National League (division)
2019–20 clubs
Table:
Club

Finishing position last season

Location

Stadium

Capacity

Aldershot Town
21st

Aldershot
Recreation Ground
7,200

Barnet
13th

London (Edgware)
The Hive Stadium
6,418

Barrow
11th

Barrow-in-Furness
Holker Street
5,045

Boreham Wood
20th

Borehamwood
Meadow Park
4,502

Bromley
12th

London (Bromley)
Hayes Lane
5,300

Chesterfield
15th

Chesterfield
Proact Stadium
10,504

Chorley
2nd in National League North (promoted via play-offs)

Chorley
Victory Park
4,100

Dagenham & Redbridge
18th

London (Dagenham)
Victoria Road
6,078

Dover Athletic
14th

Dover
Crabble Athletic Ground
5,745

Eastleigh
7th

Eastleigh
Ten Acres
5,250

Ebbsfleet United
8th

Northfleet
Stonebridge Road
4,500

Fylde
5th

Wesham
Mill Farm
6,000

Halifax Town
16th

Halifax
The Shay
14,061

Harrogate Town
6th

Harrogate
Wetherby Road
3,800

Hartlepool United
16th

Hartlepool
Victoria Park
7,856

Maidenhead United
19th

Maidenhead
York Road
4,000

Notts County
23rd in League Two (relegated)

Nottingham
Meadow Lane
19,588

Solihull Moors
2nd

Solihull
Damson Park
3,050

Stockport County
1st in National League North (promoted)

