National League 2019-20

National League 2019-20
Season information
Winners	Barrow (National League) Kings Lynn Town (North) Wealdstone (South)
Promoted	Barrow (National League) Kings Lynn Town (North) Wealdstone (South)
Relegated	Chorley (National League)
Season statistics
← 2018–19	2020–21 →

The 2019–20 National League season, known as the Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, is the fifth season under English football's new title of National League, sixteenth season consisting of three divisions and the fiftieth season overall.

The National League covers the top two levels of non-League football in England. The National League is the fifth highest level of the overall pyramid, while the National League North and National League South exist at the sixth level. The top team and the winner of the play-off of the Premier division will be promoted to English Football League Two, while the bottom four are relegated to the North or South divisions. The champions of the North and South divisions will be promoted to the Premier division, alongside the play-off winners from each division. The bottom four in each of the North and South divisions are relegated to the premier divisions of the Northern Premier League, Southern Football League (Central or Eastern) or Isthmian League.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the National League season was initially suspended on 16 March 2020 until at least 3 April 2020. On 31 March 2020, this suspension was extended indefinitely until further notice. On 22 April 2020, clubs voted to end the season, with promotions and relegations still "under careful consideration". Due to the knock-on effects of Bury F.C.'s expulsion from EFL League One at the start of the season, it had already been assumed prior to the pandemic that no more than one club instead of the usual two was to be relegated from the English Football League, and that no more than three clubs instead of the usual four were to be relegated from the National division. The cumulative effect that the early termination of the season and Bury's expulsion from the EFL will have on the composition of the National League's three divisions remains to be determined.

On 17 June 2020 Barrow, Wealdstone and King's Lynn Town were elected champions of their respective divisions after National League clubs voted to decide the final tables on a points-per-game basis. Barrow were therefore promoted to EFL League Two, with Wealdstone and King's Lynn Town promoted to the National League. Promotion play-offs will be held in all 3 divisions to decide the additional promotion places, with dates yet to be confirmed. Clubs are expected to conduct and fund a COVID-19 prevention and testing process, and will be allowed to decline their place in the competition without penalty should they be unable to fulfil this requirement.

National League

Main article: National League (division) 2019–20

National League 2019-20
Season information
Season statistics
← 2018–19	2020–21 →

The National League consists of 24 clubs.

Promotion and relegation

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

Team changes

To National League Promoted from National League North Salford City Harrogate Town Promoted from National League South Havant & Waterlooville Braintree Town Relegated from League Two Chesterfield Barnet

From National League Promoted to League Two Macclesfield Town Tranmere Rovers Relegated to National League North Chester Guiseley Relegated to National League South Torquay United Woking

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Barnet	London (Edgware)	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	4,500
Fylde	Wesham	Mill Farm	6,000
Halifax Town	Halifax	The Shay	14,061
Gateshead (suspended)1	Gateshead	Gateshead International Stadium	11,800
Harrogate Town	Harrogate	Wetherby Road	5,000
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

• ¹ Gateshead are currently suspended from the National League for breaches of financial regulations. The re-formatting of the league in their absence is not yet confirmed.

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager1	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt Sponsor
Barnet	Darren Currie	Callum Reynolds	Jako	Canon
Barrow	Ian Evatt	Josh Granite	Joma	JF Hornby & Co.
Boreham Wood	Luke Garrard	Mark Ricketts	Erreà	Barnet and Southgate College
Bromley	Neil Smith	Jack Holland	Macron	Southwark Metals
Chesterfield	John Sheridan	Jonathan Smith	Puma	Technique Learning Solutions
Chorley	Jamie Vermiglio	Andrew Teague	Chorley Sport	Cruise 118
Dagenham & Redbridge	Peter Taylor	Ben Nunn	Sondico	West & Co
Dover Athletic	Andy Hessenthaler	Mitch Brundle	BLK	Gomez
Eastleigh	Ben Strevens	Danny Hollands	Macron	Utilita
Ebbsfleet United	Garry Hill	Dave Winfield	Macron]]	Mitsubishi Electric
Fylde	Dave Challinor	Lewis Montrose	Kappa	VetPlus
Gateshead (suspended)1	Dave Dickson	Robbie Tinkler	Sondico	Sevcon
Halifax Town	Jamie Fullarton	Matty Brown	Adidas	Northern Powerhouse Developments (Home) Pennine Pneumatic Services Ltd (Away) Architectural Cladding Products Limited (Third)
Hartlepool United	Craig Hignett	Ryan Donaldson	O'Neills	Utility Alliance Limited
Maidenhead United	Alan Devonshire	Alan Massey	BLK	Utility Alliance Limited
Notts County	Neal Ardley	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant
Solihull Moors	Tim Flowers	Kyle Storer	Surridge	John Shepherd Estate Agents
Stockport County	Jim Gannon	Paul Turnbull	Joma	Pioneer Group
Sutton United	Matt Gray	Jamie Collins	Joma	Angel Plastics
Torquay United	Gary Johnson	Asa Hall	Nike	Carpet King
Woking	Alan Dowson	Josh Casey	Kappa	Abstract Plans
Wrexham	Bryan Hughes	Shaun Pearson	Macron	Ifor Williams Trailers
Yeovil Town	Vacant	Omar Sowunmi	TAG	Jones Building Group

• ¹ Gateshead are currently suspended from the National League for breaches of financial regulations. The re-formatting of the league in their absence is not yet confirmed.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Gateshead	Ben Clarke	Sacked	30 April 2019	Pre-season	Dave Dickson	19 May 2019
Yeovil Town	Neale Marmon	End of Interim Contract	4 May 2019

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

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

National League North

Main article: National League North 2019–20

National League North 2019-20
Season information
Season statistics
← 2018–19	2020–21 →

The National League North will consist of 22 teams for the last time.

