2020–21 East Midlands Counties Football League

The 2020–21 East Midlands Counties Football League season was the 13th and final season{{cite web | url=https://eastmidlandscountiesleague.pitchero.com/articles/league-history-1564 | title=LEAGUE HISTORY | accessdate=20 April 2021}} 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.{{cite web |title=FA Update On Steps 3-6 |url=https://www.thenpl.co.uk/fa-update-on-steps-3-6-65182 |access-date=4 March 2021 |date=24 February 2021}}

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.{{cite web |title=EXPLAINED: The 2021-22 Non-League restructure |url=https://www.thenonleaguefootballpaper.com/latest-news/390045/explained-the-2021-22-non-league-restructure/ |newspaper=The Non-League Paper |date=12 April 2021 |access-date=13 April 2021}} 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. 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.{{cite web |title=National League System club allocations - Steps 5/6, Season 2021-22 |url=https://www.thenonleaguefootballpaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/NLS-5.6-Club-Allocations-2021-22-FINAL.pdf |publisher=The Football Association |date=May 2021}}

Premier Division

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = East Midlands Counties
Football League

| season = 2020–21

| winners =

| promoted = Eastwood
Heanor Town
Sherwood Colliery

| relegated =

| league topscorer =

| matches = 105

| total goals = 395

| prevseason = 2019–20

}}

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

=League table=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[http://fulltime-league.thefa.com/Index.do?league=9775425 FA Full-Time]

|win_BAR=4 |draw_BAR=1 |loss_BAR=7 |gf_BAR=22 |ga_BAR=39 |team12=BAR

|win_BEL=8 |draw_BEL=1 |loss_BEL=4 |gf_BEL=36 |ga_BEL=23 |team3=BEL

|win_BOR=2 |draw_BOR=2 |loss_BOR=7 |gf_BOR=9 |ga_BOR=24 |team18=BOR

|win_CAW=6 |draw_CAW=1 |loss_CAW=4 |gf_CAW=25 |ga_CAW=16 |team5 =CAW

|win_CLI=4 |draw_CLI=3 |loss_CLI=4 |gf_CLI=22 |ga_CLI=19 |team9=CLI

|win_DUN=4 |draw_DUN=2 |loss_DUN=4 |gf_DUN=20 |ga_DUN=19 |team11=DUN

|win_EAS=8 |draw_EAS=0 |loss_EAS=4 |gf_EAS=24 |ga_EAS=17 |team4=EAS

|win_GED=3 |draw_GED=1 |loss_GED=4 |gf_GED=16 |ga_GED=17 |team14=GED

|win_GRA=2 |draw_GRA=2 |loss_GRA=5 |gf_GRA=7 |ga_GRA=17 |team17=GRA

|win_HEA=5 |draw_HEA=0 |loss_HEA=5 |gf_HEA=19 |ga_HEA=20 |team10=HEA

|win_HUC=6 |draw_HUC=0 |loss_HUC=3 |gf_HUC=27 |ga_HUC=13 |team7=HUC

|win_ING=2 |draw_ING=3 |loss_ING=7 |gf_ING=12 |ga_ING=29 |team16=ING

|win_KIM=5 |draw_KIM=1 |loss_KIM=6 |gf_KIM=28 |ga_KIM=25 |team8 =KIM

|win_OLL=9 |draw_OLL=2 |loss_OLL=1 |gf_OLL=35 |ga_OLL=5 |team1=OLL

|win_RAD=1 |draw_RAD=1 |loss_RAD=4 |gf_RAD=6 |ga_RAD=14 |team20=RAD

|win_RAI=6 |draw_RAI=1 |loss_RAI=3 |gf_RAI=19 |ga_RAI=15 |team6=RAI

|win_SHE=9 |draw_SHE=0 |loss_SHE=0 |gf_SHE=34 |ga_SHE=8 |team2=SHE

|win_SHI=3 |draw_SHI=3 |loss_SHI=6 |gf_SHI=14 |ga_SHI=30 |team13=SHI

|win_TEV=2 |draw_TEV=0 |loss_TEV=9 |gf_TEV=8 |ga_TEV=29 |team19=TEV

|win_WES=2 |draw_WES=4 |loss_WES=4 |gf_WES=12 |ga_WES=16 |team15=WES

|name_BAR=Barrow Town

|name_BEL=Belper United

|name_BOR=Borrowash Victoria

|name_CAW=Clifton All Whites

|name_CLI=Clipstone

|name_DUN=Dunkirk

|name_EAS=Eastwood

|name_GED=Gedling Miners Welfare

|name_GRA=Graham Street Prims

|name_HEA=Heanor Town

|name_HUC=Hucknall Town

|name_ING=Ingles

|name_KIM=Kimberley Miners Welfare

|name_OLL=Ollerton Town

|name_RAD=Radford

|name_RAI=Rainworth Miners Welfare

|name_SHE=Sherwood Colliery

|name_SHI=Shirebrook Town

|name_TEV=Teversal

|name_WES=West Bridgford

|res_col_header=PQ

|col_P=green1|text_P=Promoted to the Northern Counties East League

|result2=P

|col_P1=green1|text_P1=Promoted to the United Counties League

|result4=P1 |result10=P1

|col_T=#CCCCFF|text_T=Transferred to the Northern Counties East League

|result1=T |result6=T |result9=T |result13=T |result19=T

|col_T1=#CCCCFF|text_T1=Transferred to the United Counties League

|result3=T1 |result5=T1 |result7=T1 |result8=T1 |result11=T1 |result12=T1 |result14=T1 |result15=T1 |result16=T1 |result17=T1 |result18=T1 |result20=T1

|note_res_P=Promoted based on points per game calculations from 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons combined.

