2018–19 National League

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The 2018–19 National League season, known as the Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, was the fourth season under English football's new title of National League, fifteenth season consisting of three divisions and the fortieth 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, while 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 English 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 four in each of the North and South divisions are relegated to the premier divisions of the Northern Premier League, Southern Football League (Central or Eastern) or Isthmian League.

National League

National League 2018–19
Season information
Winners	Leyton Orient
Promoted	Leyton Orient
Relegated	Braintree Town Maidstone United Aldershot Town Havant & Waterlooville
Season statistics

The National League consists of 24 clubs.

Promotion and relegation

The following clubs changed divisions after the 2017–18 season:

Despite a 2-1 defeat to Boston United on 21 April 2018, Salford City became 2017-18 National League North champions after Harrogate Town lost 3–1 to Bradford Park Avenue. Havant & Waterlooville were crowned 2017-18 National League South champions on 28 April 2018 after a 3-2 victory over Concord Rangers. On 13 May 2018, Harrogate Town were promoted after a 3-0 win against Brackley Town in the 2017-18 National League North playoff final. All three teams will play in the National League for the first time in their History. On the same day as Harrogate's promotion, Braintree Town were also promoted after beating Hampton & Richmond 4-3 on penalites after a 1-1 draw in the 2017-18 National League South playoff final, securing an instant return to the National League.

On 24 April 2018, after 97 years as an EFL club, Chesterfield were relegated to the National League following Morecambe's 0-0 draw against Cambridge United. On 5 May 2018, despite a 3-0 victory against Chesterfield, Barnet became the second club to be relegated from League Two following Morecambe's 0-0 draw against Coventry City, ending their three year stay in the EFL.

These teams will replace Macclesfield Town, Tranmere Rovers, Chester, Guiseley, Torquay United & Woking. Macclesfield Town were crowned 2017-18 National League champions and promoted to League Two on 21 April 2018 after a 2-0 victory over Eastleigh, ending their six-year absence from the EFL. Tranmere Rovers were promoted to League Two on 12 May 2018 after a 2-1 victory over Boreham Wood in the 2017-18 National League playoff final and returned to the EFL after a three-year absence.

Chester were the first team to be relegated from National League on 8 April 2018 after a 2–0 loss to Tranmere Rovers. Despite staying up on the final day for the past two seasons, it was not to be third time lucky for Guiseley who joined them on 17 April 2018 after a 1-0 loss to relegation rivals Barrow. Torquay United became the third team to be relegated from the National league on 21 April 2018 after a 1-1 draw with Hartlepool United, confirming the clubs first ever relegation to the Sixth Tier. The fourth and final team to suffer relegation was Woking, who were relegated on 28 April 2018 following a 2-1 defeat to Dover Athletic, ending their five year stay in the National League.

Team changes

To National League Promoted from National League North Salford City Harrogate Town Promoted from National League South Havant & Waterlooville Braintree Town Relegated from League Two Chesterfield Barnet

From National League Promoted to League Two Macclesfield Town Tranmere Rovers Relegated to National League North Chester Guiseley Relegated to National League South Torquay United Woking

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Aldershot Town	Aldershot	Recreation Ground	7,200
Barnet	London (Edgware)	The Hive Stadium	6,418
Barrow	Barrow-in-Furness	Holker Street	5,045
Boreham Wood	Borehamwood	Meadow Park	4,502
Braintree Town	Braintree	Cressing Road	4,085
Bromley	London (Bromley)	Hayes Lane	5,300
Chesterfield	Chesterfield	Proact Stadium	10,504
Dagenham & Redbridge	London (Dagenham)	Victoria Road	6,078
Dover Athletic	Dover	Crabble Athletic Ground	5,745
Eastleigh	Eastleigh	Ten Acres	5,250
Ebbsfleet United	Northfleet	Stonebridge Road	4,500
Fylde	Wesham	Mill Farm	6,000
Halifax Town	Halifax	The Shay	14,061
Gateshead	Gateshead	Gateshead International Stadium	11,800
Harrogate Town	Harrogate	Wetherby Road	3,800
Hartlepool United	Hartlepool	Victoria Park	7,856
Havant & Waterlooville	Havant	West Leigh Park	5,250
Leyton Orient	London (Leyton)	Brisbane Road	9,271
Maidenhead United	Maidenhead	York Road	3,377
Maidstone United	Maidstone	Gallagher Stadium	4,200
Salford City	Salford	Moor Lane	5,108
Solihull Moors	Solihull	Damson Park	4,313
Sutton United	London (Sutton)	Gander Green Lane	5,013
Wrexham	Wrexham	Racecourse Ground	10,771

