2016–17 National League

The 2016–17 National League season, known as the Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, is the second season under English football's new title of National League, thirteenth season consisting of three divisions and the thirty-eighth season overall.[1] The National League covers the top two levels of Non-League football in England. The National League is the fifth highest level of the overall pyramid, whilst the National League North and National League South exist at the sixth level. The top team and the winner of the play-off of the Premier division will be promoted to Football League Two, while the bottom four are relegated to the North or South divisions. The champions of the North and South divisions will be promoted to the Premier division, alongside the play-off winners from each division. The bottom three in each of the North and South divisions are relegated to the premier divisions of the Northern Premier League, Isthmian League or Southern League. The fixtures were announced on 6 July 2016.[2]

National League

National League
Season 2016–17
2017–18 →

Promotion and relegation

The following teams changed divisions after the 2015–16 season. Solihull Moors were the first team to be promoted after North Ferriby United's 2–0 loss to Stalybridge Celtic on 13 April 2016 clinched them the National League North title. This will be their first season in the National League. Sutton United were promoted on 23 April 2016 after a 2–0 win over Chelmsford City, returning to the league for the first time in sixteen years. Dagenham & Redbridge were relegated from Football League Two on 16 April 2016 after their 3–2 loss to Leyton Orient returning to the fifth tier after nine years in the Football League. York City were relegated on 23 April after their 3–0 loss to Accrington Stanley on 23 April 2016, returning to the league for the first time since the 2011–12 season. North Ferriby United's 2–1 win over A.F.C. Fylde and Maidstone United's win on penalties over Ebbsfleet United made them the National League North and National League South playoff winners respectively. It is the first time both teams have competed in the league.

The six teams replace Cheltenham Town, Grimsby Town, FC Halifax Town, Altrincham, Kidderminster Harriers and Welling United. Cheltenham Town were promoted back to League Two at their first attempt after beating FC Halifax Town 2–0 on 16 April 2016. Kidderminster Harriers and Welling United were relegated on the same day after defeats to Barrow and Chester. On the final day of the season, Altrincham were relegated after losing 3–0 to Braintree Town, ending their two-year stay in the league. FC Halifax Town's 1–1 draw against Macclesfield Town was not enough to save them after Guiseley's 4–3 win over Torquay United, ending their three-year stay in the league. Grimsby Town were promoted back to the Football League after beating Forest Green Rovers 3–1 in the 2015–16 National League playoff final.[3]

Team changes

Stadia and locations

Locations of the National League clubs (Greater London and environ clubs)
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Aldershot Town Aldershot Recreation Ground 7,100
Barrow Barrow-in-Furness Holker Street 5,000
Boreham Wood Borehamwood Meadow Park 4,502
Braintree Town Braintree Cressing Road 4,145
Bromley London (Bromley) Hayes Lane 5,000
Chester Chester Deva Stadium 6,000
Dagenham & Redbridge London (Dagenham) Victoria Road 6,078
Dover Athletic Dover Crabble Athletic Ground 5,745
Eastleigh Eastleigh Ten Acres 5,200
Forest Green Rovers Nailsworth The New Lawn 5,032
Gateshead Gateshead Gateshead International Stadium 10,000
Guiseley Guiseley Nethermoor Park 4,200
Lincoln City Lincoln Sincil Bank 10,120
Macclesfield Town Macclesfield Moss Rose 6,355
Maidstone United Maidstone Gallagher Stadium 3,063
North Ferriby United North Ferriby Grange Lane 2,700
Solihull Moors Solihull Damson Park 3,050
Southport Southport Haig Avenue 6,008
Sutton United London (Sutton) Gander Green Lane 5,013
Torquay United Torquay Plainmoor 6,500
Tranmere Rovers Birkenhead Prenton Park 16,789
Woking Woking Kingfield Stadium 6,036
Wrexham Wrexham Racecourse Ground 10,771
York City York Bootham Crescent 8,256

