2017–18 National League

The 2017–18 National League season, known as the Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, is the third season under English football's new title of National League, fourteenth season consisting of three divisions and the thirty-ninth season overall.[1]

For the professional baseball league, see National League.

National League (English football)

Season	2017–18
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

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 three in each of the North and South divisions are relegated to the premier divisions of the Northern Premier League, Isthmian League or Southern League.

This is the first season to include six teams in the play-offs for each division, with the 4th-7th placed teams participating in the qualifying round and the 2nd and 3rd placed teams qualifying for the semi-finals.[2]

National League

National League

Season	2017–18
Champions	Macclesfield Town
Promoted	Macclesfield Town Tranmere Rovers
Relegated	Chester Guiseley Torquay United Woking
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The National League consisted of 24 clubs.

Promotion and Relegation

The following teams changed divisions after the 2016–17 season:

AFC Fylde were the first team to be promoted after a 3–0 win against Boston United F.C. on 22 April 2017 clinched them the National League North title. Maidenhead United were promoted on 29 April 2017 after a 3–0 win over Margate, competing in the top tier of non-league for the first time. Ebbsfleet United were promoted on 13 May 2017 after beating Chelmsford City 2–1 in the National League South Playoff Final, returning to the league after a four-year absence. On the same day, Halifax Town were also promoted after beating Chorley 2–1 in the National League North playoff final, securing them an immediate return to the league.

Leyton Orient were relegated from League Two on 22 April 2017 after their 3–0 loss to Crewe Alexandra ending their 112-year stay in the English Football League. On 6 May 2017, despite a 2–1 victory over Doncaster Rovers on the same day, Hartlepool United became the second team to be relegated from League Two following Newport County's 2–1 victory over Notts County, ending their 96-year stay in the EFL.

The six teams replace Lincoln City, Forest Green Rovers, York City, Braintree Town, Southport and North Ferriby United. Lincoln City were promoted to League Two after beating Macclesfield Town 2–1 on 22 April 2017.[3] Forest Green Rovers were promoted after beating Tranmere Rovers 3–1 in the 2016–17 National League Playoff Final on 14 May 2017. They were the league's longest serving club, completing nineteen seasons in the top-flight. This is a mantle that has now been passed to Wrexham, who enter their tenth season in the league.

After seven years in the National League and surviving relegation battles over several seasons, Southport were unable to escape the drop and they were the first team to be relegated on 21 April 2017 after a 3–0 loss to Dover Athletic. After just one season in the National League, North Ferriby United were relegated three days later after a 3–1 defeat at Barrow. On the final day of the season, Braintree Town were relegated after losing 2–0 to Aldershot, ending their six-year stay in the league, which also confirmed the club's first relegation in their history. York City's 2–2 draw against Forest Green Rovers was also not enough to save them after Guiseley's last minute equalizer against Solihull Moors confirmed back to back relegations for the Yorkshire club.

Team changes

To National League Promoted from National League North AFC Fylde Halifax Town Promoted from National League South Maidenhead United Ebbsfleet United Relegated from League Two Hartlepool United Leyton Orient

From National League Relegated to National League North York City Southport North Ferriby United Relegated to National League South Braintree Town Promoted to League Two Lincoln City Forest Green Rovers

Stadia and locations

London

AFC Fylde

Aldershot

Barrow

Boreham Wood

Chester

Dover

Eastleigh

Ebbsfleet

Gateshead

Guiseley

Halifax

Hartlepool

Macclesfield

Maidenhead

Maidstone

Solihull Moors

Torquay

Woking

Tranmere

Wrexham

London teams
Bromley
Dagenham & Redbridge
Leyton Orient
Sutton United

Locations of the 2017–18 National League teams

Bromley

Dagenham &  Redbridge

Leyton Orient

Sutton

Locations of the 2017–18 National League clubs (Greater London clubs)