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt Sponsor
Aldershot Town	Gary Waddock	Callum Renyolds	Adidas	Bridges Estate Agents
Barnet	John Still	Dan Sweeney	Jako	Canon
Barrow	Ian Evatt	Asa Hall	BLK	JF Hornby & Co.
Boreham Wood	Luke Garrard	Mark Ricketts	Erreà	Barnet and Southgate College
Braintree Town	Brad Quinton	Marc-Anthony Okoye	Jako	Ironmongery Direct
Bromley	Neil Smith	Jack Holland	Macron	Southwark Metals
Chesterfield	Martin Allen	Ian Evatt	Puma	G.F. Tomlinson
Dagenham & Redbridge	Peter Taylor	Andre Boucaud	Sondico	West & Co
Dover Athletic	Chris Kinnear	Mitch Brundle	BLK	Gomez
Eastleigh	Andy Hessenthaler	Sam Togwell	Macron	Utilita
Ebbsfleet United	Daryl McMahon	Dave Winfield	Macron	Mitsubishi Electric
Fylde	Dave Challinor	Josh Langley	Nike	VetPlus
Halifax Town	Jamie Fullarton	Matty Brown	Adidas	Northern Powerhouse Developments (Home) Pennine Pneumatic Services Ltd (Away) Architectural Cladding Products Limited (Third)
Gateshead	Steve Watson	Neill Byrne	Sondico	Sevcon
Harrogate Town	Simon Weaver	Simon Ainge	Kappa	Strata
Hartlepool United	Matthew Bates	Carl Magnay	BLK	Utility Alliance Limited
Havant & Waterlooville	Lee Bradbury	Brian Stock	Joma	Bishops Printers
Leyton Orient	Justin Edinburgh	Charlie Lee	Nike	The Sun Dream Team
Maidenhead United	Alan Devonshire	Alan Massey	BLK	Utility Alliance Limited
Maidstone United	Jay Saunders	Stuart Lewis	Macron	Britelite
Salford City	Graham Alexander	Liam Hogan	Umbro	Soccer Saturday Super 6
Solihull Moors	Tim Flowers	Darren Carter	Surridge	John Shepherd Estate Agents
Sutton United	Paul Doswell	Jamie Collins	Joma	Angel Plastics
Wrexham	Sam Ricketts	Shaun Pearson	Macron	Ifor Williams Trailers

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Chesterfield	Jack Lester	Sacked	24 April 2018	Pre-season	Martin Allen	15 May 2018
Wrexham	Andy Davies	End of Contract	2 May 2018		Sam Ricketts	2 May 2018
Salford City	Anthony Johnson Bernard Morley	Resigned	8 May 2018		Graham Alexander	14 May 2018
Barnet	Martin Allen		10 May 2018		John Still	18 May 2018
Dagenham & Redbridge	John Still		17 May 2018		Peter Taylor	5 June 2018
Barrow	Adrian Pennock	Sacked	18 May 2018		Ian Evatt	15 June 2018
Solihull Moors	Mark Yates	Signed by Macclesfield Town	19 June 2018		Tim Flowers	20 June 2018

League table

2018–19 National League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Leyton Orient  (C) (P)	46	25	14	7	73	35	+38	89	Promotion to League Two
2	Solihull Moors	46	25	11	10	73	43	+30	86	Qualification to the Qualified for the National League play-off semi-finals
3	Salford City  (P) (O)	46	25	10	11	77	45	+32	85
4	Wrexham	46	25	9	12	58	39	+19	84	Qualified for the National League play-off qualifying round
5	AFC Fylde	46	22	15	9	72	41	+31	81
6	Harrogate Town	46	21	11	14	78	57	+21	74
7	Eastleigh	46	22	8	16	62	63	−1	74
8	Ebbsfleet United	46	18	13	15	64	50	+14	67
9	Gateshead	46	19	9	18	52	48	+4	66
10	Sutton United	46	17	14	15	55	60	−5	65
11	Barrow	46	17	13	16	52	51	+1	64
12	Bromley	46	16	12	18	68	61	+7	60
13	Barnet	46	16	12	18	45	50	−5	60
14	Dover Athletic	46	16	12	18	58	64	−6	60
15	Chesterfield	46	14	17	15	55	53	+2	59
16	FC Halifax Town	46	13	20	13	44	43	+1	59
17	Hartlepool United	46	15	14	17	56	62	−6	59
18	Dagenham & Redbridge	46	15	11	20	50	56	−6	56
19	Maidenhead United	46	16	6	24	45	70	−25	54
20	Boreham Wood	46	12	16	18	53	65	−12	52
21	Aldershot Town  (R)	46	11	11	24	38	67	−29	44	Relegation to National League South
22	Braintree Town  (R)	46	11	8	27	48	78	−30	41
23	Havant & Waterlooville  (R)	46	9	13	24	62	84	−22	40
24	Maidstone United  (R)	46	9	7	30	37	82	−45	34