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Eastleigh Wales Chris Todd Sacked 17 August 2016[4] 24th England Ronnie Moore 19 August 2016[5]
Guiseley England Mark Bower 21 August 2016[6] 24th England Adam Lockwood 22 September 2016[7]
Southport England Andy Bishop 3 September 2016[8] 23rd England Steve Burr 8 September 2016[9]
Tranmere Rovers England Gary Brabin 18 September 2016[10] 5th England Paul Carden (Interim) 19 September 2016[11]
Braintree Town England Jamie Day 25 September 2016[12] 22nd England Hakan Hayrettin 27 September 2016[13]
Tranmere Rovers England Paul Carden End of Interim Spell 7 October 2016[14] 9th Scotland Micky Mellon 7 October 2016[15]
Wrexham England Gary Mills Sacked 13 October 2016[16] 15th England Dean Keates 25 October 2016[17]
York City Scotland Jackie McNamara Became Chief Executive 16 October 2016 19th England Gary Mills 16 October 2016[18]
Eastleigh England Ronnie Moore Resigned 30 November 2016 9th [19]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Lincoln City 23 15 4 4 49 22 +27 49 Promotion to Football League Two
2 Forest Green Rovers 23 14 5 4 42 21 +21 47 Qualification for National League play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
3 Tranmere Rovers 23 14 5 4 33 16 +17 47
4 Barrow 22 12 8 2 39 19 +20 44
5 Dover Athletic 22 14 1 7 48 34 +14 43
6 Dagenham & Redbridge 23 13 3 7 32 23 +9 42
7 Boreham Wood 22 10 6 6 26 18 +8 36
8 Chester 23 9 8 6 37 26 +11 35
9 Eastleigh 23 9 8 6 34 27 +7 35
10 Gateshead 23 9 7 7 38 26 +12 34
11 Macclesfield Town 21 10 4 7 28 21 +7 34
12 Aldershot Town 23 9 6 8 26 24 +2 33
13 Bromley 23 8 5 10 29 33 4 29
14 Sutton United 23 8 5 10 27 33 6 29
15 Wrexham 23 7 8 8 21 28 7 29
16 Solihull Moors 23 7 5 11 28 37 9 26
17 Torquay United 23 7 4 12 21 29 8 25
18 Maidstone United 23 7 4 12 27 42 15 25
19 Woking 23 6 5 12 36 44 8 23
20 Southport 23 5 6 12 25 48 23 21
21 Braintree Town 22 5 5 12 24 40 16 20 Relegation to
National League North
or
National League South
22 Guiseley 23 4 5 14 26 39 13 17
23 York City 23 3 8 12 22 42 20 17
24 North Ferriby United 23 4 3 16 10 36 26 15
Updated to match(es) played on 29 November 2016. Source: National League official site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League Two.

Results

Home ╲ Away ALD BRW BORBRABROCHRD&RDOVEASFGRGATGUILINMACMAINFUSOLSOUSUTTORTRAWOKWREYOR
Aldershot Town 00 01 04 30 10 12 10 20 20 31 20
Barrow 10 11 21 11 32 40 30 11 30 21 20
Boreham Wood 11 11 10 01 10 20 10 20 01 21 01
Braintree Town 20 12 22 11 01 14 13 01 13 01 11
Bromley 22 10 13 02 05 32 11 01 02 21 30
Chester 10 11 30 50 12 20 25 13 30 22 40 10
Dagenham & Redbridge 10 14 02 20 05 10 11 20 30 01 00 30
Dover Athletic 12 31 14 61 43 20 20 20 31 14 31
Eastleigh 03 01 24 21 30 20 20 11 21 30 11
Forest Green Rovers 21 00 10 11 11 10 30 23 51 11 22 21
Gateshead 11 30 42 22 11 01 00 10 00 01 22 61
Guiseley 31 00 14 02 11 12 21 20 11 23 61
Lincoln City 33 12 20 30 00 30 20 61 00 40 13 10
Macclesfield Town 02 00 01 01 12 10 31 20 31 30
Maidstone United 21 02 01 21 14 02 11 21 24 03 22 11
North Ferriby United 01 00 12 01 03 32 02 01 21 10 00
Solihull Moors 11 10 25 23 01 32 23 20 40 03 22
Southport 11 14 45 12 01 03 32 00 11 11 21 20
Sutton United 20 00 12 10 06 10 20 22 13 20 10 41
Torquay United 00 11 10 10 21 12 23 30 12 11 20
Tranmere Rovers 20 22 21 01 10 01 21 10 21 31 20
Woking 11 23 21 31 13 33 01 30 13 11 31 20
Wrexham 22 01 21 00 00 00 31 12 10 10 21
York City 01 11 11 02 01 11 14 10 40 22 00 41

