2020–21 East Midlands Counties Football League

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East Midlands Counties Football League
Season2020–21
ChampionsNone
PromotedEastwood Community
Heanor Town
Sherwood Colliery
RelegatedNone

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 2020–21 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[]

The 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[]

The division consisted of 20 clubs.

The following club joined the division:

Ollerton Town transferred from the Northern Counties East League Division One

Premier Division table[]

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 (P) 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 (P) 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 (P) 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
Source: FA Full-Time
(P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Promoted based on points per game calculations from 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons combined.


Stadia and locations[]

Location of the clubs in the 2020–21 East Midlands Counties League on a map of the East Midlands
Club Stadium
Barrow Town Barrow Road
Belper United Christchurch Meadow[a]
Borrowash Victoria Borrowash Road[b]
Clifton All Whites Green Lane
Clipstone Lido Ground
Dunkirk Lenton Lane
Eastwood Coronation Park
Gedling Miners Welfare Plains Road
Graham Street Prims Borrowash Road[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
  1. ^ home of Belper Town (groundshare)
  2. ^ part of the same complex as Graham Street Prims
  3. ^ part of the same complex as Borrowash Victoria
  4. ^ home of Shepshed Albion (groundshare)

References[]

  1. ^ "LEAGUE HISTORY". Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  2. ^ "FA Update On Steps 3-6". 24 February 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b "EXPLAINED: The 2021-22 Non-League restructure". The Non-League Paper. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  4. ^ "National League System club allocations - Steps 5/6, Season 2021-22" (PDF). The Football Association. May 2021.
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