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Fylde	Wesham	Mill Farm	6,000
Aldershot Town	Aldershot	Recreation Ground	7,200
Barrow	Barrow-in-Furness	Holker Street	5,045
Boreham Wood	Borehamwood	Meadow Park	4,502
Bromley	London (Bromley)	Hayes Lane	5,300
Chester	Chester	Deva Stadium	6,500
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
Halifax Town	Halifax	The Shay	14,061
Gateshead	Gateshead	Gateshead International Stadium	11,800
Guiseley	Guiseley	Nethermoor Park	4,200
Hartlepool United	Hartlepool	Victoria Park	7,856
Leyton Orient	London (Leyton)	Brisbane Road	9,271
Macclesfield Town	Macclesfield	Moss Rose	6,355
Maidenhead United	Maidenhead	York Road	3,377
Maidstone United	Maidstone	Gallagher Stadium	4,200
Solihull Moors	Solihull	Damson Park	4,313
Sutton United	London (Sutton)	Gander Green Lane	5,013
Torquay United	Torquay	Plainmoor	6,200
Tranmere Rovers	Birkenhead	Prenton Park	16,789
Woking	Woking	Kingfield Stadium	6,036
Wrexham	Wrexham	Racecourse Ground	10,771

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Macclesfield Town (C)	46	27	11	8	67	46	+21	92	Promoted to EFL League Two
2	Tranmere Rovers (P, O)	46	24	10	12	78	46	+32	82	Qualified for the National League play-off semi-finals
3	Sutton United	46	23	10	13	67	53	+14	79
4	Boreham Wood	46	20	15	11	64	47	+17	75	Qualified for the National League play-off qualifying round
5	Aldershot Town	46	20	15	11	64	52	+12	75
6	Ebbsfleet United	46	19	17	10	64	50	+14	74
7	AFC Fylde	46	20	13	13	82	56	+26	73
8	Dover Athletic	46	20	13	13	62	44	+18	73
9	Bromley	46	19	13	14	75	58	+17	70
10	Wrexham	46	17	19	10	49	39	+10	70
11	Dagenham & Redbridge	46	19	11	16	69	62	+7	68
12	Maidenhead United	46	17	13	16	65	66	−1	64
13	Leyton Orient	46	16	12	18	58	56	+2	60
14	Eastleigh	46	13	17	16	65	72	−7	56
15	Hartlepool United	46	14	14	18	53	63	−10	56
16	Halifax Town	46	13	16	17	48	58	−10	55
17	Gateshead	46	12	18	16	62	58	+4	54
18	Solihull Moors	46	14	12	20	49	60	−11	54
19	Maidstone United	46	13	15	18	52	64	−12	54
20	Barrow	46	11	16	19	51	63	−12	49
21	Woking (R)	46	13	9	24	55	76	−21	48	Relegated to National League South
22	Torquay United (R)	46	10	12	24	45	73	−28	42
23	Chester (R)	46	8	13	25	42	79	−37	37	Relegated to National League North
24	Guiseley (R)	46	7	12	27	44	89	−45	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 [4]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Play-offs

	Qualifying round					Semi-finals					Final
						2	Tranmere Rovers	4
	5	Aldershot Town	1 (4)			6	Ebbsfleet United	2
	6	Ebbsfleet United	1 (5)								2	Tranmere Rovers	2
											4	Boreham Wood	1
						3	Sutton United	2
	4	Boreham Wood	2			4	Boreham Wood	3
	7	AFC Fylde	1

Qualifying round

Aldershot Town v Ebbsfleet United

2 May 2018	Aldershot Town	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Ebbsfleet United	Recreation Ground, Aldershot
19:00	Kabamba  106'	Report	Winfield  119'	Attendance: 3,319 Referee: Allan Young
	Penalties
	Reynolds Rowe Rendell Kinsella Robert Oyeleke Ward		Weston McCoy Powell Wabo Kedwell Connors Rance

Boreham Wood v AFC Fylde

3 May 2018	Boreham Wood	2–1	AFC Fylde	Meadow Park, Borehamwood
19:00	Turley  5' Andrade  17'	Report	Grand  30'	Attendance: 1,244 Referee: Joseph Johnson

Semi-finals

Tranmere Rovers v Ebbsfleet United

5 May 2018	Tranmere Rovers	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Ebbsfleet United	Prenton Park, Birkenhead
12:15	Norwood  33' Ginnelly  56' Norwood  102' Cole  112'		Coulson  16' Weston  51'	Attendance: 8,898 Referee: P Wright

Sutton United v Boreham Wood

6 May 2018	Sutton United	2–3	Boreham Wood	Gander Green Lane, Sutton
15:00	Bolarinwa  82' Lafayette  90+2'		Balanta  42' Lafayette  53' (o.g.) Folivi  88'	Attendance: 2,730 Referee: Matt Donohue

Final

Main article: 2018 National League play-off Final

12 May 2018 (2018-05-12)

15:00

Boreham Wood	1–2	Tranmere Rovers
Andrade  45+8'	Report	Cook  6' Norwood  80'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 16,306