Source: National League official site
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

Play-offs

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						2	Solihull Moors
	5	Fylde	3			5	Fylde
	6	Harrogate Town	1
						3	Salford City
	4	Wrexham
	7	Eastleigh

Quarter-finals

1 May 2019 (2019-05-01)	Fylde	3–1	Harrogate Town	Medlar-with-Wesham
				Stadium: Mill Farm

2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)	Wrexham	v	Eastleigh	Wrexham
				Stadium: Racecourse Ground

Semi-finals

4 May 2019 (2019-05-04)	Solihull Moors	v	Fylde	Solihull
				Stadium: Damson Park

5 May 2019 (2019-05-05)	Salford City	v	Wrexham or Eastleigh	City of Salford
				Stadium: Moor Lane

Final

11 May 2019 (2019-05-11)	Winner of semi-final 1	v	Winner of semi-final 2	Wembley
				Stadium: Wembley Stadium

National League North

National League North 2018–19
Season information
Winners	Stockport County
Promoted	Stockport County
Relegated	Nuneaton Borough Ashton United F.C. United of Manchester
Season statistics

Team changes

To National League North Promoted from Northern Premier League Premier Division Altrincham Ashton United Promoted from Southern Football League Premier Division Hereford Relegated from National League Chester Guiseley

From National League North Relegated to Northern Premier League Premier Division Gainsborough Trinity North Ferriby United Relegated to 2018–19 Southern League Premier Division Central Tamworth Promoted to National League Salford City Harrogate Town

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Alfreton Town	Alfreton	North Street	3,600
Altrincham	Altrincham	Moss Lane	6,085
Ashton United	Ashton-under-Lyne	Hurst Cross	4,500
Blyth Spartans	Blyth	Croft Park	4,435
Boston United	Boston	York Street	6,643
Brackley Town	Brackley	St. James Park	3,500
Bradford Park Avenue	Bradford	Horsfall Stadium	3,500
Chester	Chester	Deva Stadium	6,500
Chorley	Chorley	Victory Park	4,100
Curzon Ashton	Ashton-under-Lyne	Tameside Stadium	4,000
Darlington	Darlington	Blackwell Meadows	3,300
F.C. United of Manchester	Manchester	Broadhurst Park	4,400
Guiseley	Guiseley	Nethermoor Park	4,200
Hereford	Hereford	Edgar Street	4,913
Kidderminster Harriers	Kidderminster	Aggborough	6,238
Leamington	Leamington	New Windmill Ground	2,300
Nuneaton Town	Nuneaton	Liberty Way	4,614
Southport	Southport	Haig Avenue	6,008
Spennymoor Town	Spennymoor	The Brewery Field	6,000
Stockport County	Stockport	Edgeley Park	10,852
A.F.C. Telford United	Telford	New Bucks Head	6,300
York City	York	Bootham Crescent	8,256

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager1	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt Sponsor
A.F.C. Telford United	Gavin Cowan		Hummel	Capgemini
Alfreton Town	Billy Heath		SK Kits	Impact
Altrincham	Phil Parkinson		SK Kits	J Davidson Scrap Metal
Ashton United	Jody Banim		Joma	Rol-Lite-Blinds
Blyth Spartans	Alun Armstrong		Erreà	Community Foundation
Boston United	Craig Elliott		Nike	Kia Motors
Brackley Town	Kevin Wilkin		Joma	Going Plural
Bradford (Park Avenue)	Mark Bower		Kappa	T&P Print (Home), Ideal Student Room (Away)
Chester	Anthony Johnson Bernard Morley		Puma	MBNA
Chorley	Jamie Vermiglio		EV2	Cruise 118
Curzon Ashton	John Flanagan		Jako	Bromleys
Darlington	Tommy Wright		Puma	EBAC
F.C. United of Manchester	Tom Greaves		Puma	Autotrader
Guiseley	Marcus Bignot Russ O'Neill		Macron	Shelving Superstore
Hereford	Peter Beadle		Macron	Central Roofing
Kidderminster Harriers	Steve MacFarlane		Kappa	25 KHITC
Leamington	Paul Holleran		Puma	BPS
Nuneaton Borough	Nicky Eaden		Nike	Stuart
Southport	Liam Watson		Kappa	ME Group
Spennymoor Town	Jason Ainsley		Erreà	Motif8
Stockport County	Jim Gannon		Joma	Pioneer Group
York City	Martin Gray		Avec	Benenden

