National League South

Association football league in England

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2024 National League South begins its 2024–25 season with 22 teams competing across various stadiums, ranging from Twerton Park (capacity 8,840) to Arbour Park (capacity 2,000).
2024 Boreham Wood and Dorking Wanderers relegated from the National League to National League South for the 2024–25 season.
July 2024 Start of the 2024–25 National League South season with 24 member clubs, including newly promoted teams Chesham United, Enfield Town, Hornchurch, and Salisbury.
March 29 2024 Highest recorded attendance: 6,462 at Yeovil Town vs. Torquay United match
2023 Four relegations implemented from the South division.
August 2023 Yeovil Town wins the league title, with Braintree Town winning the playoffs.
July 2023 2023-24 season sets a new league attendance record with an average of 1,185 per game, highlighted by Yeovil Town's impressive average of 3,916 spectators.
2022 League expansion implemented before the 2022–23 season, with bottom club relegated and four teams promoted from Step 3.
August 2022 Ebbsfleet United wins the league title, with Oxford City winning the playoffs.
July 2022 2022-23 season sees Dulwich Hamlet maintain high attendance with an average of 2,464 spectators.
2021 League expected to expand to 24 teams, though actual implementation was delayed.
December 26 2021 Biggest home win: Dorking Wanderers 8-0 Havant and Waterlooville
August 2021 Maidstone United wins the league title, with Dorking Wanderers winning the playoffs.
July 2021 2021-22 season records the highest league average attendance of 1,002 per game, with Dulwich Hamlet achieving the highest club average of 2,712 spectators.
2020 League reduced to 21 clubs for the 2020–21 season due to COVID-19 pandemic complications.
March 2020 COVID-19 pandemic interrupts league attendances, resulting in a season with no official crowd attendance records.
March 2020 Season curtailed and voided due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with no league or playoff winners.
August 2019 Wealdstone wins the league title, with Weymouth winning the playoffs.
January 2019 A three-year sponsorship deal announced, leading to the Motorama National League South branding.
January 1 2019 Unusual attendance record: Truro City vs. Torquay United match with only 52 out of 2,812 spectators attending
August 2018 Torquay United wins the league title, with Woking winning the playoffs.
2017 League play-off format expanded from four to six teams, changing the promotion qualification structure.
August 2017 Havant & Waterlooville wins the league title, with Braintree Town winning the playoffs.
March 21 2017 Another biggest home win: Ebbsfleet United 8–0 Bishop's Stortford
August 2016 Maidenhead United wins the league title, with Ebbsfleet United winning the playoffs.
2016 Dave Tarpey (Maidenhead United) scored 44 goals, the most individual goals in a single season
2015 Sutton United set a record of 25 consecutive games unbeaten
2015 Rebranded as the Vanarama National League South, and officially begins using this name for the league season.
August 2015 Start of tracking detailed attendance statistics for National League South, with the 2015-16 season marking the beginning of comprehensive attendance records.
August 2015 Sutton United wins the league title, with Maidstone United winning the playoffs.
February 17 2015 High-scoring match: Bath City 7–4 Farnborough
2014 League becomes the Vanarama Conference South, reflecting a new sponsorship deal.
August 2014 Bromley wins the league title, with Boreham Wood winning the playoffs.
2013 League sponsorship transitions to Skrill South.
August 2013 Eastleigh wins the league title, with Dover Athletic winning the playoffs.
2012 Welling United achieved a record 12 consecutive wins during this season
September 8 2012 One of the biggest home wins: Maidenhead United 8–0 Truro City
August 2012 Welling United wins the league title, with Salisbury City winning the playoffs.
August 2011 Woking wins the league title, with Dartford winning the playoffs.
2010 Sponsorship changes to Blue Square Bet South, continuing the league's commercial branding.
August 2010 Braintree Town wins the league title, with Ebbsfleet United winning the playoffs.
February 13 2010 Record for most individual goals in a single game: Mitchell Bryant scored 6 goals in Weymouth 0–6 Basingstoke Town match

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