2019–20 National League

The 2019–20 National League season, known as the Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, was the fifth season under English football's new title of National League, the sixteenth season consisting of three divisions, and the forty-first season overall.^[1]

National League

Season	2019–20
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the National League season was initially suspended on 16 March 2020 until at least 3 April. On 31 March, this suspension was extended indefinitely until further notice.^[2] On 22 April, clubs voted to end the season, with promotions and relegations still "under careful consideration".^[3] Due to the knock-on effects of Bury F.C.'s expulsion from EFL League One at the start of the season, it had already been assumed prior to the pandemic that no more than one club instead of the usual two was to be relegated from the English Football League, and that no more than three clubs instead of the usual four were to be relegated from the National division. The cumulative effect that the early termination of the season and Bury's expulsion from the EFL had on the composition of the National League's three divisions would have been determined.

On 17 June 2020, Barrow along with Wealdstone and King's Lynn Town were elected champions of their respective divisions after National League clubs voted to decide the final tables on a points-per-game basis. Barrow were therefore promoted to League Two, with Wealdstone and King's Lynn Town promoted to the National League.^[4][5] AFC Fylde considered mounting a legal challenge with support from Ebbsfleet United against their relegations, but ultimately decided against it.^[6]

Promotion play-offs were held in all three divisions to decide the additional promotion places. The semi-finals took place over the final two weekends of July, and the finals took place on 1 and 2 August. Clubs were expected to conduct and fund a COVID-19 prevention and testing process, and were allowed to decline their place in the competition without penalty if they were unable to fulfil this requirement.^[7] On 1 July, the Premier League committed £200,000 to the National League to help fund the conclusion of their season.^[8]

National League

National League

Season	2019–20
Champions	Barrow
Promoted	Barrow Harrogate Town
Relegated	Ebbsfleet United AFC Fylde Chorley
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The National League consists of 24 clubs.

Promotion and relegation

Team changes

To National League Promoted from 2018–19 National League North Stockport County Chorley Promoted from 2018–19 National League South Torquay United Woking Relegated from 2018–19 League Two Yeovil Town Notts County

From National League Promoted to 2019–20 League Two Leyton Orient Salford City Relegated to 2019–20 National League North Gateshead Relegated to 2019–20 National League South Maidstone United Braintree Town Havant & Waterlooville

Stadia and locations

London

AFC Fylde

Aldershot Town

Barrow

Chesterfield

Chorley

Dover Athletic

Eastleigh

FC Halifax Town

Harrogate Town

Hartlepool United

Maidenhead United

Notts County

Solihull Moors

Stockport County

Torquay United

Woking

Wrexham

Yeovil Town

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

Locations of the 2019–20 National League clubs (Greater London shown in more detail below)

Barnet

Boreham Wood

Bromley

Dagenham &  Redbridge

Ebbsfleet United

Sutton United

Locations of the 2019–20 National League clubs (Greater London)

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Fylde	Wesham	Mill Farm Sports Village	6,000
Aldershot Town	Aldershot	Recreation Ground	7,200
Barnet	London (Canons Park)	The Hive Stadium	6,418
Barrow	Barrow-in-Furness	Holker Street	5,045
Boreham Wood	Borehamwood	Meadow Park	4,502
Bromley	London (Bromley)	Hayes Lane	5,300
Chesterfield	Chesterfield	Proact Stadium	10,504
Chorley	Chorley	Victory Park	4,100
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	4,800
FC Halifax Town	Halifax	The Shay	10,400
Harrogate Town	Harrogate	Wetherby Road	4,100
Hartlepool United	Hartlepool	Victoria Park	7,856
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
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
AFC Fylde	Jim Bentley	Lewis Montrose	Under Armour	VetPlus
Aldershot Town	Danny Searle	Dean Rance	Adidas	Bridges Estate Agents
Barnet	Darren Currie	Callum Reynolds	Jako	Canon
Barrow	David Dunn	Josh Granite	Joma	JF Hornby & Co.
Boreham Wood	Luke Garrard	Mark Ricketts	Puma	Barnet and Southgate College
Bromley	Neil Smith	Jack Holland	Macron	Southwark Metals
Chesterfield	John Pemberton	Jonathan Smith	Puma	Technique Learning Solutions
Chorley	Jamie Vermiglio	Andrew Teague	Macron	Cruise 118
Dagenham & Redbridge	Daryl McMahon	Kenny Clark	Nike	West & Coe
Dover Athletic	Andy Hessenthaler	Kevin Lokko	Jako	Exclusive Glazing
Eastleigh	Ben Strevens	Danny Hollands	LAB Sports	Utilita
Ebbsfleet United	Kevin Watson	Dave Winfield	Hummel	Kuflink
FC Halifax Town	Pete Wild	Matty Brown	Adidas[9]	CORE Facility Services (Home) Halifax Bathrooms (Away) Stride Supplies (Third)
Harrogate Town	Simon Weaver	Josh Falkingham	Kappa	Strata
Hartlepool United	Dave Challinor	Ryan Donaldson	O'Neills	Utility Alliance Limited
Maidenhead United	Alan Devonshire	Alan Massey	Uhlsport	Utility Alliance Limited
Notts County	Neal Ardley	Michael Doyle	Puma	Vacant
Solihull Moors	James Shan	Kyle Storer	Surridge	John Shepherd Estate Agents
Stockport County	Jim Gannon	Paul Turnbull	Joma	Pioneer Group
Sutton United	Matt Gray	Jamie Collins	Macron	Angel Plastics
Torquay United	Gary Johnson	Asa Hall	Nike	No Sponsor
Woking	Alan Dowson	Josh Casey	Macron	Abstract Plans
Wrexham	Dean Keates	Shaun Pearson	Macron	Ifor Williams Trailers
Yeovil Town	Darren Sarll	Lee Collins	TAG	Jones Building Group