Team changes

To National League North Promoted from Northern Premier League Premier Division Farsley Celtic Promoted from Southern League Premier Division Central Kettering Town King's Lynn Town Transferred from National League South Gloucester City Oxford City

From National League North Promoted to National League Stockport County Chorley Relegated to Northern Premier League Premier Division Ashton United F.C. United of Manchester Relegated to Southern League Premier Division Central Nuneaton Borough

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Telford United	Telford	New Bucks Head	6,300
Alfreton Town	Alfreton	North Street	3,600
Altrincham	Altrincham	Moss Lane	6,085
Blyth Spartans	Blyth	Croft Park	4,435
Boston United	Boston	York Street	6,643
Brackley Town	Brackley	St. James Park	3,500
Bradford (Park Avenue)	Bradford	Horsfall Stadium	3,500
Chester	Chester	Deva Stadium	6,500
Curzon Ashton	Ashton-under-Lyne	Tameside Stadium	4,000
Darlington	Darlington	Blackwell Meadows	3,300
Farsley Celtic	Farsley	Throstle Nest	3,900
Gloucester City	Evesham	Jubilee Stadium (groundshare with Evesham United)	3,000
Guiseley	Guiseley	Nethermoor Park	4,200
Hereford	Hereford	Edgar Street	4,913
Kettering Town	Kettering	Latimer Park (groundshare with Burton Park Wanderers)	2,400
Kidderminster Harriers	Kidderminster	Aggborough	6,238
King's Lynn Town	King's Lynn	The Walks	5,733
Leamington	Leamington	New Windmill Ground	2,300
Oxford City	Oxford (Marston)	Court Place Farm	2,000
Southport	Southport	Haig Avenue	6,008
Spennymoor Town	Spennymoor	The Brewery Field	6,000
York City	York	Bootham Crescent	8,256

League table

2019–20 National North League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	King's Lynn Town  (C) (P)	32	19	7	6	63	39	+24	64	Promotion to the National League
2	York City	34	19	9	6	52	28	+24	66	Qualification to the National League North play-offs
3	Boston United	32	17	7	8	46	32	+14	58
4	Brackley Town	34	16	12	6	61	25	+36	60	Qualification to the National League North play-off qualifying round
5	Altrincham  (P) (O)	33	16	9	8	62	40	+22	57
6	Chester	32	15	9	8	58	38	+20	54
7	Gateshead	31	14	10	7	47	31	+16	52
8	Spennymoor Town	34	15	10	9	63	45	+18	55
9	Guiseley	33	14	8	11	52	41	+11	50
10	Darlington 1883	33	14	6	13	43	50	−7	48
11	Farsley Celtic	34	14	6	14	50	45	+5	48
12	Southport	32	12	7	13	40	41	−1	43
13	Alfreton Town	32	12	4	16	48	55	−7	40
14	A.F.C. Telford United	34	11	9	14	51	56	−5	42
15	Kidderminster Harriers	33	10	8	15	39	43	−4	38
16	Hereford	35	9	12	14	39	56	−17	39
17	Gloucester City	30	9	6	15	39	57	−18	33
18	Leamington	32	9	8	15	39	51	−12	35
19	Kettering Town	31	7	11	13	36	46	−10	32
20	Curzon Ashton	33	8	10	15	34	42	−8	34
21	Blyth Spartans	33	6	5	22	32	78	−46	23
22	Bradford Park Avenue	33	5	5	23	25	80	−55	20

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

Play-offs

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						2	York City	0
	5	Altrincham	3			5	Altrincham	2
	6	Chester	2								3	Boston United	0
											5	Altrincham	1
						3	Boston United	5
	4	Brackley Town	1 (6)			7	Gateshead	3
	7	Gateshead	1 (7)

Quarter-finals

19 July 2020 (2020-07-19)	Altrincham	3–2	Chester	Altrincham
13:30	Hancock  34' Durrell  53' (pen.), 59'	Report	Glendon  63' Hughes  80'	Stadium: The J. Davidson Stadium Attendance: 0

19 July 2020 (2020-07-19)	Brackley Town	1–1 (6–7 pen)	Gateshead	Brackley
16:00	Byrne  45+6'	Report	Southern-Cooper  45+4'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 0
		Penalties
	Byrne Walker Maye Armson Daire Smith Lowe Myles		Pattison Deverdics Nicholson Olley Blackett Preston Southern-Cooper Forbes

