2020–21 National League

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

National League

Season	2020–21
Dates	3 October 2020 – 29 May 2021
Champions	Sutton United
Promoted	Hartlepool United
Relegated	N/A
Top goalscorer	Michael Cheek (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Chesterfield 6–0 Barnet (12 December 2020)
Biggest away win	Wealdstone 0–6 Maidenhead United (20 April 2021)
Highest scoring	Wealdstone 2–7 Hartlepool United 17 April 2021)
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The season followed the curtailed 2019–20 season, in which the league phase was uncompleted due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[1] and the play-offs only completed by 2 August 2020.^[2] Reflecting the late end to the previous season and aiming at maximising the likelihood of fans being present in stadiums when the season starts, the 2020–21 National League began on 3 October 2020.^[3] The planned increase of the North and South divisions to 24 teams was scheduled to take place for 2021–22, meaning only two from the North and one from the South were to be relegated to the premier divisions of the Northern Premier League, Southern League Central or South, or Isthmian League.^[4] However, owing to the cessation and voidance of the 2020–21 seasons for the North and South divisions, promotion and relegation was suspended.^[5] For that reason, the expansion plans were deferred to 2022–23,^[6] when they would be implemented before that season.

National League

National League

Season	2020–21
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

On 16 September 2020, Macclesfield Town folded as a result of debts, and were expelled from the National League on 29 September.^[7] As the club folded before the season started, no records were expunged.^[8]

Due to Macclesfield's closure, only 23 clubs took part in the 2020–21 season and a maximum of three clubs were to be relegated instead of the usual four. However, on 26 March 2021, having not fulfilled a fixture since 30 January, Dover Athletic's results were expunged and the club deducted 12 points for the 2021–22 season. Therefore the season is set to complete with 22 clubs playing fixtures.

Additionally, following the National League North and South divisions being declared null and void on 18 February, no teams were relegated this season.^[5]

Promotion and relegation

Team changes

To National League Promoted from 2019–20 National League North King's Lynn Town Altrincham Promoted from 2019–20 National League South Wealdstone Weymouth Relegated from 2019–20 League Two Macclesfield Town

From National League Promoted to 2020–21 League Two Barrow Harrogate Town Relegated to 2020–21 National League North AFC Fylde Chorley Relegated to 2020–21 National League South Ebbsfleet United

Stadia and locations

London

Aldershot Town

Altrincham

Chesterfield

Dover
Athletic

Eastleigh

FC Halifax Town

Hartlepool
United

King's Lynn
Town

Maidenhead United

Notts County

Solihull Moors

Stockport County

Torquay United

Weymouth

Woking

Wrexham

Yeovil Town

Greater London clubs
Barnet
Boreham Wood
Bromley
Dagenham & Redbridge
Sutton United
Wealdstone

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

Barnet

Boreham Wood

Bromley

Dagenham & Redbridge

Sutton United

Wealdstone

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

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
FC 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
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	4,085
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

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager1	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Aldershot Town	Danny Searle	Lewis Kinsella	Erreà	Bridges Estate Agents
Altrincham	Phil Parkinson	Jake Moult	SK Kits	J Davidson Ltd
Barnet	Simon Bassey	James Dunne	Jako	Canon
Boreham Wood	Luke Garrard	Mark Ricketts	Puma	Barnet and Southgate College
Bromley	Andy Woodman	Jack Holland	Macron	Southwark Metals
Chesterfield	James Rowe	Jonathan Smith	Puma	Technique Learning Solutions
Dagenham & Redbridge	Daryl McMahon	Kenny Clark	Nike	West & Coe
Dover Athletic	Andy Hessenthaler	Sam Wood	Kappa	GSH Group
Eastleigh	Ben Strevens	Danny Hollands	Kappa	Utilita
FC Halifax Town	Pete Wild	Nathan Clarke	Adidas[9]	CORE Facility Services (Home) Nuie (Away)
Hartlepool United	Dave Challinor	Ryan Donaldson	O'Neills	Prestige Group Ltd
King's Lynn Town	Ian Culverhouse	Aaron Jones	Kappa	Barsby Produce
Maidenhead United	Alan Devonshire	Alan Massey	Uhlsport	G&L Scientific
Notts County	Ian Burchnall	Michael Doyle	Puma	Sharpes of Nottingham
Solihull Moors	Mark Yates	Kyle Storer	Surridge	John Shepherd Estate Agents
Stockport County	Simon Rusk	Sam Minihan	Puma	Pioneer Group
Sutton United	Matt Gray	Craig Eastmond	Macron	Angel Plastics
Torquay United	Gary Johnson	Asa Hall	Nike	No Sponsor
Wealdstone	Stuart Maynard	Jerome Okimo	Macron	GPF Lewis
Weymouth	Brian Stock	Josh Wakefield	Umbro	Terras Family
Woking	Alan Dowson	Josh Casey	Macron	Abstract Plans
Wrexham	Dean Keates	Shaun Pearson	Macron	Ifor Williams Trailers
Yeovil Town	Darren Sarll	Vacant1	Macron	Adam Stansfield Foundation