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Yeovil Town	Neale Marmon	End of Interim Contract	4 May 2019	Pre-season	Darren Sarll	19 June 2019
FC Halifax Town	Jamie Fullarton	Resigned	15 July 2019		Pete Wild	25 July 2019
Wrexham	Bryan Hughes	Dismissed	25 September 2019	21st	Dean Keates	6 October 2019
Hartlepool United	Craig Hignett		10 October 2019	16th	Dave Challinor	11 November 2019
Ebbsfleet United	Garry Hill			24th	Kevin Watson	4 November 2019
AFC Fylde	Dave Challinor		12 October 2019	21st	Jim Bentley	28 October 2019
Dagenham & Redbridge	Peter Taylor		29 December 2019	18th	Daryl McMahon	3 January 2020
Chesterfield	John Sheridan		2 January 2020	22nd	John Pemberton	2 January 2020
Solihull Moors	Tim Flowers	Mutual Consent	28 January 2020	9th	James Shan	12 February 2020
Barrow	Ian Evatt	Signed by Bolton Wanderers	1 July 2020	1st	David Dunn	9 July 2020

National League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Barrow (C, P)	37	21	7	9	68	39	+29	70	1.89	Promoted to League Two
2	Harrogate Town (O, P)	37	19	9	9	61	44	+17	66	1.78	Qualified for the National League play-off semi-finals
3	Notts County	38	17	12	9	61	38	+23	63	1.66
4	Yeovil Town	37	17	9	11	61	44	+17	60	1.62	Qualified for the National League play-off quarter-finals
5	Boreham Wood	37	16	12	9	55	40	+15	60	1.62
6	FC Halifax Town	37	17	7	13	50	49	+1	58	1.57
7	Barnet	35	14	12	9	52	42	+10	54	1.54
8	Stockport County	39	16	10	13	51	54	−3	58	1.49
9	Solihull Moors	38	15	10	13	48	37	+11	55	1.45
10	Woking	38	15	10	13	50	55	−5	55	1.45
11	Dover Athletic	38	15	9	14	49	49	0	54	1.42
12	Hartlepool United	39	14	13	12	56	50	+6	55	1.41
13	Bromley	38	14	10	14	57	52	+5	52	1.37
14	Torquay United	36	14	6	16	56	61	−5	48	1.33
15	Sutton United	38	12	14	12	47	42	+5	50	1.32
16	Eastleigh	37	11	13	13	43	55	−12	46	1.24
17	Dagenham & Redbridge	37	11	11	15	40	44	−4	44	1.19
18	Aldershot Town	39	12	10	17	43	55	−12	46	1.18
19	Wrexham	37	11	10	16	46	49	−3	43	1.16
20	Chesterfield	38	11	11	16	55	65	−10	44	1.16
21	Maidenhead United	38	12	5	21	44	58	−14	41	1.08	Reprieved from relegation[a]
22	Ebbsfleet United (R)	39	10	12	17	47	68	−21	42	1.08	Relegated to National League South
23	AFC Fylde (R)	37	9	12	16	44	60	−16	39	1.05	Relegated to National League North
24	Chorley (R)	38	4	14	20	31	65	−34	26	0.68

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; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. As a result of the knock-on effects of Bury's expulsion from League One, the fourth bottom team was reprieved from relegation for numerical reasons.^[10]

