2015–16 National League

The 2015–16 National League season (known as the Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons) was the first season under the new title of National League, the twelfth season consisting of three divisions and the thirty-seventh season overall.

National League

Season	2015–16
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The National League covers the top two levels of Non-League football in England. The National League is the fifth highest level of the overall pyramid, while the National League North and National League South exist at the sixth level. The top team and the winner of the play-off of the Premier division will be promoted to League Two, while the bottom four are relegated to the North or South divisions. The champions of the North and South divisions will be promoted to the Premier division, alongside the play-off winners from each division. The bottom three in each of the North and South divisions are relegated to the premier divisions of the Northern Premier League, Isthmian League or Southern League.

On 6 April 2015, it was announced that as of the 2015–16 season the League was to undergo a name change from the Football Conference to the National League. As well as the name change, the league's logo has been re-designed and the league's broadcaster BT Sport has signed a new three-year contract. The structure of the league and the title sponsor Vanarama however remain the same.^[1]

National League

National League

Season	2015–16
Champions	Cheltenham Town (2nd divisional title)
Promoted	Cheltenham Town Grimsby Town
Relegated	Altrincham FC Halifax Town Kidderminster Harriers Welling United
Top goalscorer	Pádraig Amond, Grimsby Town and Dan Holman, Cheltenham Town (30 goals)
Biggest home win	Grimsby Town 7–0 FC Halifax Town
Biggest away win	FC Halifax Town 1–7 Cheltenham Town
Highest scoring	Torquay United 3–7 Bromley Chester 8–2 Aldershot Town
Longest winning run	Forest Green Rovers and Cheltenham Town (9 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Cheltenham Town (21 matches)
Longest winless run	Kidderminster Harriers (18 matches)
Highest attendance	7,650 Grimsby Town v Lincoln City
Lowest attendance	484 Braintree Town v Wrexham
Average attendance	5,214 Tranmere Rovers
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2014–15 Conference North

• Barrow (League champions)
• Guiseley (Play-off winners)

Teams promoted from 2014–15 Conference South

• Bromley (League champions)
• Boreham Wood (Play-off winners)

Teams relegated from 2014–15 League Two

• Cheltenham Town
• Tranmere Rovers

Stadia and locations

London

Aldershot Town

Altrincham

Barrow

Braintree Town

Cheltenham Town

Chester

Dover Athletic

Eastleigh

FC Halifax Town

Forest Green Rovers

Gateshead

Grimsby Town

Guiseley

Kidderminster Harriers

Lincoln City

Macclesfield Town

Southport

Torquay United

Tranmere Rovers

Woking

Wrexham

Greater London clubs
Boreham Wood
Bromley
Welling United

Locations of the 2015–16 National League clubs (Greater London shown in more detail below)

Boreham Wood

Bromley

Welling United

Locations of the 2015–16 National League clubs (Greater London)

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Aldershot Town	Recreation Ground	7,100
Altrincham	Moss Lane	6,085
Barrow	Holker Street	5,000
Boreham Wood	Meadow Park	4,502
Braintree Town	Cressing Road	4,145
Bromley	Hayes Lane	5,000
Cheltenham Town	Whaddon Road	7,066
Chester	Deva Stadium	6,000
Dover Athletic	Crabble Athletic Ground	6,500
Eastleigh	Ten Acres	5,200
FC Halifax Town	The Shay	14,061
Forest Green Rovers	The New Lawn	5,147
Gateshead	Gateshead International Stadium	10,000
Grimsby Town	Blundell Park	9,062
Guiseley	Nethermoor Park	3,000
Kidderminster Harriers	Aggborough Stadium	6,238
Lincoln City	Sincil Bank	10,120
Macclesfield Town	Moss Rose	6,355
Southport	Haig Avenue	6,008
Torquay United	Plainmoor	6,500
Tranmere Rovers	Prenton Park	16,789
Welling United	Park View Road	4,000
Woking	Kingfield Stadium	6,036
Wrexham	Racecourse Ground	10,771