Results table

Home \ Away	FYL	ALD	BRW	BOR	BRO	CHR	D&R	DOV	EAS	EBB	GAT	GUI	HAL	HAR	LEY	MAC	MDH	MDS	SOL	SUT	TOR	TRA	WOK	WRE
AFC Fylde		7–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	3–3	0–1	6–0	1–4	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	5–2	1–2	2–0
Aldershot Town	2–1		1–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–0	1–0	6–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	3–2	2–1	3–1	2–0
Barrow	1–3	3–1		2–1	0–3	1–2	0–1	0–0	3–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–1
Boreham Wood	1–0	2–1	0–0		2–2	4–2	1–2	2–3	1–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	4–1	0–4	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–1
Bromley	0–1	0–2	0–0	3–2		1–1	3–1	2–2	0–0	4–2	0–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	6–1	1–1	2–3	2–2	1–0	0–1	3–1	0–1	2–0	1–1
Chester	1–1	0–0	3–2	1–2	3–2		0–4	0–2	3–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–0	2–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–1
Dagenham & Redbridge	2–0	0–2	2–1	2–3	5–1	3–2		1–0	1–2	3–3	3–1	3–2	3–1	4–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–3	1–2	1–0	0–4	1–1	0–1
Dover Athletic	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–2	4–0	1–0		2–0	1–1	3–2	2–1	0–0	4–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–0
Eastleigh	2–2	0–0	0–2	0–2	4–4	2–2	2–2	2–1		0–1	3–2	4–2	0–0	4–3	0–0	0–2	2–2	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1
Ebbsfleet United	3–3	0–2	3–2	0–3	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–2		0–0	4–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	3–0
Gateshead	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	3–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–5		1–0	0–0	2–2	1–3	3–0	7–1	2–1	2–2	0–2	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–0
Guiseley	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–5	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–1		1–1	0–1	1–3	1–2	1–3	0–0	4–2	0–2	3–2	0–0	1–2	0–2
F.C. Halifax Town	2–1	0–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	4–0	2–1	1–2	3–3	1–2	2–2	2–0		2–0	1–2	1–4	3–2	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–0
Hartlepool United	0–2	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–2	0–1	4–0		1–0	1–2	1–2	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–2
Leyton Orient	1–2	2–3	4–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–1	0–3	1–2		0–1	0–1	2–0	3–1	4–1	0–1	1–1	3–0	1–0
Macclesfield Town	2–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1		1–0	1–4	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–3	4–1
Maidenhead United	1–2	3–3	0–1	2–1	5–2	3–0	1–1	3–2	3–1	1–1	0–3	3–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–1		0–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–2
Maidstone United	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–4	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–2	2–3	1–2	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–1		1–1	1–0	1–0	2–3	3–1	2–1
Solihull Moors	0–4	0–0	3–3	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	3–2	1–4	1–3	1–1	3–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–0		0–2	1–1	0–2	3–0	0–0
Sutton United	2–1	2–1	3–2	1–1	0–3	3–2	2–1	2–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	4–0	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–2	1–3	1–0		0–1	1–3	2–0	1–1
Torquay United	1–3	0–0	3–1	2–4	0–4	1–1	0–3	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	3–4	1–0	0–2	3–0	0–1	4–0	0–1	1–2	2–3		0–0	2–1	0–0
Tranmere Rovers	4–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	3–1	3–0	4–2	4–0	4–2	1–2	2–1	1–4	3–2	4–0	1–2	0–1	3–0		3–1	0–1
Woking	1–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–3	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–3	1–1	4–4	2–1	2–0	4–1	0–1		2–2
Wrexham	0–0	2–2	3–3	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2018. Source: The Vanarama National League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of matches played 14 April 2018[5]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Andy Cook	Tranmere Rovers	24
	Danny Rowe	AFC Fylde
3	Macauley Bonne	Leyton Orient	22
4	Bruno Andrade	Boreham Wood	19
	James Norwood	Tranmere Rovers
6	Josh Rees	Bromley	16
7	Ryan Bird	Dover Athletic	15
	Danny Kedwell	Ebbsfleet United
8	Louis Dennis	Bromley	13
	Chris Holroyd	Wrexham