Stockport
Edgeley Park
10,852

Sutton United
10th

London (Sutton)
Gander Green Lane
5,013

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The 2018-19 National League season , known as the Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons , is the fourth season under English football 's new title of National League , fifteenth season consisting of three divisions and the fortieth season overall . 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 , while 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 English 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 , Southern Football League Central or South , or Isthmian League .
Aldershot Town Football Club ( also called The Shots ) is a professional association football club based in Aldershot , Hampshire , England . The club participates in the National League , the fifth tier of English football . The club was founded in the spring of 1992 after the closure of debt-ridden Fourth Division club Aldershot F.C . Aldershot Town play at the Recreation Ground in Aldershot . They competed in Football League Two from 2008 to 2013 but were relegated from the Football League at the end of the 2012-13 season . Aldershot Town entered administration on 2 May 2013 .
Aldershot ( /ˈɔːldərʃɒt/ ) is a town in the Rushmoor district of Hampshire , England . It lies on heathland in the extreme northeast corner of the county , about 31.8 mi ( 51.2 km ) southwest of London . The area is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council . The town has a population of 36,321 , while the Aldershot Urban Area , a loose conurbation ( which also includes other towns such as Camberley , Farnborough , and Farnham ) has a population of 243,344 , making it the thirtieth-largest urban area in the UK . Aldershot is known as the Home of the British Army , a connection which led to its rapid growth from a small village to a Victorian town . Aldershot is twinned with Sulechów in Poland , Meudon in France and Oberursel in Germany .
The Recreation Ground is a football ground in Aldershot . Games have been played there since 1927 when Aldershot ( later reformed as Aldershot Town ) was founded . The ground hosted League football between 1932 and 1992 when Aldershot were members of the football league . Its current tenants Aldershot Town have used the ground since forming in 1992 and the ground has once again hosted league football between 2008 and 2013 . The ground currently has a capacity of 7,100 , though the record attendance at the ground is 19,138 , recorded when Aldershot played Carlisle United on 28 January 1970 in an FA Cup replay . The ground is affectionately known as 'The Rec ' though for sponsorship reasons its official name has been The EBB Stadium at The Recreation Ground .
Barnet Football Club /ˈbɑːrnɪt/ is an English professional football club based in Edgware , north-west London . The club currently participates in the National League , the fifth tier of English football , having been relegated from League Two in the 2017-18 season . The club was founded in Chipping Barnet , then part of Hertfordshire , in 1888 . They played their home matches at Underhill Stadium from 1907 until 2013 , when they moved to the new Hive Stadium in Edgware . Barnet were first promoted to the Football League in 1991 , after winning the 1990-91 Football Conference under manager Barry Fry . In 1993 they reached the Football League Second Division , then the third tier of English football , but were relegated after one season . They were relegated back to the Conference in 2001 , but returned to the Football League four years later after winning the 2004-05 Conference National . They then spent the next eight seasons in League Two before being relegated to the Conference once again in 2013 . In 2015 , they returned to the Football League once more , after winning the 2014-15 Conference Premier . The club also competes in the Middlesex Senior Cup . Before moving to the Hive , they competed in the Herts Senior Cup , of which they are the most successful team with 19 titles .
London is the capital and largest city of England and of the United Kingdom . Standing on the River Thames in the south-east of England , at the head of its 50-mile ( 80 km ) estuary leading to the North Sea , London has been a major settlement for two millennia . Londinium was founded by the Romans . The City of London , London 's ancient core − an area of just 1.12 square miles ( 2.9 km2 ) and colloquially known as the Square Mile − retains boundaries that closely follow its medieval limits . [ note 1 ] The City of Westminster is also an Inner London borough holding city status . Greater London is governed by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly . [ note 2 ] London is considered to be one of the world 's most important global cities and has been termed the world 's most powerful , most desirable , most influential , most visited , most expensive , innovative , sustainable , most investment friendly , and most popular for work city . London exerts a considerable impact upon the arts , commerce , education , entertainment , fashion , finance , healthcare , media , professional services , research and development , tourism and transportation . London ranks 26th out of 300 major cities for economic performance . It is one of the largest financial centres and has either the fifth or the sixth largest metropolitan area GDP . [ note 3 ] It is the most-visited city as measured by international arrivals and has the busiest city airport system as measured by passenger traffic . It is the leading investment destination , hosting more international retailers and ultra high-net-worth individuals than any other city .
Edgware ( /ˈɛdʒwɛər/ ) is a suburban town in north London , mostly in the London borough of Barnet but with a small part falling in Harrow . Edgware is centred 9.5 miles ( 15.3 km ) north-northwest of Charing Cross and has its own commercial centre . Edgware has a generally suburban character , typical of the rural-urban fringe . It was an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex . The community benefits from some elevated woodland on a high ridge marking the Hertfordshire border of gravel and sand . Edgware is identified in the London Plan as one of the capital 's 35 major centres . It includes the areas of Burnt Oak , The Hale , Edgwarebury , Canons Park , and parts of Queensbury . Edgware is principally a shopping and residential area and one of the northern termini of the Northern line . It has a bus garage , a shopping centre called the Broadwalk , a library , a hospital - Edgware Community Hospital , and two streams - Edgware Brook and Deans Brook , both tributaries of a small brook known as Silk Stream , which in turn merges with the River Brent at Brent Reservoir . As of 2011 , the town had a population of 76,506 and is made up of five wards from both Barnet and Harrow boroughs .
The Hive Stadium is a stadium in Canons Park , on the former site of the Prince Edward Playing Fields in the London Borough of Harrow . The stadium is home to National League football club Barnet , London Bees of the FA Women 's Championship and Tottenham Hotspur F.C . Women of the FA WSL . The stadium 's official total capacity is 6,500 and its current record attendance is 6,215 , set on 28 January 2019 for Barnet 's 3-3 draw with Brentford .