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Cheltenham Town (C, P)	46	30	11	5	87	30	+57	101	Promotion to EFL League Two
2	Forest Green Rovers	46	26	11	9	69	42	+27	89	Qualification for the National League play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
3	Braintree Town	46	23	12	11	56	38	+18	81
4	Grimsby Town (O, P)	46	22	14	10	82	45	+37	80
5	Dover Athletic	46	23	11	12	75	53	+22	80
6	Tranmere Rovers	46	22	12	12	61	44	+17	78
7	Eastleigh	46	21	12	13	64	53	+11	75
8	Wrexham	46	20	9	17	71	56	+15	69
9	Gateshead	46	19	10	17	59	70	−11	67
10	Macclesfield Town	46	19	9	18	60	48	+12	66
11	Barrow	46	17	14	15	64	71	−7	65
12	Woking	46	17	10	19	71	68	+3	61
13	Lincoln City	46	16	13	17	69	68	+1	61
14	Bromley	46	17	9	20	67	72	−5	60
15	Aldershot Town	46	16	8	22	54	72	−18	56
16	Southport	46	14	13	19	52	65	−13	55
17	Chester	46	14	12	20	67	71	−4	54
18	Torquay United	46	13	12	21	54	76	−22	51
19	Boreham Wood	46	12	14	20	44	49	−5	50
20	Guiseley	46	11	16	19	47	70	−23	49
21	FC Halifax Town (R)	46	12	12	22	55	82	−27	48	Relegation to the National League North
22	Altrincham (R)	46	10	14	22	48	73	−25	44
23	Kidderminster Harriers (R)	46	9	13	24	49	71	−22	40
24	Welling United (R)	46	8	11	27	35	73	−38	35	Relegation to the National League South

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2016. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League Two.

Play-offs

	Semi-finals							Final
	2	Forest Green Rovers	1	1	2
	5	Dover Athletic	0	1	1
								2	Forest Green Rovers	1
								4	Grimsby Town	3
	3	Braintree Town	1	0	1
	4	Grimsby Town (a.e.t.)	0	2	2

First leg

Dover Athletic v Forest Green Rovers

4 May 2016[2]	Dover Athletic	0–1	Forest Green Rovers	Crabble Athletic Ground, River
19:00		BBC Report	Williams 35'	Attendance: 2,071 Referee: Adrian Holmes

Grimsby Town v Braintree Town

5 May 2016[2]	Grimsby Town	0–1	Braintree Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes
19:00		BBC Report	Davis 53' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,271 Referee: John Brooks

Second leg

Forest Green Rovers v Dover Athletic

7 May 2016[2]	Forest Green Rovers	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	Dover Athletic	The New Lawn, Nailsworth
19:30	Marsh-Brown 54'	BBC Report	Miller 49'	Attendance: 2,755 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Braintree Town v Grimsby Town

8 May 2016[2]	Braintree Town	0–2 (a.e.t.) (1–2 agg.)	Grimsby Town	Cressing Road, Braintree
15:00		BBC Report	Amond 75' (pen.) Bogle 110'	Attendance: 3,102 Referee: Simon Bennett

Final

Main article: 2016 National League play-off Final

Forest Green Rovers v Grimsby Town

15 May 2016[2]	Forest Green Rovers	1–3	Grimsby Town	Wembley Stadium, London
16:00 (BST)	Marsh-Brown 60'	BBC Report	Bogle 42', 43' Arnold 90+4'	Attendance: 17,198 Referee: Robert Jones