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Chorley	Matt Jansen	Resigned	22 June 2018	Pre-season	Jamie Vermiglio	23 June 2018
York City	Martin Gray	Sacked	19 August 2018		Sam Collins	20 August 2018
Hereford	Peter Beadle	Sacked	13 September 2018	12th	Marc Richards	2 October 2018
York City	Sam Collins	Mutual consent	5 January 2019		Steve Watson	10 January 2019
Darlington	Tommy Wright	Mutual consent	27 April 2019

League table

2018–19 National North League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Stockport County  (C) (P)	42	24	10	8	77	36	+41	82	Promotion to the National League
2	Chorley  (P) (O)	42	24	9	9	83	41	+42	81	Qualification to the National League North play-offs
3	Brackley Town	42	22	11	9	72	40	+32	77
4	Spennymoor Town	42	22	10	10	78	48	+30	76	Qualification to the National League North play-off qualifying round
5	Altrincham	42	20	11	11	85	56	+29	71
6	Blyth Spartans	42	20	9	13	74	62	+12	69
7	Bradford Park Avenue	42	18	11	13	74	61	+13	65
8	A.F.C. Telford United	42	17	14	11	64	55	+9	65
9	Chester	42	16	14	12	60	62	−2	62
10	Kidderminster Harriers	42	17	9	16	68	62	+6	60
11	Boston United	42	17	7	18	62	60	+2	58
12	York City	42	16	10	16	58	63	−5	58
13	Leamington	42	13	15	14	57	60	−3	54
14	Southport	42	13	14	15	58	55	+3	53
15	Alfreton Town	42	13	12	17	53	67	−14	51
16	Darlington 1883	42	12	14	16	56	62	−6	50
17	Hereford	42	11	16	15	47	58	−11	49
18	Curzon Ashton	42	13	10	19	44	71	−27	49
19	Guiseley	42	9	17	16	46	60	−14	44
20	Ashton United  (R)	42	9	8	25	43	86	−43	35	Relegation to the Northern Premier League, Southern Football League or Isthmian League
21	F.C. United of Manchester  (R)	42	8	10	24	49	82	−33	34
22	Nuneaton Town  (R)	42	4	7	31	38	96	−58	19

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

Play-offs

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						2	Chorley
	5	Altrincham	2 (7)			5	Altrincham
	6	Blyth Spartans	2 (6)
						3	Brackley Town
	4	Spennymoor Town	1			4	Spennymoor Town
	7	Bradford (Park Avenue)	0

Quarter-finals

1 May 2019 (2019-05-01)	Altrincham	2–2 (7–6 pen)	Blyth Spartans	Altrincham
				Stadium: Moss Lane
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1 May 2019 (2019-05-01)	Spennymoor Town	1–0	Bradford (Park Avenue)	Spennymoor
				Stadium: The Brewery Field

Semi-finals

5 May 2019 (2019-05-05)	Chorley	v	Altrincham	Chorley
				Stadium: Victory Park

5 May 2019 (2019-05-05)	Brackley Town	v	Spennymoor Town	Brackley
				Stadium: St. James Park

Final

12 May 2019 (2019-05-12)	Winner of semi-final 1	v	Winner of semi-final 2

National League South

National League South 2018–19
Season information
Winners	Torquay United
Promoted	Torquay United
Relegated	Weston-super-Mare East Thurrock United Truro City
Season statistics

The National League South consisted of 22 clubs.