Play-offs

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						2	Harrogate Town	1
	5	Boreham Wood	2			5	Boreham Wood	0
	6	FC Halifax Town	1								2	Harrogate Town	3
											3	Notts County	1
						3	Notts County	2
	4	Yeovil Town	0			7	Barnet	0
	7	Barnet	2

Quarter-finals

Boreham Wood v FC Halifax Town

17 July 2020 (2020-07-17)	Boreham Wood	2–1	FC Halifax Town	Borehamwood
19:00	Smith 54' Rhead 80'	Report	Sho-Silva 19'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 0

Yeovil Town v Barnet

18 July 2020 (2020-07-18)	Yeovil Town	0–2	Barnet	Yeovil
15:00		Report	McCallum 53' Vilhete 86'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 0

Semi-finals

Harrogate Town v Boreham Wood

25 July 2020 (2020-07-25)	Harrogate Town	1–0	Boreham Wood	Harrogate
14:30	Muldoon 64'	Report		Stadium: Wetherby Road Attendance: 0

Notts County v Barnet

25 July 2020 (2020-07-25)	Notts County	2–0	Barnet	Nottingham
17:00	Dennis 37' Roberts 59'	Report		Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 0

Final

Main article: 2020 National League play-off Final

Harrogate Town	3–1	Notts County
Thomson 5' Hall 28' Diamond 70'	Report	Roberts 46'

2 August 2020 (2020-08-02)

15:00

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 0^[a]

Referee: James Bell

Results table

Home \ Away	FYL	ALD	BRN	BRW	BOR	BRO	CHE	CHO	DAG	DOV	EAS	EBB	HAL	HAR	HAT	MDH	NOT	SOL	STO	SUT	TOR	WOK	WRE	YEO
AFC Fylde	—	1–0	0–4	0–1	1–2		1–3	0–0	3–0	0–0	3–1	1–0		0–0			1–2	0–0	1–2	0–0	2–3	1–4	3–2
Aldershot Town	1–2	—	0–0	1–2	3–2	0–1	2–2	3–3	0–1	4–0	3–1		1–1	1–1	0–3	2–0	2–1		2–1	1–1			1–0	1–3
Barnet	2–1	2–0	—		2–2	1–2	2–2	2–1		0–1		5–2	1–1		2–1	1–0		0–0	1–2		2–2	2–2		1–0
Barrow	1–1	1–0	2–1	—	3–1	2–0		2–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	7–0	1–2	0–3	0–1	2–0	0–2	3–0		1–0	2–1			1–0
Boreham Wood	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	—		2–2			3–1	2–2	1–2		2–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	4–0	0–1		1–0	2–2	1–0
Bromley	2–2		1–2	1–2	1–0	—	2–1		3–0	3–0	2–3	3–1	5–0	3–3			2–1	2–2	2–2	0–1	3–3	1–0	0–2	1–1
Chesterfield	1–1	2–1		2–2		1–2	—	2–3	1–1	1–2	1–2	4–0	2–3	3–4	1–5		1–0	2–2		1–0	1–0	1–2	3–2	1–2
Chorley		0–0	0–1	1–3	1–3	0–0	1–2	—	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–4	0–1	0–2	0–0			1–6	3–0		1–0	1–1	0–2	1–2
Dagenham & Redbridge	1–2	6–1	1–1	0–2	0–3	1–1		0–0	—			1–1		4–2	3–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–2	2–1	3–2
Dover Athletic	5–1	2–0		2–1	0–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	—	3–1	1–1	0–2		1–1	3–4	2–2	1–1	0–1		1–2	1–2	2–1	0–1
Eastleigh	2–2	0–0	1–2		2–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–1		—	1–1		4–2	1–1	2–1	1–0			1–1	3–2	2–0	0–2
Ebbsfleet United		1–2	3–0	0–3			2–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	—	1–4	0–2	2–2	1–2	2–2		0–1	1–1	2–4	2–1	2–1	1–3
FC Halifax Town	4–1		4–2	0–2		2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	4–2	1–1	0–1	—	0–1	2–0	5–2	2–4	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–4	0–2		0–2
Harrogate Town		1–0	2–1		0–0	1–1	3–1	2–0		0–2	3–0	2–0	2–2	—	4–1	1–0	0–2	2–2	2–1	2–0	2–1		0–2	3–0
Hartlepool United	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–2		2–3	3–1		1–0	0–2	2–1	0–1		0–1	—		2–0		2–0	1–3		1–1	4–2	2–1
Maidenhead United	1–1	1–2	1–4	0–4	0–1	1–2	1–1	4–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	1–3	0–1	1–1	0–1	—	0–0	1–0	1–2			2–3	2–0
Notts County	2–0	3–1	1–2	0–3	2–2	2–1	3–0	5–1	2–0	0–0	4–0		1–0		2–2	3–0	—	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1
Solihull Moors	3–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	2–1	3–0		2–1	3–0	1–2	2–1			0–1	0–2	0–1	—	2–0	2–0	3–0		3–1	0–1
Stockport County	2–1	1–2	1–1	3–2	1–3	1–0	2–0	4–2	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	5–1		2–1	0–1		1–4	—	0–0	0–4	1–3
Sutton United			1–1	2–2		0–2	4–0	2–2	0–2	1–2		2–3	0–1	3–1	1–1	0–3	1–1	0–0	0–0	—	2–0	6–2	3–1	3–2
Torquay United	2–1	2–0		4–2	2–1		0–3	2–0	0–0		2–3	0–0	1–0	4–2	1–2	0–2			1–5	1–2	—	4–1	1–0	0–2
Woking		0–1	1–3	3–2	1–2	2–1		1–0			1–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–4	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	—	1–1	1–0
Wrexham	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–1		1–0	0–1	3–1	0–0		0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1		2–2		2–0	1–2	1–1		3–0	—	3–3
Yeovil Town	3–2	2–2			1–1	3–1		1–1		0–1	1–0		2–0	1–2	2–2	1–2	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	6–2	3–1	3–0	—