Barrow Association Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Barrow-in-Furness , Cumbria . The club currently participates in the Vanarama National League , the fifth tier of the English league system . The club was founded in 1901 and joined the Football League in 1921 . Since 1909 , Barrow have played their home games at Holker Street , ( currently sponsored for the 2019/2020 season as the Progression Solicitors Stadium ) , close to the town centre and approximately half a mile from Barrow Railway Station . The club spent over fifty years in the Football League between 1921 and 1972 , achieving promotion to Division 3 by finishing 3rd in the Football League Fourth Division in the 1966-67 season . The highest ever league placing in the club 's history came in the 1967-68 season , finishing 8th in League Division 3 . At one stage in the season , Barrow led the way and went top of the table for the one and only time in their history . They did so , courtesy of a 1-4 away win at Hartlepools . Life in the third tier of English football was to be short-lived and relegation back to Division 4 came just two seasons later , at the end of 1969-70 season . Fortunes never improved and after being successfully re-elected to the Football League after finishing rock bottom of Division 4 in 1970-71 , the following season , 1971-72 was to be Barrows last as a Football League club and after a failed bid for re-election , Barrow were voted out of the Football League , to be replaced by Hereford United of the Southern League . Barrow have since spent their time in the top two levels of non-league football , having been promoted five times to the Conference ( of which they were a founder member ) , most recently as Conference North champions in 2014-15 . In addition they have twice won non-league football 's most prestigious cup competition , the FA Trophy - in 1990 and 2010 , becoming the only club to have won the Trophy at both the old and new Wembley Stadiums .
Barrow-in-Furness is a town in Cumbria , North-West England . Historically part of Lancashire , it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with Dalton-in-Furness Urban District in 1974 to form the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness . At the tip of the Furness peninsula , close to the Lake District , it is bordered by Morecambe Bay , the Duddon Estuary and the Irish Sea . In 2011 , Barrow 's population was 57,000 , making it the second largest urban area in Cumbria after Carlisle , although it is geographically closer to the whole of Lancashire and most of Merseyside . Natives of Barrow , as well as the local dialect , are known as Barrovian . In the Middle Ages , Barrow was a small hamlet within the parish of Dalton-in-Furness with Furness Abbey , now on the outskirts of the modern-day town , controlling the local economy before its dissolution in 1537 . The iron prospector Henry Schneider arrived in Furness in 1839 and , with other investors , opened the Furness Railway in 1846 to transport iron ore and slate from local mines to the coast . Further hematite deposits were discovered , of sufficient size to develop factories for smelting and exporting steel . For a period of the late 19th century , the Barrow Hematite Steel Company-owned steelworks was the world 's largest . Barrow 's location and the availability of steel allowed the town to develop into a significant producer of naval vessels , a shift that was accelerated during World War I and the local yard 's specialisation in submarines . The original iron- and steel-making enterprises closed down after World War II , leaving Vickers shipyard as Barrow 's main industry and employer . Several Royal Navy flagships , the vast majority of its nuclear submarines as well as numerous other naval vessels , ocean liners and oil tankers have been manufactured at the facility .
Holker Street , also known as the Progression Solicitors Stadium for sponsorship purposes , is a sports stadium located in Barrow-in-Furness , Cumbria , England . Currently and originally used as a football ground , it has also previously been used for speedways races . In addition , the ground also previously had some leisure centre facilities , including four squash courts which have now been demolished . Its current owners and tenants for the vast majority of its history are Barrow A.F.C. , who have played at the ground since 1909 . Despite having a present capacity of just over 5,000 , some 16,874 people crammed the stadium in January 1954 when Barrow played Swansea Town in the FA Cup third round .
Boreham Wood Football Club is a professional football club based in Borehamwood , Hertfordshire , England . They are currently members of the National League , the fifth tier of English football , and play at Meadow Park . Established in 1948 , they are known as the Wood and have a local rivalry with St Albans City .
Borehamwood ( /ˌbɔːrəmˈwʊd/ - formerly spelt Boreham Wood ) is a town in southern Hertfordshire . It is a commuter town near St Albans and London , situated 12 miles ( 19 km ) from Charing Cross . Borehamwood has a population of 31,074 , and is within the civil parish of Elstree and Borehamwood and the London commuter belt . The town is perhaps most well known for its multiple film and TV studios ( although only two of any significance remain ) , commonly known as Elstree Studios , hence the association with Elstree .
Meadow Park is a football ground in Borehamwood , Hertfordshire , England . It is the home ground of Boreham Wood F.C . and also hosts the home matches of Arsenal Women F.C. , Arsenal youth teams , and Watford Reserves .
Bromley Football Club is a professional football club based in Bromley , South London , England . They are currently members of the National League , the fifth tier of English football , and play at Hayes Lane .
Bromley is a large town in South East London , England , and the principal town of the London Borough of Bromley . Its location is 9.3 miles ( 15.0 km ) south-east of Charing Cross , The town , which is also made up of Bickley , Downham , Sundridge , Hayes , Shortlands , Keston and Leaves Green , had a population of 87,889 as of 2011 , whilst the borough overall had a population of 331,096 . Historically a market town , chartered in 1158 , Bromley was an ancient parish in the county of Kent . Its location on a coaching route and the opening of a railway station in 1858 were key to its development , and the shift from an agrarian village to commerce and retail . As part of the suburban growth of London in the 20th century , Bromley significantly increased in population and was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1903 . A commercial and retail district , it has been part of Greater London since 1965 .
Hayes Lane is a football stadium in Bromley , Greater London , England . Located between Bromley town centre and Hayes , it is the home of Bromley F.C. , and also used by Cray Wanderers and Crystal Palace Women . The current capacity of the ground is 5,000 , of which 1,300 is seated and 2,500 covered .
