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)
Biggest home win	St Albans City 6–0 Taunton Town (10 February 2024)
Biggest away win	Bath City 2–6 Weston (15 August 2023) Weymouth 1–5 Bath City (7 November 2023) Eastbourne 0–4 Worthing (1 January 2024) Torquay 0–4 St Albans (3 February 2024) Eastbourne Borough 1–5 Maidstone (29 March 2024) Havant & Waterlooville 1–5 Worthing (29 March 2024) Taunton Town 0–4 Slough Town (11 April 2024)
Highest scoring	Worthing 6–4 Dover Athletic (10 February 2024)
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The 2023–24 National League South season, known as the Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, was 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 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 Football League Weston-super-Mare Truro City

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

Stadia locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Aveley	Aveley	Parkside	3,500
Bath City	Bath (Twerton)	Twerton Park	8,840
Braintree Town	Braintree	Cressing Road	4,085
Chelmsford City	Chelmsford	Melbourne Stadium	3,019
Chippenham Town	Chippenham	Hardenhuish Park	3,000
Dartford	Dartford	Princes Park	4,100
Dover Athletic	Dover	Crabble Athletic Ground	5,745
Eastbourne Borough	Eastbourne	Priory Lane	4,151
Farnborough	Farnborough	Cherrywood Road	7,000
Hampton & Richmond	London (Hampton)	Beveree Stadium	3,500
Havant & Waterlooville	Havant	Westleigh Park	5,300
Hemel Hempstead Town	Hemel Hempstead	Vauxhall Road	3,152
Maidstone United	Maidstone	Gallagher Stadium	4,200
Slough Town	Slough	Arbour Park	2,000
St Albans City	St Albans	Clarence Park	4,500
Taunton Town	Taunton	Wordsworth Drive	2,500
Tonbridge Angels	Tonbridge	Longmead Stadium	3,000
Torquay United	Torquay	Plainmoor	6,500
Truro City	Plymouth	Bolitho Park	3,500
Welling United	London (Welling)	Park View Road	4,000
Weston-super-Mare	Weston-super-Mare	Woodspring Stadium	3,500
Weymouth	Weymouth	Bob Lucas	6,600
Worthing	Worthing	Woodside Road	4,000
Yeovil Town	Yeovil	Huish Park	9,566

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Eastbourne Borough	Danny Bloor	Mutual consent	5 June 2023	Pre-season	Mark Beard	8 June 2023
Welling United	Warren Feeney	Resigned			Danny Bloor	13 June 2023
Havant & Waterlooville	Jamie Collins	Sacked	8 September 2023	24th	Steve King	8 September 2023
	Steve King		1 December 2023		Cliff De Gordon Ross Betteridge Richard Pope (interim)	1 December 2023
Dover Athletic	Mitch Brundle		5 December 2023	23rd	Jake Leberl	5 December 2023
Eastbourne Borough	Mark Beard		1 January 2024	21st	Adam Murray	4 January 2024
Dartford	Alan Dowson		11 January 2024	16th	Tony Burman (interim)	11 January 2024
St Albans City	David Noble	Signed by Wealdstone	26 January 2024	9th	Harry Wheeler (interim)	26 January 2024
Welling United	Danny Bloor	Sacked	28 January 2024	22nd	Rod Stringer	29 January 2024
Torquay United	Gary Johnson	Mutual consent	22 February 2024	11th	Aaron Downes (interim)	22 February 2024
St Albans City	Harry Wheeler	End of interim spell		5th	Jon Meakes
Worthing	Adam Hinshelwood	Signed by York City	27 February 2024	3rd	Aarran Racine (interm)	27 February 2024
Dartford	Tony Burman	End of interim spell	1 March 2024	18th	Adrian Pennock	1 March 2024
Hemel Hempstead Town	Bradley Quinton	Sacked	5 March 2024	15th	Alan Dowson (interim)	7 March 2024
Weymouth	Bobby Wilkinson	Mutual consent	27 March 2024	14th	Jason Matthews (interim)	27 March 2024
	Jason Matthews	End of interim spell	1 April 2024	15th	Mark Molesley	1 April 2024
Hemel Hempstead Town	Alan Dowson	End of interim spell	15 April 2024	18th	Bobby Wilkinson	15 April 2024