Monthly Awards

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

Month	Player of the Month	Club	Manager of the Month	Club
August 2017	Nathan Vaughan[6]	Solihull Moors	John Still[6]	Dagenham & Redbridge
September 2017	Scott Wilson[7]	Macclesfield Town	Jay Saunders[7]	Maidstone United
October 2017	Josh Rees[8]	Bromley	Craig Harrison[8]	Hartlepool United
November 2017	Danny Rowe[9]	AFC Fylde	Luke Garrard[9]	Boreham Wood
December 2017	Connor Jennings[10]	Tranmere Rovers	John Askey[10]	Macclesfield Town
January 2018	Sam Wood[11]	Eastleigh	Mark Yates[11]	Solihull Moors
February 2018	Elliott Durrell[12]	Macclesfield Town	Daryl McMahon[12]	Ebbsfleet United
March 2018	Mitch Walker[13]	Dover Athletic	Matthew Bates[13]	Hartlepool United
April 2018	Andy Cook[14]	Tranmere Rovers	Alan Devonshire[15]	Maidstone United

Team of the Season

At the end of the season, the National League announced its official team of the season.[16]

Position	Player	Club
Goalkeeper	Shwan Jalal	Macclesfield Town
Defender	Shaun Pearson	Wrexham
Defender	Steve McNulty	Tranmere Rovers
Defender	Manny Smith	Wrexham
Midfielder	Elliott Durrell	Macclesfield Town
Midfielder	Danny Whitaker	Macclesfield Town
Midfielder	Craig Eastmond	Sutton United
Midfielder	Louis Dennis	Bromley
Forward	Andy Cook	Tranmere Rovers
Forward	Danny Rowe	AFC Fylde
Forward	Bruno Andrade	Boreham Wood

National League North

National League North

Season	2017–18
Champions	Salford City
Promoted	Salford City Harrogate Town
Relegated	North Ferriby United Gainsborough Trinity Tamworth
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Team changes

To National League North Promoted from Northern Premier League Premier Division Blyth Spartans Spennymoor Town Promoted from Southern Football League Premier Division Leamington Relegated from National League York City Southport North Ferriby United

From National League North Relegated to Northern Premier League Premier Division Altrincham Stalybridge Celtic Relegated and voluntarily demoted to Midland Football League Premier Division Worcester City Transferred to National League South Gloucester City Promoted to National League AFC Fylde Halifax Town

Stadia and locations

Greater Manchester

Telford

Alfreton

Blyth

Boston

Brackley

Bradford PA

Chorley

Darlington

Gainsborough

Harrogate

Kidderminster

Leamington

North Ferriby

Nuneaton

Southport

Spennymoor

Tamworth

York

Greater Manchester teams
Curzon Ashton
F.C. United
Salford City
Stockport County

Locations of the National League North 2017–18 teams (see Greater Manchester map for more detail for these clubs)

Curzon Ashton

F.C. United

Salford

Stockport

Locations of the Greater Manchester clubs in 2017–18 National League North

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Alfreton Town	Alfreton	North Street	3,600
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
Chorley	Chorley	Victory Park	4,100
Curzon Ashton	Ashton-under-Lyne	Tameside Stadium	4,000
Darlington	Darlington	Blackwell Meadows	3,300
F.C. United of Manchester	Manchester	Broadhurst Park	4,400
Gainsborough Trinity	Gainsborough	The Northolme	4,304
Harrogate Town	Harrogate	Wetherby Road	3,800
Kidderminster Harriers	Kidderminster	Aggborough	6,238
Leamington	Leamington	New Windmill Ground	3,000
North Ferriby United	North Ferriby	Grange Lane	2,200
Nuneaton Town	Nuneaton	Liberty Way	4,614
Salford City	Salford	Moor Lane	5,106
Southport	Southport	Haig Avenue	6,008
Spennymoor Town	Spennymoor	The Brewery Field	6,000
Stockport County	Stockport	Edgeley Park	10,852
Tamworth	Tamworth	The Lamb Ground	4,000
A.F.C. Telford United	Telford	New Bucks Head	6,300
York City	York	Bootham Crescent	8,256[17]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Salford City (C)	42	28	7	7	80	45	+35	91	Promoted to the National League
2	Harrogate Town (P, O)	42	26	7	9	100	49	+51	85	Qualified for the National League North play-off semi-finals
3	Brackley Town	42	23	11	8	72	37	+35	80
4	Kidderminster Harriers	42	20	12	10	76	50	+26	72	Qualified for the National League North play-off qualifying round
5	Stockport County	42	20	9	13	75	57	+18	69
6	Chorley	42	18	14	10	52	39	+13	68
7	Bradford Park Avenue	42	18	9	15	66	56	+10	63
8	Spennymoor Town	42	18	9	15	71	67	+4	63
9	Boston United	42	17	9	16	67	66	+1	60
10	Blyth Spartans	42	19	2	21	76	69	+7	59
11	York City	42	16	10	16	65	62	+3	58
12	Darlington	42	14	13	15	58	58	0	55
13	Nuneaton Town	42	14	13	15	50	57	−7	55
14	AFC Telford United	42	16	5	21	55	69	−14	53
15	Southport	42	14	8	20	60	72	−12	50
16	FC United of Manchester	42	14	8	20	58	72	−14	50
17	Alfreton Town	42	14	7	21	67	71	−4	49
18	Curzon Ashton	42	12	13	17	52	66	−14	49
19	Leamington	42	13	10	19	51	65	−14	49
20	Gainsborough Trinity (R)	42	14	4	24	47	73	−26	46	Relegated to the Northern Premier League
21	Tamworth (R)	42	11	9	22	55	77	−22	42	Relegated to the Southern Football League
22	North Ferriby United (R)	42	4	9	29	25	101	−76	21	Relegated to the Northern Premier League

