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.
The season follows the curtailed 2019-20 season, which was left uncompleted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020-21 season will only begin when regulations in England allow for supporters to be present in stadiums, 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.

National League

The National League consists of 24 clubs.

Promotion and relegation

Team changes

To National League

Promoted from [|National League North]
Promoted from [|National League South]
Relegated from League Two
Promoted to League Two
Relegated to National League North
Relegated to National League South
TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Aldershot TownAldershotRecreation Ground7,200
AltrinchamAltrinchamMoss Lane6,085
BarnetLondon The Hive Stadium6,418
Boreham WoodBorehamwoodMeadow Park4,502
BromleyLondon Hayes Lane5,300
ChesterfieldChesterfieldProact Stadium10,504
Dagenham & RedbridgeLondon Victoria Road6,078
Dover AthleticDoverCrabble Athletic Ground5,745
EastleighEastleighTen Acres5,250
Halifax TownHalifaxThe Shay10,400
Hartlepool UnitedHartlepoolVictoria Park7,856
King's Lynn TownKing's LynnThe Walks8,200
Maidenhead UnitedMaidenheadYork Road4,000
Notts CountyNottinghamMeadow Lane19,588
Solihull MoorsSolihullDamson Park5,500
StevenageStevenageBroadhall Way7,800
Stockport CountyStockportEdgeley Park10,852
Sutton UnitedLondon Gander Green Lane5,013
Torquay UnitedTorquayPlainmoor6,500
WealdstoneLondon Grosvenor Vale3,607
WeymouthWeymouthBob Lucas Stadium6,600
WokingWokingKingfield Stadium6,036
WrexhamWrexhamRacecourse Ground10,771
Yeovil TownYeovilHuish Park9,566

National League table


National League North

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.

To National League North

Relegated from National League
Promoted to National League
TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
AFC Telford UnitedTelfordNew Bucks Head6,300
Alfreton TownAlfretonNorth Street3,600
Blyth SpartansBlythCroft Park4,435
Boston UnitedBostonBoston Community Stadium5,000
Brackley TownBrackleySt. James Park3,500
Bradford BradfordHorsfall Stadium3,500
ChesterChesterDeva Stadium6,500
ChorleyChorleyVictory Park4,100
Curzon AshtonAshton-under-LyneTameside Stadium4,000
DarlingtonDarlingtonBlackwell Meadows3,300
Farsley CelticFarsleyThe Citadel3,900
FyldeWeshamMill Farm6,000
GatesheadGatesheadGateshead International Stadium11,800
Gloucester CityGloucesterMeadow Park3,600
GuiseleyGuiseleyNethermoor Park4,200
HerefordHerefordEdgar Street5,213
Kettering TownKetteringLatimer Park 2,400
Kidderminster HarriersKidderminsterAggborough6,238
LeamingtonLeamingtonNew Windmill Ground2,300
SouthportSouthportHaig Avenue6,008
Spennymoor TownSpennymoorThe Brewery Field6,000
York CityYorkBootham Crescent8,256

National League South

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.

To National League South

Relegated from National League
  • Ebbsfleet United

    From National League South

Promoted to National League
  • Wealdstone
  • Weymouth

    Stadia and locations

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Bath CityBath Twerton Park8,840
Billericay TownBillericayNew Lodge3,500
Braintree TownBraintreeCressing Road4,085
Chelmsford CityChelmsfordMelbourne Stadium3,019
Chippenham TownChippenhamHardenhuish Park3,000
Concord RangersCanvey IslandThames Road3,300
DartfordDartfordPrinces Park4,100
Dorking WanderersDorkingMeadowbank Stadium3,133
Dulwich HamletLondon Champion Hill3,000
Eastbourne BoroughEastbournePriory Lane4,151
Ebbsfleet UnitedNorthfleetStonebridge Road4,800
Hampton & RichmondLondon Beveree Stadium3,500
Havant & WaterloovilleHavantWest Leigh Park5,300
Hemel Hempstead TownHemel HempsteadVauxhall Road3,152
Hungerford TownHungerfordBulpit Lane2,500
Maidstone UnitedMaidstoneGallagher Stadium4,200
Oxford CityOxford Court Place Farm2,000
Slough TownSloughArbour Park2,000
St Albans CitySt AlbansClarence Park4,500
Tonbridge AngelsTonbridgeLongmead Stadium3,000
Welling UnitedLondon Park View Road4,000