2023–24 National League North

National League North
2023–24
	National League North; 2023–24
Season information
Dates	5 August 2023–6 May 2024
Winners	Tamworth
Promoted	Tamworth
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)
Biggest home win	Chorley 8–0 Darlington; (14 November 2023)
Biggest away win	Buxton 0–6 Warrington Town; (23 January 2024)
Highest scoring	Gloucester City 3–7 Boston United; (9 March 2024)
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The 2023–24 National League North season, known as the Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, is the ninth season under the title of the National League, the twenty-first season consisting of three divisions, and the forty-fifth season overall.

Team changes[]

To National League North

Relegated from 2022–23 National League

Scunthorpe United

Promoted from 2022–23 Isthmian League

Bishop's Stortford

Promoted from 2022–23 Northern Premier League

Promoted from 2022–23 Southern Football League

From National League North

Promoted to 2023–24 National League

Relegated to the 2023–24 Southern League

Relegated to 2023–24 Northern Premier League

Bradford (Park Avenue)

Stadia and locations[]

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Alfreton Town	Alfreton	North Street	3,600
Banbury United	Banbury	Spencer Stadium	2,000
Bishop's Stortford	Bishop's Stortford	Woodside Park	4,525
Blyth Spartans	Blyth	Croft Park	4,435
Boston United	Boston	Boston Community Stadium	5,000
Brackley Town	Brackley	St. James Park	3,500
Buxton	Buxton	The Silverlands	5,200
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
Gloucester City	Gloucester	Meadow Park	3,600
Hereford	Hereford	Edgar Street	5,213
King's Lynn Town	King's Lynn	The Walks	8,200
Peterborough Sports	Peterborough	Lincoln Road	2,300
Rushall Olympic	Walsall (Rushall)	Dales Lane	2,000
Scarborough Athletic	Scarborough	Flamingo Land Stadium	2,833
Scunthorpe United	Scunthorpe	Glanford Park	9,088
South Shields	South Shields	1st Cloud Arena	3,500
Southport	Southport	Haig Avenue	6,008
Spennymoor Town	Spennymoor	The Brewery Field	6,000
Tamworth	Tamworth	The Lamb Ground	4,565
Warrington Town	Warrington	Cantilever Park	3,500

Managerial changes[]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
South Shields	Kevin Phillips	Mutual consent	22 April 2023	Pre-season	Julio Arca	27 April 2023
Hereford	Yan Klukowski	End of interim spell	29 April 2023		Paul Caddis	1 May 2023
Spennymoor Town	Jason Ainsley	End of interim spell	29 April 2023		Jamie Chandler	18 May 2023
Gloucester City	Steve King	Resigned	9 May 2023		Tim Flowers	19 May 2023
Brackley Town	Gareth Dean	End of interim spell	14 May 2023		Gavin Cowan	16 May 2023
Farsley Celtic	Russ Wilcox	Mutual consent	17 May 2023		Clayton Donaldson	7 June 2023
Banbury United	Andy Whing	Resigned	22 May 2023		Mark Jones	5 June 2023
Southport	Liam Watson	Promoted to Director of Football	17 August 2023	24th	Jim Bentley	29 August 2023
Darlington	Alun Armstrong	Sacked	6 September 2023	24th	Josh Gowling	20 September 2023
Gloucester City	Tim Flowers	Sacked	17 September 2023	23rd	Mike Cook	19 September 2023
Spennymoor Town	Jamie Chandler	Resigned	22 September 2023	4th	Graeme Lee	2 January 2024
King's Lynn Town	Mark Hughes	Sacked	25 September 2023	22nd	Adam Lakeland	28 September 2023
Curzon Ashton	Adam Lakeland	Signed by King's Lynn Town	28 September 2023	7th	Craig Mahon	28 September 2023
Darlington	Josh Gowling	Sacked	26 December 2023	23rd	Steve Watson	31 December 2023
South Shields	Julio Arca		27 December 2023	8th	Elliott Dickman (interim)	27 December 2023
Blyth Spartans	Graham Fenton		28 December 2023	14th	Jon Shaw	29 December 2023
Banbury United	Mark Jones		25 January 2024	20th	Kevin Wilson	30 January 2024

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	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	Relegation to the Southern League
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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results table[]

