2020–21 National League

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National League 2020–21
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The 2020–21 National League season, known as the Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, is the sixth season under English football's new title of the National League, the eighteenth season consisting of three divisions, and the forty-second season overall.

The season follows the curtailed 2019–20 season, in which the league phase was uncompleted due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the play-offs only completed by 2 August 2020. Reflecting the late end to the previous season and aiming at maximising the likelihood of fans being present in stadiums when the season starts, the 2020–21 National League began on 3 October 2020. The planned increase of the North and South divisions to 24 teams is scheduled to take place for 2021–22, meaning only two from the North and one from the South were to be relegated to the premier divisions of the Northern Premier League, Southern League Central or South, or Isthmian League. Due to the cessation and voidance of the 2020–21 seasons for the North and South divisions, promotion and relegation was suspended. For that reason, the expansion plans may likely be deferred to the end of next season.

National League

Main article: 2020–21 National League (division)

National League 2020-21
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On 16 September 2020, Macclesfield Town folded as a result of debts, and were expelled from the National League on 29 September 2020. As the club folded before the season started, no records were expunged.

Due to Macclesfield's closure, only 23 clubs took part in the 2020–21 season and a maximum of three clubs were to be relegated instead of the usual four. However, on 26 March 2021, having not fulfilled a fixture since 30 January, Dover Athletic's results were expunged and the club deducted 12 points for the 2021–22 season. Therefore the season is set to complete with 22 clubs playing fixtures.

Additionally, following the National League North and South divisions being declared null and void on 18 February, no teams will be relegated this season.

Promotion and relegation

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

Team changes

To National League Promoted from National League North King's Lynn Town Altrincham Promoted from National League South Wealdstone Weymouth Relegated from League Two Macclesfield Town

From National League Promoted to League Two Barrow Harrogate Town Relegated to National League North AFC Fylde Chorley Relegated to National League South Ebbsfleet United

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Aldershot Town	Aldershot	Recreation Ground	7,200
Altrincham	Altrincham	Moss Lane	7,700
Barnet	London (Canons Park)	The Hive Stadium	6,418
Boreham Wood	Borehamwood	Meadow Park	4,502
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
Halifax Town	Halifax	The Shay	10,400
Hartlepool United	Hartlepool	Victoria Park	7,856
King's Lynn Town	King's Lynn	The Walks	8,200
Macclesfield Town	Macclesfield	Moss Rose	6,355
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
Wealdstone	London (Ruislip)	Grosvenor Vale	3,607
Weymouth	Weymouth	Bob Lucas Stadium	6,600
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
Aldershot Town	Danny Searle	George Fowler	Adidas	Bridges Estate Agents
Altrincham	Phil Parkinson	Jake Moult	SK Kits	J Davidson Ltd
Barnet	Peter Beadle	Callum Reynolds	Jako	Canon
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
Dagenham & Redbridge	Daryl McMahon	Kenny Clark	Nike	West & Coe
Dover Athletic	Andy Hessenthaler	Jack Munns	Jako	Exclusive Glazing
Eastleigh	Ben Strevens	Danny Hollands	LAB Sports	Utilita
Halifax Town	Pete Wild	Matty Brown	Adidas	Northern Powerhouse Developments (Home) Pennine Pneumatic Services Ltd (Away) Architectural Cladding Products Limited (Third)
Hartlepool United	Dave Challinor	Ryan Donaldson	O'Neills	Utility Alliance Limited
King's Lynn	Ian Culverhouse	Aaron Jones	O'Neills	Barsby Produce
Maidenhead United	Alan Devonshire	Alan Massey	Uhlsport	Utility Alliance Limited
Notts County	Neal Ardley	Michael Doyle	Puma	Sharpes of Nottingham
Solihull Moors	Shan, JamesJames Shan	Kyle Storer	Surridge	John Shepherd Estate Agents
Stockport County	Jim Gannon	Sam Minihan	Joma	Pioneer Group
Sutton United	Matt Gray	Jamie Collins	Macron	Angel Plastics
Torquay United	Gary Johnson	Asa Hall	Nike	No Sponsor
Wealdstone	Dean Brennan	Jerome Okimo	Macron	GPF Lewis
Weymouth	Brian Stock	Josh Wakefield	Umbro	Terras Family
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