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 [4]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Play-offs

	Qualifying round					Semi-finals					Final
						2	Harrogate Town	2
	5	Stockport County	0			6	Chorley	1
	6	Chorley	1								2	Harrogate Town	3
											3	Brackley Town	0
						3	Brackley Town	1
	4	Kidderminster Harriers	0			7	Bradford Park Avenue	0
	7	Bradford Park Avenue	2

Qualifying round

Stockport County v Chorley

2 May 2018	Stockport County	0–1	Chorley	Edgeley Park, Stockport
19:45 (UTC+01:00)		Report	Walker  68'

Kidderminster Harriers v Bradford Park Avenue

2 May 2018	Kidderminster Harriers	0–2	Bradford Park Avenue	Aggborough Stadium, Kidderminster
19:45 (UTC+01:00)		Report	Boyes  10' Johnson  78'

Semi-finals

Harrogate Town v Chorley

6 May 2018	Harrogate Town	2–1	Chorley	Wetherby Road, Harrogate
15:00 (UTC+01:00)	Knowles  61' (pen.) Knowles  90'		O'Keefe  35' Molyneux  44'

Brackley Town v Bradford Park Avenue

6 May 2018	Brackley Town	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Bradford Park Avenue	St. James Park, Brackley
	Williams  110'

Final

Harrogate Town v Brackley Town

13 May 2018	Harrogate Town	3–0	Brackley Town	Wetherby Road, Harrogate
15:00	Knowles  26' (pen.) Knowles  40' Leesley  71'			Attendance: 3,000