Results

Home \ Away	ALD	ALT	BRW	BOR	BRA	BRO	CHL	CHR	DOV	EAS	HAL	FGR	GAT	GRI	GUI	KID	LIN	MAC	SOU	TOR	TRA	WEL	WOK	WRE
Aldershot Town		2–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–1	1–2	3–2	0–3	1–2	3–4	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1
Altrincham	4–0		1–0	1–0	0–4	0–0	2–1	0–3	1–2	1–1	1–3	0–1	2–3	2–1	1–1	2–2	3–3	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	5–0	3–1	1–1
Barrow	1–3	3–2		0–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	3–2	2–1	1–0	4–1	2–2	0–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	4–0	3–4	1–1	2–1	2–0
Boreham Wood	0–1	0–1	0–2		1–0	2–3	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–3	1–3	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–1
Braintree Town	1–2	3–0	1–1	0–2		1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–3	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0
Bromley	1–3	1–3	5–0	1–2	1–2		1–2	3–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–2	3–0	1–2	2–0	3–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–1	2–0	2–1	3–1
Cheltenham Town	0–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	1–1	4–1		3–1	3–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	5–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	4–0	2–1
Chester	8–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–1		1–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	4–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–3	0–2	0–0	4–1	0–1	4–0	1–2	3–2
Dover Athletic	5–2	2–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	2–3	1–2	0–0		1–2	1–0	0–1	4–0	1–1	0–0	3–2	4–1	2–1	1–2	5–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–1
Eastleigh	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–5		2–1	3–2	1–2	0–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–2	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1
FC Halifax Town	0–2	1–0	3–1	3–2	3–6	2–2	1–7	0–1	4–2	0–0		0–2	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–3	2–0
Forest Green Rovers	0–0	2–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	2–1	0–1		0–1	0–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	0–0
Gateshead	3–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–3	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–3	2–1	1–4	0–1		1–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–3	0–1	1–2	1–4	1–2	1–5	2–1
Grimsby Town	4–1	5–0	4–1	0–0	0–1	4–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	7–0	1–1	2–1		1–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–0
Guiseley	0–4	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–3	0–1	1–4	2–1	0–1	0–2	2–2		1–0	0–1	0–3	1–1	4–3	2–2	2–0	4–4	3–1
Kidderminster Harriers	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	3–2	1–0	0–2	0–1	2–2	0–1		0–2	3–1	0–1	2–2	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–3
Lincoln City	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–3	3–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–2		5–3	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–3	1–1
Macclesfield Town	0–2	3–0	1–2	0–0	3–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	0–1	4–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1		0–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–0
Southport	1–1	3–0	2–1	0–3	1–1	5–3	0–4	1–2	0–0	0–4	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–4	2–0	3–4	2–2	3–1		0–1	2–2	3–3	2–2	3–2
Torquay United	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–2	0–0	3–7	0–3	2–0	2–3	0–1	0–0	4–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–3	1–0	1–0		0–1	2–0	0–1	0–1
Tranmere Rovers	3–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	1–2	4–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	3–2	0–1	1–0	2–1		1–2	1–0	1–2
Welling United	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–3	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–4	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1		2–1	0–2
Woking	2–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	5–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–3	0–1	1–1	3–1	2–5	1–2	2–2	4–1	2–0		0–1
Wrexham	3–0	3–1	4–1	1–0	2–3	2–0	2–1	3–0	0–1	2–3	3–1	2–2	4–0	0–0	3–3	2–0	3–1	2–3	0–1	3–1	2–2	1–0	1–3

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2016. Source: Football Conference
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of matches played 30 April 2016^[3]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Pádraig Amond	Grimsby Town	30
	Dan Holman	Cheltenham Town
3	Andy Cook	Barrow	24
4	Ross Hannah	Chester	23
5	Kristian Dennis	Macclesfield Town	22
	Daniel Wright	Cheltenham Town
7	Moses Emmanuel	Bromley	20
	Matt Rhead	Lincoln City
	Ricky Miller	Dover Athletic
10	James Norwood	Tranmere Rovers	19

National League North

National League North

Season	2015–16
Champions	Solihull Moors
Promoted	Solihull Moors North Ferriby United
Relegated	Corby Town Hednesford Town Lowestoft Town
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated from 2014–15 Conference Premier

