2019–20 East Midlands Counties Football League

The 2019–20 East Midlands Counties Football League season was the 12th 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 1 to 6 for season 2019–20 were announced by the FA on 19 May.[1] These were subject to appeal, and the East Midlands Counties' constitution was subject to ratification at the league's AGM on 25 June.[2]

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this season's competition was formally abandoned on 26 March 2020, with all results from the season being expunged, and no promotion or relegation taking place to or from the competition.[3] On 30 March 2020, sixty-six non-league clubs sent an open letter to the Football Association requesting that they reconsider their decision.[4]

Premier Division

East Midlands Counties
Football League
Season2019–20
Matches played255
Goals scored957 (3.75 per match)
Top goalscorerJamie Sleigh 29 Heanor Town[5]
Biggest home winHeanor Town 6-0 Belper United Eastwood 6-0 Clipstone
Belper United 7-1 Gedling MW[6]
Biggest away winShirebrook Town 2-10 Hucknall Town[6]
Highest scoringShirebrook Town 2-10 Hucknall Town[6]
Highest attendanceEastwood v Heanor Town 357 [7][8]
Lowest attendanceClifton All Whites v Belper United 10 [7][9]
2020-21 →

The league featured 16 clubs from the previous season, along with three new clubs:

Also, FC Bolsover were transferred from Northern Counties East League Division One but resigned before the start of the season.[10]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Sherwood Colliery 27 20 4 3 72 34 +38 64
2 Heanor Town 26 19 5 2 84 29 +55 62
3 Eastwood 29 19 4 6 77 38 +39 61
4 Dunkirk 28 18 7 3 67 33 +34 61
5 Hucknall Town 27 14 9 4 75 36 +39 51
6 West Bridgford 26 11 7 8 45 43 +2 40
7 Gedling Miners Welfare 27 12 3 12 59 56 +3 39
8 Graham Street Prims 26 11 6 9 46 46 0 39
9 Radford 27 12 3 12 45 52 −7 39
10 Barrow Town 26 10 3 13 58 53 +5 33
11 Ingles 26 10 3 13 36 49 −13 33
12 Belper United 27 9 4 14 40 58 −18 31
13 Clifton All Whites 25 8 6 11 43 42 +1 30
14 Rainworth Miners Welfare 28 7 8 13 41 52 −11 29
15 Clipstone 29 8 4 17 39 65 −26 28
16 Kimberley Miners Welfare 27 5 12 10 43 53 −10 27
17 Teversal 25 5 3 17 32 73 −41 18
18 Shirebrook Town 28 5 3 20 30 80 −50 18
19 Borrowash Victoria 26 3 4 19 25 65 −40 10[a]
Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2020. Source: FA Full-time
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [11]
Notes:
  1. ^ Borrowash Victoria were deducted three points for failure to fulfil fixture 22 October 2019.

Stadia and locations

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Location of the clubs in the 2019–20 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 Community 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
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. ^ "REVEALED: The provisional Step 1 to 6 Club Allocations for 2019-20". The Non League Football Paper. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  2. ^ "2019/20 EAST MIDLANDS COUNTIES Line-Up Revealed". East Midlands Counties League. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Coronavirus: All football below National League to end". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Sixty-six non-league clubs send open letter to FA over expunging season". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  5. ^ "East Midlands Counties Football League Stats". TheFA.com. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  6. ^ a b c "EMCL Results grid". East Midlands Counties Football League. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Attendance tables". East Midlands Counties Football League. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Eastwood 3 - 2 Gedling MW". Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Clifton All Whites 5 - 0 Belper United". Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  10. ^ "Constitutional Update". www.eastmidlandscountiesleague.pitchero.com. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  11. ^ "The FA Handbook 2019/20 (part 30 Standardised Rules section 12.2)". The FA. Retrieved 8 July 2019.