Home \ Away	ALF	BAN	BIS	BLY	BOS	BRA	BUX	CHE	CHO	CUR	DAR	FAR	GLO	HER	KIN	PET	RUS	SCA	SCU	SPT	SOU	SPE	TAM	WAR
Alfreton Town	—	2–0	3–0	3–0	4–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–3	2–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1
Banbury United	0–0	—	2–2	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–3	1–0	1–4	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–3	1–2	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–3	0–3	0–3	3–0
Bishop's Stortford	0–4	3–1	—	1–3	1–0	1–2	3–1	2–0	1–4	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–4	0–1	0–2	0–2	1–4	0–2	0–5	2–3	2–3	0–1	1–2	1–4
Blyth Spartans	1–3	2–2	3–0	—	2–2	1–5	3–2	2–2	1–1	2–3	1–2	4–0	4–2	2–1	0–1	2–3	1–2	0–1	1–1	3–3	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–2
Boston United	3–1	1–2	3–0	3–1	—	1–2	2–3	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–2	0–2	2–0
Brackley Town	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	—	2–1	3–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	3–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	3–0	2–0
Buxton	1–2	3–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	—	1–4	3–1	1–1	5–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–2	2–1	0–6
Chester	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–2	3–0	3–2	0–1	3–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–0
Chorley	3–2	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–3	1–1	3–2	0–2	—	4–0	8–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–1
Curzon Ashton	2–1	4–1	1–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	0–3	0–1	0–1	—	1–3	0–0	4–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–2	2–0	0–3	0–1	0–3
Darlington	0–2	3–1	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–2	0–3	1–3	—	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	4–0	2–0	2–2	1–2	0–1	1–1
Farsley Celtic	2–3	0–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–4	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	—	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–4	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–2
Gloucester City	3–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	3–7	1–1	0–0	1–6	0–2	3–0	0–1	0–1	—	2–3	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–2	0–5	4–2	1–2	1–3
Hereford	3–3	4–1	1–0	5–2	0–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	3–1	1–0	4–1	1–1	—	2–2	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–5	0–1	0–3	2–1	0–0	2–1
King's Lynn Town	2–1	1–2	3–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–3	0–0	1–0	0–4	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	—	0–1	2–1	3–4	3–1	1–4	3–1	0–1	1–1	0–0
Peterborough Sports	1–1	2–0	4–2	2–2	0–2	0–3	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–4	1–1	—	4–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–4	0–2	1–4	1–3
Rushall Olympic	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–3	1–0	0–2	0–3	1–1	5–0	2–2	3–2	0–2	3–3	0–1	1–2	1–0	—	4–2	0–3	2–3	2–0	4–3	1–2	0–0
Scarborough Athletic	0–1	3–0	5–0	1–0	3–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	—	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–2
Scunthorpe United	1–0	2–0	6–1	5–1	2–2	1–0	0–3	2–2	3–0	0–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	4–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	—	1–0	3–1	6–0	0–1	1–0
Southport	2–3	0–1	4–1	2–3	0–2	3–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	0–3	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–4	0–0	3–0	3–1	0–1	—	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–4
South Shields	3–1	4–0	7–0	1–3	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–4	2–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	—	2–0	1–0	1–1
Spennymoor Town	2–1	5–2	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–3	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	5–1	2–5	—	1–4	2–0
Tamworth	0–1	1–2	3–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	3–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	4–0	3–2	2–0	—	1–1
Warrington Town	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–4	1–3	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	4–0	0–2	0–3	2–2	3–3	0–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2024. Source: National League North Results Grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs[]

Main article:2024 National League play-offs

Quarter-finals			Semi-finals		Final

			2	Scunthorpe United
5	Alfreton Town	0 (4)	6	Boston United
6	Boston United	0 (5)

			3	Brackley Town
4	Chorley
7	Curzon Ashton

Top scorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Paul Blackett	South Shields	30
2	Danny Whitehall	Scunthorpe United	21
3	Danny Newton	Brackley Town	19
4	Jimmy Knowles	Boston United	18
5	Diego De Girolamo	Buxton	16
	Will Harris	Spennymoor Town
	Kelsey Mooney	Boston United
	Jordan Thewlis	Alfreton Town
	Danny Waldron	Rushall Olympic

Hat-tricks[]

