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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