1. ^ Yeovil Town club captain Lee Collins died on 31 March 2021 at the age of 32.^[10]

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Barnet	Darren Currie	Resigned	12 August 2020	Pre-season	Peter Beadle	22 August 2020
Weymouth	Mark Molesley	Signed by Southend United	13 August 2020		Brian Stock	4 September 2020
Chesterfield	John Pemberton	Sacked	18 November 2020	21st	James Rowe	26 November 2020
Barnet	Peter Beadle		13 December 2020	20th	Tim Flowers	14 December 2020
Stockport County	Jim Gannon		21 January 2021	4th	Simon Rusk	27 January 2021
Wealdstone	Dean Brennan	Resigned	2 February 2021	18th	Stuart Maynard	11 March 2021
Solihull Moors	James Shan	Sacked	10 March 2021	17th	Mark Yates	11 March 2021
Barnet	Tim Flowers			22nd	Simon Bassey	7 April 2021
Notts County	Neal Ardley		24 March 2021	6th	Ian Burchnall	25 March 2021
Bromley	Neil Smith		25 March 2021	7th	Andy Woodman	29 March 2021

National League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Sutton United (C, P)	42	25	9	8	72	36	+36	84	Promotion to EFL League Two
2	Torquay United	42	23	11	8	68	39	+29	80	Qualification for the National League play-off semi-finals
3	Stockport County	42	21	14	7	69	32	+37	77
4	Hartlepool United (O, P)	42	22	10	10	66	43	+23	76	Qualification for the National League play-off quarter-finals
5	Notts County	42	20	10	12	62	41	+21	70
6	Chesterfield	42	21	6	15	60	43	+17	69
7	Bromley	42	19	12	11	63	53	+10	69
8	Wrexham	42	19	11	12	64	43	+21	68
9	Eastleigh	42	18	12	12	49	40	+9	66
10	FC Halifax Town	42	19	8	15	63	54	+9	65
11	Solihull Moors	42	19	7	16	58	48	+10	64
12	Dagenham & Redbridge	42	17	9	16	53	48	+5	60
13	Maidenhead United	42	15	11	16	62	60	+2	56
14	Boreham Wood	42	13	16	13	52	48	+4	55
15	Aldershot Town	42	15	7	20	59	66	−7	52
16	Yeovil Town	42	15	7	20	58	68	−10	52
17	Altrincham	42	12	11	19	46	60	−14	47
18	Weymouth	42	11	6	25	45	71	−26	39
19	Wealdstone	42	10	7	25	49	99	−50	37
20	Woking	42	8	9	25	42	69	−27	33
21	King's Lynn Town	42	7	10	25	50	98	−48	31	Reprieved from relegation[a]
22	Barnet	42	8	7	27	37	88	−51	31
23	Dover Athletic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0[b]	Results expunged
24	Macclesfield Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0[c]	Club folded

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^[11]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Due to the cancellation of both the National North and South seasons, there was no relegation from the National League in the 2020-21 season.
2. Dover Athletic refused to play matches due to a lack of promised funding starting with their fixture on 30 January 2021. On 26 March 2021, it was announced the club would play no part in the rest of the season and all results would be expunged.
3. Macclesfield were deducted 17 points for entering into an insolvency event the previous season, before being expelled from the league on 29 September 2020. At the time of their expulsion before the 2020–21 National League Season, they had played no matches.