• AFC Telford United
• Alfreton Town
• Nuneaton Town

Teams promoted from 2014–15 Northern Premier League Premier Division

• F.C. United of Manchester (League Champions)
• Curzon Ashton (Play-off Winners)

Teams promoted from 2014–15 Southern League Premier Division

• Corby Town (League Champions)

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Solihull Moors (C, P)	42	25	10	7	84	48	+36	85	Promotion to the National League
2	North Ferriby United (O, P)	42	22	10	10	82	49	+33	76	Qualification for the National League North play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
3	AFC Fylde	42	22	9	11	76	53	+23	75
4	Harrogate Town	42	21	9	12	73	46	+27	72
5	Boston United	42	22	5	15	73	60	+13	71
6	Nuneaton Town[lower-alpha 2]	42	20	13	9	71	46	+25	70
7	Tamworth	42	16	15	11	55	45	+10	63
8	Chorley	42	18	9	15	64	55	+9	63
9	Stockport County	42	15	14	13	50	49	+1	59
10	Alfreton Town	42	15	13	14	58	54	+4	58
11	Curzon Ashton	42	14	15	13	55	52	+3	57
12	Stalybridge Celtic	42	14	11	17	62	75	−13	53
13	F.C. United of Manchester	42	15	8	19	60	75	−15	53
14	Bradford Park Avenue	42	13	11	18	51	59	−8	50
15	Gloucester City	42	12	14	16	39	49	−10	50
16	Gainsborough Trinity	42	14	8	20	46	62	−16	50
17	Worcester City	42	12	12	18	55	61	−6	48
18	AFC Telford United	42	13	8	21	47	60	−13	47
19	Brackley Town	42	11	13	18	45	54	−9	46
20	Lowestoft Town (R)	42	12	10	20	48	69	−21	46	Relegation to the Isthmian League Premier Division
21	Hednesford Town (R)	42	8	14	20	50	77	−27	38	Relegation to the Northern Premier League Premier Division
22	Corby Town (R)	42	7	11	24	47	93	−46	32

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2016. Source: Football Conference
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the National League.
2. Nuneaton were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in their win over Corby Town on 27 February 2016.^[4]

Play-offs

	Semi-finals							Final
	2	North Ferriby United	0	3	3
	5	Boston United	2	0	2
								2	North Ferriby United (a.e.t.)	2
								3	AFC Fylde	1
	3	AFC Fylde	1	1	2
	4	Harrogate Town	0	1	1

First leg

Boston United v North Ferriby United

4 May 2016[2]	Boston United	2–0	North Ferriby United	York Street, Boston
19:45	Roberts 23' Mills 90+5'	Report		Attendance: 2,592

Harrogate Town v AFC Fylde

4 May 2016[2]	Harrogate Town	0–1	AFC Fylde	Wetherby Road, Harrogate
19:45		Report	Rowe 53'	Attendance: 1,694

Second leg

North Ferriby United v Boston United

8 May 2016[2]	North Ferriby United	3–0 (3–2 agg.)	Boston United	Grange Lane, North Ferriby
15:00	King 11' (pen.) Denton 16' Clarke 54'	Report		Attendance: 2,027

AFC Fylde v Harrogate Town

8 May 2016[2]	AFC Fylde	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	Harrogate Town	Kellamergh Park, Fylde
15:00	Finley 11'	Report	Knowles 15'	Attendance: 1,384

Final

North Ferriby United v AFC Fylde

14 May 2016[2]	North Ferriby United	2–1 (a.e.t.)	AFC Fylde	Grange Lane, North Ferriby
15:00	Brooksby 45+3' Hone 95'	Report	Finley 24'	Attendance: 1,829