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, P)	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

Results table

Home \ Away	AVE	BAT	BRA	CHE	CHI	DAR	DOV	EAS	FAR	HAM	HAV	HEM	MAI	SLO	STA	TAU	TON	TOR	TRU	WEL	WSM	WEY	WOR	YEO
Aveley	—	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–1	2–1	2–0	3–4	3–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	0–2	2–1	4–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	0–3	0–0
Bath City	3–0	—	1–2	2–3	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–2	3–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	4–0	2–6	1–1	0–2	0–1
Braintree Town	1–0	1–1	—	0–3	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–3	1–1	3–1	4–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	4–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	4–1	2–0	0–0	4–0	0–1
Chelmsford City	2–0	3–1	3–0	—	2–2	4–1	3–3	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0
Chippenham Town	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	—	1–4	2–1	4–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–3	0–2	2–1	1–2	3–3	1–2	1–1	0–0	4–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	1–1
Dartford	1–2	3–3	0–2	1–2	0–1	—	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–3	1–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	4–2	0–1	1–2	2–2
Dover Athletic	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	—	1–1	1–3	0–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	2–2	0–2	2–2	0–1	1–3	0–2	1–3
Eastbourne Borough	1–2	1–2	3–1	0–3	3–0	1–1	1–1	—	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–5	3–3	1–2	2–0	0–3	1–4	0–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–4	0–1
Farnborough	3–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	4–0	1–1	—	3–1	2–4	2–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	4–1	0–0	3–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–3	1–3
Hampton & Richmond Borough	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	4–3	1–0	1–0	1–1	—	2–0	2–1	5–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	1–2
Havant & Waterlooville	1–4	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–4	1–2	4–3	1–2	0–1	1–2	—	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–2	0–2	1–3	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–5	4–3
Hemel Hempstead Town	3–4	0–0	0–2	1–4	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–2	—	1–1	2–3	2–3	1–0	2–0	3–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–0
Maidstone United	0–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	5–1	3–1	1–1	—	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	4–0	2–1
Slough Town	2–0	H/W	3–0	0–0	2–2	3–2	1–2	1–1	2–2	3–3	2–1	2–0	2–1	—	2–2	3–0	2–5	1–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–4	0–0
St Albans City	0–1	0–2	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–3	2–1	1–0	4–1	1–2	3–2	3–2	—	6–0	2–3	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–4	1–1
Taunton Town	2–2	0–2	2–1	2–3	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	4–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–4	3–2	—	2–2	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–1
Tonbridge Angels	1–1	3–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	4–1	3–3	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–3	—	4–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–4
Torquay United	2–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	1–0	2–2	3–0	1–0	5–0	3–2	0–1	3–4	0–4	0–3	2–1	—	0–1	5–1	3–3	3–1	0–3	1–3
Truro City	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–4	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–2	1–0	0–2	3–1	3–2	3–1	2–0	1–2	1–2	—	5–2	0–1	0–0	1–4	0–2
Welling United	1–3	0–1	2–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	2–2	2–1	3–2	0–1	0–0	4–3	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	3–2	—	3–1	0–0	4–1	4–1
Weston-super-Mare	1–2	0–1	0–1	0–3	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–3	0–2	4–0	3–1	3–2	2–3	4–2	—	2–3	4–0	2–3
Weymouth	1–1	1–5	0–1	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–4	4–1	4–3	2–3	3–0	3–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–3	—	1–4	H/W
Worthing	1–2	2–2	0–1	2–3	3–1	3–4	6–4	3–0	2–3	2–0	3–0	1–1	5–1	1–1	4–4	1–3	1–0	4–2	2–2	2–0	4–2	2–0	—	1–2
Yeovil Town	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	3–1	2–0	3–2	4–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	4–1	2–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–3	—

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

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
											3	Worthing	3
						3	Worthing	2
	4	Maidstone United	2			4	Maidstone United	1
	7	Aveley	1

Quarter-finals

23 April 2024	Braintree Town	1–0	Bath City	Braintree
19:45 GMT	Blackwell  115'			Stadium: Cressing Road Attendance: 1,047

