2023–24 National League

National League 2023–24
Season information
Dates	5 August 2023–20 April 2024
Winners	National League: Chesterfield North: Tamworth South: Yeovil Town
Promoted	National League: Chesterfield Bromley North: Tamworth Boston United South: Yeovil Town Braintree Town
Relegated	National League: Boreham Wood Kidderminster Harriers Dorking Wanderers Oxford City North: Blyth Spartans Banbury United Gloucester City Bishop's Stortford South: Dartford Havant & Waterlooville Dover Athletic Taunton Town
Season statistics
← 2022–23	2024–25 →

The 2023–24 National League season, known as the Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, was the 9th season under English football's new title of the National League, the 21st season consisting of three divisions, and the forty-fourth season overall.

National League

Main article: 2023–24 National League (division)

National League 2023-24
Season information
Dates	5 August 2023–20 April 2024
Winners	Chesterfield
Promoted	Chesterfield Bromley
Relegated	Oxford City Dorking Wanderers Kidderminster Harriers
Season statistics
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,623
Average	(2.94 per match)
Top goalscorer	Paul McCallum (31)
← 2022–23	2024–25 →

The 2023–24 National League season, known as the Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, is the 9th season under English football's new title of National League, 17th season consisting of three divisions and the 44th season overall.

Twenty-four teams compete in the league – eighteen returning teams from the previous season, two teams relegated from League Two, two teams promoted from the National League North and two teams promoted from the National League South.

Team changes

To National League Promoted from 2022–23 National League North AFC Fylde Kidderminster Harriers Promoted from 2022–23 National League South Ebbsfleet United Oxford City Relegated from 2022–23 League Two Rochdale Hartlepool United

From National League Promoted to 2023–24 League Two Wrexham Notts County Relegated to 2023–24 National League North Scunthorpe United Relegated to 2023–24 National League South Maidstone United Yeovil Town Torquay United

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Fylde	Wesham	Mill Farm	6,000
Aldershot Town	Aldershot	Recreation Ground	7,100
Altrincham	Altrincham	Moss Lane	7,873
Barnet	London (Canons Park)	The Hive Stadium	6,500
Boreham Wood	Borehamwood	Meadow Park	4,500
Bromley	London (Bromley)	Hayes Lane	5,150
Chesterfield	Chesterfield	Technique Stadium	10,600
Dagenham & Redbridge	London (Dagenham)	Victoria Road	6,078
Dorking Wanderers	Dorking	Meadowbank	3,000
Eastleigh	Eastleigh	Ten Acres	5,192
Ebbsfleet United	Northfleet	Stonebridge Road	4,769
FC Halifax Town	Halifax	The Shay	10,401
Gateshead	Gateshead	Gateshead International Stadium	11,800
Hartlepool United	Hartlepool	Victoria Park	7,858
Kidderminster Harriers	Kidderminster	Aggborough	6,444
Maidenhead United	Maidenhead	York Road	4,500
Oldham Athletic	Oldham	Boundary Park	13,512
Oxford City	Oxford	Court Place Farm	3,000
Rochdale	Rochdale	Spotland Stadium	10,249
Solihull Moors	Solihull	Damson Park	5,500
Southend United	Southend-on-Sea	Roots Hall	12,392
Wealdstone	London (Ruislip)	Grosvenor Vale	4,085
Woking	Woking	Kingfield Stadium	6,036
York City	York	York Community Stadium	8,500