Semi-finals

25 July 2020	York City	0–2	Altrincham	York
15:00		Report	Hancock  8' Peers  77'	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 0

25 July 2020	Boston United	5–3	Gateshead	Boston
17:30	Thewlis  35' (pen.), 44' (pen.) Rollins  62' Wright  71', 79'	Report	O'Donnell  20' Nicholson  51' (pen.) Forbes  85'	Stadium: York Street Attendance: 0

Final

1 August 2020 (2020-08-01)	Boston United	0–1	Altrincham	Boston
15:00			Mooney  64'	Stadium: York Street Attendance: 0

National League South

Main article: National League South 2019–20

National League South 2019-20
Season information
Season statistics
← 2018–19	2020–21 →

The National League South will consist of 22 clubs for the last time.

Team changes

To National League South Promoted from Isthmian League Premier Division Dorking Wanderers Tonbridge Angels Promoted from Southern League Premier Division South Weymouth Relegated from National League Aldershot Town Braintree Town Havant & Waterlooville Maidstone United

From National League South Promoted to National League Torquay United Woking Relegated to Isthmian League Premier Division East Thurrock United Relegated to Southern League Premier Division South Truro City Weston-super-Mare Transferred to National League North Gloucester City Oxford City

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Aldershot Town	Aldershot	Recreation Ground	7,200
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	2,000
Dulwich Hamlet	London (East Dulwich)	Champion Hill	3,000
Eastbourne Borough	Eastbourne	Priory Lane	4,151
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
Slough Town	Slough	Arbour Park	2,000
St Albans City	St Albans	Clarence Park	4,500
Tonbridge Angels	Tonbridge	Longmead Stadium	3,000
Wealdstone	London (Ruislip)	Grosvenor Vale	3,607
Welling United	London (Welling)	Park View Road	4,000
Weymouth	Weymouth	Bob Lucas Stadium	6,600

League table

2019–20 National South League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Wealdstone  (C) (P)	33	22	4	7	69	35	+34	70	Promotion to the National League
2	Havant & Waterlooville	34	19	10	5	64	37	+27	67	Qualification to the National League South play-offs
3	Weymouth  (P) (O)	35	17	12	6	60	35	+25	63
4	Bath City	35	18	9	8	50	37	+13	63	Qualification for the National League South play-off qualifying round
5	Slough Town	35	17	9	9	51	38	+13	60
6	Dartford	34	16	8	10	60	46	+14	56
7	Dorking Wanderers	35	14	8	13	58	56	+2	50
8	Hampton & Richmond Borough	33	14	5	14	51	50	+1	47
9	Maidstone United	33	12	9	12	48	44	+4	45
10	Chelmsford City	34	11	11	12	55	56	−1	44
11	Hemel Hempstead Town	34	12	8	14	36	43	−7	44
12	Welling United	34	12	6	16	38	46	−8	42
13	Oxford City	34	11	9	14	47	60	−13	42
14	Chippenham Town	35	10	12	13	39	45	−6	42
15	Tonbridge Angels	31	9	9	13	46	54	−8	36
16	Concord Rangers	32	10	7	15	44	48	−4	37
17	Billericay Town	32	8	13	11	46	55	−9	37
18	Eastbourne Borough	33	8	14	11	38	54	−16	38
19	Dulwich Hamlet	35	9	10	16	51	50	+1	37
20	St Albans City	35	9	10	16	41	54	−13	37
21	Braintree Town	35	10	5	20	44	67	−23	35
22	Hungerford Town	33	8	4	21	38	64	−26	28

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

Play-offs

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						2	Havant & Waterlooville	1
	5	Slough Town	0			6	Dartford	2
	6	Dartford	3								3	Weymouth	0 (p)
											6	Dartford	0
						3	Weymouth	3
	4	Bath City	1			7	Dorking Wanderers	2
	7	Dorking Wanderers	2

Quarter-final

19 July 2020 (2020-07-19)	Slough Town	0–3	Dartford	Slough
13:30		Report	Sheringham  47', 56' Wanadio  85'	Stadium: Arbour Park Attendance: 0

19 July 2020 (2020-07-19)	Bath City	1–2	Dorking Wanderers	Bath
16:00	Brunt  80'	Report	McShane  6' Prior  41'	Stadium: Twerton Park Attendance: 0

Semi-finals

25 July 2020 (2020-07-25)	Havant & Waterlooville	1–2	Dartford	Havant
15:00	Ayunga  14'	Report	McQueen  56', 65'	Stadium: West Leigh Park Attendance: 0

25 July 2020 (2020-07-25)	Weymouth	3–2	Dorking Wanderers	Weymouth
17:30	McQuoid  3' (pen.) Anthony  11' Odubade  90+5'	Report	McShane  73' Buchanan  85'	Stadium: Bob Lucas Stadium Attendance: 0

Final

1 August 2020 (2020-08-01)	Weymouth	0–0 (3–0 pen)	Dartford	Weymouth
15:00		Report		Stadium: Bob Lucas Stadium Attendance: 0
		Penalties
	Whelan McCarthy Anthony		Jebb McQueen Husin