Results table

Home \ Away	ALD	ALT	BRN	BOR	BRO	CHE	DAG	EAS	HAL	HAR	KIN	MDH	NOT	SOL	STO	SUT	TOR	WEA	WEY	WOK	WRE	YEO
Aldershot	—	2–1	2–1	3–3	2–3	0–1	2–1	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–3	1–2	1–2	1–4	2–0	0–2	3–0	3–0	2–0
Altrincham	1–2	—	2–3	2–3	0–1	3–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	4–3
Barnet	3–1	1–2	—	0–3	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–5	2–1	0–0	0–2	2–0	1–4	0–2	1–2	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–2	0–2	1–4
Boreham	3–2	0–1	0–0	—	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	2–2	5–1	1–4	2–2	2–2	0–3	0–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–3	2–3
Bromley	2–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	—	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–3	1–2	2–2	3–2	2–2	1–1	1–2
Chesterfield	0–0	1–0	6–0	0–0	1–2	—	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	4–1	1–2	2–3	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	3–0
Dagenham & R	0–2	0–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	2–2	—	2–0	3–0	0–1	3–2	2–1	0–0	3–2	0–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–0
Eastleigh	2–2	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	3–0	—	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0
Halifax	1–0	3–2	5–2	0–1	1–2	1–2	2–0	3–1	—	1–1	4–2	2–3	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	0–1	3–2	1–0	0–4	1–1
Hartlepool U	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	—	2–0	2–4	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–0	0–5	3–1	4–0	1–0	0–1	2–1
King's Lynn	4–4	2–0	5–1	0–3	1–4	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–1	2–2	—	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–4	0–1	0–0	2–3	2–2	3–2	0–2	2–2
Maidenhead	2–4	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–2	0–4	2–3	—	0–4	3–1	0–0	0–3	4–1	4–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	4–2
Notts C	0–1	3–1	4–2	0–1	2–2	0–1	3–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–2	2–3	—	2–0	1–0	3–2	0–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–0
Solihull Moors	1–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	5–0	1–1	2–1	—	0–5	0–0	1–2	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	5–1
Stockport C	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	—	0–2	2–2	4–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–0
Sutton Un	3–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	3–2	0–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	5–1	3–0	0–1	4–1	1–1	—	0–1	4–1	2–0	3–2	0–0	2–1
Torquay	2–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	3–1	2–3	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	—	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	6–1
Wealdstone	3–4	1–0	5–1	1–0	0–1	3–2	0–5	0–0	1–2	2–7	3–1	0–6	0–1	1–4	2–5	3–3	1–2	—	2–1	0–1	4–3	0–2
Weymouth	0–3	2–1	0–2	1–3	2–1	1–2	2–3	1–1	1–5	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	3–4	4–0	—	0–1	2–3	0–3
Woking	0–1	1–1	4–1	0–0	3–4	1–4	2–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	2–4	2–1	1–4	0–1	0–2	2–4	2–4	—	0–4	1–1
Wrexham	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	2–2	2–2	0–0	0–0	5–3	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–3	4–0	0–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	—	3–0
Yeovil T	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–3	0–3	1–3	3–1	0–0	2–2	3–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	0–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: National League Results Grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Play-offs

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						2	Torquay United	4
	5	Notts County	3			5	Notts County	2
	6	Chesterfield	2								2	Torquay United	1 (4)
											4	Hartlepool United	1 (5)
						3	Stockport County	0
	4	Hartlepool United	3			4	Hartlepool United	1
	7	Bromley	2

Quarter-finals

Notts County v Chesterfield

5 June 2021 (2021-06-05)	Notts County	3–2	Chesterfield	Nottingham
16:00	Wootton 30', 71' Ellis 90'	Report	Rowe 27' Mandeville 42'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 4,569

Hartlepool United v Bromley

6 June 2021 (2021-06-06)	Hartlepool United	3–2	Bromley	Hartlepool
14:30	Oates 17', 24' Armstrong 20'	Report	Alabi 48' Webster 90+3'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 1,700[12]

Semi-finals

Torquay United v Notts County

12 June 2021 (2021-06-12)	Torquay United	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Notts County	Torquay
12:00	Wright 1', 48' Hall 102' Moxey 109' (pen.)	Report	Rodrigues 39' Chicksen 51'	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 1,709