Results

Home \ Away	FYL	TEL	ALF	BOS	BRK	BPA	CHO	COR	CZA	FCU	GAI	GLO	HAR	HED	LOW	NFU	NUN	SOL	STL	STP	TAM	WRC
AFC Fylde		1–0	0–1	5–2	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	4–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–3	2–2	1–2	5–0	2–3	2–2	2–3
AFC Telford United	1–2		1–1	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	0–0	5–1	0–2	0–1	0–4	1–3	1–0	1–1	1–5	0–3	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–0
Alfreton Town	1–2	2–3		1–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	4–0	0–1	0–1	2–2	2–2	1–3	0–3	1–0	2–1
Boston United	0–3	1–0	2–1		1–2	3–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–3	3–1	4–1	1–2	2–1	1–4	0–3	4–0	1–1	1–1
Brackley Town	0–0	0–0	1–4	1–3		0–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	4–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–4	2–3	0–1	2–3	0–1	1–0	2–0
Bradford Park Avenue	1–2	1–0	2–2	1–2	1–0		1–0	1–0	4–2	3–1	1–4	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	4–4	2–3	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–2	3–1
Chorley	3–2	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	2–2		3–0	2–0	3–0	3–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	2–0	2–3	2–3	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0
Corby Town	1–2	3–2	2–3	2–3	1–1	2–0	2–2		0–4	2–3	1–2	3–1	0–3	0–0	3–5	1–4	1–3	1–3	0–3	0–4	2–0	0–3
Curzon Ashton	0–2	1–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–1	4–2	2–2		0–0	3–0	1–1	1–2	3–2	4–1	0–3	1–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	2–0	3–1
F.C. United of Manchester	1–2	1–3	1–3	1–2	3–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	3–3		1–2	1–2	4–3	1–1	6–1	3–2	3–2	2–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–2
Gainsborough Trinity	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–1		3–3	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–6	3–1	0–1	0–2	1–1
Gloucester City	1–3	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–3	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–2		0–1	2–2	0–1	3–2	0–1	0–2	3–0	0–0	1–2	0–1
Harrogate Town	2–2	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–4	5–0	1–1	5–0	3–1	0–0		2–1	4–0	3–3	0–3	6–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0
Hednesford Town	0–1	2–0	3–3	3–2	0–2	0–0	1–3	3–3	0–3	0–3	0–2	2–2	2–3		2–1	1–1	2–4	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–1
Lowestoft Town	3–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	3–0	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–4	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–0		0–3	0–1	2–2	0–2	2–2	0–4	2–1
North Ferriby United	3–0	2–0	0–1	4–3	2–1	1–0	4–0	5–0	0–0	1–0	4–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	0–0		1–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	3–3
Nuneaton Town	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–3	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	0–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	3–1		0–1	3–3	1–1	3–0	1–1
Solihull Moors	3–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	2–1	0–2	4–1	2–0	1–2	3–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–3	3–1		4–1	1–0	1–2	3–0
Stalybridge Celtic	1–1	5–5	1–1	0–5	3–1	1–1	0–1	2–3	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	4–2	3–1	2–0	2–5	1–3		1–1	3–5	3–1
Stockport County	0–4	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–2	0–0	1–2	2–0	3–0	1–2	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	0–3		1–1	0–0
Tamworth	3–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1		3–0
Worcester City	2–2	3–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–3	1–2	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–4	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–2	5–0	2–3	1–2

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2016. Source: Football Conference
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

