2022–23 National League

National League North
Season	2022–23
Dates	6 August 2022 – 14 May 2023
Champions	AFC Fylde
Promoted	AFC Fylde; Kidderminster Harriers;
Relegated	AFC Telford United; Bradford (Park Avenue); Kettering Town; Leamington;
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,390 (2.52 per match)
Biggest home win	AFC Fylde 5–0 Banbury United (7 January 2023); Blyth Spartans 5–0 Hereford (29 April 2023); Scarborough Athletic 5–0 Kettering Town (8 October 2022);
Biggest away win	Gloucester City 2–6 Darlington (10 December 2022); AFC Telford United 0–4 Gloucester City (10 April 2023); AFC Telford United 0–4 King's Lynn Town (20 August 2022); Buxton 0–4 Banbury United (12 November 2022);
Highest scoring	Boston United 3–5 Southport (6 August 2022); Gloucester City 2–6 Darlington (10 December 2022);
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

National League
Season	2022–23
Dates	6 August 2022 – 13 May 2023
Champions	Wrexham
Promoted	Wrexham; Notts County;
Relegated	Torquay United; Yeovil Town; Scunthorpe United; Maidstone United;
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,540 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorer	Macaulay Langstaff (42)
Biggest home win	Wrexham 6–0 Torquay United; (24 September 2022)
Biggest away win	Barnet 0–5 York City (1 October 2022); Dagenham & Redbridge 0–5 Notts County (3 September 2022); Dorking Wanderers 0–5 Wrexham (3 September 2022); Wealdstone 1–6 Notts County (25 October 2022);
Highest scoring	Wrexham 7–5 Barnet; (8 October 2022)
Longest unbeaten run	Wrexham (28)
Highest attendance	Notts County 0-0 Yeovil Town; (19 November 2022) (16,511)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

National League
Season	2022–23
Dates	6 August 2022 – 14 May 2023
Champions	Wrexham
Promoted	Wrexham; Notts County;
Relegated	AFC Telford United; Bradford (Park Avenue); Cheshunt; Concord Rangers; Dulwich Hamlet; Hungerford Town; Kettering Town; Leamington;
Matches played	1,656
Goals scored	4,480 (2.71 per match)
Biggest home win	Worthing 7–0 Concord Rangers (7 April 2023)
Biggest away win	Hampton & Richmond Borough 0–6 St Albans City (1 November 2022); Worthing 0–6 Ebbsfleet United (6 December 2022);
Highest scoring	Wrexham 7–5 Barnet; (8 October 2022)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 National League season, known as the Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, was the eighth season under English football's new title of the National League, the twentieth season consisting of three divisions, and the forty-fourth season overall.

This season saw the expansion of North and South divisions to 24 teams each, a planned increase which was originally scheduled in 2019 to occur ahead of the 2021–22 season.^[1] However, after the curtailment and voidance of the 2020–21 season for both North and South, promotion and relegation were postponed.^[2] For those reasons, the implementation of expansion plans was delayed until 2022–23.^[3]

National League[edit]

Team changes[edit]

To National League

Promoted from 2021–22 National League North

Promoted from 2021–22 National League South

Relegated from 2021–22 League Two

From National League

Promoted to 2022–23 League Two

Relegated to 2022–23 National League North

King's Lynn Town

Relegated to 2022–23 National League South

Oldham Athletic is the first former Premier League club to be relegated to the National League, and their matches against Notts County will be the third fixture to be played in all five top tiers of English football.