|note_res_P1=P

}}

=Stadia and locations=

{{location map+ |East Midlands |float=left |width=700 |caption=Location of the clubs in the 2019–20 East Midlands Counties League on a map of the East Midlands |places=

{{location map~ |East Midlands |lat=52.7501 |long=-1.1600 |mark=Blue 000080 pog.svg |label=Barrow Town |label_size=85 |position=bottom}}

{{location map~ |East Midlands |lat=53.0249 |long=-1.4773 |mark=Blue 000080 pog.svg |label=Belper United |label_size=85 |position=left}}

{{location map~ |East Midlands |lat=52.9104 |long=-1.3893 |mark=Blue 000080 pog.svg |label=Borrowash Victoria & Graham SP |label_size=85 |position=left}}

{{location map~ |East Midlands |lat=52.9001 |long=-1.1666 |mark=Blue 000080 pog.svg |label=Clifton All Whites |label_size=85 |position=bottom}}

{{location map~ |East Midlands |lat=53.1595 |long=-1.1300 |mark=Blue 000080 pog.svg |label=Clipstone |label_size=85 |position=right}}

{{location map~ |East Midlands |lat=52.9239 |long=-1.1707 |mark=Blue 000080 pog.svg |label=Dunkirk |label_size=85 |position=left}}

{{location map~ |East Midlands |lat=53.0148 |long=-1.2979 |mark=Blue 000080 pog.svg |label=

Eastwood
|label_size=85 |position=left}}

{{location map~ |East Midlands |lat=52.9891 |long=-1.1126 |mark=Blue 000080 pog.svg |label=Gedling Miners Welfare |label_size=85 |position=right}}

{{location map~ |East Midlands |lat=53.0115 |long=-1.3560 |mark=Blue 000080 pog.svg |label=

Heanor
|label_size=85 |position=left}}

{{location map~ |East Midlands |lat=53.0286 |long=-1.2174 |mark=Blue 000080 pog.svg |label=

Hucknall Town
|label_size=85 |position=right}}

{{location map~ |East Midlands |lat=52.7700 |long=-1.3021 |mark=Blue 000080 pog.svg |label=Ingles |label_size=85 |position=left}}

{{location map~ |East Midlands |lat=52.9962 |long=-1.2505 |mark=Blue 000080 pog.svg |label=

Kimberley
|label_size=85 |position=left}}

{{location map~ |East Midlands |lat=53.2069 |long=-1.0130 |mark=Blue 000080 pog.svg |label=Ollerton Town |label_size=85 |position=right}}

{{location map~ |East Midlands |lat=52.9678 |long=-1.1740 |mark=Blue 000080 pog.svg |label=Radford |label_size=85 |position=right}}

{{location map~ |East Midlands |lat=53.1200 |long=-1.1151 |mark=Blue 000080 pog.svg |label=Rainworth Miners Welfare |label_size=85 |position=right}}

{{location map~ |East Midlands |lat=53.2071 |long=-1.2062 |mark=Blue 000080 pog.svg |label=Shirebrook Town |label_size=85 |position=top}}

{{location map~ |East Midlands |lat=53.1613 |long=-1.2061 |mark=Blue 000080 pog.svg |label=Sherwood |label_size=85 |position=top}}

{{location map~ |East Midlands |lat=53.1473 |long=-1.2858 |mark=Blue 000080 pog.svg |label=Teversal |label_size=85 |position=left}}

{{location map~ |East Midlands |lat=52.9333 |long=-1.1067 |mark=Blue 000080 pog.svg |label=West Bridgford |label_size=85 |position=right}}

}}

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Club

!Stadium

Barrow TownRiverside Park
Belper UnitedChristchurch Meadow{{efn|home of Belper Town (groundshare)}}
Borrowash VictoriaAsterdale Bowl{{efn|part of the same complex as Graham Street Prims }}
Clifton All WhitesGreen Lane
ClipstoneLido Ground
DunkirkLenton Lane
EastwoodCoronation Park
Gedling Miners WelfarePlains Road
Graham Street PrimsAsterdale Sports Ground{{efn|part of the same complex as Borrowash Victoria }}
Heanor TownTown Ground
Hucknall TownWatnall Road
InglesThe Dovecote Stadium{{efn|home of Shepshed Albion (groundshare)}}
Kimberley Miners WelfareStag Ground
Ollerton TownWalesby Lane
RadfordSelhurst Street
Rainworth Miners WelfareKirklington Road
Sherwood CollieryDebdale Park
Shirebrook TownLangwith Road
TeversalCarnarvon Street
West BridgfordRegatta Way
colspan=3|{{notelist|2}}

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References

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