The 2020–21 East Midlands Counties Football League season was the 13th and final season[1] 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 3 to 6 for season 2020–21 were announced by the FA on 21 July 2020.
The season started in September and was suspended in December a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The league season was subsequently abandoned in February 2021.[2]
Promotions and restructuring
editThe scheduled restructuring of non-League took place at the end of the season, with new divisions added to the Combined Counties and United Counties leagues at Step 5 for 2021-22, along with new a division in the Northern Premier League at step 4.[3] Promotions from Steps 6 to 5 were based on points per game across all matches over the two cancelled seasons (2019-20 and 2020-21), while teams were promoted into Step 6 on the basis of a subjective application process.[3] The East Midlands Counties League disbanded after most of its remaining clubs were assigned to the Northern Counties East and United Counties leagues' Step 6 divisions.[4]
Premier Division
edit| Season | 2020–21 |
|---|---|
| Promoted | Eastwood Community Heanor Town Sherwood Colliery |
| Matches played | 105 |
| Goals scored | 395 (3.76 per match) |
← 2019–20 | |
The league featured 19 clubs from the previous season, along with one new club:
- Ollerton Town, transferred from the Northern Counties East League Division One
League table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ollerton Town | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 5 | +30 | 29 | Transferred to the Northern Counties East League |
| 2 | Sherwood Colliery | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 8 | +26 | 27 | Promoted to the Northern Counties East League[a] |
| 3 | Belper United | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 25 | Transferred to the United Counties League |
| 4 | Eastwood Community | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 24 | Promoted to the United Counties League[a] |
| 5 | Clifton All Whites | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 19 | Transferred to the United Counties League |
| 6 | Rainworth Miners Welfare | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 19 | Transferred to the Northern Counties East League |
| 7 | Hucknall Town | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 13 | +14 | 18 | Transferred to the United Counties League |
| 8 | Kimberley Miners Welfare | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 16 | |
| 9 | Clipstone | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 15 | Transferred to the Northern Counties East League |
| 10 | Heanor Town | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 15 | Promoted to the United Counties League[a] |
| 11 | Dunkirk | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 14 | Transferred to the United Counties League |
| 12 | Barrow Town | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 39 | −17 | 13 | |
| 13 | Shirebrook Town | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 30 | −16 | 12 | Transferred to the Northern Counties East League |
| 14 | Gedling Miners Welfare | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 10 | Transferred to the United Counties League |
| 15 | West Bridgford | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 10 | |
| 16 | Ingles | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 29 | −17 | 9 | |
| 17 | Graham Street Prims | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | −10 | 8 | |
| 18 | Borrowash Victoria | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 24 | −15 | 8 | |
| 19 | Teversal | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 29 | −21 | 6 | Transferred to the Northern Counties East League |
| 20 | Radford | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 4 | Transferred to the United Counties League |
Notes:
Stadia and locations
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| Club | Stadium | |
|---|---|---|
| Barrow Town | Riverside Park | |
| Belper United | Christchurch Meadow[a] | |
| Borrowash Victoria | Asterdale Bowl[b] | |
| Clifton All Whites | Green Lane | |
| Clipstone | Lido Ground | |
| Dunkirk | Lenton Lane | |
| Eastwood | Coronation Park | |
| Gedling Miners Welfare | Plains Road | |
| Graham Street Prims | Asterdale Sports Ground[c] | |
| Heanor Town | Town Ground | |
| Hucknall Town | Watnall Road | |
| Ingles | The Dovecote Stadium[d] | |
| Kimberley Miners Welfare | Stag Ground | |
| Ollerton Town | Walesby Lane | |
| Radford | Selhurst Street | |
| Rainworth Miners Welfare | Kirklington Road | |
| Sherwood Colliery | Debdale Park | |
| Shirebrook Town | Langwith Road | |
| Teversal | Carnarvon Street | |
| West Bridgford | Regatta Way | |
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References
edit- ^ "LEAGUE HISTORY". Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "FA Update On Steps 3-6". 24 February 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ a b "EXPLAINED: The 2021-22 Non-League restructure". The Non-League Paper. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ "National League System club allocations - Steps 5/6, Season 2021-22" (PDF). The Football Association. May 2021.