Stadia and locations[edit]

London

Greater London clubs
Barnet
Boreham Wood
Bromley
Dagenham & Redbridge
Wealdstone

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Locations of the 2022–23 National League clubs (Greater London shown in more detail below)

Locations of the 2022–23 National League clubs (Greater London)

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Aldershot Town	Aldershot	Recreation Ground	7,200
Altrincham	Altrincham	Moss Lane	7,700
Barnet	London (Canons Park)	The Hive Stadium	6,418
Boreham Wood	Borehamwood	Meadow Park	4,502
Bromley	London (Bromley)	Hayes Lane	5,300
Chesterfield	Chesterfield	Technique Stadium	10,504
Dagenham & Redbridge	London (Dagenham)	Victoria Road	6,078
Dorking Wanderers	Dorking	Meadowbank	3,000
Eastleigh	Eastleigh	Ten Acres	5,250
FC Halifax Town	Halifax	The Shay	10,400
Gateshead	Gateshead	Gateshead International Stadium	11,800
Maidenhead United	Maidenhead	York Road	4,000
Maidstone United	Maidstone	Gallagher Stadium	4,200
Notts County	Nottingham	Meadow Lane	19,588
Oldham Athletic	Oldham	Boundary Park	13,513
Scunthorpe United	Scunthorpe	Glanford Park	9,088
Solihull Moors	Solihull	Damson Park	5,500
Southend United	Southend-on-Sea	Roots Hall	12,392
Torquay United	Torquay	Plainmoor	6,500
Wealdstone	London (Ruislip)	Grosvenor Vale	4,085
Woking	Woking	Kingfield Stadium	6,036
Wrexham	Wrexham	Racecourse Ground	10,771
Yeovil Town	Yeovil	Huish Park	9,566
York City	York	York Community Stadium	8,500

Personnel and sponsoring[edit]

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Aldershot Town	Tommy Widdrington	Joe Partington	Erreà	Bridges Estate Agents
Altrincham	Phil Parkinson	Jordan Hulme	Puma	J Davidson Ltd
Barnet	Dean Brennan	Dale Gorman	Stanno	TIC Health
Boreham Wood	Luke Garrard	Mark Ricketts	Puma	Alan Swan - Wood Army
Bromley	Andy Woodman	Byron Webster	Puma	LSP Renewables
Chesterfield	Paul Cook	Jamie Grimes	Puma	Leengate Valves
Dagenham & Redbridge	Ben Strevens	Ángelo Balanta	Nike	West & Coe
Dorking Wanderers	Marc White	Barry Fuller	Macron	Stonegate Homes
Eastleigh	Lee Bradbury	Aaron Martin	Kappa	Utilita
FC Halifax Town	Chris Millington	Tom Clarke	Adidas	CORE Facility Services
Gateshead	Mike Williamson	Greg Olley	Puma	Gateshead Central
Maidenhead United	Alan Devonshire	Alan Massey	Uhlsport	G&L Scientific
Maidstone United	George Elokobi	Gavin Hoyte	Macron	Manchett
Notts County	Luke Williams	Kyle Cameron	Puma	Access Training
Oldham Athletic	David Unsworth	Liam Hogan	Hummel	Bartercard
Scunthorpe United	Jimmy Dean	Liam Feeney	Macron	Marshall BMW
Solihull Moors	Neal Ardley	Kyle Storer	Adidas	Taxbuddi
Southend United	Kevin Maher	Nathan Ralph	Macron	P G Site Services
Torquay United	Gary Johnson	Asa Hall	Puma	(No front shirt sponsor, they have the year they were founded on the front '1899').
Wealdstone	Stuart Maynard	Jack Cook	Kelme	GPF Lewis
Woking	Darren Sarll	Josh Casey	Adidas	Boz's Fruit & Veg
Wrexham	Phil Parkinson	Luke Young	Macron	TikTok
Yeovil Town	Mark Cooper	Josh Staunton	Hummel	Jurassic Fibre
York City	Michael Morton (interim)	Lenell John-Lewis	Puma	JMP