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.

Top scorers

As of matches played 7 March 2020^[12]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Scott Quigley	Barrow	20
2	Jamie Reid	Torquay United	18
	Kabongo Tshimanga	Boreham Wood
4	Rhys Murphy	Yeovil Town	17
	John Rooney	Barrow
6	Inih Effiong	Dover Athletic	16
	Jake Hyde	Woking
8	Simeon Akinola	Barnet	15
	Harry Beautyman	Sutton United
10	Tyrone Marsh	Boreham Wood	14

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
August 2019	Ben Gerring[13]	Woking	Alan Dowson[14]	Woking
September 2019	John Rooney[15]	Barrow	Darren Sarll[16]	Yeovil Town
October 2019	Matt Buse[17]	Torquay United	Simon Weaver[18]	Harrogate Town
November 2019	Jamey Osborne[19]	Solihull Moors	Ian Evatt[20]	Barrow
December 2019	Courtney Duffus[21]	Yeovil Town	Neal Ardley[22]	Notts County
January 2020	Warren Burrell[23]	Harrogate Town	Pete Wild[24]	FC Halifax Town
February 2020	Asa Hall[25]	Torquay United	Simon Weaver[26]	Harrogate Town

National League North

National League North

Season	2019–20
Champions	King's Lynn Town
Promoted	King's Lynn Town Altrincham
Relegated	none
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The National League North consists of 22 teams.

Team changes

To National League North Promoted from 2018–19 Northern Premier League Premier Division Farsley Celtic Promoted from 2018–19 Southern League Premier Division Central Kettering Town King's Lynn Town Relegated from 2018–19 National League Gateshead Transferred from 2018–19 National League South Gloucester City

From National League North Promoted to 2019–20 National League Stockport County Chorley Relegated to 2019–20 Northern Premier League Premier Division Ashton United F.C. United of Manchester Relegated to 2019–20 Southern League Premier Division Central Nuneaton Borough

Stadia and locations

AFC Telford United

Alfreton Town

Altrincham

Blyth Spartans

Boston United

Brackley Town

Bradford (Park Avenue)

Chester

Curzon Ashton

Darlington

Farsley Celtic

Gateshead

Gloucester City

Guiseley

Hereford

Kettering Town

Kidderminster Harriers

King's Lynn Town

Leamington

Southport

Spennymoor Town

York City

Locations of the 2019–20 National League North clubs

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Telford United	Telford	New Bucks Head	6,300
Alfreton Town	Alfreton	North Street	3,600
Altrincham	Altrincham	Moss Lane	6,085
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
Chester	Chester	Deva Stadium	6,500
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	Evesham	Jubilee Stadium (groundshare with Evesham United)	3,000
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 Stadium	6,238
King's Lynn Town	King's Lynn	The Walks	5,733
Leamington	Leamington	New Windmill Ground	2,300
Southport	Southport	Haig Avenue	3,150[27]
Spennymoor Town	Spennymoor	The Brewery Field	6,000
York City	York	Bootham Crescent	8,256[28]