Stockport County v Hartlepool United

13 June 2021 (2021-06-13)	Stockport County	0–1	Hartlepool United	Edgeley
12:00		Report	Oates 76'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 2,758

Final

Main article: 2021 National League play-off Final

20 June 2021 (2021-06-20)

14:00 BST

Torquay United	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Hartlepool United
Covolan 90+5'	Report	Armstrong 35'
Penalties
Waters Wright Hall Lewis Little Lemonheigh-Evans Buse	4–5	Featherstone Armstrong Shelton Sterry Molyneux Elliott Donaldson

Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol

Attendance: 6,606

Referee: Simon Mather

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Michael Cheek	Bromley	21
2	Danilo Orsi-Dadomo	Maidenhead United	19
3	Kabongo Tshimanga	Boreham Wood	18
4	Alex Reid	Stockport County	16
5	Sam Barratt	Maidenhead United	15
	Paul McCallum	Dagenham & Redbridge
	Kyle Wootton	Notts County
8	Rhys Oates	Hartlepool United	14
	Isaac Olaofe	Sutton United
	John Rooney	Stockport County

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
John Rooney	Stockport County	Wealdstone	5–2	13 October 2020
Danny Parish	Wealdstone	King's Lynn Town	3–2	27 October 2020
Sam Barratt	Maidenhead United	Solihull Moors	3–1	31 October 2020
Danny Wright	Torquay United	Hartlepool United	5–0	31 October 2020
Isaac Olaofe	Sutton United	King's Lynn Town	5–1	14 November 2020
Akwasi Asante	Chesterfield	Barnet	6–0	12 December 2020
Rhys Murphy	Yeovil Town	Weymouth	3–1	23 February 2021
Josh Rees	Aldershot Town	Maidenhead United	4–2	23 February 2021
Jimmy Knowles	Notts County	Woking	4–2	5 April 2021
Jordan Davies	Wrexham	FC Halifax Town	4–0	13 April 2021
Richie Bennett	Hartlepool United	Wealdstone	7–2	17 April 2021
Danilo Orsi-Dadomo	Maidenhead United	Wealdstone	6–0	20 April 2021
Justin Donawa	Solihull Moors	Yeovil Town	5–1	24 April 2021
Joe Quigley	Yeovil Town	Solihull Moors	3–0	27 April 2021
Kabongo Tshimanga	Boreham Wood	King's Lynn Town	5–1	3 May 2021
Sam Barratt	Maidenhead United	Hartlepool United	4–2	8 May 2021
Jim O'Brien	Notts County	Maidenhead United	4–0	11 May 2021

Monthly awards

Each month the Motorama 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
October 2020	Ben House[13]	Eastleigh	Gary Johnson[13]	Torquay United
November 2020	Luke Young[14]	Wrexham	Dean Keates[14]	Wrexham
December 2020	Luke Summerfield[15]	FC Halifax Town	Luke Garrard[15]	Boreham Wood
January 2021	Albi Skendi[16]	Yeovil Town	Neal Ardley[16]	Notts County
February 2021	Craig Eastmond[17]	Sutton United	Matt Gray[17]	Sutton United
March 2021	Ángelo Balanta[18]	Dagenham & Redbridge	James Rowe[18]	Chesterfield
April 2021	Gavan Holohan[19]	Hartlepool United	Gary Johnson[19]	Torquay United
May 2021	Rúben Rodrigues[20]	Notts County	Andy Woodman[20]	Bromley

National League North

National League North

Season	2020–21
Champions	Gloucester City
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The National League North in 2020-21 consisted of 22 teams. Due to the initially anticipated expansion to 24 teams for 2021–22, only two teams instead of the usual four were expected to be relegated. However, the knock-on effect of Macclesfield Town's closure might have caused the number of relegated teams to be reduced even further.