Chesterfield Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Chesterfield , Derbyshire , England . The team competes in the National League , the fifth tier of the English football league system . Chesterfield play their home games at the 10,504 capacity Proact Stadium , having moved from their historic home of Saltergate during the summer of 2010. Notable players include record appearance holder Dave Blakey , who played in 617 of Chesterfield 's league games , and 162 league goal club record holder Ernie Moss . The club contests numerous local rivalries , though Nottinghamshire club Mansfield Town are their main rivals . Chesterfield FC was officially established in 1866 though it would be the third incarnation of that name that turned professional in 1891 and changed its name to Chesterfield Town . Town entered the FA Cup for the first time the following year , and competed in the Sheffield & District League and Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup , before joining the Midland League in 1896-97 . A third-place finish in 1898-99 resulted in a successful application to the Football League Second Division for the following season . After ten seasons in the Second Division they failed to gain re-election to the League and returned to the Midland League in 1909 , as champions in 1909-10 . The club entered liquidation in 1915 , and were reformed as Chesterfield Municipal in April 1919 . They again rejoined the Midland League and finished as champions in 1919-20 . The club was renamed to Chesterfield FC in December 1920 , and became founder members of the Third Division North in 1921-22 . They marked their tenth season in the division , 1930-31 , by winning the title , though only managed two seasons in the Second Division before suffering relegation .
Chesterfield is a large market town and borough in Derbyshire , England , 24 miles ( 39 km ) north of Derby and 11 miles ( 18 km ) south of Sheffield at the confluence of the rivers Rother and Hipper . With Whittington , Brimington and Staveley it had a population of about 103,801 in 2012 , making it Derbyshire 's second largest town . It has been traced to a soon-abandoned Roman fort of the 1st century AD . The name of the later Anglo-Saxon village comes from the Old English ceaster ( a Roman fort ) and feld ( grazing land ) . Its sizeable street market is held three days a week . The town sits on a coalfield , but little visual evidence of mining remains . Its biggest landmark is the Church of St Mary and All Saints with its crooked spire .
The Proact Stadium ( formerly known as the b2net Stadium ) is an all-seater football stadium in Whittington Moor , Chesterfield , Derbyshire , on the site of the former Dema Glassworks . It is the home of Chesterfield F.C. , replacing the Saltergate Recreation Ground as the club 's stadium from the start of the 2010-11 season . Since 2019 , it has also been the home stadium of Sheffield United U23s and Sheffield United W.F.C . It has a capacity of approximately 10,500 , cost £13,000,000 to build and was designed by Sheffield-based architects Ward McHugh Associates . Initial sponsorship under the name the b2net Stadium was revealed on 14 August 2009 . However , after two seasons and following the acquisition of b2net by Swedish company Proact , the renaming of the stadium to the Proact Stadium was officially announced on 13 August 2012 . Due to UEFA restrictions , when it hosts England youth matches it is known as Chesterfield FC Stadium . The stadium has been chosen to stage England under-19 and under-21 fixtures , and hosts numerous non-footballing functions , from weddings to pop concerts .
Chorley Football Club is a football club based in Chorley , Lancashire , England . They currently compete in the National League , the fifth tier of English football , and play their home matches at Victory Park . The club was founded as a rugby union club in 1875 but switched to football in 1883 . They have reached the FA Cup second round twice , in 1986-87 and 1990-91 . Their best performance in the FA Trophy was in 1995-96 when they reached the semi-finals . The club 's home colours are black and white stripes , hence the nickname The Magpies .
Chorley is a town in Lancashire , England , 8.1 miles ( 13 km ) north of Wigan , 10.8 miles ( 17 km ) south west of Blackburn , 11 miles ( 18 km ) north west of Bolton , 12 miles ( 19 km ) south of Preston and 19.5 miles ( 31 km ) north west of Manchester . The town 's wealth came principally from the cotton industry . In the 1970s , the skyline was dominated by factory chimneys , but most have now been demolished : remnants of the industrial past include Morrisons chimney and other mill buildings , and the streets of terraced houses for mill workers . Chorley is the home of the Chorley cake . At the 2011 Census , it had a population of 34,667 .
Victory Park is a football ground in Chorley , Lancashire , England . The home ground of Chorley F.C. , it opened in 1920 .
Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club /ˈdæɡənəm . ˈrɛdbrɪdʒ/ , often known simply as Dagenham and abbreviated when written to Dag & Red , is a professional association football club based in Dagenham , London , England . The club was formed in 1992 through a merger between Redbridge Forest ( itself a result of mergers between Ilford , Leytonstone and Walthamstow Avenue ) and Dagenham . The club 's traditional colours are red and blue , to represent the merged teams . The team plays in the National League , the fifth tier of the English football league system and are nicknamed the Daggers . They were members of the Football League between 2007 and 2016 .
Dagenham ( /ˈdæɡənəm/ ) is a district and suburban town in East London , England . In the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham , it is 11.5 miles ( 18.5 km ) east of Charing Cross . Historically a parish in the county of Essex , it was an agrarian village and remained mostly undeveloped until 1921 , when the London County Council began construction of the large Becontree estate . The population of the area significantly increased in the 20th century , with the parish of Dagenham becoming an urban district in 1926 and a municipal borough in 1938 . It has formed part of Greater London since 1965 and is a predominantly residential area , with some areas of declining industrial activity , including the Ford Dagenham plant . The southern part of Dagenham , adjacent to the River Thames , forms part of the London Riverside section of the Thames Gateway redevelopment area . The total population of Dagenham , including the Becontree estate , was 106,247 as of 2011 .
Victoria Road , currently known as the Chigwell Construction Stadium for sponsorship purposes , is the home ground of Dagenham & Redbridge F.C . of Dagenham , Greater London , England . It has a capacity of 6,078 .
