Truro City

First leg

4 May 2016	Whitehawk	1–2	Ebbsfleet United	The Enclosed Ground, Whitehawk
19:45	Mills  82'		Lewis  29' Kedwell  74'

4 May 2016	Truro City	0–2	Maidstone United	Treyew Road, Truro
19:45			Healy  27' Flisher  56'

Second leg

8 May 2016	Ebbsfleet United	1–2 (3–3 agg.) (3–2 pen)	Whitehawk	Stonebridge Road, Northfleet
15:00	Clark  24'		Arnold  4' Mills  51'
	Penalties
	Parkes Sheringham Lewis Godden		Martin Graham Rents Arnold Robinson

8 May 2016	Maidstone United	1–0 (3–0 agg.)	Truro City	Gallagher Stadium, Maidstone
15:00	Flisher  73'

Final

14 May 2016	Ebbsfleet United	2–2 (3–4 pen)	Maidstone United	Stonebridge Road, Northfleet
15:00	Kedwell  20' (pen.), 109' (pen.)		Taylor  47' Dumaka  120+1'
	Penalties
	Parkes Sheringham Bonner Godden Kedwell		Flisher Paxman Taylor Dumaka Sweeney

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