The league was declared null and void on 18 February 2021. As a result, all records were expunged and no teams were promoted or relegated.^[5]

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.^[21]

To National League North Relegated from 2019–20 National League AFC Fylde Chorley

From National League North Promoted to 2020–21 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 2020–21 National League North clubs

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Fylde	Wesham	Mill Farm Sports Village	6,000
AFC Telford United	Wellington	New Bucks Head	6,300
Alfreton Town	Alfreton	North Street	3,600
Blyth Spartans	Blyth	Croft Park	4,435
Boston United	Boston	Jakemans Community Stadium	5,061
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	Burton Latimer	Latimer Park (groundshare with Burton Park Wanderers)	2,400
Kidderminster Harriers	Kidderminster	Aggborough Stadium	6,238
Leamington	Leamington	New Windmill Ground	2,300
Southport	Southport	Haig Avenue	6,008
Spennymoor Town	Spennymoor	The Brewery Field	4,300[22]
York City	York	Bootham Crescent	8,256

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Gloucester City	James Rowe	Signed by Chesterfield	24 November 2020	1st	Paul Groves	8 December 2020
Spennymoor Town	Jason Ainsley	Mutual consent	10 December 2020	9th	Tommy Miller	10 December 2020

National League North table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Gloucester City	18	10	5	3	36	22	+14	35
2	AFC Fylde	15	9	3	3	26	16	+10	30
3	Chester	17	8	4	5	32	25	+7	28
4	Brackley Town	16	7	6	3	22	19	+3	27
5	Kidderminster Harriers	15	7	4	4	24	17	+7	25
6	Boston United	13	6	5	2	20	10	+10	23
7	Chorley	18	6	5	7	21	24	−3	23
8	York City	13	6	4	3	22	17	+5	22
9	Leamington	15	5	7	3	22	20	+2	22
10	Gateshead	14	6	3	5	17	15	+2	21
11	Farsley Celtic	17	5	6	6	21	26	−5	21
12	Hereford	13	5	5	3	20	16	+4	20
13	Spennymoor Town	13	5	5	3	18	14	+4	20
14	AFC Telford United	17	5	4	8	17	23	−6	19
15	Bradford (Park Avenue)	16	4	6	6	26	30	−4	18
16	Curzon Ashton	17	4	5	8	18	26	−8	17
17	Southport	14	4	4	6	16	19	−3	16
18	Kettering Town	14	3	6	5	21	23	−2	15
19	Darlington	11	4	1	6	17	11	+6	13
20	Guiseley	15	3	3	9	17	22	−5	12
21	Alfreton Town	15	2	6	7	15	27	−12	12
22	Blyth Spartans	14	1	3	10	10	36	−26	6

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^[23]

Results

Home \ Away	FYL	TEL	ALF	BLY	BOS	BRA	BPA	CHE	CHO	CUR	DAR	FAR	GAT	GLO	GUI	HER	KET	KID	LEA	SOU	SPE	YOR
AFC Fylde	—				2–1		3–3		4–0		1–0	2–0					3–2				1–0
AFC Telford United	0–2	—	0–1			3–0		1–2	0–1	1–1			1–0		2–0					1–1
Alfreton Town	1–1		—			0–2			1–1		0–2	3–1					3–3				1–1
Blyth Spartans		1–1		—	0–1							1–1	2–2			0–3				0–3		0–3
Boston United		3–2	2–0		—			0–0	0–2						1–1		2–2
Brackley Town				2–1		—		1–1	2–1	2–2	2–0			3–2			1–1	0–2			1–0
Bradford (Park Avenue)		1–2	2–0		1–1		—	3–3	0–0		2–0		1–2						1–3	0–2		4–2
Chester		3–0	3–0					—	1–2	2–1			1–2		1–0	5–3			3–2
Chorley	3–1								—	1–1		3–2		1–2	1–0			0–2	1–2
Curzon Ashton	2–0		1–1	0–3			3–0			—	0–3	2–1		0–1					0–3
Darlington		1–2		6–0			0–1				—							1–3			0–0
Farsley Celtic		2–0			0–4			2–2			1–0	—	1–0					2–2	1–1			1–1
Gateshead	0–1					2–2				1–0			—	1–0	1–0			0–1		4–1	1–3
Gloucester City		4–1		6–1	0–0		4–4	2–1	1–1			1–2		—			3–1	3–2	1–0
Guiseley				4–0		1–3					1–4	2–2		1–2	—	0–1				4–2
Hereford	2–1					2–0	0–2		2–2					0–1		—	3–3	3–1
Kettering Town		0–0		2–1		3–1				1–2					1–1		—			0–1
Kidderminster Harriers			3–0	2–0				1–2		1–0						1–1	0–2	—	1–1			2–2
Leamington	1–1		4–3		0–4	1–1							1–1	1–1		0–0			—			2–1
Southport			1–1		0–1				1–0	2–2		0–1				0–0				—	0–2	2–3
Spennymoor Town							2–2	2–1		3–1		2–1		2–2	0–2						—
York City	1–3					0–0		2–1	3–1						1–0		2–0				1–1	—