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Sam Osborne	Buxton	Darlington	5–0	2 September 2023
Marcus Carver	Southport	King's Lynn Town	1–4	9 September 2023
Sam Mantom	Rushall Olympic	Scarborough Athletic	4–2	23 September 2023
Danny Waldron⁴	Rushall Olympic	Chorley	5–0	21 October 2023
Billy Whitehouse	Chorley	Darlington	8–0	14 November 2023
Paul Blackett	South Shields	Spennymoor Town	2–5	14 November 2023
Aiden Rutledge	Scarborough Athletic	Rushall Olympic	3–1	16 December 2023
Connor Hall	Brackley Town	Banbury United	3–1	1 January 2024
Harry Green	Scarborough Athletic	Hereford	3–0	6 January 2024
Isaac Buckley-Ricketts	Warrington Town	Buxton	0–6	23 January 2024
Jason Cowley	Hereford	Blyth Spartans	5–2	3 February 2024
Kelsey Mooney⁴	Boston United	Gloucester City	3–7	9 March 2024
Jimmy Knowles	Boston United	Gloucester City	3–7
Danny Whitehall	Scunthorpe United	Bishop's Stortford	0–5
Kelsey Mooney	Boston United	Farsley Celtic	3–0	16 March 2024
Jimmy Knowles	Boston United	Chorley	0–3	23 March 2024
Stefan Mols	Curzon Ashton	Blyth Spartans	2–3	29 March 2024
Paul Blackett	South Shields	Bishop's Stortford	7–0	6 April 2024

Monthly awards[]

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

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
August	Jimmy Dean	Scunthorpe United	Will Hayhurst	Curzon Ashton
September	Andy Peaks	Tamworth	Marcus Carver	Southport
October	Calum McIntyre	Chester	Jacob Butterfield	Scunthorpe United
November	Jim Bentley	Southport	Isaac Sinclair	Curzon Ashton
December	Andy Preece	Chorley	Kyle Finn	Tamworth
January	Andy Peaks	Tamworth	Liam Waldock	Alfreton Town
February	Graeme Lee	Spennymoor Town	Dan Jarvis	Peterborough Sports
March	Graeme Lee	Spennymoor Town	Jack Hazlehurst	Chorley

External links[]

National League North 2024–25
Alfreton Town · Brackley Town · Buxton · Chester · Chorley · Curzon Ashton · Darlington · Farsley Celtic · Hereford · Kidderminster Harriers · King's Lynn Town · Leamington · Marine · Needham Market · Oxford City · Peterborough Sports · Radcliffe · Rushall Olympic · Scarborough Athletic · Scunthorpe United · Southport · South Shields · Spennymoor Town · Warrington Town

National League North stadiums 2021-22
Aggborough Stadium · Blackwell Meadows · Boston Community Stadium · Croft Park · Deva Stadium · Edgar Street · Gateshead International Stadium · Haig Avenue · Horsfall Stadium · Latimer Park · Meadow Park · Mill Farm · Nethermoor Park · New Bucks Head · New Windmill Ground · North Street · St. James Park · Tameside Stadium · The Brewery Field · The Citadel · Victory Park · York Community Stadium

Current National League North managers
Bentley (AFC Fylde) · Cowan (AFC Telford United) · Heath (Alfreton Town) · Nelson (Blyth Spartans) · Elliott (Boston United) · Wilkin (Brackley Town) · Bower (Bradford Park Avenue) · Johnson & Morley (Chester) · Vermiglio (Chorley) · Cunningham (Curzon Ashton) · Armstrong (Darlington) · Lakeland (Farsley Celtic) · Williamson (Gateshead) · Rowe (Gloucester City) · Bignot & O'Neil (Guiseley) · Gowling (Hereford) · Cox (Kettering Town) · Penn (Kidderminster Harriers) · Holleran (Leamington) · L. Watson (Southport) · Ainsley (Spennymoor Town) · S. Watson (York City)

National League North seasons
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National League North play-offs
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Season information
National League North 2023–24

Dates	5 August 2023–6 May 2024
Winners	Tamworth
Promoted	Tamworth
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)

Biggest home win	Chorley 8–0 Darlington (14 November 2023)

Biggest away win	Buxton 0–6 Warrington Town (23 January 2024)

Highest scoring	Gloucester City 3–7 Boston United (9 March 2024)


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