Dover Athletic Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Dover , Kent , England . The club currently competes in the National League , the fifth tier of English football . The club was formed in 1983 after the dissolution of the town 's previous club , Dover F.C. , whose place in the Southern League was taken by the new club . In the 1989-90 season Dover Athletic won the Southern League championship , but failed to gain promotion to the Football Conference as the club 's ground did not meet the required standard . Three seasons later the team won the title again and this time gained promotion to the Conference , where they spent nine seasons before being relegated at the end of the 2001-02 season . The club was transferred from the Southern League to the Isthmian League in 2004 , competing in that league 's Premier Division for one season before mounting financial problems led the club to a further relegation . In the 2007-08 season , Dover won Division One South of the league , before winning the Premier Division in 2008-09 and thus gaining promotion to the Conference South . They spent five seasons in this division , reaching the play-offs three times , before defeating Ebbsfleet United in the 2013-14 play-off final to finally return to the Conference Premier after a twelve-year absence . The team usually wear white shirts and are consequently nicknamed the Whites . They have played at the Crabble Athletic Ground since the club 's formation . The club 's best performance in the FA Cup was reaching the third round proper in both the 2010-11 and 2014-15 seasons , while the best performance registered in the FA Trophy , the national competition for higher-level non-league clubs , was a run to the semi-finals in the 1997-98 season .
Dover ( /ˈdoʊvər/ ) is a town and major ferry port in Kent , South East England . It faces France across the Strait of Dover , the narrowest part of the English Channel , and lies south-east of Canterbury and east of Maidstone . The town is the administrative centre of the Dover District and home of the Port of Dover . The surrounding chalk cliffs are known as the White Cliffs of Dover . Archaeological finds have revealed that the area has always been a focus for peoples entering and leaving Britain . The name derives from the River Dour that flows through it . The Port of Dover provides much of the town 's employment , as does tourism .
The Crabble Athletic Ground , also known as The Crabble or simply Crabble , is a football stadium located in the northern Dover suburb of River , Kent . It was the home of the various incarnations of Dover F.C . from 1931 until the club folded in 1983 . Since then it has been the home of Dover Athletic F.C. , and it was also the temporary home of Margate F.C . between 2002 and 2004 , when the club 's Hartsdown Park stadium was being redeveloped . The stadium has two seated stands and two covered terraces and holds a total of 5,745 fans ( including 1,010 seats and 3,642 covered terracing ) , although in the past , crowds larger than that figure could be accommodated . It also has a clubhouse , which the club completely redeveloped in 2008 . A sports ground was first established on the site at the end of the 19th century and was used for both cricket and football as well as for other sports . This ground was used by Kent County Cricket Club for over 100 first-class cricket matches between 1907 and 1976 and is now the home of Dover Rugby Union Club .
Eastleigh Football Club is a professional association football club based in Eastleigh , Hampshire , England . They currently compete in the National League , the fifth tier of English football , and play their home matches at Ten Acres .
Eastleigh is a town in Hampshire , England , between Southampton and Winchester in South Hampshire . It was originally developed as a railway town by the London and South-Western Railway The town lies on the River Itchen , one of England 's premier chalk streams for fly fishing , a designated site of Special Scientific Interest .
Ten Acres , known as the Silverlake Stadium for sponsorship purposes , is a football ground in Eastleigh , Hampshire , England . It has been the home of Eastleigh F.C . since 1957 when they moved from Walnut Avenue . The ground 's record attendance is 5,025 for an FA Cup third round match against Bolton Wanderers on 9 January 2016 .
Ebbsfleet United Football Club is an English football club based in Northfleet , Kent , that competes in the National League , the fifth tier of English football . The team 's home ground has been Stonebridge Road since its inception in 1946 . Before 2007 , the club was called Gravesend & Northfleet . Between 2008 and 2013 , the club was owned by the web-based venture MyFootballClub , whose members voted on player transfers , budgets and ticket prices among other things instead of those decisions being made exclusively by the club 's management and staff as at most other clubs .
Northfleet is a town in the borough of Gravesham in Kent , England . It is located immediately west of Gravesend , and on the border with the Borough of Dartford . Northfleet has its own railway station on the North Kent Line , just east of Ebbsfleet International railway station on the High Speed 1 line .
Stonebridge Road is a multi-purpose stadium in Northfleet , Gravesend , Kent , England , also known as Kuflink Stadium for sponsorship reasons . It is primarily used for football matches . Stonebridge Road was constructed in 1905 , and was initially the home of Northfleet FC , which merged with Gravesend FC in 1946 . It is currently the home ground of Ebbsfleet United ( formerly Gravesend & Northfleet FC ) . Thus , Stonebridge Road has been the home of Ebbsfleet and its predecessor football clubs for over 100 years . Although one of the Fleet 's local rivals , from 2000 to 2006 Dartford had a groundsharing agreement with Ebbsfleet United to use Stonebridge Road as its home . Gillingham used Stonebridge Road briefly for home matches in 1961 .
Association Football Club Fylde is a professional football club based in Wesham in the Borough of Fylde , Lancashire , England . Originally known as Kirkham & Wesham following a merger of Kirkham Town and Wesham in 1988 , the club adopted its current name in 2008 after winning the FA Vase . They are currently members of the National League , the fifth tier of English football , and play at Mill Farm in Wesham . They are the first and so far only club to win both the FA Vase and the FA Trophy .
Medlar-with-Wesham is civil parish and an electoral ward on the Fylde in Lancashire , England . It lies within the Borough of Fylde , and had a population of 3,245 in 1,294 households recorded in the 2001 census . rising to 3,584 at the 2011 Census . The parish contains the town of Wesham ( pronounced variously /ˈwɛsəm/ WESS-əm , /ˈwɛʃəm/ WESH-əm , or /ˈwɛzəm/ WEZ-əm ) , adjacent to the larger town of Kirkham outside the parish . Technically , town status attaches to the whole parish , but in practice it is the settlement of Wesham that is referred to as a town .
Association Football Club Fylde is a professional football club based in Wesham in the Borough of Fylde , Lancashire , England . Originally known as Kirkham & Wesham following a merger of Kirkham Town and Wesham in 1988 , the club adopted its current name in 2008 after winning the FA Vase . They are currently members of the National League , the fifth tier of English football , and play at Mill Farm in Wesham . They are the first and so far only club to win both the FA Vase and the FA Trophy .