Source: National League North results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

^[24]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Matt McClure	Gloucester City	12
2	Lenell John-Lewis	Hereford	9
	Lewis Knight	Bradford (Park Avenue)
	Sam Osborne	Leamington / AFC Fylde
5	Akwasi Asante	Gloucester City	8
	Glen Taylor	Spennymoor Town
7	Danny Elliott	Chester	7
	Dominic Knowles	Curzon Ashton
	Sean Newton	York City
10	Shane Byrne	Brackley Town	6
	Nick Haughton	AFC Fylde
	Ashley Hemmings	Kidderminster Harriers
	Connor Kennedy	Kettering Town
	Callum Powell	Kettering Town
	Jimmy Spencer	Farsley Celtic
	Ben Tollitt	AFC Fylde

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Matt McClure	Gloucester City	Blyth Spartans	6–1	17 October 2020
Gerard Garner	Gateshead	Southport	4–1	21 November 2020
Ben Tollitt	AFC Fylde	Chorley	4–0	2 January 2021

Monthly awards

Each month the Motorama 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
October 2020	Matt McClure[25]	Gloucester City	Jim Bentley[25]	AFC Fylde
November 2020	Sam Osborne[26]	Leamington	Jamie Vermiglio[26]	Chorley
December 2020	Ross Fitzsimons[27]	Boston United	Kevin Wilkin[27]	Brackley Town
January 2021	George Glendon[28]	Chester	Paul Holleran[28]	Leamington

National League South

National League South

Season	2020–21
Champions	Dorking Wanderers
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The National League South consisted 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 was left one team short. With the initially anticipated expansion to 24 teams for 2021–22, only one team was expected to be relegated.

The league was declared null and void on 18 February 2021. As a result, all records were expunged and no teams were promoted or relegated.^[5]

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.^[21]

To National League South Relegated from 2019–20 National League Ebbsfleet United

From National League South Promoted to 2020–21 National League Wealdstone Weymouth

Stadia and locations

London

Bath City

Billericay Town

Braintree Town

Chelmsford City

Chippenham Town

Concord Rangers

Dorking Wanderers

Eastbourne Borough

Havant & Waterlooville

Hungerford Town

Hemel Hempstead Town

Maidstone United

Oxford City

Slough Town

St Albans City

Tonbridge Angels

Greater London area clubs
Dartford
Dulwich Hamlet
Ebbsfleet United
Hampton & Richmond Borough
Welling United

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

Dartford

Dulwich Hamlet

Ebbsfleet United

Hampton & Richmond Borough

Welling United

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

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 Borough	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

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Braintree Town	George Borg	Resigned	16 November 2020	21st	Ryan Maxwell	18 November 2020
Billericay Town	Jamie O'Hara	Sacked	3 December 2020	15th	Kevin Watson	7 January 2021
Welling United	Bradley Quinton		13 January 2021	21st	Steve Lovell	14 January 2021

National League South table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dorking Wanderers	18	12	3	3	40	17	+23	39
2	Dartford	19	10	4	5	26	17	+9	34
3	Eastbourne Borough	19	9	6	4	36	26	+10	33
4	Oxford City	17	9	5	3	35	17	+18	32
5	St Albans City	15	9	5	1	22	10	+12	32
6	Hampton & Richmond Borough	17	9	2	6	24	16	+8	29
7	Hungerford Town	19	9	2	8	27	28	−1	29
8	Ebbsfleet United	18	8	4	6	26	24	+2	28
9	Havant & Waterlooville	14	6	2	6	25	21	+4	20
10	Hemel Hempstead Town	18	6	2	10	28	38	−10	20
11	Maidstone United	13	5	4	4	24	18	+6	19
12	Dulwich Hamlet	13	4	4	5	15	17	−2	16
13	Chelmsford City	16	4	4	8	21	25	−4	16
14	Tonbridge Angels	14	5	1	8	16	23	−7	16
15	Billericay Town	17	4	4	9	26	35	−9	16
16	Chippenham Town	14	4	4	6	13	22	−9	16
17	Concord Rangers	14	3	5	6	16	24	−8	14
18	Bath City	13	4	1	8	16	23	−7	13
19	Braintree Town	16	4	1	11	19	34	−15	13
20	Slough Town	12	3	3	6	16	24	−8	12
21	Welling United	14	2	6	6	18	30	−12	12