Updated to games played on 29 November 2016.
Source: n/a
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of matches played 29 November 2016.[20]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 England Ricky Miller Dover Athletic 21
2 England Byron Harrison Barrow 16
3 England Oliver Hawkins Dagenham & Redbridge 12
England Andy Cook Tranmere Rovers
5 Netherlands Akwasi Asante Solihull Moors 11
England Matt Rhead Lincoln City
7 England Danny Johnson Gateshead 10
8 England Ross Lafayette Dover Athletic 9
France Mikael Mandron Eastleigh
England Kieffer Moore1 Torquay United
England Gozie Ugwu Woking
12 England Nathan Arnold Lincoln City 8
Wales Christian Doidge Forest Green Rovers
England Moses Emmanuel Dover Athletic
England Chris Holroyd Macclesfield Town
England Sam Jones Gateshead
England James Norwood Tranmere Rovers
England Blair Turgott Bromley
  1. - includes 4 goals for Forest Green Rovers

National League North

National League North
Season 2016–17
2017–18 →

Team changes

Stadia and locations

Altrincham
Curzon Ashton
Salford City
Stalybridge Celtic
Stockport County
United of Manchester
Locations of the National League North 2016–17 teams (see Greater Manchester map for more detail for these clubs)
Team Stadium Capacity
A.F.C. Fylde Mill Farm 6,000
Alfreton Town North Street 3,600
A.F.C. Telford United New Bucks Head 6,300
Altrincham Moss Lane 6,085
Boston United York Street 6,643
Brackley Town St. James Park 3,500
Bradford Park Avenue Horsfall Stadium 3,500
Chorley Victory Park 4,100
Curzon Ashton Tameside Stadium 4,000
Darlington 1883 Blackwell Meadows 3,000
F.C. Halifax Town The Shay 14,061
F.C. United of Manchester Broadhurst Park 4,400
Gainsborough Trinity The Northolme 4,304
Gloucester City Whaddon Road (groundshare with Cheltenham Town) 7,066
Harrogate Town Wetherby Road 3,800
Kidderminster Harriers Aggborough 6,238
Nuneaton Town Liberty Way 4,314
Salford City Moor Lane 2,163
Stalybridge Celtic Bower Fold 6,500
Stockport County Edgeley Park 10,852
Tamworth The Lamb Ground 4,000
Worcester City Victoria Ground (groundshare with Bromsgrove Sporting) 4,895

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 A.F.C. Fylde 19 13 5 1 59 26 +33 44 Promotion to the National League
2 Chorley 20 11 7 2 30 14 +16 40 Qualification for
National League North play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
3 Kidderminster Harriers 19 11 4 4 36 16 +20 37
4 Darlington 1883 19 11 4 4 45 27 +18 37
5 Tamworth 19 11 3 5 37 32 +5 36
6 F.C. Halifax Town 18 10 3 5 40 24 +16 33
7 Salford City 19 9 6 4 35 20 +15 33
8 Brackley Town 17 9 6 2 29 19 +10 33
9 Gloucester City 19 9 3 7 37 31 +6 30
10 Stockport County 19 8 5 6 27 26 +1 29
11 Harrogate Town 19 8 4 7 32 28 +4 28
12 F.C. United of Manchester 20 6 5 9 33 34 1 23
13 Worcester City 18 6 4 8 29 29 0 22
14 A.F.C. Telford United 19 5 6 8 16 20 4 21
15 Alfreton Town 18 6 2 10 40 48 8 20
16 Curzon Ashton 18 5 5 8 26 37 11 20
17 Boston United 19 5 5 9 26 41 15 20
18 Gainsborough Trinity 19 5 4 10 27 42 15 19
19 Nuneaton Town 19 3 7 9 26 31 5 16
20 Bradford Park Avenue 20 4 4 12 21 44 23 16 Relegation to
Northern Premier League,
Southern Football League,
or Isthmian League
21 Stalybridge Celtic 19 3 0 16 15 49 34 9
22 Altrincham 18 1 4 13 19 47 28 7
Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2016. Source: National League official site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the National League.