Managerial changes[edit]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Yeovil Town	Josh Staunton	End of caretaker spell	15 May 2022	Pre-season	Chris Hargreaves^[4]	18 May 2022
FC Halifax Town	Pete Wild^[5]	Signed by Barrow	26 May 2022		Chris Millington^[6]	28 May 2022
Notts County	Ian Burchnall^[7]	Signed by Forest Green Rovers	27 May 2022		Luke Williams^[8]	14 June 2022
Scunthorpe United	Keith Hill^[9]	Sacked	30 August 2022	23rd	Tony Daws (interim)^[10]	1 September 2022
Oldham Athletic	John Sheridan^[11]	Mutual agreement	17 September 2022	14th	David Unsworth^[12]	20 September 2022
Aldershot Town	Mark Molesley^[13]	Sacked	15 October 2022	22nd	Ross McNeilly	6 December 2022
Yeovil Town	Chris Hargreaves^[14]		27 October 2022	21st	Mark Cooper^[15]	28 October 2022
York City	John Askey^[16]		16 November 2022	12th	David Webb^[17]	2 December 2022
Scunthorpe United	Tony Daws (interim)	Stepped down to Academy Manager	1 December 2022	23rd	Michael Nelson (interim)^[18]	1 December 2022
Maidstone United	Hakan Hayrettin^[19]	Sacked	9 January 2023	23rd	George Elokobi	9 January 2023
Scunthorpe United	Michael Nelson (interim)	End of interim spell	29 January 2023	23rd	Jimmy Dean^[20]	29 January 2023
York City	David Webb^[21]	Sacked	8 February 2023	18th	Michael Morton (interim)	8 February 2023
Dagenham & Redbridge	Daryl McMahon^[22]		24 February 2023	10th	Ben Strevens^[23]	10 March 2023
Aldershot Town	Ross McNeilly^[24]		2 April 2023	19th	Tommy Widdrington^[24]	2 April 2023

National League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Wrexham (C, P)	46	34	9	3	116	43	+73	111	Promotion to EFL League Two
2	Notts County (O, P)	46	32	11	3	117	42	+75	107	Qualification for the National League play-off semi-finals
3	Chesterfield	46	25	9	12	81	52	+29	84	Qualification for the National League play-off semi-finals
4	Woking	46	24	10	12	71	48	+23	82	Qualification for the National League play-off quarter-finals
5	Barnet	46	21	11	14	75	67	+8	74
6	Boreham Wood	46	19	15	12	52	40	+12	72
7	Bromley	46	18	17	11	68	53	+15	71
8	Southend United	46	20	9	17	57	45	+12	69
9	Eastleigh	46	19	10	17	56	57	−1	67
10	Dagenham & Redbridge	46	18	9	19	61	72	−11	63
11	FC Halifax Town	46	16	13	17	49	48	+1	61
12	Oldham Athletic	46	16	13	17	63	64	−1	61
13	Wealdstone	46	16	12	18	57	72	−15	60
14	Gateshead	46	15	15	16	67	62	+5	59^[a]
15	Solihull Moors	46	15	13	18	62	66	−4	58
16	Dorking Wanderers	46	16	9	21	67	91	−24	57
17	Altrincham	46	14	14	18	68	82	−14	56
18	Aldershot Town	46	14	11	21	64	76	−12	53
19	York City	46	13	12	21	55	63	−8	51
20	Maidenhead United	46	13	11	22	47	66	−19	50
21	Torquay United (R)	46	12	12	22	58	80	−22	48	Relegation to National League South
22	Yeovil Town (R)	46	7	19	20	35	60	−25	40	Relegation to National League South
23	Scunthorpe United (R)	46	8	10	28	49	87	−38	34	Relegation to National League North
24	Maidstone United (R)	46	5	10	31	45	104	−59	25	Relegation to National League South

Source: ^[26]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results^[27]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Gateshead were deducted one point for playing an ineligible player.^[25]

Results table[edit]