National League North table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Promotion or qualification
1	King's Lynn Town (C, P)	32	19	7	6	63	39	+24	64	2.00	Promoted to the National League
2	York City	34	19	9	6	52	28	+24	66	1.94	Qualified for the National League North play-off semi-finals
3	Boston United	32	17	7	8	46	32	+14	58	1.81
4	Brackley Town	34	16	12	6	61	25	+36	60	1.76	Qualified for the National League North play-off quarter-finals
5	Altrincham (O, P)	33	16	9	8	62	40	+22	57	1.73
6	Chester	32	15	9	8	58	38	+20	54	1.69
7	Gateshead	31	14	10	7	47	31	+16	52	1.68
8	Spennymoor Town	34	15	10	9	63	45	+18	55	1.62
9	Guiseley	33	14	8	11	52	41	+11	50	1.52
10	Darlington	33	14	6	13	43	50	−7	48	1.45
11	Farsley Celtic	34	14	6	14	50	45	+5	48	1.41
12	Southport	32	12	7	13	40	41	−1	43	1.34
13	Alfreton Town	32	12	4	16	48	55	−7	40	1.25
14	AFC Telford United	34	11	9	14	51	56	−5	42	1.24
15	Kidderminster Harriers	33	10	8	15	39	43	−4	38	1.15
16	Hereford	35	9	12	14	39	56	−17	39	1.11
17	Gloucester City	30	9	6	15	39	57	−18	33	1.10
18	Leamington	32	9	8	15	39	51	−12	35	1.09
19	Kettering Town	31	7	11	13	36	46	−10	32	1.03
20	Curzon Ashton	33	8	10	15	34	42	−8	34	1.03
21	Blyth Spartans	33	6	5	22	32	78	−46	23	0.70
22	Bradford (Park Avenue)	33	5	5	23	25	80	−55	20	0.61

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

Play-offs

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						2	York City	0
	5	Altrincham	3			5	Altrincham	2
	6	Chester	2								3	Boston United	0
											5	Altrincham	1
						3	Boston United	5
	4	Brackley Town	1 (6)			7	Gateshead	3
	7	Gateshead	1 (7)

Quarter-finals

Altrincham v Chester

19 July 2020 (2020-07-19)	Altrincham	3–2	Chester	Altrincham
13:30	Hancock 34' Durrell 53' (pen.), 59'	Report	Glendon 63' Hughes 80'	Stadium: The J. Davidson Stadium Attendance: 0

Brackley Town v Gateshead

19 July 2020 (2020-07-19)	Brackley Town	1–1 (6–7 p)	Gateshead	Brackley
16:00	Byrne 45+6'	Report	Southern-Cooper 45+4'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 0
	Penalties
	Byrne Walker Maye Armson Daire Smith Lowe Myles		Pattison Deverdics Nicholson Olley Blackett Preston Southern-Cooper Forbes

Semi-finals

York City v Altrincham

25 July 2020	York City	0–2	Altrincham	York
15:00		Report	Hancock 8' Peers 77'	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 0

Boston United v Gateshead

25 July 2020	Boston United	5–3	Gateshead	Boston
17:30	Thewlis 35' (pen.), 44' (pen.) Rollins 62' Wright 71', 79'	Report	O'Donnell 20' Nicholson 51' (pen.) Forbes 85'	Stadium: York Street Attendance: 0

