2020–21 National League

The 2020–21 National League season, known as the Motorama National League for sponsorship reasons, will be the sixth season under English football's new title of the National League, the eighteenth season consisting of three divisions, and the forty-second season overall.

National League

Season	2020–21
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The season follows the curtailed 2019–20 season, which was left uncompleted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The 2020–21 season will only begin when regulations in England allow for supporters to be present in stadiums,[2] and the exact format of the season may change depending on the start date. Presuming a season can be played, the planned increase of the North and South divisions to 24 teams will take place for 2021–22, meaning only two from the North and one from the South will be relegated to the premier divisions of the Northern Premier League, Southern Football League Central or South, or Isthmian League.[3]

National League

National League

Season	2020–21
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The National League consists of 24 clubs.

Promotion and relegation

Team changes

To National League Promoted from National League North King's Lynn Town Altrincham Promoted from National League South Wealdstone Weymouth Relegated from League Two Macclesfield Town

From National League Promoted to League Two Barrow Harrogate Town Relegated to National League North AFC Fylde Chorley Relegated to National League South Ebbsfleet United

Stadia and locations

Aldershot

Altrincham

Boreham Wood

Chesterfield

Dover

Eastleigh

Halifax

Hartlepool

King's Lynn

Macclesfield

Maidenhead

Notts County

Solihull Moors

Stockport

Torquay

Weymouth

Woking

Wrexham

Yeovil

London teams
Barnet
Bromley
Dagenham & Redbridge
Sutton United
Wealdstone

Locations of the confirmed 2020–21 National League teams

Barnet

Bromley

Dagenham &  Redbridge

Sutton United

Wealdstone

Locations of the confirmed 2020–21 National League clubs (Greater London clubs)

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Aldershot Town	Aldershot	Recreation Ground	7,200
Altrincham	Altrincham	Moss Lane	7,700
Barnet	London (Canons Park)	The Hive Stadium	6,418
Boreham Wood	Borehamwood	Meadow Park	4,502
Bromley	London (Bromley)	Hayes Lane	5,300
Chesterfield	Chesterfield	Proact Stadium	10,504
Dagenham & Redbridge	London (Dagenham)	Victoria Road	6,078
Dover Athletic	Dover	Crabble Athletic Ground	5,745
Eastleigh	Eastleigh	Ten Acres	5,250
Halifax Town	Halifax	The Shay	10,400
Hartlepool United	Hartlepool	Victoria Park	7,856
King's Lynn Town	King's Lynn	The Walks	8,200
Macclesfield Town	Macclesfield	Moss Rose	6,355
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
Wealdstone	London (Ruislip)	Grosvenor Vale	3,607
Weymouth	Weymouth	Bob Lucas Stadium	6,600
Woking	Woking	Kingfield Stadium	6,036
Wrexham	Wrexham	Racecourse Ground	10,771
Yeovil Town	Yeovil	Huish Park	9,566

National League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Aldershot Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Promoted to EFL League Two
2	Altrincham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualified for the National League play-off semi-finals
3	Barnet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Boreham Wood	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualified for the National League play-off quarter-finals
5	Bromley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Chesterfield	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Dagenham & Redbridge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Dover Athletic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Eastleigh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Halifax Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Hartlepool United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	King's Lynn Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Macclesfield Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Maidenhead United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Notts County	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Solihull Moors	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Stockport County	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Sutton United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Torquay United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Wealdstone	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Weymouth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegated to National League North/National League South
22	Woking	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Wrexham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Yeovil Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 12 September 2020. 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]

National League North

National League North

Season	2020–21
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The National League North will consist of 22 teams for the last time, prior to the anticipated expansion to 24 teams for 2021–22.

Team changes

Following the COVID-19 pandemic-related cancellation of the four step 3 leagues' 2019–20 seasons, no teams were promoted to or relegated from the National League North.[5]

To National League North Relegated from National League AFC Fylde Chorley

From National League North Promoted to National League King's Lynn Town Altrincham

Stadia and locations

AFC Fylde

AFC Telford United

Alfreton Town

Blyth Spartans

Boston United

Brackley Town

Bradford (Park Avenue)