Home \ Away	ALD	ALT	BAR	BOR	BRO	CHE	DAG	DOR	EAS	HAL	GAT	MDH	MDS	NOT	OLD	SCU	SOL	SOU	TOR	WEA	WOK	WRE	YEO	YOR
Aldershot Town	—	1–1	3–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–0	5–1	2–3	1–2	1–3	0–3	1–1	2–1	1–4	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	3–4	1–1	2–1
Altrincham	1–0	—	0–2	0–2	1–2	1–2	2–2	4–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	3–2	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–2	4–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	3–1	1–2	2–2	2–1
Barnet	4–1	2–4	—	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–2	0–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	4–3	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–5
Boreham Wood	1–2	1–1	1–1	—	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1
Bromley	2–2	0–0	1–3	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	4–0	0–0	1–0	3–3	0–2	1–2	4–1	0–3
Chesterfield	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	3–2	—	2–3	3–1	3–2	2–0	2–1	1–2	4–0	1–2	0–1	4–1	2–0	3–2	5–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–3
Dagenham & Redbridge	2–1	4–1	5–4	1–1	4–1	0–1	—	0–2	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–5	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	4–1	1–2	0–4	0–2	2–1
Dorking Wanderers	0–3	3–2	2–1	1–4	2–3	2–2	5–1	—	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–1	3–2	3–1	1–5	2–1	0–3	1–0	3–2	3–1	1–2	0–5	1–1	1–0
Eastleigh	3–3	3–2	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	4–0	—	1–0	2–5	1–0	5–2	0–2	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–0
FC Halifax Town	2–0	2–2	1–3	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	—	2–0	0–1	3–0	1–4	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	5–0	0–4	3–1	1–1	1–0
Gateshead	0–2	1–3	2–2	1–1	0–3	1–2	3–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	—	4–0	4–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–3	0–3	4–0	2–2
Maidenhead United	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	—	2–1	3–4	1–1	3–2	0–2	1–2	1–3	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	0–1
Maidstone United	0–3	2–3	0–0	0–4	2–3	1–2	0–1	2–4	1–3	1–1	1–1	3–2	—	2–5	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–3	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–3	1–1	2–1
Notts County	2–0	3–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	3–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	—	4–1	4–0	1–0	4–0	4–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–1
Oldham Athletic	2–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	4–2	3–2	3–2	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	2–2	—	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–2	1–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–0
Scunthorpe United	3–3	2–0	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–2	3–2	3–2	0–1	0–2	3–1	3–0	0–2	1–4	0–2	—	3–4	1–3	0–1	4–1	0–2	1–3	2–1	1–1
Solihull Moors	1–2	5–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	0–3	3–0	3–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–1	3–1	—	1–1	3–2	2–1	0–1	1–2	2–2	1–1
Southend United	1–2	2–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	3–0	3–0	—	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0
Torquay United	6–1	4–4	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–5	1–2	3–3	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–3	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–4	1–2	—	1–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	3–2
Wealdstone	0–1	4–0	0–2	1–2	3–2	0–4	1–0	2–2	3–1	1–0	1–2	3–2	2–1	1–6	2–2	3–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–1
Woking	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	2–0	3–3	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–3	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	—	2–3	1–0	0–2
Wrexham	2–0	4–0	7–5	3–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	3–1	1–0	5–0	3–2	5–1	2–0	5–0	1–0	6–0	3–1	2–2	—	3–0	3–0
Yeovil Town	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–2	1–4	0–3	0–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	—	0–1
York City	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–3	0–3	1–2	4–1	1–3	1–1	0–0	2–3	0–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	—

Source: National League Results Grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Play-offs[edit]

Quarter-finals			Semi-finals			Final

			2	Notts County (a.e.t.)	3
5	Barnet	1	6	Boreham Wood	2
6	Boreham Wood	2				2	Notts County (p)	2 (4)
						3	Chesterfield	2 (3)
			3	Chesterfield (a.e.t.)	3
4	Woking	1	7	Bromley	2
7	Bromley	2

Quarter-finals[edit]

2 May 2023 (2023-05-02)	Barnet	1–2	Boreham Wood	Canons Park
19:45	Pritchard 52'	Report	Ndlovu 19', 45+2' Marsh 62' Kelly-Evans 66'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 2,256 Referee: Daniel Middleton