FC Halifax Town is a professional association football club based in Halifax , West Yorkshire , England . They currently compete in the National League , the fifth tier of English football , and play at the Shay . They replaced Halifax Town A.F.C. , which went into administration in the 2007-08 season .
Halifax ( /ˈhælɪfæks/ ) is a minster town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire , England . Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire , the town has been a centre of woollen manufacture from the 15th century onward , originally dealing through the Piece Hall . Halifax is known for Mackintosh 's chocolate and toffee products including Rolo and Quality Street . The Halifax Bank was also founded and is still headquartered in Halifax . Dean Clough , one of the largest textile factories in the world at more than 1⁄2 mile ( 800 m ) long , was in the north of the town . The premises have since been converted for office and retail use including a gym , theatre , Travelodge and radio station .
The Shay is a sports stadium in Halifax , West Yorkshire , England . Halifax Town football and Halifax rugby league clubs both play home games at the Shay . The stadium is owned by Calderdale Metropolitan Council and leased by the Shay Stadium Trust , a not-for-profit company set up to preserve the ground as a sports stadium . The Shay lies on the south side of Halifax , about a quarter of a mile from the town centre . The four stands at the Shay are the North Stand , the East Stand , the South Stand and the Skircoat Stand . The North and South stands were built in the mid-1990s . The Skircoat Stand is the oldest stand at the Shay .
Harrogate Town Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in the spa town of Harrogate , North Yorkshire , England . The club currently competes in the National League , the fifth tier of English football , following promotion from the National League North in the 2017-18 season . Formed in 1914 , the club is nicknamed Town and also the Sulphurites , due to Harrogate 's fame for its sulphur springs . The club 's colours are black and yellow and they play their home games at Wetherby Road , which has a capacity of 4,000 .
Harrogate ( /ˈhærəɡət/ HARR-ə-gət ) is a spa town in North Yorkshire , England . Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire , the town is a tourist destination and its visitor attractions include its spa waters and RHS Harlow Carr gardens . 13 miles ( 21 km ) away from the town centre is the Yorkshire Dales national park and the Nidderdale AONB . Harrogate grew out of two smaller settlements , High Harrogate and Low Harrogate , in the 17th century . For three consecutive years ( 2013-2015 ) , polls voted the town as the happiest place to live in Britain . Harrogate spa water contains iron , sulphur and common salt . The town became known as 'The English Spa ' in the Georgian era , after its waters were discovered in the 16th century . In the 17th and 18th centuries its 'chalybeate ' waters ( containing iron ) were a popular health treatment , and the influx of wealthy but sickly visitors contributed significantly to the wealth of the town . Harrogate railway station and Harrogate bus station in the town centre provide transport connections . Leeds Bradford International Airport is 10 miles ( 16 km ) southwest of Harrogate . The main roads through the town are the A61 , connecting Harrogate to Leeds and Ripon , and the A59 , connecting the town to York and Skipton . Harrogate is also connected to Wetherby and the A1 ( M ) , by the A661 .
Wetherby Road , known for sponsorship purposes as the CNG Stadium , is a multi-purpose stadium in Harrogate , England . It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Harrogate Town . The stadium has a capacity of 3,800 people . The ground is situated on the A661 Wetherby Road adjacent to Harrogate District Hospital .
Hartlepool United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Hartlepool , County Durham , England . The club currently competes in the National League , the fifth tier of English football , . They were founded in 1908 as Hartlepools United Football Athletic Company . One of English football 's most famous managers Brian Clough began his managerial career at the club in 1965 . Hartlepool play their home games at Victoria Park . The club 's honours include the FA Amateur Cup won in 1904-05 by West Hartlepool F.C. , who were dissolved in 1910 , and its assets and liabilities were subsequently taken over by Hartlepool United . Their main rivals are Darlington . The club 's mascot , H'Angus the Monkey , was elected mayor at the 2002 Hartlepool Borough Council election . The club also receives vocal support from Sky Sports presenter Jeff Stelling .
Hartlepool ( /ˈhɑːrtlɪpuːl/ HART-li-pool ) is a town in County Durham , England . The town lies on the North Sea coast , 7 1⁄2 miles ( 12 km ) north of Middlesbrough and 17 miles ( 27 km ) south of Sunderland . The town is governed as part of the Borough of Hartlepool , a unitary authority which also controls outlying villages such as Seaton Carew , Greatham , Hart Village , Dalton Piercy and Elwick . Hartlepool was founded in the 7th century , around the monastery of Hartlepool Abbey . The village grew in the Middle Ages and its harbour served as the official port of the County Palatine of Durham . After a railway link from the north was established from the South Durham coal fields , an additional link from the south , in 1835 , together with a new port , resulted in further expansion , with the new town of West Hartlepool . England 's Industrialisation and the start of a shipbuilding industry in the later part of the 19th century caused Hartlepool to be a target for the Imperial German Navy at the beginning of the First World War . A bombardment of 1,150 shells on 16 December 1914 resulted in the death of 117 people . A severe decline in heavy industries and shipbuilding following the Second World War caused periods of high unemployment until the 1990s when major investment projects and the redevelopment of the docks area into a marina saw a rise in the town 's prospects .
Victoria Park also known as the Super 6 Stadium for sponsorship reasons is a football ground in Hartlepool , County Durham , England , which is the home of National League club Hartlepool United . The four sides of the ground are known as the Town End Terrace ( official capacity 1,775 ) , the Niramax Stand ( official capacity 1,617 seated and 1,832 terraced standing ) , the Cyril Knowles Stand ( official capacity 1,599 ) and the Rink End ( official capacity 1,033 ) . The Town End Terrace is a standing area behind the south goal , and usually the most vocal area of the ground . The Neale Cooper Stand ( formerly the Niramax Stand is an all seating stand with a terraced paddock at the west side of the ground . The Cyril Knowles Stand is a modern all-seater stand to the east of the ground . The Rink End is also an all-seater stand containing 1,033 seats , some with an obscured view of the pitch due to supporting pillars . The Rink End is at the north end of the ground and houses only away fans . The stadium was previously known as the Northern Gas and Power stadium between August 2016 and June 2017 .
