2019–20 National League (division)

National League 2019–20
Season information
Winners	Barrow
Promoted	Barrow Harrogate Town
Relegated	Ebbsfleet United AFC Fylde Chorley
Season statistics
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The 2019–20 National League season, known as the Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, was the 5th season under English football's new title of National League, fourteenth season consisting of three divisions and the thirty-ninth season overall.

Promotion and Relegation

The following teams changed divisions after the 2018–19 season:

Team changes

To National League Promoted from National League North Stockport County Chorley Promoted from National League South Torquay United Woking Relegated from League Two Yeovil Town Notts County

From National League Promoted to League Two Leyton Orient Salford City Relegated to National League North Gateshead Relegated to National League South Maidstone United Braintree Town Havant & Waterlooville

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Fylde	Wesham	Mill Farm	6,000
Aldershot Town	Aldershot	Recreation Ground	7,200
Barnet	London (Canons Park)	The Hive Stadium	6,418
Barrow	Barrow-in-Furness	Holker Street	5,045
Boreham Wood	Borehamwood	Meadow Park	4,502
Bromley	London (Bromley)	Hayes Lane	5,300
Chesterfield	Chesterfield	Proact Stadium	10,504
Chorley	Chorley	Victory Park	4,100
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	4,800
Halifax Town	Halifax	The Shay	10,400
Harrogate Town	Harrogate	Wetherby Road	4,100
Hartlepool United	Hartlepool	Victoria Park	7,856
Maidenhead United	Maidenhead	York Road	4,000
Notts County	Nottingham	Meadow Lane	19,588
Solihull Moors	Solihull	Damson Park	5,500
Stockport County	Stockport	Edgeley Park	10,852
Sutton United	London (Sutton)	Gander Green Lane	5,013
Torquay United	Torquay	Plainmoor	6,500
Woking	Woking	Kingfield Stadium	6,036
Wrexham	Wrexham	Racecourse Ground	10,771
Yeovil Town	Yeovil	Huish Park	9,566

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager1	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt Sponsor
AFC Fylde	Jim Bentley	Lewis Montrose	Under Armour	VetPlus
Aldershot Town	Danny Searle	Dean Rance	Adidas	Bridges Estate Agents
Barnet	Darren Currie	Callum Reynolds	Jako	Canon
Barrow	David Dunn	Josh Granite	Joma	JF Hornby & Co.
Boreham Wood	Luke Garrard	Mark Ricketts	Puma	Barnet and Southgate College
Bromley	Neil Smith	Jack Holland	Macron	Southwark Metals
Chesterfield	Pemberton, JohnJohn Pemberton	Jonathan Smith	Puma	Technique Learning Solutions
Chorley	Jamie Vermiglio	Andrew Teague	Macron	Cruise 118
Dagenham & Redbridge	Daryl McMahon	Kenny Clark	Nike	West & Coe
Dover Athletic	Andy Hessenthaler	Kevin Lokko	Jako	Exclusive Glazing
Eastleigh	Ben Strevens	Danny Hollands	LAB Sports	Utilita
Ebbsfleet United	Kevin Watson	Dave Winfield	Hummel	Kuflink
Halifax Town	Pete Wild	Matty Brown	Adidas	Northern Powerhouse Developments (Home) Pennine Pneumatic Services Ltd (Away) Architectural Cladding Products Limited (Third)
Harrogate Town	Simon Weaver	Josh Falkingham	Kappa	Strata
Hartlepool United	Dave Challinor	Ryan Donaldson	O'Neills	Utility Alliance Limited
Maidenhead United	Alan Devonshire	Alan Massey	Uhlsport	Utility Alliance Limited
Notts County	Neal Ardley	Michael Doyle	Puma	Vacant
Solihull Moors	Shan, JamesJames Shan	Kyle Storer	Surridge	John Shepherd Estate Agents
Stockport County	Jim Gannon	Paul Turnbull	Joma	Pioneer Group
Sutton United	Matt Gray	Jamie Collins	Macron	Angel Plastics
Torquay United	Gary Johnson	Asa Hall	Nike	No Sponsor
Woking	Alan Dowson	Josh Casey	Macron	Abstract Plans
Wrexham	Dean Keates	Shaun Pearson	Macron	Ifor Williams Trailers
Yeovil Town	Darren Sarll	Lee Collins	TAG	Jones Building Group