3 May 2023 (2023-05-03)	Woking	1–2	Bromley	Woking
19:45	Ince 13'	Report	Cheek 60' (pen.) Elerewe 68', 77'	Stadium: The Laithwaite Community Stadium Attendance: 5,033 Referee: Lewis Smith

Semi-finals[edit]

7 May 2023 (2023-05-07)	Notts County	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Boreham Wood	Nottingham
12:30	Baldwin 47', 90+7' Jones 120'	Report	Ilesanmi 37' Ndlovu 45+3'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 15,617 Referee: Scott Tallis

7 May 2023 (2023-05-07)	Chesterfield	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Bromley	Chesterfield
15:40	King 45+1' Palmer 53' Elerewe 58' (o.g.) Oldaker 80' Mandeville 103'	Report	Marriott 45+8' Fisher 65' Elerewe 75' Cheek 34', 90+9' Forster 91' Sowunmi 119'	Stadium: Technique Stadium Attendance: 9,657 Referee: Scott Simpson

Final[edit]

13 May 2023

15:30 BST

Notts County	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Chesterfield
Bostock 87' Rodrigues 108'	Report	Dallas 5' (pen.) Dobra 93'
Penalties
Langstaff Rodrigues Jones Bostock Scott	4–3	Banks Oldaker Maguire King Quigley

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 38,138

Referee: Matthew Corlett

Top scorers[edit]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Macaulay Langstaff	Notts County	42
2	Paul Mullin	Wrexham	38
3	Inih Effiong	Dagenham & Redbridge Aldershot Town	23
4	Rhys Browne	Woking Wealdstone	20
5	Andrew Dallas	Chesterfield Solihull Moors	19
5	Nicke Kabamba	Barnet	19
7	Rúben Rodrigues	Notts County	18
8	James McShane	Dorking Wanderers	17

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Paul Mullin	Wrexham	Maidstone United	5–0	20 August 2022
Alex Reid	Solihull Moors	Altrincham	5–1	3 September 2022
Macaulay Langstaff	Notts County	Dag & Red	0–5	3 September 2022
Ollie Palmer	Wrexham	Dorking Wanderers	0–5	3 September 2022
James McShane	Dorking Wanderers	Notts County	3–1	17 September 2022
Josh Walker	Dag & Red	Barnet	5–4	24 September 2022
Aaron Jarvis	Torquay United	Aldershot Town	6–1	1 November 2022
Paul Mullin	Wrexham	Solihull Moors	5–0	26 December 2022
Shaq Forde	York City	Maidstone United	4–1	7 January 2023
Mike Fondop	Oldham Athletic	Dorking Wanderers	1–5	7 January 2023
Caolan Lavery	Scunthorpe United	Maidenhead United	3–0	7 January 2023
Inih Effiong	Aldershot Town	Maidstone United	0–3	24 January 2023
Nicke Kabamba	Barnet	Chesterfield	3–0	28 January 2023
Macaulay Langstaff	Notts County	Yeovil Town	1–4	18 February 2023
Paul Mullin	Wrexham	Oldham Athletic	5–1	1 April 2023
Aaron Jarvis	Torquay United	York City	3–2	15 April 2023
Andrew Dallas	Chesterfield	Torquay United	5–1	18 April 2023
Jim O'Brien	Notts County	Maidstone United	2–5	22 April 2023

Monthly awards[edit]

Each month the Vanarama National League announces their official Player of the Month and Manager of the Month.