Maidenhead United Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Maidenhead , Berkshire , England . They are currently members of the National League , the fifth tier of English football , and have played at York Road since 1871 , making it the 'oldest senior football ground continuously used by the same club ' .
Maidenhead is a large market town in Berkshire , England , on the south-western bank of the River Thames . With an estimated population approaching 68,000 , Maidenhead is the largest town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead and fourth largest town in Berkshire . As the crow flies , the town is situated 25.7 miles ( 41.4 km ) west of Charing Cross , London , 11.7 miles ( 18.8 km ) northeast of the county town of Reading , 28.0 miles ( 45.1 km ) southeast of Oxford , 8.0 miles ( 12.9 km ) east-south-east of Henley-on-Thames and 5.8 miles ( 9.3 km ) northwest of Windsor .
York Road is a football stadium in Maidenhead , Berkshire , England . The home ground of Maidenhead United , it is acknowledged by The Football Association and FIFA to be the oldest continuously-used senior association football ground in the world by the same club , having been home to the club since 1871 . Due to this status , they have a blue plaque just inside the home turnstiles on the York Road side of the ground .
Notts County Football Club is a professional association football club based in Nottingham , England . The team participates in the National League , the fifth tier of the English football league system . Founded in 1862 , they are the oldest professional association football club in the world , and predate The Football Association itself . The club became one of the 12 founder members of the Football League in 1888 . They are nicknamed the Magpies due to the black and white colour of their home strip , which inspired Italian club Juventus to adopt the colours for their kit in 1903 . After playing at different home grounds during their first fifty years , including Trent Bridge , the club moved to Meadow Lane in 1910 and have remained there since . Notts County hold a local rivalry with city neighbours Nottingham Forest , as well as with other nearby clubs such as Mansfield Town . Notts County finished third in the top flight of English football in the 1890-91 season , which remains their highest ever league position . They also reached the 1891 FA Cup Final , finishing as runners-up to Blackburn Rovers . However three years later the club won the 1894 FA Cup Final with a 4-1 victory over Bolton Wanderers . From 1897 until 1920 they played in the First Division which was then the top flight , barring the 1913-14 season when they won the Second Division immediately following relegation the previous year . They won the Second Division for a third time in the 1922-23 campaign , before suffering relegations down to the Third Division South , which they won in their first attempt in 1930-31 .
The 2018-19 EFL League Two ( referred to as the Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons ) was the 15th season of Football League Two under its current title and the 26th season under its current league division format .
Nottingham ( /ˈnɒtɪŋəm/ ( listen ) NOT-ing-əm ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire , England . Part of the East Midlands region , it is 128 miles ( 206 km ) north of London and 45 miles ( 72 km ) northeast of Birmingham . To the west lies Derby , separated by the M1 motorway . Nottingham has links to the legend of Robin Hood and to the lace-making , bicycle ( notably Raleigh bikes ) , and tobacco industries . It was granted its city charter in 1897 as part of Queen Victoria 's Diamond Jubilee celebrations . Nottingham is a tourist destination ; in 2018 , the city received the second highest amount of overnight visitors in the Midlands and the highest amount in the East Midlands . In 2017 , Nottingham had an estimated population of 329,200 . The population of the city proper , compared to its regional counterparts , has been attributed to its historical and tightly-drawn city boundaries . The wider conurbation , which includes many of the city 's suburbs , has a population of 768,638 . It is the largest urban area in the East Midlands and the second-largest in the Midlands . Its Functional Urban Area , also the largest in the East Midlands , has a population of 919,484 . The population of the Nottingham/Derby metropolitan area is estimated to be 1,610,000 .
Meadow Lane Stadium is a football stadium in Nottingham , England . It is the home ground of Notts County , who have played there since 1910 . The stadium was also home to Notts County Ladies F.C . from 2014 until 2017 . It currently has an all-seated capacity of 18,816 for National League games . The record attendance is 47,310 , who watched Notts lose 1-0 to York City in the FA Cup Sixth Round on 12 March 1955 . Meadow Lane lies just three hundred yards ( 270 metres ) away from the City Ground , home of Nottingham Forest . The two grounds are the closest in England and the second-closest in the United Kingdom after the grounds of Dundee and Dundee United . The Trent End of the City Ground is visible from parts of the Jimmy Sirrel stand and the Spion Kop . The stadium also hosts the men 's and women 's football in the Varsity Series - a sporting series contested by Nottingham Trent University and the University of Nottingham .
Solihull Moors Football Club is a professional association football club based in Solihull , West Midlands , England . It was founded in 2007 by the merger of Moor Green ( founded in 1901 ) and Solihull Borough ( founded in 1953 ) . The club currently competes in the National League , the fifth tier of English football , and plays its home matches at Damson Park .
Solihull ( /ˈsɒlihʌl/ , /ˈsoʊl-/ or /ˌsoʊliˈhʌl/ ) is a large town and administrative centre in England with a population of 123,187 in the 2011 Census . Historically in Warwickshire , it is the largest town in , and administrative centre of , the larger Metropolitan Borough of Solihull , which itself has a population of 214,909 . Solihull is situated 7.5 miles ( 12.1 km ) southeast of Birmingham , 18 miles ( 29 km ) northwest of Warwick and 110 miles ( 180 km ) northwest of London . Solihull is the most affluent town of the West Midlands , and one of the most affluent areas in the UK outside London . In November 2013 , the uSwitch Quality of Life Index named Solihull the best place to live in the United Kingdom .