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^[29]

Results table

Home \ Away	BAT	BIL	BRA	CHE	CHI	CON	DAR	DOR	DUL	EAB	EBB	HAM	H&W	HEM	HUN	MAI	OXF	SLO	STA	TON	WEL
Bath City	—	2–0							1–4				2–1	1–2	0–2
Billericay Town		—	3–1	3–3		0–1			2–0		1–2	2–6	1–2				1–3	2–0	2–2	0–2
Braintree Town			—			1–0	2–1	0–4			0–3			3–4	1–2		1–2				1–1
Chelmsford City	3–4		4–2	—	0–2			0–1				0–1				1–0	1–1			0–2
Chippenham Town	1–1		1–0		—	1–1	1–2				1–2	0–3						2–2
Concord Rangers	3–2					—		1–3		2–2									1–1		1–1
Dartford	1–0	3–0		1–0			—	2–3		0–1	0–0		2–1		1–1			2–0	0–1	1–0	2–2
Dorking Wanderers	1–2							—	0–0		2–0	0–1		2–1		2–2	3–2	3–1		4–1	5–0
Dulwich Hamlet				0–0	0–2	1–4			—	2–1
Eastbourne Borough		4–2	4–0	1–1		1–1	3–1	0–3		—	1–1				3–2	2–3			0–1		2–1
Ebbsfleet United						2–1			1–1		—	2–1	0–3		3–2	0–0				0–1
Hampton & Richmond Borough	1–0						0–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	—		0–3					0–2
Havant & Waterlooville				3–1					3–1	1–2	1–2		—	2–3	4–2	2–2	2–1	0–0
Hemel Hempstead Town		1–4					1–3	1–3	1–1	1–4			2–0	—	0–1		3–5				1–2
Hungerford Town					3–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	0–3			0–1			—	2–1	1–4
Maidstone United		1–1	0–2			6–0	0–2							4–1		—					2–1
Oxford City	2–0			4–1	1–1				1–0	1–1		0–2			4–0		—		0–0	4–0	0–0
Slough Town	2–1		3–2								0–2			1–0	1–3	2–3		—			4–4
St Albans City			2–1	0–2	3–0						3–2	1–0		1–1	0–0				—	3–1
Tonbridge Angels			0–2		4–0	2–0				2–2		0–3		1–2	0–2					—
Welling United		2–2		0–4	0–1						4–3								0–2		—

Source: National League official site
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

^[30]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jason Prior	Dorking Wanderers	15
2	Ryan Seager	Hungerford Town	14
3	Jake Robinson	Billericay Town	12
4	James Roberts	Oxford City	11
	Chris Whelpdale	Eastbourne Borough
6	Rakish Bingham	Ebbsfleet United	9
	Shaun Jeffers	St Albans City
	Charlie Sheringham	Chelmsford City / Dartford
9	Harvey Bradbury	Oxford City	8
	Tommy Wright	Havant & Waterlooville

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Jake Robinson	Billericay Town	Hemel Hempstead Town	4–1	3 November 2020
Jason Prior	Dorking Wanderers	Tonbridge Angels	4–1	14 November 2020
Tommy Wright	Havant & Waterlooville	Chelmsford City	3–1	5 December 2020
Charlie Sheringham	Dartford	Billericay Town	3–0	12 January 2021

Monthly awards

Each month the Motorama 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
October 2020	Mike Jones[31]	Hungerford Town	Steve King[31]	Dartford
November 2020	Jason Prior[32]	Dorking Wanderers	Ian Allinson[32]	St Albans City
December 2020	Tommy Wright[33]	Havant & Waterlooville	David Oldfield[33]	Oxford City
January 2021	Ben Dudzinski[34]	Oxford City	Robbie Simpson[34]	Chelmsford City