2020–21 Northern Counties East Football League

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Northern Counties East
Football League
Season2020–21

The 2020–21 Northern Counties East Football League season was the 39th in the history of Northern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England.

Due to the restrictions on clubs' ability to play matches in the COVID-19 lockdowns, competitions at Steps 3–6 were curtailed on 24 February 2021.[1]

Promotions and restructuring[]

The scheduled restructuring of non-League football took place at the end of the season, with a new division added to the Northern Premier League at Step 4 for 2021–22.[2] Promotions from Steps 5 to 4 and 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 to Step 6 on the basis of a subjective application process.[2] These resulted in three Northern Counties East teams joining the new Northern Premier Midlands division.

Premier Division[]

Northern Counties East League Premier Division
ChampionsNone
Promoted
RelegatedNone

The Premier Division consists of 20 clubs. The constitution of the division remained unchanged from the unfinished 2019–20 season.

Premier Division table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Yorkshire Amateur (P) 11 9 2 0 36 9 +27 29 Promotion to the Northern Premier League Division One East[a]
2 Bridlington Town (P) 9 7 0 2 39 15 +24 21
3 Liversedge (P) 7 7 0 0 25 3 +22 21
4 Garforth Town 9 7 0 2 22 12 +10 21
5 Maltby Main 10 5 3 2 23 17 +6 18
6 AFC Mansfield 9 5 2 2 26 9 +17 17
7 Handsworth 12 5 2 5 28 31 −3 17
8 Grimsby Borough 10 5 1 4 28 22 +6 16
9 Barton Town 11 4 2 5 16 25 −9 14
10 Albion Sports 9 4 1 4 14 14 0 13
11 Eccleshill United 11 4 1 6 14 18 −4 13
12 Penistone Church 7 4 0 3 17 11 +6 12
13 Hemsworth Miners Welfare 7 4 0 3 8 5 +3 12
14 Goole 11 3 2 6 13 34 −21 11
15 Silsden 10 3 1 6 16 22 −6 10
16 Thackley 11 2 2 7 13 24 −11 8
17 Staveley Miners Welfare 6 2 1 3 9 10 −1 7
18 Knaresborough Town 9 2 1 6 9 18 −9 7
19 Bottesford Town 11 1 1 9 15 39 −24 4
20 Athersley Recreation 10 1 0 9 9 42 −33 3
Source: Northern Counties East Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results[3]
(P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ 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 NCEL Premier Division on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber (AFC Mansfield not on map)
Club Stadium Capacity
Albion Sports Throstle Nest[a] 3,500
Athersley Recreation Sheerien Park 2,000
Barton Town Euronics Ground 3,000
Bottesford Town Birch Park 1,000
Bridlington Town Queensgate 3,000
Eccleshill United Kings Way 2,225
Garforth Town Wheatley Park 3,000
Goole Victoria Pleasure Grounds 3,000
Grimsby Borough Bradley Football Centre 1,000
Handsworth Sandy Lane 2,500
Hemsworth Miners Welfare Fitzwilliam Stadium 2,000
Knaresborough Town Manse Lane 1,000
Liversedge Clayborn Ground 2,000
Maltby Main Muglet Lane 2,000
AFC Mansfield Forest Town Stadium
Penistone Church Church View Road 1,000
Silsden Keighley Road Stadium 1,500
Staveley Miners Welfare Inkersall Road 5,000
Thackley Dennyfield 3,000
Yorkshire Amateur Bracken Edge 1,550
  1. ^ home of Farsley Celtic (groundshare)

Division One[]

Northern Counties East League Division One
ChampionsNone
Promoted
RelegatedNone

Division One consists of 20 clubs.

The following club left Division One before the season -

The following club joined Division One before the season -

  • Emley - tansferred from North West Counties Football League

Division One table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Emley (P) 10 8 2 0 27 9 +18 26 Promotion to Division One[a]
2 Campion 11 8 0 3 36 19 +17 24 Transfer to the North West Counties League
3 Winterton Rangers (P) 12 7 1 4 34 11 +23 22 Promotion to Division One[a]
4 North Ferriby 10 7 1 2 20 9 +11 22
5 Retford 13 6 3 4 29 23 +6 21
6 Brigg Town 11 6 2 3 32 19 +13 20
7 Rossington Main 12 5 3 4 29 24 +5 18
8 Skegness Town (P) 8 5 1 2 17 12 +5 16 Promotion to the United Counties League[a]
9 Parkgate 10 5 1 4 26 28 −2 16
10 Hall Road Rangers 10 4 2 4 17 20 −3 14
11 Hallam 8 4 1 3 21 17 +4 13
12 Nostell Miners Welfare 12 4 0 8 20 28 −8 12
13 Glasshoughton Welfare 12 3 2 7 22 21 +1 11
14 Armthorpe Welfare 12 3 2 7 0 1 −1 11
15 Swallownest 8 3 1 4 16 17 −1 10
16 Dronfield Town 11 3 1 7 17 28 −11 10
17 Harrogate Railway Athletic 8 2 3 3 16 25 −9 9
18 Humber United 10 2 1 7 10 33 −23 7
19 Worsbrough Bridge Athletic 13 1 3 9 14 35 −21 6
20 Selby Town 6 1 0 5 9 20 −11 3
Source: Northern Counties East Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results[3]
(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 NCEL Division One on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber
Club Stadium Capacity
Armthorpe Welfare Welfare Ground 2,500
Brigg Town The Hawthorns 2,500
Campion Scotchman Road
Dronfield Town Stonelow Ground 500
East Hull Dene Park 2,000
Emley Welfare Ground 2,000
Glasshoughton Welfare Glasshoughton Centre 2,000
Hallam Sandygate Road 1,000
Hall Road Rangers Haworth Park 1,200
Harrogate Railway Athletic Station View 3,500
North Ferriby The Dransfield Stadium 3,000
Nostell Miners Welfare The Welfare Ground 1,500
Parkgate Roundwood Sports Complex 1,000
Retford The Rail 1,000
Rossington Main Welfare Ground 2,000
Selby Town Richard Street 5,000
Skegness Town Vertigo Stadium
Swallownest Miners Welfare Ground
Winterton Rangers West Street 3,000
Worsbrough Bridge Athletic Park Road 2,000

League Cup[]

2020–21 Northern Counties East Football League League Cup
Country England

The 2020–21 Northern Counties East Football League League Cup should have been the 37th season of the league cup competition of the Northern Counties East Football League. Due to COVID-19 pandemic-related concerns, it was not played.

References[]

  1. ^ "FA Update On Steps 3-6". 24 February 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b "EXPLAINED: The 2021-22 Non-League restructure". The Non-League Paper. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b "The FA Handbook 2020/2021 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA. Retrieved 23 August 2020.

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