AFC Fylde

AFC Telford United

Alfreton Town

Boston United

Brackley Town

Bradford Park Avenue

Chorley

Corby Town

Curzon Ashton

F.C. United
of Manchester

Gainsborough Trinity

Gloucester City

Harrogate Town

Hednesford Town

Lowestoft Town

North Ferriby United

Nuneaton Town

Solihull Moors

Stalybridge Celtic

Stockport County

Tamworth

Worcester City

Locations of the 2015–16 National League North clubs

Team	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Fylde	Kellamergh Park	3,180
AFC Telford United	New Bucks Head	6,300
Alfreton Town	North Street	3,600
Boston United	York Street	6,643
Brackley Town	St. James Park	3,500
Bradford Park Avenue	Horsfall Stadium	3,500
Chorley	The Chorley Group Victory Park Stadium	4,100
Corby Town	Steel Park	3,893
Curzon Ashton	Tameside Stadium	4,000
F.C. United of Manchester	Broadhurst Park	4,400
Gainsborough Trinity	The Northolme	4,304
Gloucester City	Whaddon Road	7,066
Harrogate Town	Wetherby Road	3,800
Hednesford Town	Keys Park	6,500
Lowestoft Town	Crown Meadow	3,000
North Ferriby United	Grange Lane	2,700
Nuneaton Town	Liberty Way	4,314
Solihull Moors	Damson Park	3,050
Stalybridge Celtic	Bower Fold	6,500
Stockport County	Edgeley Park	10,841
Tamworth	The Lamb Ground	4,000
Worcester City	Aggborough Stadium	6,302

Top scorers

As of matches played 30 April 2016^[5]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dayle Southwell	Boston United	24
1	Danny Rowe	AFC Fylde	24
2	Brendon Daniels	Harrogate Town	22
4	Tom Denton	North Ferriby United	20
5	Darren Stephenson	Chorley	18
6	Akwasi Asante	Solihull Moors	17
	Liam King	North Ferriby United
8	Chibuzor Chilaka	Bradford Park Avenue	16
	Greg Mills	Corby Town
10	Lee Hughes	Worcester City	15
	Jake Reed	Lowestoft Town

National League South

National League South

Season	2015–16
Champions	Sutton United
Promoted	Sutton United Maidstone United
Relegated	Basingstoke Town Havant & Waterlooville Hayes & Yeading United
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated from 2014–15 Conference Premier

• Dartford

Teams transferred from 2014–15 Conference North

• Oxford City

Teams promoted from 2014–15 Isthmian League Premier Division

• Maidstone United (League Champions)
• Margate (Play-off Winners)

Teams promoted from 2014–15 Southern League Premier Division

• Truro City (Play-off Winners)

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Sutton United (C, P)	42	26	12	4	83	32	+51	90	Promotion to the National League
2	Ebbsfleet United	42	24	12	6	73	36	+37	84	Qualification for the National League South play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
3	Maidstone United (O, P)	42	24	5	13	55	40	+15	77
4	Truro City	42	17	14	11	62	55	+7	65
5	Whitehawk	42	18	10	14	75	62	+13	64
6	Hemel Hempstead Town	42	16	13	13	72	66	+6	61
7	Maidenhead United	42	16	11	15	66	62	+4	59
8	Dartford	42	16	11	15	58	56	+2	59
9	Gosport Borough	42	15	11	16	53	63	−10	56
10	Concord Rangers	42	15	10	17	66	68	−2	55
11	Bishop's Stortford	42	15	10	17	56	63	−7	55
12	Oxford City	42	13	15	14	70	60	+10	54
13	Wealdstone	42	12	17	13	63	64	−1	53
14	Bath City	42	14	11	17	50	61	−11	53
15	Chelmsford City	42	15	7	20	66	64	+2	52
16	Weston-super-Mare	42	14	9	19	63	76	−13	51
17	Eastbourne Borough	42	13	11	18	60	63	−3	50
18	St Albans City	42	13	10	19	58	65	−7	49
19	Margate	42	13	8	21	51	73	−22	47
20	Havant & Waterlooville (R)	42	12	11	19	52	75	−23	47	Relegation to the Isthmian League Premier Division
21	Hayes & Yeading United (R)	42	11	13	18	51	76	−25	46	Relegation to the Southern League Premier Division
22	Basingstoke Town (R)	42	9	11	22	46	69	−23	38

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the National League.

