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

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

East Midlands Counties
Football League
Season2020–21
PromotedEastwood Community
Heanor Town
Sherwood Colliery
Matches played105
Goals scored395 (3.76 per match)

The league featured 19 clubs from the previous season, along with one new club:

League 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 9 9 0 0 34 8 +26 27 Promoted to the Northern Counties East League[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 1]
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
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Promoted based on points per game calculations from 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons combined.

Stadia and locations

Club Stadium
Barrow TownRiverside Park
Belper UnitedChristchurch Meadow[lower-alpha 1]
Borrowash VictoriaAsterdale Bowl[lower-alpha 2]
Clifton All WhitesGreen Lane
ClipstoneLido Ground
DunkirkLenton Lane
EastwoodCoronation Park
Gedling Miners WelfarePlains Road
Graham Street PrimsAsterdale Sports Ground[lower-alpha 3]
Heanor TownTown Ground
Hucknall TownWatnall Road
InglesThe Dovecote Stadium[lower-alpha 4]
Kimberley Miners WelfareStag Ground
Ollerton TownWalesby Lane
RadfordSelhurst Street
Rainworth Miners WelfareKirklington Road
Sherwood CollieryDebdale Park
Shirebrook TownLangwith Road
TeversalCarnarvon Street
West BridgfordRegatta 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. 1 2 "EXPLAINED: The 2021-22 Non-League restructure". The Non-League Paper. 12 April 2021. 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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