Results table

Home \ Away	TEL	ALF	BLY	BOS	BRK	BPA	CHO	CZA	DAR	FCU	GAI	HAR	KID	LEA	NFU	NUN	SLC	SOU	SPE	STP	TAM	YOR
A.F.C. Telford United		1–2	2–3	2–1	1–3	1–4	1–2	0–3	0–0	1–0	3–2	1–5	0–0	3–2	3–0	1–2	0–2	1–1	3–2	3–2	2–0	3–5
Alfreton Town	0–1		2–0	2–3	1–1	1–3	0–2	4–0	1–1	1–0	4–1	1–2	0–2	4–1	1–0	1–1	2–3	0–1	1–4	1–3	2–1	2–3
Blyth Spartans	0–1	0–1		5–2	3–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	4–0	0–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	6–3	0–1	2–0	2–3	0–1	4–2	0–2
Boston United	1–0	3–1	2–1		2–3	1–2	2–0	3–3	1–1	4–4	2–0	3–0	3–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	3–2	0–3	2–2	3–1	2–1
Brackley Town	1–1	1–3	3–1	4–1		0–1	1–2	2–2	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	2–0	3–2	0–0	2–0
Bradford Park Avenue	2–1	3–3	4–1	2–1	2–0		0–0	3–1	0–1	3–0	5–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–3	3–4	0–5
Chorley	3–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–0		1–1	4–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	0–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0
Curzon Ashton	1–0	2–2	0–3	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–2		1–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	4–1
Darlington	0–1	4–1	3–0	1–2	0–3	2–1	2–2	1–0		3–0	4–3	3–1	2–1	0–0	6–0	0–0	1–2	2–4	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–2
F.C. United of Manchester	3–1	3–2	1–3	2–1	1–1	4–0	0–0	2–0	1–2		1–0	3–2	1–2	1–2	0–2	2–1	3–2	1–0	2–3	0–1	3–1	1–0
Gainsborough Trinity	3–2	2–1	2–4	1–1	1–2	0–3	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–0		4–5	1–0	1–2	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–3	4–1	2–3	3–0	1–0
Harrogate Town	2–1	4–3	5–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	5–0	3–0	6–0	2–0		2–2	2–2	3–0	4–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	4–1	3–0	2–0
Kidderminster Harriers	2–0	2–1	5–4	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	2–2	3–3	4–0	3–0	0–2		2–0	4–0	3–0	4–4	3–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–1
Leamington	0–3	2–3	1–0	0–2	2–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–3	1–0	3–0	1–3	1–1		3–0	1–0	0–4	0–1	4–0	2–3	1–2	2–2
North Ferriby United	0–2	0–3	1–0	1–5	0–5	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	3–3	0–1	0–2	1–3	1–1		0–2	1–1	0–3	0–6	1–3	0–0	1–4
Nuneaton Town	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	4–0	2–2		0–2	3–0	0–1	1–3	4–1	1–0
Salford City	3–0	1–0	4–1	1–2	2–0	2–2	0–3	2–1	0–2	2–2	1–0	2–1	3–0	2–3	4–0	3–0		2–1	3–2	2–1	2–1	3–2
Southport	3–0	1–3	0–3	4–0	0–1	0–4	3–0	3–1	2–0	3–3	2–2	1–4	0–3	2–0	2–2	0–1	0–1		1–2	3–1	3–0	1–1
Spennymoor Town	1–2	2–1	3–1	0–0	0–3	3–0	1–0	2–4	1–2	4–4	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1		1–0	1–0	2–4
Stockport County	1–0	1–0	1–3	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	4–1	1–0	2–2	1–2	4–0	4–1	0–1	2–2	6–0	3–2		3–2	2–0
Tamworth	2–2	2–3	0–3	2–1	1–1	0–1	3–4	4–1	0–0	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–3	4–1	2–0	1–2	3–3	3–1	3–1		1–1
York City	0–1	1–1	2–3	1–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	4–3	1–0	3–2	2–2	2–0	2–3

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2018. Source: The Vanarama National League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of matches played 24 April 2018[18]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jason Gilchrist	Southport	26
2	Jason Oswell	Stockport County	24
3	Aaron Williams	Brackley Town	22
4	Reece Styche	Darlington	21
5	Adam Boyes	Bradford Park Avenue	20
	Jon Parkin	York City
7	Ashley Chambers	Nuneaton Town	19
	Joe Ironside	Kidderminster Harriers
	Glen Taylor	Spennymoor Town
10	Marcus Dinanga	AFC Telford United	17
	Jack Redshaw	Salford City
12	Daniel Maguire	Blyth Spartans	16

National League South

National League South

Season	2017–18
Champions	Havant & Waterlooville
Promoted	Havant & Waterlooville Braintree Town
Relegated	Bognor Regis Town Whitehawk Poole Town
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The National League South consisted of 22 clubs.

Team changes

To National League South Promoted from Southern Football League Premier Division Chippenham Town Promoted from Isthmian League Havant & Waterlooville Bognor Regis Town Relegated from National League Braintree Town Transferred from National League North Gloucester City

From National League South Relegated to Isthmian League Premier Division Margate Relegated to Southern Football League Premier Division Gosport Borough Bishop's Stortford Promoted to National League Maidenhead United Ebbsfleet United

Stadia and locations

London

Bath

Bognor Regis

Braintree

Chelmsford

Chippenham

Concord Rangers

Dartford

Eastbourne

East Thurrock

Gloucester

Havant & Waterlooville

Hemel Hempstead

Hungerford

Oxford City

Poole

St Albans

Truro

Weston-super-Mare

Whitehawk

London teams
Hampton & Richmond
Wealdstone
Welling

Locations of the National League South 2017–18 teams (Greater London shown in more detail below)

Hampton & Richmond

Wealdstone

Welling

Locations of the National League South 2017–18 teams (Greater London clubs)