Play-offs

	Semi-finals							Final
	2	Ebbsfleet United (a.e.t.)	2	1	3 (3)
	5	Whitehawk	1	2	3 (2)
								2	Ebbsfleet United	2 (3)
								3	Maidstone United (a.e.t.)	2 (4)
	3	Maidstone United	2	1	3
	4	Truro City	0	0	0

First leg

Whitehawk v Ebbsfleet United

4 May 2016[2]	Whitehawk	1–2	Ebbsfleet United	The Enclosed Ground, Whitehawk
19:45	Mills 82'	Report	Lewis 29' Kedwell 74'	Attendance: 1,055

Truro City v Maidstone United

4 May 2016[2]	Truro City	0–2	Maidstone United	Treyew Road, Truro
19:45			Healy 27' Flisher 56'	Attendance: 1,705

Second leg

Ebbsfleet United v Whitehawk

8 May 2016[2]	Ebbsfleet United	1–2 (a.e.t.) (3–3 agg.) (3–2 p)	Whitehawk	Stonebridge Road, Northfleet
15:00	Clark 24'	Report	Arnold 4' Mills 51'	Attendance: 1,942
	Penalties
	Parkes Sheringham Lewis Godden		Martin Graham Rents Arnold Robinson

Maidstone United v Truro City

8 May 2016[2]	Maidstone United	1–0 (3–0 agg.)	Truro City	Gallagher Stadium, Maidstone
15:00	Flisher 73'	Report		Attendance: 2,508

Final

Ebbsfleet United v Maidstone United

14 May 2016[2]	Ebbsfleet United	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Maidstone United	Stonebridge Road, Northfleet
15:00	Kedwell 20' (pen.), 109' (pen.)	Report	Taylor 47' Dumaka 120+1'	Attendance: 3,800
	Penalties
	Parkes Sheringham Bonner Godden Kedwell		Flisher Paxman Taylor Dumaka Sweeney

Results

Home \ Away	BAS	BAT	BST	CHE	CON	DAR	EAB	EBB	GOS	H&W	H&Y	HEM	MDH	MDS	MAR	OXC	SAC	SUT	TRU	WEA	WSM	WHI
Basingstoke Town		1–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–1	1–5	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	3–4	2–0	2–2	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–1
Bath City	3–1		2–2	2–0	0–1	0–4	1–0	1–1	0–1	5–0	2–3	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–0	1–3	0–3	2–1	2–1	0–3
Bishop's Stortford	1–2	3–2		1–2	3–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	3–0	3–4	1–0	0–2	0–1	4–1	3–0	2–1	0–2	0–3	2–1	0–1	2–1
Chelmsford City	0–2	3–1	4–1		5–2	0–1	0–3	0–9	6–1	2–2	4–0	0–1	4–1	3–0	2–3	0–4	2–1	0–2	1–2	0–2	2–3	4–3
Concord Rangers	5–0	1–2	2–2	1–0		2–3	4–1	3–6	7–0	0–1	0–3	0–3	2–0	1–2	2–1	0–2	1–2	0–3	1–2	2–2	4–1	1–2
Dartford	3–0	4–1	3–1	1–1	1–2		1–0	0–1	2–3	4–2	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	0–1	1–2	2–1	2–4
Eastbourne Borough	1–2	5–2	0–1	2–0	7–1	1–1		1–2	3–0	2–2	2–0	2–3	1–2	1–0	1–4	1–1	1–0	1–1	6–0	3–0	3–3	1–1
Ebbsfleet United	1–0	0–1	4–2	3–1	4–2	1–1	4–2		2–0	2–2	9–0	6–0	3–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	13–0	2–3	2–1	2–2
Gosport Borough	3–2	3–1	3–4	2–1	2–3	1–3	3–1	1–2		2–1	2–5	2–6	2–1	0–4	1–2	4–0	5–0	0–2	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–2
Havant & Waterlooville	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	4–0	1–4	1–3		1–0	1–2	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–3	1–2	1–1	2–3
Hayes & Yeading United	3–0	0–3	0–2	0–5	2–2	2–2	4–4	0–5	0–2	0–3		1–1	2–5	1–0	0–2	2–1	1–3	1–3	2–2	5–0	6–1	3–4
Hemel Hempstead Town	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	4–0		0–1	0–1	1–2	3–1	2–7	2–9	2–1	2–2	5–5	0–3
Maidenhead United	4–3	3–1	4–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	2–0	3–2	6–0	2–2	2–1	2–3		0–2	3–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	7–0	1–1	2–0	3–0
Maidstone United	3–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–2		2–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–0	3–1	0–1
Margate	2–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	4–1	1–2	4–3	3–2	1–0		0–2	0–1	0–4	1–1	0–3	0–2	2–6
Oxford City	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	5–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	0–4	2–3	1–1		4–1	0–1	1–2	3–2	3–0	0–4
St Albans City	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	4–0	3–1	0–2	1–3	6–0	1–1	2–2	3–2	1–2	3–0	1–3		0–3	0–1	1–0	2–1	6–0
Sutton United	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	0–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	4–1	1–1	5–0		2–2	5–2	5–0	2–2
Truro City	2–0	3–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	3–0	0–2	4–2	4–4	1–3	2–1	0–6	2–0	0–2		1–2	1–3	1–1
Wealdstone	4–4	2–0	3–1	0–5	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	3–2	3–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	4–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	4–4		2–3	2–2
Weston-super-Mare	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–3	0–3	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–4	3–2	0–2	2–4	2–0	1–2	1–0	5–2	4–1	0–2	2–2	1–2		1–2
Whitehawk	1–0	0–1	2–3	4–2	0–2	0–1	1–2	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–3	0–1	3–2	1–0	2–2	2–0	6–0	2–0	5–0	3–0	0–2