Chester

Chorley

Curzon Ashton

Darlington

Farsley Celtic

Gateshead

Gloucester City

Guiseley

Hereford

Kettering Town

Kidderminster Harriers

Leamington

Southport

Spennymoor Town

York City

Locations of the National League North 2020–21 teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Fylde	Wesham	Mill Farm	6,000
AFC Telford United	Telford	New Bucks Head	6,300
Alfreton Town	Alfreton	North Street	3,600
Blyth Spartans	Blyth	Croft Park	4,435
Boston United	Boston	Boston Community Stadium	5,000
Brackley Town	Brackley	St. James Park	3,500
Bradford (Park Avenue)	Bradford	Horsfall Stadium	3,500
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
Gateshead	Gateshead	Gateshead International Stadium	11,800
Gloucester City	Gloucester	Meadow Park	3,600
Guiseley	Guiseley	Nethermoor Park	4,200
Hereford	Hereford	Edgar Street	5,213
Kettering Town	Kettering	Latimer Park (groundshare with Burton Park Wanderers)	2,400
Kidderminster Harriers	Kidderminster	Aggborough	6,238
Leamington	Leamington	New Windmill Ground	2,300
Southport	Southport	Haig Avenue	6,008
Spennymoor Town	Spennymoor	The Brewery Field	6,000
York City	York	York Community Stadium	8,005

National League North table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	AFC Fylde	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Promoted to National League
2	AFC Telford United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualified for the National League Norh play-off semi-finals
3	Alfreton Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Blyth Spartans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualified for the National League North play-off quarter-finals
5	Boston United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Brackley Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Bradford (Park Avenue)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Chester	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Chorley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Curzon Ashton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Darlington	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Farsley Celtic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Gateshead	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Gloucester City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Guiseley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Hereford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Kettering Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Kidderminster Harriers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Leamington	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Southport	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegated to Northern Premier League/Southern Football League
21	Spennymoor Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	York City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 12 September 2020. 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]

National League South

National League South

Season	2020–21
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The National League South will consist of 21 teams. Following Bury's expulsion from the English Football League in 2019, and the completion of the 2019–20 National League with two northern and one southern teams in the relegation zone, the division is left one team short. With the anticipated expansion to 24 teams for 2021–22, only one team is expected to be relegated.

Team changes

Following the COVID-19 pandemic-related cancellation of the four step 3 leagues' 2019–20 seasons, no teams were promoted to or relegated from the National League South.[5]

To National League South Relegated from National League Ebbsfleet United

From National League South Promoted to National League Wealdstone Weymouth

Stadia and locations

Bath

Billericay

Braintree

Chelmsford

Chippenham

Concord

Dorking Wanderers

Dartford

Eastbourne

Ebbsfleet

Havant & Waterlooville

Hungerford

Hemel Hempstead

Maidstone

Oxford City

Slough

St Albans

Tonbridge Angels

London teams
Dulwich Hamlet
Hampton & Richmond
Welling United

Locations of the National League South 2020–21 teams (Greater London shown in more detail below)

Dulwich Hamlet

Hampton & Richmond

Welling

Locations of the National League South 2020–21 teams (Greater London clubs)

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
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	3,000
Dulwich Hamlet	London (East Dulwich)	Champion Hill	3,000
Eastbourne Borough	Eastbourne	Priory Lane	4,151
Ebbsfleet United	Northfleet	Stonebridge Road	4,800
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
Oxford City	Oxford (Marston)	Court Place Farm	2,000
Slough Town	Slough	Arbour Park	2,000
St Albans City	St Albans	Clarence Park	4,500
Tonbridge Angels	Tonbridge	Longmead Stadium	3,000
Welling United	London (Welling)	Park View Road	4,000

National League South table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Bath City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Promoted to National League
2	Billericay Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualified for the National League Norh play-off semi-finals
3	Braintree Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Chelmsford City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualified for the National League North play-off quarter-finals
5	Chippenham Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Concord Rangers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Dartford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Dorking Wanderers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Dulwich Hamlet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Eastbourne Borough	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Ebbsfleet United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Hampton & Richmond Borough	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Havant and Waterlooville	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Hemel Hempstead Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Hungerford Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Maidstone United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Oxford City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Slough Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	St Albans City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Tonbridge Angels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Welling United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegated to Southern Football League/Isthmian League

First match(es) will be played on 12 September 2020. 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]

References

1. "Update on non-League, women's & grassroots football seasons". The Football Association. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
2. "Football Association confirm Non-League won't start without supporters". The Non-League Football Paper. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
3. Jones, Laurence; Edkins, Matt; Frost, Mark (17 April 2019). "EXCLUSIVE: FA outline second phase of Non-League restructuring" (Interview). Interviewed by The Non-League Paper. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
4. "The FA Handbook 2019/20 (part 30 Standardised Rules section 12.2)". The FA. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
5. "Barrow promoted back to English Football League after National League vote". BBC Sport. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.