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Chesterfield (C, P)	46	31	5	10	106	65	+41	98	Promotion to EFL League Two
2	Barnet	46	26	8	12	91	60	+31	86	Qualification for the National League play-off semi-finals
3	Bromley (O, P)	46	22	15	9	73	49	+24	81
4	Altrincham	46	22	11	13	84	59	+25	77
5	Solihull Moors	46	21	13	12	71	62	+9	76	Qualification for the National League play-off quarter-finals
6	Gateshead	46	22	9	15	88	64	+24	75
7	FC Halifax Town	46	19	14	13	58	50	+8	71	Qualification for the National League play-off quarter-finals
8	Aldershot Town	46	20	9	17	74	83	−9	69
9	Southend United	46	21	12	13	70	45	+25	65
10	Oldham Athletic	46	15	18	13	63	60	+3	63
11	Rochdale	46	16	14	16	69	64	+5	62
12	Hartlepool United	46	17	9	20	70	82	−12	60
13	Eastleigh	46	16	11	19	73	87	−14	59
14	Maidenhead United	46	15	13	18	60	67	−7	58
15	Dagenham & Redbridge	46	14	14	18	69	63	+6	56
16	Wealdstone	46	15	11	20	60	72	−12	56
17	Woking	46	15	10	21	49	55	−6	55
18	AFC Fylde	46	15	10	21	74	82	−8	55
19	Ebbsfleet United	46	14	12	20	59	74	−15	54
20	York City	46	12	17	17	55	69	−14	53
21	Boreham Wood (R)	46	12	16	18	59	73	−14	52	Relegation to National League North/National League South
22	Kidderminster Harriers (R)	46	11	13	22	40	59	−19	46
23	Dorking Wanderers (R)	46	12	9	25	54	85	−31	45
24	Oxford City (R)	46	8	9	29	54	94	−40	33

Source: National League official site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

• While Altrincham originally qualified for the play-off quarter-finals, Gateshead's exclusion meant that Altrincham were awarded a walkover win and progressed directly the semi-finals.
• Gateshead were excluded from the play-offs due to not meeting the Football League's ground ownership requirements.
• Southend United were deducted ten points for failing to pay debt to HMRC.

Play-offs

Main article: 2024 National League play-offs

On 21 April 2024, it was announced that Gateshead would be forced to withdraw from the play-offs after failing to meet the entry criteria for membership of the English Football League, namely failing to attain a 10-year security of tenure for the Gateshead International Stadium.

It was initially announced that as a result of Gateshead's withdrawal, Solihull Moors would receive a bye to the semi-finals. A second statement was later put out by the National League, adjusting the structure of the play-offs to be based on final league positions. This revision meant that Altrincham would automatically advance to the semi-finals to face Bromley, whilst Solihull Moors would face FC Halifax Town in the quarter-finals.

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						2	Barnet	0
	5	Solihull Moors	4			5	Solihull Moors	4
	7	FC Halifax Town	2								5	Solihull Moors	2 (3)
											3	Bromley	2 (4)
						3	Bromley
	4	Altrincham	w/o			4	Altrincham
	6	Gateshead

National League North

Main article: 2023–24 National League North

National League North 2023-24
Season information
Dates	5 August 2023–6 May 2024
Winners	Tamworth
Promoted	Tamworth Boston United
Relegated	Blyth Spartans Banbury United Gloucester City Bishop's Stortford
Season statistics
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,474
Average	(2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Paul Blackett (29)
← 2022–23	2024–25 →

The National League North consists of 24 teams for the second time.

Team changes

To National League North Relegated from 2022–23 National League Scunthorpe United Promoted from 2022–23 Northern Premier League South Shields Warrington Town Promoted from 2022–23 Southern League Tamworth Promoted from 2022–23 Isthmian League Bishop's Stortford

From National League North Promoted to 2023–24 National League AFC Fylde Kidderminster Harriers Relegated to 2023–24 Southern Football League AFC Telford United Kettering Town Leamington

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Tamworth (C, P)	46	29	9	8	74	29	+45	96	Promotion to National League
2	Scunthorpe United	46	26	10	10	84	38	+46	88	Qualification for the National League North play-off semi-finals
3	Brackley Town	46	25	10	11	65	37	+28	85
4	Chorley	46	25	8	13	81	50	+31	83	Qualification for the National League North play-off quarter-finals
5	Alfreton Town	46	23	11	12	76	50	+26	80
6	Boston United (O, P)	46	21	12	13	68	46	+22	75
7	Curzon Ashton	46	21	12	13	62	49	+13	75
8	South Shields	46	22	8	16	79	53	+26	74
9	Spennymoor Town	46	22	8	16	74	62	+12	74
10	Chester	46	18	15	13	58	37	+21	69
11	Hereford	46	20	9	17	62	66	−4	69
12	Scarborough Athletic	46	18	10	18	53	55	−2	64
13	Warrington Town	46	17	13	16	64	60	+4	64
14	Buxton	46	17	11	18	70	63	+7	62
15	Peterborough Sports	46	16	10	20	55	65	−10	58
16	Darlington	46	16	8	22	52	72	−20	56
17	Southport	46	16	8	22	54	75	−21	56
18	King's Lynn Town	46	13	16	17	54	66	−12	55
19	Rushall Olympic	46	15	9	22	61	73	−12	54
20	Farsley Celtic	46	13	14	19	40	59	−19	53
21	Blyth Spartans (R)	46	13	11	22	66	82	−16	50	Relegation to the Northern Premier League
22	Banbury United (R)	46	10	8	28	38	86	−48	38	Relegation to the Southern League
23	Gloucester City (R)	46	9	9	28	49	89	−40	36
24	Bishop's Stortford (R)	46	6	3	37	35	112	−77	21	Relegation to the Isthmian League

Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2024. Source: National League official site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

Main article: 2024 National League play-offs

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						2	Scunthorpe United	0 (4)
	5	Alfreton Town	0 (4)			6	Boston United	0 (5)
	6	Boston United	0 (5)								6	Boston United	2
												Brackley Town	1
						3	Brackley Town	1
	4	Chorley	0 (4)			4	Chorley	0
	7	Curzon Ashton	0 (2)

National League South

Main article: 2023–24 National League South

National League South 2023-24
Season information
Dates	5 August 2023–6 May 2024
Winners	Yeovil Town
Promoted	Yeovil Town Braintree Town
Relegated	Dartford Havant & Waterlooville Dover Athletic Taunton Town
Season statistics
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,566
Average	(2.84 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ollie Pearce (40)
← 2022–23	2024–25 →

The National League South also consists of 24 teams for the first time.

Team changes

To National League South Relegated from 2022–23 National League Torquay United Yeovil Town Maidstone United Promoted from 2022–23 Isthmian League Aveley Promoted from 2022–23 Southern League Premier Division South Weston-super-Mare Truro City

From National League South Promoted to 2023–24 National League Ebbsfleet United Oxford City Relegated to the 2023–24 Isthmian League Dulwich Hamlet Concord Rangers Cheshunt Relegated to the 2023–24 Southern League Hungerford Town

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Yeovil Town (C, P)	46	29	8	9	81	45	+36	95	Promotion to National League
2	Chelmsford City	46	24	12	10	76	43	+33	84	Qualification for the National League South play-off semi-finals
3	Worthing	46	26	6	14	104	72	+32	84
4	Maidstone United	46	24	11	11	72	52	+20	83	Qualification for the National League South play-off quarter-finals
5	Braintree Town (O)	46	23	12	11	64	42	+22	81
6	Bath City	46	20	13	13	69	51	+18	73
7	Aveley	46	21	10	15	68	61	+7	73
8	Farnborough	46	20	12	14	76	67	+9	72
9	Hampton & Richmond Borough	46	20	12	14	61	57	+4	72
10	Slough Town	46	18	14	14	81	69	+12	68
11	St Albans City	46	20	8	18	77	67	+10	68
12	Chippenham Town	46	16	14	16	62	62	0	62
13	Weston-super-Mare	46	17	8	21	66	74	−8	59
14	Tonbridge Angels	46	15	13	18	65	66	−1	58
15	Weymouth	46	13	17	16	57	64	−7	56
16	Truro City	46	15	10	21	58	67	−9	55
17	Welling United	46	12	18	16	56	71	−15	54
18	Torquay United	46	19	7	20	73	76	−3	53
19	Eastbourne Borough	46	14	10	22	53	74	−21	52
20	Hemel Hempstead Town	46	13	11	22	55	71	−16	50
21	Dartford (R)	46	12	10	24	56	75	−19	46	Relegation to the Isthmian League/Southern League
22	Taunton Town (R)	46	10	16	20	44	71	−27	46
23	Havant & Waterlooville (R)	46	10	7	29	52	92	−40	37
24	Dover Athletic (R)	46	4	15	27	40	77	−37	27

Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2024. Source: National League official site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

Main article: 2024 National League play-offs

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						2	Chelmsford City	2
	5	Braintree Town	1			5	Braintree Town	3
	6	Bath City	0								5	Braintree Town	4 (a.e.t.)
											3	Worthing	3
						3	Worthing	2
	4	Maidstone United	2			4	Maidstone United	1
	7	Aveley	1

External links

• Official website
• Official league rules