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Yeovil Town	Neale Marmon	End of Interim Contract	4 May 2019	Pre-season	Darren Sarll	19 June 2019
Halifax Town	Jamie Fullarton	Resigned	15 July 2019		Pete Wild	25 July 2019
Wrexham	Bryan Hughes	Sacked	25 September 2019	21st	Dean Keates	6 October 2019
Hartlepool United	Craig Hignett		10 October 2019	16th	Dave Challinor	11 November 2019
Ebbsfleet United	Garry Hill			24th	Kevin Watson	4 November 2019
AFC Fylde	Dave Challinor		12 October 2019	21st	Jim Bentley	28 October 2019
Dagenham & Redbridge	Peter Taylor		29 December 2019	18th	Daryl McMahon	3 January 2020
Chesterfield	John Sheridan		2 January 2020	22nd	John Pemberton	2 January 2020
Solihull Moors	Tim Flowers	Mutual Consent	28 January 2020	9th	James Shan	12 February 2020
Barrow	Ian Evatt	Signed by Bolton Wanderers	1 July 2020	1st	David Dunn	9 July 2020

League table

2019–20 National League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barrow  (C) (P)	37	21	7	9	68	39	+29	70	Promotion to League Two
2	Harrogate Town  (P)	37	19	9	9	61	44	+17	66	Qualification to the Qualified for the National League play-off semi-finals
3	Notts County	38	17	12	9	61	38	+23	63
4	Yeovil Town	37	17	9	11	61	44	+17	60	Qualified for the National League play-off qualifying round
5	Boreham Wood	37	16	12	9	55	40	+15	60
6	FC Halifax Town	37	17	7	13	50	49	+1	58
7	Barnet	35	14	12	9	52	42	+10	54
8	Stockport County	39	16	10	13	51	54	−3	58
9	Solihull Moors	38	15	10	13	48	37	+11	55
10	Woking	38	15	10	13	50	55	−5	55
11	Dover Athletic	38	15	9	14	49	49	0	54
12	Hartlepool United	39	14	13	12	56	50	+6	55
13	Bromley	38	14	10	14	57	52	+5	52
14	Torquay United	36	14	6	16	56	61	−5	48
15	Sutton United	38	12	14	12	47	42	+5	50
16	Eastleigh	37	11	13	13	43	55	−12	46
17	Dagenham & Redbridge	37	11	11	15	40	44	−4	44
18	Aldershot Town	39	12	10	17	43	55	−12	46
19	Wrexham	37	11	10	16	46	49	−3	43
20	Chesterfield	38	11	11	16	55	65	−10	44
21	Maidenhead United	38	12	5	21	44	58	−14	41
22	Ebbsfleet United  (R)	39	10	12	17	47	68	−21	42	Relegation to National League South
23	AFC Fylde  (R)	37	9	12	16	44	60	−16	39	Relegation to the National League North
24	Chorley  (R)	38	4	14	20	31	65	−34	26