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sutton United  (C) (P)	42	25	9	8	72	36	+36	84	Promotion to League Two
2	Torquay United	42	23	11	8	68	39	+29	80	Qualification to the Qualified for the National League play-off semi-finals
3	Stockport County	42	21	14	7	69	32	+37	77
4	Hartlepool United  (P) (O)	42	22	10	10	66	43	+23	76	Qualified for the National League play-off qualifying round
5	Notts County	42	20	10	12	62	41	+21	70
6	Chesterfield	42	21	6	15	60	43	+17	69
7	Bromley	42	19	12	11	63	53	+10	69
8	Wrexham	42	19	11	12	64	43	+21	68
9	Eastleigh	42	18	12	12	49	40	+9	66
10	Halifax Town	42	19	8	15	63	54	+9	65
11	Solihull Moors	42	19	7	16	58	48	+10	64
12	Dagenham & Redbridge	42	17	9	16	53	48	+5	60
13	Maidenhead United	42	15	11	16	62	60	+2	56
14	Boreham Wood	42	13	16	13	52	48	+4	55
15	Aldershot Town	42	15	7	20	59	66	−7	52
16	Yeovil Town	42	15	7	20	58	68	−10	52
17	Altrincham	42	12	11	19	46	60	−14	47
18	Weymouth	42	11	6	25	45	71	−26	39
19	Wealdstone	42	10	7	25	49	99	−50	37
20	Woking	42	8	9	25	42	69	−27	33
21	King's Lynn Town	42	7	10	25	50	98	−48	31
22	Barnet	42	8	7	27	37	88	−51	31
23	Dover Athletic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Results expunged
24	Macclesfield Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Club folded

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

a. Dover Athletic refused to play matches due to a lack of promised funding starting with their fixture on January 30. On 26 March 2021, it was announced the club would play no part in the rest of the season and all results would be expunged.
b. Macclesfield deducted 17 points for entering into an insolvency event the previous season, before being expelled from the league on 29 September 2020. At the time of their expulsion before the 2020-21 National League Season, they had played no matches.

Play-offs

Main article: 2021 National League play-offs

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						2	Torquay United
	5	Notts County
	6	Chesterfield
						3	Stockport County
	4	Hartlepool United
	7	Bromley

Quarter-finals

5 June 2021 (2021-06-05)	Notts County	v	Chesterfield	Nottingham
16:00				Stadium: Meadow Lane

6 June 2021 (2021-06-06)	Hartlepool United	v	Bromley	Hartlepool
16:00				Stadium: Victoria Park

Semi-finals

12 June 2021 (2021-06-12)	Torquay United	v	Winner 5 v 6	Torquay
12:00				Stadium: Plainmoor

13 June 2021 (2021-06-13)	Stockport County	v	Winner 4 v 7	Edgeley
12:00				Stadium: Edgeley Park

Final

Main article: 2021 National League play-off Final

20 June 2021 (2021-06-20) 14:00		v		Ashton Gate Stadium

National League North

Main article: 2020–21 National League North

National League North 2020-21
Season information
Winners	None
Promoted	None
Relegated	None
Season statistics
← 2019–20	2021–22 →

The National League North in 2020-21 consisted of 22 teams. Due to the initially anticipated expansion to 24 teams for 2021–22, only two teams instead of the usual four were expected to be relegated. However, the knock-on effect of Macclesfield Town's closure might have caused the number of relegated teams to be reduced even further.

The league was declared null and void on 18 February 2021. As a result, all records were expunged and no teams were promoted or relegated.

Team changes

Following the COVID-19 pandemic-related cancellation of the four step 3 leagues' 2019–20 seasons, no teams were promoted to or relegated from the National League North.

To National League North Relegated from National League AFC Fylde Chorley

From National League North Promoted to National League King's Lynn Town Altrincham

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Fylde	Wesham	Mill Farm	6,000
AFC Telford United	Telford	New Bucks Head	6,300
Alfreton Town	Alfreton	North Street	3,600
Blyth Spartans	Blyth	Croft Park	4,435
Boston United	Boston	Boston Community Stadium	5,000
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
Farsley Celtic	Farsley	The Citadel	3,900
Gateshead	Gateshead	Gateshead International Stadium	11,800
Gloucester City	Gloucester	Meadow Park	3,600
Guiseley	Guiseley	Nethermoor Park	4,200
Hereford	Hereford	Edgar Street	5,213
Kettering Town	Kettering	Latimer Park (groundshare with Burton Park Wanderers)	2,400
Kidderminster Harriers	Kidderminster	Aggborough	6,238
Leamington	Leamington	New Windmill Ground	2,300
Southport	Southport	Haig Avenue	6,008
Spennymoor Town	Spennymoor	The Brewery Field	6,000
York City	York	York Community Stadium	8,005