Damson Park ( known as the SportNation.bet Stadium for sponsorship reasons ) is a stadium in Damson Parkway , Solihull , West Midlands , England . It was the new home of Solihull Borough following their departure from their original Widney Lane Ground . It is now the home of Solihull Moors , the club formed when Solihull Borough and Moor Green merged in 2007 . They previously shared Damson Park with Birmingham & Solihull R.F.C . ( who moved to Portway in 2012 ) and also used to have an agreement that allows Birmingham City Reserves the use of the ground for their reserve games . The capacity of the stadium is 5,500 . It was revealed on 23 July 2013 that for the following three seasons the ground would be known as the Autotech Stadium for sponsorship reasons . Birmingham City L.F.C . of the FA WSL have used Damson Park for home games since 2014 . The ground has two seated stands on either side of the pitch , and a covered stand of mixed seating and terracing at the southeastern end of the ground , where all six entrances are located . The main stand lies on the southwestern side of the ground and is connected to the clubhouse . The clubhouse contains three separate bar areas , and is also home to a pie & chips shop on matchdays .
Stockport County Football Club is a professional football club in Stockport , England . Formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers , the team adopted their current name in 1890 after the County Borough of Stockport . They have played at Edgeley Park since 1902 , traditionally in blue and white , and are nicknamed The Hatters after the town 's former hat-making industry . Stockport County joined the Football League in 1900 and competed in it continuously from 1905 to 2011 . The team spent most of their history in the lower reaches of the Football League , but the 1990s were more successful , with the club competing in the First Division for five seasons , and reaching the League Cup semi-finals in 1996-97 . After a difficult period of financial collapse in the early 2000s which saw the club fall back down the divisions , County started the 2011-12 season in the Conference National , having been relegated from Football League Two for the first time in their history at the end of the 2010-11 campaign . At the end of 2012-13 , County were relegated again , to the Conference North . Having stabilised on and off the pitch , the club won promotion once again at the end of 2018-19 , winning the National League North title .
Stockport is a large major town in Greater Manchester , England , 7 miles ( 11 km ) south-east of Manchester city centre , where the River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey , and the largest in the metropolitan borough of the same name . Historically , most of the town was in Cheshire , but the area to the north of the Mersey was in Lancashire . Stockport in the 16th century was a small town entirely on the south bank of the Mersey , and known for the cultivation of hemp and manufacture of rope . In the 18th century the town had one of the first mechanised silk factories in the British Isles . However , Stockport 's predominant industries of the 19th century were the cotton and allied industries . Stockport was also at the centre of the country 's hatting industry , which by 1884 was exporting more than six million hats a year ; the last hat works in Stockport closed in 1997 . Dominating the western approaches to the town is the Stockport Viaduct . Built in 1840 , the viaduct 's 27 brick arches carry the mainline railways from Manchester to Birmingham and London over the River Mersey . This structure featured as the background in many paintings by L. S. Lowry .
Edgeley Park is a football stadium in Edgeley , Stockport , England . Built for rugby league club Stockport in 1901 , by 1902 , the rugby club was defunct and Stockport County Football Club moved in . Edgeley Park is an all-seater stadium holding 10,900 spectators . Stockport County shared it with Sale Sharks rugby union club between 2003 and 2012 . In 2015 , Stockport Council purchased the stadium for around £2 million , leasing it back to the football club , in order to prevent it from being demolished and redeveloped .
Sutton United Football Club is a professional football club in Sutton , South London , England , who play in the National League , the fifth tier of English football . They play home games at Gander Green Lane , close to West Sutton Station . The club is an FA Charter Standard Community Club affiliated to the Surrey County Football Association . Sutton started out playing in junior , local leagues , but progressed into the Athenian League in 1921 ; the Isthmian League in 1964 ; and the Conference in 1986 . The team fell back into the Isthmian League in 1991 . They appeared in the Conference for one more season in 1999-2000 , and were founding members of the Conference South ( now known as National League South ) in 2004 . Sutton won the National League South in 2015-16 and since 2016-17 have competed in the National League , one tier below the Football League . The team has had several cup successes , including playing at Wembley in the FA Amateur Cup final twice and in the FA Trophy final in 1981 . Sutton won the Anglo-Italian Cup in 1979 , but the club is most famous for its FA Cup giant killing exploits , most notably in the 1988-89 season , when they defeated Coventry City 2-1 in the 3rd Round . The Coventry team was composed mostly of star international players and had won the competition in 1987 . In the 2016-17 season , Sutton reached the 5th Round of the FA Cup for the first time in their history , beating three Football League teams ( Cheltenham Town , AFC Wimbledon and Leeds United ) before losing 2-0 at home to Arsenal .
Sutton is a large town , and the principal town of the eponymous London Borough of Sutton in South London , England . It lies on the lower slopes of the North Downs , and is the administrative headquarters of the Outer London borough . It is 10 miles ( 16 km ) south-south west of Charing Cross , and is one of the thirteen metropolitan centres in the London Plan . An ancient parish originally in the county of Surrey , Sutton is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having two churches and about 30 houses . Its location on the London to Brighton turnpike from 1755 led to the opening of coaching inns , spurring its growth as a village . When it was connected to central London by rail in 1847 , it began to grow into a town , and it expanded further in the 20th century . It became a municipal borough with Cheam in 1934 , and became part of Greater London in 1965 . Sutton has the largest library in the borough , several works of public art and four conservation areas . It is home to a number of large international companies and the sixth most important shopping area in London , centred on Sutton High Street . Sutton railway station is the borough 's largest , with frequent services to central London and other destinations , including Horsham . Sutton is a hub for filming in South London . It is home to the Royal Marsden Hospital and the Institute of Cancer Research , where there are plans to create the world 's second biggest cancer research campus .
Gander Green Lane , currently known as the Knights Community Stadium for sponsorship reasons , is a football stadium in Sutton , south London , and the home ground of Sutton United . The record attendance for Gander Green Lane is 14,000 when Sutton United lost 6-0 to Leeds United in the fourth round of the 1969-70 FA Cup . In recent times , the pitch has played host to England C team and FA Sunday Cup matches . It is a FIFA 2-Star quality pitch , FIFA 's highest rating for 3G artificial pitches .