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Bath City	Bath (Twerton)	Twerton Park	8,840
Bognor Regis Town	Bognor Regis	Nyewood Lane	4,500
Braintree Town	Braintree	Cressing Road	4,222
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
East Thurrock United	Corringham	Rookery Hill	4,000
Eastbourne Borough	Eastbourne	Priory Lane	4,151
Gloucester City	Evesham	Jubilee Stadium (groundshare with Evesham United)	3,000
Hampton & Richmond	London (Hampton)	Beveree Stadium	3,500
Havant & Waterlooville	Havant	Westleigh Park	5,300
Hemel Hempstead Town	Hemel Hempstead	Vauxhall Road	3,152
Hungerford Town	Hungerford	Bulpit Lane	2,500
Oxford City	Oxford (Marston)	Court Place Farm	2,000
Poole Town	Poole	The BlackGold Stadium	2,500
St Albans City	St Albans	Clarence Park	4,500
Truro City	Truro	Treyew Road	3,857
Wealdstone	London (Ruislip)	Grosvenor Vale	3,607
Welling United	London (Welling)	Park View Road	4,000
Weston-super-Mare	Weston-super-Mare	Woodspring Stadium	3,500
Whitehawk	Brighton	The TerraPura Ground	3,126

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Havant & Waterlooville (C)	42	25	11	6	70	30	+40	86	Promoted to the National League
2	Dartford	42	26	8	8	81	44	+37	86	Qualified for the National League South play-off semi-finals
3	Chelmsford City	42	21	11	10	68	45	+23	74
4	Hampton & Richmond Borough	42	18	18	6	58	37	+21	72	Qualified for the National League South play-off qualifying round
5	Hemel Hempstead Town	42	19	13	10	71	51	+20	70
6	Braintree Town (P, O)	42	19	13	10	73	55	+18	69[lower-alpha 1]
7	Truro City	42	20	9	13	71	55	+16	69
8	St Albans City	42	19	8	15	71	58	+13	65
9	Bath City	42	17	12	13	64	48	+16	63
10	Welling United	42	17	10	15	68	59	+9	61
11	Wealdstone	42	16	11	15	64	62	+2	59
12	Weston-super-Mare	42	16	7	19	66	73	−7	55
13	Chippenham Town	42	15	9	18	64	70	−6	54
14	Gloucester City	42	15	8	19	56	70	−14	53
15	East Thurrock United	42	13	11	18	68	84	−16	50
16	Oxford City	42	13	10	19	60	69	−9	49
17	Concord Rangers	42	12	10	20	46	62	−16	46
18	Eastbourne Borough	42	13	7	22	57	80	−23	46
19	Hungerford Town	42	12	7	23	45	68	−23	43
20	Poole Town (R)	42	11	9	22	47	73	−26	42	Relegated to the Southern Football League
21	Whitehawk (R)	42	8	10	24	51	89	−38	34	Relegated to the Isthmian League
22	Bognor Regis Town (R)	42	5	12	25	41	78	−37	27

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 [4]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Braintree Town were deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player in matches earlier in the season.[19]

Play-offs

	Qualifying round					Semi-finals					Final
						2	Dartford	0
	5	Hemel Hempstead Town	0 (2)			6	Braintree Town	1
	6	Braintree Town	0 (3)								4	Hampton & Richmond Borough	1 (3)
											6	Braintree Town	1 (4)
						3	Chelmsford City	0
	4	Hampton & Richmond Borough	3			4	Hampton & Richmond Borough	1
	7	Truro City	1

Qualifying round

Hemel Hempstead Town v Braintree Town

2 May 2018	Hemel Hempstead Town	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	Braintree Town	Vauxhall Road, Hemel Hempstead
19:45
	Penalties
	Parkes McCall Shulton Moyo Watt		Barrington Allen Wright Thompson

Hampton & Richmond Borough v Truro City

2 May 2018	Hampton & Richmond Borough	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Truro City	Beveree Stadium, Hampton
19:45	Cook  34' Hudson-Odoi  99', 120'	Report	Neal  8'	Attendance: 922