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Gloucester City	18	10	5	3	36	22	+14	35
2	AFC Fylde	15	9	3	3	26	16	+10	30
3	Chester	17	8	4	5	32	24	+8	28
4	Brackley Town	16	7	6	3	22	19	+3	27
5	Kidderminster Harriers	15	7	4	4	24	17	+7	25
6	Boston United	13	6	5	2	20	10	+10	23
7	Chorley	18	6	5	7	21	24	−3	23
8	York City	13	6	4	3	22	17	+5	22
9	Leamington	15	5	7	3	22	20	+2	22
10	Gateshead	14	6	3	5	17	15	+2	21
11	Farsley Celtic	17	5	6	6	21	26	−5	21
12	Hereford	13	5	5	3	20	16	+4	20
13	Spennymoor Town	13	5	5	3	18	14	+4	20
14	A.F.C. Telford United	17	5	4	8	17	23	−6	19
15	Bradford Park Avenue	16	4	6	6	26	30	−4	18
16	Curzon Ashton	17	4	5	8	18	26	−8	17
17	Southport	14	4	4	6	16	19	−3	16
18	Kettering Town	14	3	6	5	21	23	−2	15
19	Darlington 1883	11	4	1	6	17	11	+6	13
20	Guiseley	15	3	3	9	17	22	−5	12
21	Alfreton Town	15	2	6	7	15	27	−12	12
22	Blyth Spartans	14	1	3	10	10	36	−26	6

Updated to games played on 16 February 2021
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

National League South

Main article: 2020–21 National League South

National League South 2020-21
Season information
Winners	None
Promoted	None
Relegated	None
Season statistics
← 2019–20	2021–22 →

The National League South consisted of 21 teams. Following Bury's expulsion from the English Football League in 2019, and the completion of the 2019–20 National League with two northern and one southern teams in the relegation zone, the division was left one team short. With the initially anticipated expansion to 24 teams for 2021–22, only one team was expected to be relegated.

The league was declared null and void on 18 February 2021. As a result, all records were expunged and no teams were promoted or relegated.

Team changes

Following the COVID-19 pandemic-related cancellation of the four step 3 leagues' 2019–20 seasons, no teams were promoted to or relegated from the National League South.

To National League South Relegated from National League Ebbsfleet United

From National League South Promoted to National League Wealdstone Weymouth

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Bath City	Bath (Twerton)	Twerton Park	8,840
Billericay Town	Billericay	New Lodge	3,500
Braintree Town	Braintree	Cressing Road	4,085
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
Dorking Wanderers	Dorking	Meadowbank Stadium	3,000
Dulwich Hamlet	London (East Dulwich)	Champion Hill	3,000
Eastbourne Borough	Eastbourne	Priory Lane	4,151
Ebbsfleet United	Northfleet	Stonebridge Road	4,800
Hampton & Richmond	London (Hampton)	Beveree Stadium	3,500
Havant & Waterlooville	Havant	West Leigh Park	5,300
Hemel Hempstead Town	Hemel Hempstead	Vauxhall Road	3,152
Hungerford Town	Hungerford	Bulpit Lane	2,500
Maidstone United	Maidstone	Gallagher Stadium	4,200
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
Tonbridge Angels	Tonbridge	Longmead Stadium	3,000
Welling United	London (Welling)	Park View Road	4,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dorking Wanderers	18	12	3	3	40	17	+23	39
2	Dartford	19	10	4	5	26	17	+9	34
3	Eastbourne Borough	19	9	6	4	36	26	+10	33
4	Oxford City	17	9	5	3	35	17	+18	32
5	St Albans City	15	9	5	1	22	10	+12	32
6	Hampton & Richmond Borough	17	9	2	6	24	16	+8	29
7	Hungerford Town	19	9	2	8	27	28	−1	29
8	Ebbsfleet United	18	8	4	6	26	24	+2	28
9	Havant & Waterlooville	14	6	2	6	25	21	+4	20
10	Hemel Hempstead Town	18	6	2	10	28	38	−10	20
11	Maidstone United	13	5	4	4	24	18	+6	19
12	Dulwich Hamlet	13	4	4	5	15	17	−2	16
13	Chelmsford City	16	4	4	8	21	25	−4	16
14	Tonbridge Angels	14	5	1	8	16	23	−7	16
15	Billericay Town	17	4	4	9	26	35	−9	16
16	Chippenham Town	14	4	4	6	13	22	−9	16
17	Concord Rangers	14	3	5	6	16	24	−8	14
18	Bath City	13	4	1	8	16	23	−7	13
19	Braintree Town	16	4	1	11	19	34	−15	13
20	Slough Town	12	3	3	6	16	24	−8	12
21	Welling United	14	2	6	6	18	30	−12	12

Updated to games played on 16 February 2021
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