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.

The allocations for Steps 1 to 6 for season 2019–20 were announced by the FA on 19 May.^[1] These were subject to appeal, and the East Midlands Counties' constitution was subject to ratification at the league's AGM on 25 June.^[2]

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.^[3] On 30 March 2020, sixty-six non-league clubs sent an open letter to the Football Association requesting that they reconsider their decision.^[4]

Premier Division

East Midlands Counties
Football League

Season	2019–20
Matches played	255
Goals scored	957 (3.75 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jamie Sleigh 29 Heanor Town[5]
Biggest home win	Heanor Town 6-0 Belper United Eastwood 6-0 Clipstone Belper United 7-1 Gedling MW[6]
Biggest away win	Shirebrook Town 2-10 Hucknall Town[6]
Highest scoring	Shirebrook Town 2-10 Hucknall Town[6]
Highest attendance	Eastwood v Heanor Town 357 [7][8]
Lowest attendance	Clifton All Whites v Belper United 10 [7][9]
← 2018–19 2020-21 →

The league featured 16 clubs from the previous season, along with three new clubs:

• Dunkirk, relegated from the Midland League Premier Division
• Hucknall Town, promoted from the Central Midlands League
• Shirebrook Town, transferred from Northern Counties East League Division One

Also, FC Bolsover were transferred from Northern Counties East League Division One but resigned before the start of the season.^[10]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sherwood Colliery	27	20	4	3	72	34	+38	64
2	Heanor Town	26	19	5	2	84	29	+55	62
3	Eastwood	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[a]

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2020. Source: FA Full-time
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:

1. Borrowash Victoria were deducted three points for failure to fulfil fixture 22 October 2019.

Stadia and locations

Barrow Town

Belper United

Borrowash Victoria & Graham SP

Clifton All Whites

Clipstone

Dunkirk

Eastwood

Gedling Miners Welfare

Heanor

Hucknall Town

Ingles

Kimberley

Radford

Rainworth Miners Welfare

Shirebrook Town

Sherwood

Teversal

West Bridgford

Location of the clubs in the 2019–20 East Midlands Counties League on a map of the East Midlands

Club	Stadium
Barrow Town	Barrow Road
Belper United	Christchurch Meadow [a]
Borrowash Victoria	Borrowash Road [b]
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 [c]
Heanor Town	Town Ground
Hucknall Town	Watnall Road
Ingles	The Dovecote Stadium [d]
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
home of Belper Town (groundshare) part of the same complex as Graham Street Prims part of the same complex as Borrowash Victoria home of Shepshed Albion (groundshare)