Results

Home ╲ Away FYL TEL ALFALTBOSBRKBPACHOCZADARHALFCUGAIGLOHARKIDNUNSLCSTLSTPTAMWRC
A.F.C. Fylde 92 11 41 32 31 22 21 21 33 50
A.F.C. Telford United 01 12 00 20 12 10 10 02 20 00
Alfreton Town 35 32 22 01 40 02 10 33 25
Altrincham 06 02 01 23 22 24 22 02 23
Boston United 32 23 10 14 23 11 01 30 00
Brackley Town 23 20 20 22 10 21 21 00 02
Bradford Park Avenue 14 11 10 03 44 12 23 11 01 03
Chorley 20 11 30 33 41 10 10 21 10 01
Curzon Ashton 11 11 12 42 12 16 02 12 15
Darlington 1883 11 34 41 20 52 01 41 21 51
F.C. Halifax Town 22 13 40 31 01 20 10 40 30
F.C. United of Manchester 23 00 43 23 00 23 24 30 20 11
Gainsborough Trinity 31 20 11 11 02 32 02 22 32
Gloucester City 30 50 31 10 02 12 02 41 22
Harrogate Town 22 20 22 14 31 31 02 31 31 34
Kidderminster Harriers 33 10 12 00 02 30 30 10 21 60
Nuneaton Town 11 41 22 01 11 23 02 01 11
Salford City 41 33 11 22 10 32 11 00 12 30
Stalybridge Celtic 23 02 24 32 13 04 04 13
Stockport County 12 43 11 24 12 11 10 01 21 10
Tamworth 10 21 51 01 21 11 31 21 22 10
Worcester City 21 53 30 01 22 23 22 23 40

Updated to games played on 22 November 2016.
Source: n/a
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Top scorers

As of matches played 19 November 2016[20]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 England Danny Rowe AFC Fylde 27
2 England Danny Newton Tamworth 13
3 England Lee Hughes Worcester City 9
4 England Mike Phenix Salford City 8
England Danny Lloyd Stockport County
6 England Elliott Whitehouse Nuneaton Town 7
England Jason Walker Chorley
England Danny Bradley AFC Fylde
England Greg Smith Boston United
England James Hardy AFC Fylde
England Steve Diggin Brackley Town
England Arthur Gnahoua Kidderminster Harriers

National League South

National League South
Season 2016–17
2017–18 →

Team changes

Stadia and locations

Dartford
Ebbsfleet United
Hampton & Richmond Borough
Wealdstone
Welling United
Locations of the National League South 2016–17 teams (Greater London and environ clubs shown in more detail below)
Locations of the National League South 2016–17 teams (Greater London and environ clubs)
Team Stadium Capacity
Bath City Twerton Park 8,840
Bishop's Stortford Woodside Park 4,525
Chelmsford City Melbourne Stadium 3,019
Concord Rangers Thames Road 3,300
Dartford Princes Park 4,100
Eastbourne Borough Priory Lane 4,151
East Thurrock United Rookery Hill 4,000
Ebbsfleet United Stonebridge Road 5,011
Gosport Borough Privett Park 4,500
Hampton & Richmond Beveree Stadium 3,500
Hemel Hempstead Town Vauxhall Road 3,152
Hungerford Town Bulpit Lane 2,500
Maidenhead United York Road 3,000
Margate Hartsdown Park 3,000
Oxford City Court Place Farm 2,000
Poole Town Tatnam Ground 2,500
St Albans City Clarence Park 4,500
Truro City Treyew Road 3,857
Wealdstone Grosvenor Vale 3,607
Welling United Park View Road 4,000
Weston-super-Mare Woodspring Stadium 3,500
Whitehawk The Enclosed Ground 2,175

