2019–20 East Midlands Counties Football League
The 2019–20 East Midlands Counties Football League season was the 12th of the East Midlands Counties Football League, a football competition in England at level 10 of the English football league system.
Season | 2019–20 |
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Top goalscorer | Jamie Sleigh 29 Heanor Town [1] |
Biggest home win | Heanor Town 6-0 Belper United Eastwood 6-0 Clipstone Belper United 7-1 Gedling MW [2] |
Biggest away win | Shirebrook Town 2-10 Hucknall Town [2] |
Highest scoring | Shirebrook Town 2-10 Hucknall Town [2] |
Highest attendance | Eastwood v Heanor Town 357 [3][4] |
Lowest attendance | Clifton All Whites v Belper United 10 [3][5] |
← 2018–19 2020-21 → |
The allocations for Steps 1 to 6 for season 2019–20 were announced by the FA on 19 May.[6] These were subject to appeal, and the East Midlands Counties' constitution was subject to ratification at the league's AGM on 25 June.[7]
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this season's competition was formally abandoned on 26 March 2020, with all results from the season being expunged, and no promotion or relegation taking place to or from the competition.[8] On 30 March 2020, sixty-six non-league clubs sent an open letter to the Football Association requesting that they reconsider their decision.[9]
Premier Division
The division consists of 19 clubs.
The following four clubs left the division before the season -
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The following three clubs joined the division -
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Stadia and locations
Club | Stadium | |
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Barrow Town | Barrow Road | |
Belper United | Christchurch Meadow [lower-alpha 1] | |
Borrowash Victoria | Borrowash Road [lower-alpha 2] | |
Clifton All Whites | Green Lane | |
Clipstone | Lido Ground | |
Dunkirk | Lenton Lane | |
Eastwood Community | Coronation Park | |
Gedling Miners Welfare | Plains Road | |
Graham Street Prims | Borrowash Road [lower-alpha 3] | |
Heanor Town | Town Ground | |
Hucknall Town | Watnall Road | |
Ingles | The Dovecote Stadium [lower-alpha 4] | |
Kimberley Miners Welfare | Stag Ground | |
Radford | Selhurst Street | |
Rainworth Miners Welfare | Kirklington Road | |
Sherwood Colliery | Debdale Park | |
Shirebrook Town | Langwith Road | |
Teversal | Carnarvon Street | |
West Bridgford | Regatta Way | |
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Premier Division table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Sherwood Colliery | 27 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 72 | 34 | +38 | 64 |
2 | Heanor Town | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 84 | 29 | +55 | 62 |
3 | Eastwood Community | 29 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 77 | 38 | +39 | 61 |
4 | Dunkirk | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 67 | 33 | +34 | 61 |
5 | Hucknall Town | 27 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 75 | 36 | +39 | 51 |
6 | West Bridgford | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 40 |
7 | Gedling Miners Welfare | 27 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 59 | 56 | +3 | 39 |
8 | Graham Street Prims | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 39 |
9 | Radford | 27 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 39 |
10 | Barrow Town | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 58 | 53 | +5 | 33 |
11 | Ingles | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 33 |
12 | Belper United | 27 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 40 | 58 | −18 | 31 |
13 | Clifton All Whites | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 30 |
14 | Rainworth Miners Welfare | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 29 |
15 | Clipstone | 29 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 39 | 65 | −26 | 28 |
16 | Kimberley Miners Welfare | 27 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 43 | 53 | −10 | 27 |
17 | Teversal | 25 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 32 | 73 | −41 | 18 |
18 | Shirebrook Town | 28 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 30 | 80 | −50 | 18 |
19 | Borrowash Victoria | 26 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 25 | 65 | −40 | 10[lower-alpha 1] |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [11]
Notes:
- Borrowash Victoria were deducted three points for failure to fulfil fixture 22 October 2019
References
- "East Midlands Counties Football League Stats". TheFA.com. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- "EMCL Results grid". East Midlands Counties Football League. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- "Attendance tables". East Midlands Counties Football League. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- "Eastwood 3 - 2 Gedling MW". Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- "Clifton All Whites 5 - 0 Belper United". Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- "REVEALED: The provisional Step 1 to 6 Club Allocations for 2019-20". The Non League Football Paper. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- "2019/20 EAST MIDLANDS COUNTIES Line-Up Revealed". East Midlands Counties League. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- "Coronavirus: All football below National League to end". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- "Sixty-six non-league clubs send open letter to FA over expunging season". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- "Constitutional Update". www.eastmidlandscountiesleague.pitchero.com. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- "The FA Handbook 2019/20 (part 30 Standardised Rules section 12.2)". The FA. Retrieved 8 July 2019.