Final

Boston United v Altrincham

1 August 2020 (2020-08-01)	Boston United	0–1	Altrincham	Boston
15:00			Mooney 64'	Stadium: York Street Attendance: 0

Results

Home \ Away	TEL	ALF	ALT	BLY	BOS	BRA	BRD	CHE	CUR	DAR	FAR	GAT	GLO	GUI	HER	KET	KID	KLT	LEA	SOU	SPE	YOR
AFC Telford United	—	3–0	2–2	4–2	1–3	0–1		1–3		1–2	0–2	0–0	4–3	4–1		3–1	2–0	1–3	1–3		2–2	1–1
Alfreton Town	1–1	—		3–0	1–1	2–4	4–0		3–2	1–2	2–4		6–1		2–0	0–2		2–2	1–0	2–0	0–2	1–3
Altrincham	5–2	3–2	—	3–1			2–0		2–1	1–1	3–1	3–0		1–1	5–1	1–1	1–1		5–0	3–0	4–1	1–3
Blyth Spartans	3–1		0–3	—	0–1	0–6		2–2	2–1	0–2	2–0	3–3	1–2	1–4	0–1		1–1	0–3		1–4		0–3
Boston United	1–0		5–0	2–0	—	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0			0–3		1–1		2–1	2–0	0–3	1–0	2–0		3–1
Brackley Town	1–1	1–0	1–0	5–2	0–0	—	8–0	1–1	3–0	5–1	0–1		3–0	0–0		1–1	2–0	1–1		1–1	0–0
Bradford (Park Avenue)	2–3		2–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	—	2–1	0–2		0–3		1–2	0–5	3–2		0–3	2–3	0–3	0–3	1–1	0–2
Chester	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–1		2–3	2–1	—	0–1	3–0	2–1		4–0	3–1	4–1			3–2	3–3	4–0		0–1
Curzon Ashton	2–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–4	5–0	1–3	—	3–1	4–0	0–1			2–0	0–0	0–1				1–1	1–0
Darlington	2–3	3–0		2–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–0		—	2–4	1–1	2–1	0–3	0–0	3–0	1–0			2–0	2–1	0–2
Farsley Celtic	1–1	1–1		2–0	2–4	1–1	5–0		2–1	3–1	—		1–1	0–1	1–2	3–2	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–3	1–0
Gateshead		3–1	2–0	2–3	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–0		0–3	—	1–0	2–3	2–0		0–0	1–2	4–2	0–0	1–0
Gloucester City	0–1		1–1		3–0		1–0		2–2	2–1			—	3–1	0–2	2–2			2–1	0–1	1–2	2–3
Guiseley	1–2	2–4	1–1			0–2		0–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–2	2–1	—	3–0	1–2	1–2	3–0	3–0		3–1	0–0
Hereford	1–0	1–2	0–2		0–0	1–1	1–1		1–1	2–2	1–1	2–1		0–0	—	1–0	2–1		1–2	2–2	2–2	2–2
Kettering Town	2–1	2–1	0–2	4–4	0–2		4–0	1–1	0–0		1–0	1–2	1–1		0–0	—	3–5				0–2	0–0
Kidderminster Harriers		0–1	2–0	0–1	1–3	1–3		0–1		1–1	2–0	1–1	2–3		3–1		—	2–4	2–2	0–1	1–1	0–1
King's Lynn Town		3–2	2–2	3–0	1–0		0–1	2–2	4–1	2–0		1–0	2–2	0–1	3–1	2–1	0–2	—	5–2		3–0	1–0
Leamington		0–1	0–1	2–0		2–0		0–0	1–1	3–0	0–3	0–0	3–0	2–2	0–2	3–1		0–0	—	1–0	2–2
Southport	0–1		2–1	2–0	1–3	1–0	3–3	1–3	0–0				1–0	3–0	3–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	4–1	—		0–2
Spennymoor Town	3–3	5–0	3–2	5–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	2–1		3–1		1–3	5–1		4–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	—	1–4
York City	2–0	1–0			2–1	1–0	2–1	4–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1		1–2	1–4	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–1		—

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2020. Source: National League North results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Gateshead	Ben Clark	Dismissed	30 April 2019	Pre-season	Dave Dickson	19 May 2019
Blyth Spartans	Alun Armstrong	Signed by Darlington	21 May 2019		Lee Clark	1 June 2019
Gateshead	Dave Dickson	Dismissed	31 May 2019		Mike Williamson	11 June 2019
Bradford (Park Avenue)	Garry Thompson	Dismissed	7 August 2019	24th	Marcus Law	8 August 2019
Hereford	Marc Richards	Dismissed	12 August 2019	13th	Russell Slade	29 August 2019
Kidderminster Harriers	John Pemberton	Resigned	27 November 2019[29]	17th	Russell Penn	6 December 2019[30]

Top scorers

As of matches played 14 March 2020^[12]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Adam Marriott	King's Lynn Town	28
2	Lee Ndlovu	Brackley Town	20
3	Akwasi Asante	Chester	18
4	Aaron Martin	Guiseley	17
	Glen Taylor	Spennymoor Town
6	Josh March	Leamington	16
7	Jordan Burrow	York City	15
	Adam Campbell	Darlington
	Amari Morgan-Smith	Alfreton Town
10	Josh Hancock	Altrincham	14
	Jordan Hulme	Altrincham

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
August 2019	Aaron Martin[31]	Guiseley	Steve Watson[32]	York City
September 2019	James Armson[33]	Brackley Town	Adam Lakeland[34]	Farsley Celtic
October 2019	David Morgan[35]	Southport	Alun Armstrong[36]	Darlington
November 2019	Adam Marriott[37]	King's Lynn Town	Ian Culverhouse[37]	King's Lynn Town
December 2019	Lee Ndlovu[38]	Brackley Town	Paul Holleran[38]	Leamington
January 2020	Josh Hancock[39]	Altrincham	Phil Parkinson[39]	Altrincham

National League South

National League South

Season	2019–20
Champions	Wealdstone
Promoted	Wealdstone Weymouth
Relegated	none
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The National League South consists of 22 teams.