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Maidenhead United 19 14 4 1 41 13 +28 46 Promotion to the National League
2 St Albans City 18 11 4 3 43 20 +23 37 Qualification for
National League South play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
3 Hampton & Richmond Borough 20 11 4 5 43 28 +15 37
4 Ebbsfleet United 19 10 6 3 37 17 +20 36
5 Dartford 18 10 5 3 27 14 +13 35
6 Poole Town 19 10 5 4 27 22 +5 35
7 Chelmsford City 19 9 7 3 41 25 +16 34
8 East Thurrock United 19 6 10 3 35 21 +14 28
9 Hungerford Town 18 8 4 6 24 25 1 28
10 Eastbourne Borough 18 7 5 6 31 28 +3 26
11 Bath City 19 7 4 8 28 24 +4 25
12 Wealdstone 19 7 4 8 28 31 3 25
13 Truro City 20 6 6 8 25 42 17 24
14 Gosport Borough 19 6 5 8 23 39 16 23
15 Whitehawk 18 6 3 9 23 25 2 21
16 Oxford City 19 6 3 10 22 30 8 21
17 Hemel Hempstead Town 19 5 5 9 29 42 13 20
18 Concord Rangers 19 4 5 10 26 34 8 17
19 Margate 18 5 1 12 16 36 20 16
20 Weston-super-Mare 19 4 3 12 18 34 16 15 Relegation to
Northern Premier League,
Southern Football League,
or Isthmian League
21 Welling United 19 3 3 13 22 30 8 12
22 Bishop's Stortford 19 3 2 14 12 41 29 11
Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2016. Source: National League official site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the National League.

Results

Home ╲ Away BAT BST CHECONDAREABEASEBBGOSH&RHEMHUNMAIMAROXCPOOSACTRUWEAWELWSMWHI
Bath City 22 22 01 11 21 40 13 30 12 21
Bishop's Stortford 01 03 03 01 12 02 15 03 21 03
Chelmsford City 11 22 21 22 44 20 20 41 10
Concord Rangers 00 22 01 24 01 32 02 01 05
Dartford 21 00 20 20 00 10 02 22 21
Eastbourne Borough 10 15 21 00 30 12 21 40 34
East Thurrock United 22 11 11 11 51 01 00 11 11 51
Ebbsfleet United 10 11 22 23 40 40 31 42 41 11
Gosport Borough 01 06 25 31 10 11 10 31 13 11
Hampton & Richmond 21 41 31 12 23 01 02 22 31 02
Hemel Hempstead Town 33 32 21 11 12 20 24 01 13 20
Hungerford Town 02 11 33 13 30 20 01 20 10
Maidenhead United 21 60 10 30 50 22 11 20 30
Margate 10 15 02 21 24 21 11 05 31
Oxford City 31 22 01 12 13 11 03 21 00
Poole Town 10 10 40 11 11 10 10 13 21 31
St Albans City 21 20 21 24 22 50 40 50 31
Truro City 13 22 05 22 06 03 20 20 00 11
Wealdstone 01 14 24 21 22 22 12 01 10
Welling United 12 02 31 12 23 12 01 02 12
Weston-super-Mare 12 12 02 11 13 01 00 03 31
Whitehawk 01 00 10 23 12 20 30 24 00

Updated to games played on 22 November 2016.
Source: The National League Official Website
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Top scorers

As of matches played 19 November 2016[20]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 England Dave Tarpey Maidenhead United 14
England Elliot Benyon Wealdstone
England Louie Theophanous St Albans City
4 England Nicke Kabamba Hampton & Richmond Borough 12
5 England Elliott Romain Eastbourne Borough 11
6 England Shaun Jeffers Chelmsford City 10
7 England Shamir Mullings Chelmsford City 9
England Steve Cawley Concord Rangers
England Niall Thompson Truro City
England Jamal Lowe Hampton & Richmond Borough

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