Semi-finals

Dartford v Braintree Town

6 May 2018

Dartford

0–1

Braintree Town

Princes Park, Dartford

Chelmsford City v Hampton & Richmond Borough

6 May 2018

Chelmsford City

0–1

Hampton & Richmond Borough

Melbourne Stadium, Chelmsford

Final

Hampton & Richmond Borough v Braintree Town

13 May 2018	Hampton & Richmond Borough	1–1 (3–4 p)	Braintree Town	Beveree Stadium, Hampton
15:00				Attendance: 3,127

Results table

Home \ Away	BAT	BOG	BRA	CHE	CHI	CON	DAR	EAB	ETU	GLO	H&R	H&W	HEM	HUN	OXC	POO	SAC	TRU	WEA	WEL	WSM	WHI
Bath City		0–0	1–1	1–2	2–5	2–0	1–2	0–1	4–0	5–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	5–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–1
Bognor Regis Town	3–2		2–1	0–1	1–3	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–2	2–2	1–2	0–3	2–3	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–3	1–3	1–1	6–2
Braintree Town	0–2	3–0		2–2	2–0	2–1	2–2	3–2	4–0	3–0	2–1	1–3	1–2	5–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	4–3
Chelmsford City	1–1	0–0	2–2		2–0	1–0	1–0	5–2	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–2	3–3	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–2	2–0	3–0	4–1	1–1	4–2
Chippenham Town	0–3	1–0	1–1	3–2		1–2	2–2	4–0	2–2	2–0	3–3	0–0	5–1	1–2	3–2	0–1	3–3	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–1
Concord Rangers	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–2	4–2		1–1	2–1	1–4	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–2	2–2	3–1	0–2	2–2	1–0
Dartford	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	3–0	2–0		4–2	0–1	4–1	1–0	1–0	3–2	0–0	7–1	0–1	2–1	4–1	3–3	4–1	3–1	3–1
Eastbourne Borough	2–3	3–0	2–3	0–3	4–2	3–1	0–1		2–2	0–1	1–2	1–4	0–2	4–1	2–0	0–4	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–4
East Thurrock United	1–1	2–0	5–3	2–4	0–2	2–3	0–1	0–0		3–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	4–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	3–4	4–2
Gloucester City	2–1	3–2	1–3	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	3–1		1–1	0–1	1–0	4–0	0–1	2–2	1–4	0–3	2–2	0–1	1–3	3–1
Hampton & Richmond	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	5–1	1–1		0–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1
Havant & Waterlooville	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	4–0	3–2	0–0	3–2	6–1	2–1	0–0		1–1	2–0	3–2	2–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–3	2–0	4–0
Hemel Hempstead Town	1–1	3–1	4–3	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–3	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	0–0		1–2	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	3–0
Hungerford Town	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–3	2–2	0–1	0–2		1–2	4–0	3–1	0–1	1–3	1–4	2–0	0–1
Oxford City	1–1	4–0	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	3–3	0–3	0–0	0–1	4–1	2–0		2–3	2–3	3–1	3–2	1–1	3–3	0–1
Poole Town	0–4	2–2	0–3	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–4	2–3	0–3	0–1	1–3	2–4	1–2	2–0		0–1	0–3	2–1	2–3	3–1	1–1
St Albans City	2–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	2–2	7–2	2–3	1–3	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–1		0–1	2–1	1–2	3–1	0–3
Truro City	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–3	2–1	2–3	3–1	1–2		1–3	3–2	3–1	7–2
Wealdstone	2–1	3–0	3–1	0–2	4–4	2–1	1–2	2–3	3–0	1–2	0–3	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	4–1	1–3	2–1		1–0	2–1	2–1
Welling United	0–2	3–3	3–0	0–1	4–0	3–3	2–3	3–0	0–3	2–3	0–1	0–1	0–0	3–2	1–3	2–0	3–1	2–2	1–2		3–1	1–0
Weston-super-Mare	4–2	1–0	1–2	0–1	2–2	1–0	3–0	5–1	2–2	2–1	1–2	1–4	2–1	2–1	4–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	5–1	0–2		1–0
Whitehawk	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–0	0–4	0–1	2–3	1–1	1–3	0–0	0–5	0–3	0–3	2–2	1–1	3–2	0–1	2–1	5–1

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2018. Source: The Vanarama National League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of matches played 24 April 2018[20]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sam Higgins	East Thurrock United	25
2	Alfie Pavey	Dartford	22
	Jason Prior	Havant & Waterlooville
4	Sam Merson	St. Albans City	20
	Matt Paterson	Oxford City
6	Gethyn Hill	Weston-super-Mare	19
7	Philip Roberts	Braintree Town	18
8	Warren Bentley	Poole Town	17
9	Dayle Grubb	Weston-super-Mare	16

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