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2016. Source: Football Conference
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadium and locations

London

Basingstoke Town

Bath City

Bishop's Stortford

Chelmsford City

Concord Rangers

Eastbourne Borough

Gosport Borough

Havant & Waterlooville

Hemel Hempstead Town

Maidenhead United &
Hayes & Yeading United

Maidstone United

Margate

Oxford City

St Albans City

Truro City

Weston-super-Mare

Whitehawk

Locations of the 2015–16 National League South clubs (Greater London shown in more detail below)

Dartford

Ebbsfleet United

Sutton United

Wealdstone

Locations of the 2015–16 National League South clubs (Greater London)

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Basingstoke Town	The Camrose	6,000
Bath City	Twerton Park	8,840
Bishop's Stortford	Woodside Park	4,525
Chelmsford City	Melbourne Stadium	3,019
Concord Rangers	Thames Road	3,300
Dartford	Princes Park	4,100
Eastbourne Borough	Priory Lane	4,134
Ebbsfleet United	Stonebridge Road	5,011
Gosport Borough	Privett Park	4,500
Havant & Waterlooville	West Leigh Park	5,250
Hayes & Yeading United	York Road (groundshare with Maidenhead United)	3,000
Hemel Hempstead Town	Vauxhall Road	3,152
Maidenhead United	York Road	3,000
Maidstone United	Gallagher Stadium	3,063
Margate	Hartsdown Park	3,000
Oxford City	Court Place Farm	2,000
St Albans City	Clarence Park	4,500
Sutton United	Gander Green Lane	5,013
Truro City	Treyew Road	3,857
Wealdstone	The Vale	2,640
Weston-super-Mare	Woodspring Stadium	3,500
Whitehawk	The Enclosed Ground	2,000

Top scorers

As of matches played 30 April 2016^[6]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Elliott Buchanan	Bishop's Stortford	28
2	Matt Godden	Ebbsfleet United	26
3	Danny Mills	Whitehawk	23
	Justin Bennett	Gosport Borough
5	Dan Fitchett	Sutton United	20
6	Scott Wilson	Weston-super-Mare	19
	Steve Cawley	Concord Rangers
8	Bradley Bubb	Oxford City	18
	Nathaniel Pinney	Eastbourne Borough
	Elliot Bradbrook	Dartford
	Louie Theophanous	St Albans City

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