Team changes

To National League South Promoted from 2018–19 Isthmian League Premier Division Dorking Wanderers Tonbridge Angels Promoted from 2018–19 Southern League Premier Division South Weymouth Relegated from 2018–19 National League Braintree Town Havant & Waterlooville Maidstone United

From National League South Promoted to 2019–20 National League Torquay United Woking Relegated to 2019–20 Isthmian League Premier Division East Thurrock United Relegated to 2019–20 Southern League Premier Division South Truro City Weston-super-Mare Transferred to 2019–20 National League North Gloucester City

Stadia and locations

London

Bath City

Billericay Town

Braintree Town

Chelmsford City

Chippenham Town

Concord Rangers

Dorking Wanderers

Dartford

Eastbourne Borough

Havant & Waterlooville

Hemel Hempstead Town

Hungerford Town

Maidstone United

Oxford City

Slough Town

St Albans City

Tonbridge Angels

Weymouth

Greater London clubs
Dulwich Hamlet
Hampton & Richmond Borough
Wealdstone
Welling United

Locations of the National League South 2019–20 clubs (Greater London shown in more detail below)

Dartford

Dulwich Hamlet

Hampton & Richmond Borough

Wealdstone

Welling United

Locations of the 2019–20 National League South clubs (Greater London)

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	2,000
Dulwich Hamlet	London (East Dulwich)	Champion Hill	3,000
Eastbourne Borough	Eastbourne	Priory Lane	4,151
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
Wealdstone	London (Ruislip)	Grosvenor Vale	3,607
Welling United	London (Welling)	Park View Road	4,000
Weymouth	Weymouth	Bob Lucas Stadium	6,600

National League South table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Promotion or qualification
1	Wealdstone (C, P)	33	22	4	7	69	35	+34	70	2.12	Promoted to the National League
2	Havant & Waterlooville	34	19	10	5	64	37	+27	67	1.97	Qualified for the National League South play-off semi-finals
3	Weymouth (O, P)	35	17	12	6	60	35	+25	63	1.80
4	Bath City	35	18	9	8	50	37	+13	63	1.80	Qualified for the National League South play-off quarter-finals
5	Slough Town	35	17	9	9	51	38	+13	60	1.71
6	Dartford	34	16	8	10	60	46	+14	56	1.65
7	Dorking Wanderers	35	14	8	13	58	56	+2	50	1.43
8	Hampton & Richmond Borough	33	14	5	14	51	50	+1	47	1.42
9	Maidstone United	33	12	9	12	48	44	+4	45	1.36
10	Chelmsford City	34	11	11	12	55	56	−1	44	1.29
11	Hemel Hempstead Town	34	12	8	14	36	43	−7	44	1.29
12	Welling United	34	12	6	16	38	46	−8	42	1.24
13	Oxford City	34	11	9	14	47	60	−13	42	1.24
14	Chippenham Town	35	10	12	13	39	45	−6	42	1.20
15	Tonbridge Angels	31	9	9	13	46	54	−8	36	1.16
16	Concord Rangers	32	10	7	15	44	48	−4	37	1.16
17	Billericay Town	32	8	13	11	46	55	−9	37	1.16
18	Eastbourne Borough	33	8	14	11	38	54	−16	38	1.15
19	Dulwich Hamlet	35	9	10	16	51	50	+1	37	1.06
20	St Albans City	35	9	10	16	41	54	−13	37	1.06
21	Braintree Town	35	10	5	20	44	67	−23	35	1.00
22	Hungerford Town	33	8	4	21	38	64	−26	28	0.85

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

Play-offs

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						2	Havant & Waterlooville	1
	5	Slough Town	0			6	Dartford	2
	6	Dartford	3								3	Weymouth	0 (3)
											6	Dartford	0 (0)
						3	Weymouth	3
	4	Bath City	1			7	Dorking Wanderers	2
	7	Dorking Wanderers	2

Quarter-final

Slough Town v Dartford

19 July 2020 (2020-07-19)	Slough Town	0–3	Dartford	Slough
13:30		Report	Sheringham 47', 56' Wanadio 85'	Stadium: Arbour Park Attendance: 0

Bath City v Dorking Wanderers

19 July 2020 (2020-07-19)	Bath City	1–2	Dorking Wanderers	Bath
16:00	Brunt 80'	Report	McShane 6' Prior 41'	Stadium: Twerton Park Attendance: 0

Semi-finals

Havant & Waterlooville v Dartford

25 July 2020 (2020-07-25)	Havant & Waterlooville	1–2	Dartford	Havant
15:00	Ayunga 14'	Report	McQueen 56', 65'	Stadium: West Leigh Park Attendance: 0