Team changes

To National League South Promoted from Southern Football League Premier Division Slough Town Promoted from Isthmian League Billericay Town Dulwich Hamlet Relegated from National League Torquay Woking

From National League South Relegated to Isthmian League Premier Division Bognor Regis Town Whitehawk Relegated to Southern Football League South Division Poole Town Promoted to National League Havant & Waterlooville Braintree Town

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Bath City	Bath (Twerton)	Twerton Park	8,840
Billericay Town	Billericay	New Lodge	3,500
Chelmsford City	Chelmsford	Melbourne Stadium	3,019
Chippenham Town	Chippenham	Hardenhuish Park	3,000
Concord Rangers	Canvey Island	Thames Road	3,300
Dartford	Dartford	Princes Park	4,100
Dulwich Hamlet	London (Mitcham)	Imperial Fields (groundshare with Tooting & Mitcham United)	3,500
East Thurrock United	Corringham	Rookery Hill	4,000
Eastbourne Borough	Eastbourne	Priory Lane	4,151
Gloucester City	Evesham	Jubilee Stadium (groundshare with Evesham United)	3,000
Hampton & Richmond	London (Hampton)	Beveree Stadium	3,500
Hemel Hempstead Town	Hemel Hempstead	Vauxhall Road	3,152
Hungerford Town	Hungerford	Bulpit Lane	2,500
Oxford City	Oxford (Marston)	Court Place Farm	2,000
Slough Town	Slough	Arbour Park	2,000
St Albans City	St Albans	Clarence Park	4,500
Torquay United	Torquay	Plainmoor	6,200
Truro City	Truro	Treyew Road	3,857
Wealdstone	London (Ruislip)	Grosvenor Vale	3,607
Welling United	London (Welling)	Park View Road	4,000
Weston-super-Mare	Weston-super-Mare	Woodspring Stadium	3,500
Woking	Woking	Kingfield Stadium	6,036

League table

2018–19 National South League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Torquay United  (C) (P)	42	27	7	8	93	41	+52	88	Promotion to the National League
2	Woking  (P) (O)	42	23	9	10	76	49	+27	78	Qualification to the National League South play-offs
3	Welling United	42	23	7	12	70	47	+23	76
4	Chelmsford City	42	21	9	12	68	50	+18	72
5	Bath City	42	20	11	11	58	36	+22	71	Qualification for the National League South play-off qualifying round
6	Concord Rangers	42	20	13	9	69	48	+21	70
7	Wealdstone	42	18	12	12	62	50	+12	66	Qualification for the National League South play-off qualifying round
8	Billericay Town	42	19	8	15	72	65	+7	65
9	St Albans City	42	18	10	14	67	64	+3	64
10	Dartford	42	18	10	14	52	58	−6	64
11	Slough Town	42	17	12	13	56	50	+6	63
12	Oxford City	42	17	5	20	64	63	+1	56
13	Chippenham Town	42	16	7	19	57	64	−7	55
14	Dulwich Hamlet	42	13	10	19	52	65	−13	49
15	Hampton & Richmond Borough	42	13	10	19	49	66	−17	49
16	Hemel Hempstead Town	42	12	12	18	52	67	−15	48
17	Gloucester City	42	12	11	19	35	54	−19	47
18	Eastbourne Borough	42	10	12	20	52	65	−13	42
19	Hungerford Town	42	11	9	22	45	72	−27	42
20	Truro City  (R)	42	9	12	21	63	87	−24	39	Relegation to Northern Premier League, Southern Football League or Isthmian League
21	East Thurrock United  (R)	42	10	7	25	42	63	−21	37
22	Weston-super-Mare  (R)	42	8	11	23	50	80	−30	35

Updated to games played on 27 April 2019
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

• Chelmsford City received a bye to the semi-finals, after Concord Rangers were barred from the play-offs.
• Concord Rangers were barred from the play-offs due to failing ground size regulations.
• Concord Rangers were deducted three points for infringing league rules.

Play-offs

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						2	Woking
	5	Bath City	1			7	Wealdstone
	7	Wealdstone	3
						3	Welling United
						4	Chelmsford City

Quarter-finals

1 May 2019 (2019-05-01)	Bath City	1–3	Wealdstone	Bath
				Stadium: Twerton Park

Semi-finals

5 May 2019 (2019-05-05)	Woking	v	Wealdstone	Woking
				Stadium: Kingfield Stadium

5 May 2019 (2019-05-05)	Welling United	v	Chelmsford City	Welling
				Stadium: Park View Road

Final

12 May 2019 (2019-05-12)	Winner of semi-final 1	v	Winner of semi-final 2