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

Results table

Home \ Away	FYL	ALD	BRN	BRW	BOR	BRO	CHE	CHO	DAG	DOV	EAS	EBB	HAL	HAR	HAT	MDH	NOT	SOL	STO	SUT	TOR	WOK	WRE	YEO
AFC Fylde	—	1–0	0–4	0–1	1–2		1–3	0–0	3–0	0–0	3–1	1–0		0–0			1–2	0–0	1–2	0–0	2–3	1–4	3–2
Aldershot Town	1–2	—	0–0	1–2	3–2	0–1	2–2	3–3	0–1	4–0	3–1		1–1	1–1	0–3	2–0	2–1		2–1	1–1			1–0	1–3
Barnet	2–1	2–0	—		2–2	1–2	2–2	2–1		0–1		5–2	1–1		2–1	1–0		0–0	1–2		2–2	2–2		1–0
Barrow	1–1	1–0	2–1	—	3–1	2–0		2–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	7–0	1–2	0–3	0–1	2–0	0–2	3–0		1–0	2–1			1–0
Boreham Wood	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	—		2–2			3–1	2–2	1–2		2–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	4–0	0–1		1–0	2–2	1–0
Bromley	2–2		1–2	1–2	1–0	—	2–1		3–0	3–0	2–3	3–1	5–0	3–3			2–1	2–2	2–2	0–1	3–3	1–0	0–2	1–1
Chesterfield	1–1	2–1		2–2		1–2	—	2–3	1–1	1–2	1–2	4–0	2–3	3–4	1–5		1–0	2–2		1–0	1–0	1–2	3–2	1–2
Chorley		0–0	0–1	1–3	1–3	0–0	1–2	—	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–4	0–1	0–2	0–0			1–6	3–0		1–0	1–1	0–2	1–2
Dagenham & Redbridge	1–2	6–1	1–1	0–2	0–3	1–1		0–0	—			1–1		4–2	3–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–2	2–1	3–2
Dover Athletic	5–1	2–0		2–1	0–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	—	3–1	1–1	0–2		1–1	3–4	2–2	1–1	0–1		1–2	1–2	2–1	0–1
Eastleigh	2–2	0–0	1–2		2–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–1		—	1–1		4–2	1–1	2–1	1–0			1–1	3–2	2–0	0–2
Ebbsfleet United		1–2	3–0	0–3			2–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	—	1–4	0–2	2–2	1–2	2–2		0–1	1–1	2–4	2–1	2–1	1–3
FC Halifax Town	4–1		4–2	0–2		2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	4–2	1–1	0–1	—	0–1	2–0	5–2	2–4	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–4	0–2		0–2
Harrogate Town		1–0	2–1		0–0	1–1	3–1	2–0		0–2	3–0	2–0	2–2	—	4–1	1–0	0–2	2–2	2–1	2–0	2–1		0–2	3–0
Hartlepool United	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–2		2–3	3–1		1–0	0–2	2–1	0–1		0–1	—		2–0		2–0	1–3		1–1	4–2	2–1
Maidenhead United	1–1	1–2	1–4	0–4	0–1	1–2	1–1	4–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	1–3	0–1	1–1	0–1	—	0–0	1–0	1–2			2–3	2–0
Notts County	2–0	3–1	1–2	0–3	2–2	2–1	3–0	5–1	2–0	0–0	4–0		1–0		2–2	3–0	—	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1
Solihull Moors	3–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	2–1	3–0		2–1	3–0	1–2	2–1			0–1	0–2	0–1	—	2–0	2–0	3–0		3–1	0–1
Stockport County	2–1	1–2	1–1	3–2	1–3	1–0	2–0	4–2	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	5–1		2–1	0–1		1–4	—	0–0	0–4	1–3
Sutton United			1–1	2–2		0–2	4–0	2–2	0–2	1–2		2–3	0–1	3–1	1–1	0–3	1–1	0–0	0–0	—	2–0	6–2	3–1	3–2
Torquay United	2–1	2–0		4–2	2–1		0–3	2–0	0–0		2–3	0–0	1–0	4–2	1–2	0–2			1–5	1–2	—	4–1	1–0	0–2
Woking		0–1	1–3	3–2	1–2	2–1		1–0			1–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–4	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	—	1–1	1–0
Wrexham	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–1		1–0	0–1	3–1	0–0		0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1		2–2		2–0	1–2	1–1		3–0	—	3–3
Yeovil Town	3–2	2–2			1–1	3–1		1–1		0–1	1–0		2–0	1–2	2–2	1–2	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	6–2	3–1	3–0	—

Source: National League Results Grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Play-offs

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						2	Harrogate Town	1
	5	Boreham Wood	2				Boreham Wood	0
	6	Halifax Town	1									Harrogate Town	3
												Notts County	1
						3	Notts County	2
	4	Yeovil Town	0				Barnet	0
	7	Barnet	2

Quarter-finals

17 July 2020 (2020-07-17)	Boreham Wood	2–1	Halifax Town	Borehamwood
19:00	Smith  54' Rhead  80'	Report	Sho-Silva  19'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Paul Howard

18 July 2020 (2020-07-18)	Yeovil Town	0–2	Barnet	Yeovil
15:00		Report	McCallum  53' Vilhete  86'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Carl Brook

Semi-finals

25 July 2020 (2020-07-25)	Harrogate Town	1–0	Boreham Wood	Harrogate
14:30	Muldoon  64'	Report		Stadium: Wetherby Road Attendance: 0

25 July 2020 (2020-07-25)	Notts County	2–0	Barnet	Nottingham
17:00	Dennis  37' Roberts  59'	Report		Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 0

Final

Main article: 2020 National League play-off Final

2 August 2020 (2020-08-02)	Harrogate Town	3–1	Notts County	London
15:00	Thomson  5' Hall  28' Diamond  70'	[ Report]	Roberts  46'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: James Bell