Weymouth v Dorking Wanderers

25 July 2020 (2020-07-25)	Weymouth	3–2	Dorking Wanderers	Weymouth
17:30	McQuoid 3' (pen.) Anthony 11' Odubade 90+5'	Report	McShane 73' Buchanan 85'	Stadium: Bob Lucas Stadium Attendance: 0

Final

Weymouth v Dartford

1 August 2020 (2020-08-01)	Weymouth	0–0 (3–0 p)	Dartford	Weymouth
15:00		Report		Stadium: Bob Lucas Stadium Attendance: 0
	Penalties
	Whelan McCarthy Anthony		Jebb McQueen Husin

Results table

Home \ Away	BAT	BIL	BRA	CHE	CHI	CON	DAR	DOR	DUL	EAB	HAM	H&W	HEM	HUN	MAI	OXF	SLO	STA	TON	WEA	WEL	WEY
Bath City	—	2–1	2–0		3–2	3–1	3–0	1–0	3–2	2–2	3–0		2–0	2–1	1–1	1–2		0–3	0–0	0–0		0–0
Billericay Town	1–1	—	2–1	1–1				2–2		1–0		0–1		3–0		1–1	2–2	3–2	3–3	3–1	2–1	1–1
Braintree Town	2–0	2–3	—	1–2		0–1		3–2	2–1	5–0	0–4	3–3	0–0	0–3	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–4		1–1
Chelmsford City	1–0	1–1	4–1	—	3–3	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	4–1		2–1	4–1		2–6	1–1			1–3	1–1
Chippenham Town	1–3	2–0	1–2	2–1	—	3–0	1–5	0–2	2–2			0–0	2–2		1–0	1–1	0–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0
Concord Rangers	0–1	4–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	—	0–2	3–3		5–0	0–2	0–0	3–1	0–2	0–1		2–1		3–3		3–0
Dartford		3–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	0–1	—	3–4	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1		2–2	3–0	2–3	1–1	3–0	0–0	4–0
Dorking Wanderers	0–0		4–4	2–0	1–0		2–3	—	0–0	4–0	0–1	1–2	3–1	1–0	3–1	0–2	3–5		3–1	2–2	2–0	1–0
Dulwich Hamlet	1–3	0–1	6–0	5–3	1–1	2–2	1–1		—		1–2	1–3	2–1	2–3	0–1		2–3	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–2
Eastbourne Borough	1–2	1–1		0–4	2–1	2–2	0–2	3–2	0–3	—	4–1		1–1		3–0	1–1	0–2	3–3	2–0		2–1	1–1
Hampton & Richmond Borough	0–0	1–1			1–0	2–3	1–2		0–3		—	3–4	1–2	7–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–3
Havant & Waterlooville	2–1		1–3	0–0	2–1	2–1		6–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	—	1–2	3–1	1–2		1–0	1–2		2–4	1–1
Hemel Hempstead Town	2–1	3–0	0–3	2–0	0–1	1–0		1–0	1–0	1–1		1–2	—	4–1			1–1	1–0	1–1	0–3	0–2	0–1
Hungerford Town	0–1		2–0	1–0	1–1		2–2	0–1	1–4	0–1	0–2	1–3		—	1–3	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–0		1–2
Maidstone United	0–2	2–1	1–0	4–1	0–0			2–3	4–1	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–1		—	1–0	1–1	4–0	2–2		3–1	1–2
Oxford City		2–2	1–4		1–3	0–3	0–1	2–1	2–1		3–2	0–3	1–2	3–2	1–4	—	2–1	3–3	0–3	3–2		0–0
Slough Town	3–2	3–1	1–0	2–1			1–0	0–1		1–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–2		0–1	—	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1
St Albans City	0–1		0–3	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–1		1–3	1–1	1–3	2–0	2–2	1–0	0–0		—		2–3	1–2	1–4
Tonbridge Angels		3–2	5–1	1–2	3–2	1–0	3–2		1–2			1–3	0–2	1–1		4–4		2–1	—			1–1
Wealdstone	7–0	3–0		0–1	1–0	3–0	4–1	3–1	2–1	2–0		1–4		3–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	—	1–0
Welling United	0–3	2–0	6–2		1–0		0–3	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–1		2–0	3–2	1–0	3–1	1–2	0–1	4–2	1–2	—	1–3
Weymouth	1–1	0–0	3–0	4–1		3–0	3–1		1–1	2–2	2–1	0–1		2–1	5–1	2–1	2–0	0–1		3–4	1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2020. Source: National League official site
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Billericay Town	Harry Wheeler	Dismissed	16 September 2019	7th	Jamie O'Hara	16 September 2019

Notes

1. The final was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.

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