2018–19 National League North

National League North 2018–19
Season information
Winners	Stockport County
Promoted	Stockport County Chorley
Relegated	Nuneaton Borough Ashton United F.C. United of Manchester
Season statistics
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The division will consist of 22 clubs.

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 Isthmian League Premier Division 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	1 (3)
	5	Altrincham	2 (7)			5	Altrincham	1 (1)
	6	Blyth Spartans	2 (6)								2	Chorley	1 (4)
											4	Spennymoor Town	1 (3)
						3	Brackley Town	0 (4)
	4	Spennymoor Town	1			4	Spennymoor Town	0 (5)
	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	1–1 (3–1 pen)	Altrincham	Chorley
				Stadium: Victory Park
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5 May 2019 (2019-05-05)	Brackley Town	0–0 (4–5 pen)	Spennymoor Town	Brackley
				Stadium: St. James Park
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Final

Main article: 2019 National League North play-off Final

12 May 2019 (2019-05-12)	Chorley	1–1 (4–3 pen)	Spennymoor Town	Chorley
15:00	Leather  102'		Taylor  105'	Stadium: Victory Park Attendance: 3,594
		Penalties

Top scorers

As of matches played 17 March 2019

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Glen Taylor	Spennymoor Town	21
2	Daniel Udoh	Telford United	17
3	Jake Beesley	Bradford Park Avenue	16
	Colby Bishop	Leamington
	Matthew Warburton	Stockport County
6	Joshua Hancock	Altrincham	15
	Reece Styche	Alfreton Town
	Kurt Willoughby	FC United of Manchester
9	Daniel Maguire	Blyth Spartans	14
	Josh Wilson	Chorley
10	Ashley Chambers	Kidderminster Harriers	13

Monthly Awards

Each month the Vanarama National League North announces their official Player of the Month and Manager of the Month.

Month	Player of the Month	Club	Manager of the Month	Club
August 2018	Matthew Stenson	Leamington	Jamie Vermiglio	Chorley
September 2018	Ed Williams	Kidderminster Harriers	Jason Ainsley	Spennymoor Town
October 2018	Gary Roberts	Chester	Phil Parkinson	Altrincham
November 2018	David Morgan	Southport	Liam Watson	Southport

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