24 April 2024	Maidstone United	2–1	Aveley	Maidstone
19:45 GMT	Rush  63' Faal  90+2'	Report	Ogunrinde  27'	Stadium: Gallagher Stadium Attendance: 3,080 Referee: Elliot Bell

Semifinals

27 April 2024	Chelmsford City	2–3	Braintree Town	Chelmsford
15:00 BST	Francis  90' Alexander  90+2'		Davies  54' Sears  65' Davis  98'	Stadium: Melbourne Stadium Attendance: 3,017 Referee: Jonathan Maskrey

28 April 2024	Worthing	2–1	Maidstone United	Worthing
15:00 BST	Pearce  24' (pen.), 89'	Report	Bentley  40'	Stadium: Woodside Road Attendance: 2,858 Referee: Oliver Mackey

Final

6 May 2024	Worthing	3–4	Braintree Town	Worthing
15:00 BST	Pearce  36' Spong  53' Cashman  67'	Report	Odusanya  23' Blair  61' Wakefield  65' Lambe  108'	Stadium: Woodside Road Attendance: 2,621 Referee: Ross Martin

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ollie Pearce	Worthing	40
2	Shaun Jeffers	St. Albans City	26
3	Charlie Ruff	Chelmsford City	19
4	Cody Cooke	Bath City	18
5	George Alexander	Chelmsford City Slough Town Dartford	17
	Siju Odelusi	Aveley
7	John Goddard	Slough Town	16
	Matt Rush	Maidstone United Aveley
	Scott Wilson	Bath City
10	Aaron Blair	Braintree Town	15

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Siju Odelusi	Aveley	Taunton Town	4–1	12 August 2023
George Alexander	Slough Town	Weston-super-Mare	0–3	19 August 2023
Zak Emmerson	Eastbourne Borough	St Albans City	2–3	7 October 2023
Mason Bloomfield	Hampton & Richmond Borough	Maidstone United	5–2	11 November 2023
Cody Cooke	Bath City	Aveley	3–0
Jordan Young	Yeovil Town	Farnborough	4–2	14 November 2023
Tristan Abrahams	Welling United	Yeovil Town	4–1	25 November 2023
Ollie Pearce	Worthing	Chippenham Town	3–1	2 December 2023
		Maidstone United	5–1	16 December 2023
Ollie Pearce4		Dover Athletic	6–4	10 February 2024
Shaun Jeffers	St Albans City	Taunton Town	6–0
Ollie Pearce	Worthing	Weymouth	1–4	17 February 2024
Charlee Hughes	Aveley	Hemel Hempstead Town	3–4	29 March 2024
Lamar Reynolds	Maidstone United	Eastbourne Borough	1–5

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	Adam Hinshelwood	Worthing	Scott Wilson	Bath City
September	Rob Dray	Taunton Town	Levi Amantchi	Maidstone United
October	Mark Cooper	Yeovil Town	Ben Seymour	Hampton & Richmond Borough
November	Mel Gwinnett	Hampton & Richmond Borough	John Goddard	Slough Town
December	Paul Wotton	Truro City	Ollie Pearce	Worthing
January	Robbie Simpson	Chelmsford City	Sam Corne	Maidstone United
February	Angelo Harrop	Braintree Town	Ollie Pearce	Worthing
March	Spencer Day	Farnborough	Joe Haigh	Farnborough
April	Aarran Racine	Worthing	Sam Corne	Maidstone United

Annual awards

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Season	Ollie Pearce	Worthing
Manager of the Season	Mark Cooper	Yeovil Town

National League South Team of the Season

Pos.	Player	Club
GK	Jack Sims	Braintree Town
RB	Joe Felix	Worthing
CB	Luke Jenkins	Chelmsford City
CB	Jake Wannell	Yeovil Town
LB	Danny Greenslade	Bath City
CM	Sam Corne	Maidstone United
CM	Matt Worthington	Yeovil Town
CM	Charlie Ruff	Chelmsford City
CF	Ollie Pearce	Worthing
CF	Jordan Young	Yeovil Town
CF	Shaun Jeffers	St Albans City

External links

• Official website
• Official league rules