Month	Manager of the Month	Club	Player of the Month	Club
August 2022	Paul Cook^[28]	Chesterfield	Macaulay Langstaff^[28]^[29]	Notts County
September 2022	Phil Parkinson^[29]	Wrexham	Macaulay Langstaff^[28]^[29]	Notts County
October 2022	Luke Williams^[30]	Notts County	Shaun Hobson^[30]	Southend United
November 2022	Darren Sarll^[31]	Woking	Jack Cook^[31]	Wealdstone
December 2022	Dean Brennan^[32]	Barnet	Kyle Cameron^[32]	Notts County
January 2023	Phil Parkinson^[33]	Wrexham	Inih Effiong^[33]	Aldershot Town
February 2023	Kevin Maher^[34]	Southend United	Charlie Carter^[34]	Eastleigh
March 2023	Luke Williams	Notts County	Macaulay Langstaff	Notts County

Annual awards[edit]

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Season	Macaulay Langstaff^[35]	Notts County
Manager of the Season	Phil Parkinson^[35]	Wrexham

National League Team of the Season

Pos.	Player	Club	Ref.
GK	Nathan Ashmore	Boreham Wood	^[35]
RB	Jeff King	Chesterfield
CB	Ben Tozer	Wrexham
CB	Kyle Cameron	Notts County
LB	Adam Chicksen	Notts County
CM	Elliot Lee	Wrexham
CM	Matty Palmer	Notts County
CM	Rúben Rodrigues	Notts County
CF	Macaulay Langstaff	Notts County
CF	Paul Mullin	Wrexham
CF	Ryan Colclough	Chesterfield
Manager	Phil Parkinson	Wrexham

National League North[edit]

The National League North consisted of 24 teams for the first time.

Team changes[edit]

To National League North

Relegated from 2021–22 National League

King's Lynn Town

Promoted from 2021–22 Northern Premier League

Promoted from 2021–22 Southern Football League

From National League North

Promoted to 2022–23 National League

Relegated to 2022–23 Northern Premier League

Guiseley

Stadia and locations[edit]

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Fylde	Wesham	Mill Farm	6,000
AFC Telford United	Telford	New Bucks Head	6,300
Alfreton Town	Alfreton	North Street	3,600
Banbury United	Banbury	Spencer Stadium	2,000
Blyth Spartans	Blyth	Croft Park	4,435
Boston United	Boston	Boston Community Stadium	5,000
Brackley Town	Brackley	St. James Park	3,500
Bradford (Park Avenue)	Bradford	Horsfall Stadium	3,500
Buxton	Buxton	The Silverlands	5,200
Chester	Chester	Deva Stadium	6,500
Chorley	Chorley	Victory Park	4,100
Curzon Ashton	Ashton-under-Lyne	Tameside Stadium	4,000
Darlington	Darlington	Blackwell Meadows	3,300
Farsley Celtic	Farsley	The Citadel	3,900
Gloucester City	Gloucester	Meadow Park	3,600
Hereford	Hereford	Edgar Street	5,213
Kettering Town	Kettering	Latimer Park (groundshare with Burton Park Wanderers)	2,400
Kidderminster Harriers	Kidderminster	Aggborough	6,238
King's Lynn Town	King's Lynn	The Walks	8,200
Leamington	Leamington	New Windmill Ground	3,050
Peterborough Sports	Peterborough	Lincoln Road	2,300
Scarborough Athletic	Scarborough	Flamingo Land Stadium	2,833
Southport	Southport	Haig Avenue	6,008
Spennymoor Town	Spennymoor	The Brewery Field	4,300^[36]

