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[lower-alpha 1]
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
Location of the clubs in the 2019–20 East Midlands Counties League on a map of the East Midlands
Club Stadium
Barrow TownBarrow Road
Belper UnitedChristchurch Meadow [lower-alpha 1]
Borrowash VictoriaBorrowash Road [lower-alpha 2]
Clifton All WhitesGreen Lane
ClipstoneLido Ground
DunkirkLenton Lane
Eastwood CommunityCoronation Park
Gedling Miners WelfarePlains Road
Graham Street PrimsBorrowash Road [lower-alpha 3]
Heanor TownTown Ground
Hucknall TownWatnall Road
InglesThe Dovecote Stadium [lower-alpha 4]
Kimberley Miners WelfareStag Ground
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. "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. "EMCL Results grid". East Midlands Counties Football League. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  7. "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.
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