Managerial changes[edit]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Buxton	Steve Cunningham^[37]	Resigned	28 April 2022	Pre-season	Jamie Vermiglio^[38]	25 May 2022
Chester	Steve Watson^[39]	End of contract	7 May 2022		Calum McIntyre^[40]	12 May 2022
Kettering Town	Ian Culverhouse^[41]	Mutual Consent	15 May 2022		Lee Glover^[42]	17 May 2022
Chorley	Jamie Vermiglio^[43]	Resigned	23 May 2022		Andy Preece^[44]	28 May 2022
Blyth Spartans	Terry Mitchell^[45]	Sacked	9 August 2022	18th	Graham Fenton	16 August 2022
Boston United	Paul Cox^[46]		6 September 2022	24th	Ian Culverhouse^[46]	6 September 2022
Spennymoor Town	Anthony Johnson and Bernard Morley		20 September 2022	13th	Jason Ainsley^[47]	11 October 2022
Brackley Town	Kevin Wilkin^[48]		29 September 2022	8th	Roger Johnson^[49]	29 September 2022
Gloucester City	Lee Mansell^[50]			16th	Steven King^[51]	30 September 2022
AFC Fylde	James Rowe^[52]	Resigned		4th	Andy Taylor (interim)	29 September 2022
AFC Telford United	Paul Carden^[53]	Sacked	9 October 2022	23rd	Kevin Wilkin^[54]	10 October 2022
AFC Fylde	Andy Taylor (interim)	End of interim spell	14 November 2022	8th	Adam Murray^[55]	14 November 2022
Buxton	Jamie Vermiglio^[56]	Resigned	3 December 2022	18th	Craig Elliott^[57]	11 December 2022
Peterborough Sports	Jimmy Dean^[58]	Resigned	28 January 2023	13th	Michael Gash and Luke Steele^[59]	28 January 2023
Hereford	Josh Gowling^[60]	Mutual consent	5 February 2023	15th	Yan Klukowski^[61]	28 February 2023
King's Lynn Town	Tommy Widdrington^[62]	Resigned	1 April 2023	2nd	Mark Hughes	1 April 2023
Brackley Town	Roger Johnson^[63]	Mutual consent	8 April 2023	4th	Gareth Dean (interim)	8 April 2023

National League North table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	AFC Fylde (C, P)	46	29	8	9	80	44	+36	95	Promotion to National League
2	King's Lynn Town	46	27	12	7	84	43	+41	93	Qualification for the National League North play-off semi-finals
3	Chester	46	22	18	6	72	41	+31	84
4	Brackley Town	46	18	15	13	57	47	+10	69	Qualification for the National League North play-off quarter-finals
5	Alfreton Town	46	17	18	11	54	44	+10	69
6	Kidderminster Harriers (O, P)	46	19	12	15	49	42	+7	69
7	Gloucester City	46	19	11	16	75	68	+7	68
8	Scarborough Athletic	46	18	14	14	74	69	+5	68
9	Spennymoor Town	46	18	14	14	68	67	+1	68
10	Darlington	46	18	13	15	72	64	+8	67
11	Buxton	46	18	13	15	55	54	+1	67
12	Chorley	46	17	15	14	62	50	+12	66
13	Curzon Ashton	46	18	11	17	58	55	+3	65
14	Peterborough Sports	46	15	12	19	50	55	−5	57
15	Boston United	46	15	11	20	68	66	+2	56
16	Hereford	46	15	10	21	47	56	−9	55
17	Banbury United	46	13	15	18	55	62	−7	54
18	Southport	46	13	11	22	50	62	−12	50
19	Blyth Spartans	46	12	14	20	49	62	−13	50
20	Farsley Celtic	46	12	14	20	51	75	−24	50
21	Kettering Town (R)	46	11	16	19	41	63	−22	49	Relegation to the Southern Football League
22	Leamington (R)	46	10	18	18	41	60	−19	48	Relegation to the Southern Football League
23	Bradford (Park Avenue) (R)	46	11	13	22	43	65	−22	46	Relegation to the Northern Premier League
24	AFC Telford United (R)	46	6	14	26	35	76	−41	32	Relegation to the Southern Football League

Source: National League official site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results^[64]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results table[edit]

Home \ Away	FYL	TEL	ALF	BAN	BLY	BOS	BRA	BPA	BUX	CHE	CHO	CUR	DAR	FAR	GLO	HER	KET	KID	KIN	LEA	PET	SCA	SOU	SPE
AFC Fylde	—	3–1	2–0	5–0	0–3	4–1	3–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	3–2	3–1	2–0	1–3	2–1	0–2	3–3	5–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	2–2
AFC Telford United	0–3	—	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	4–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–3	1–4	1–1	0–4	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–4	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–1
Alfreton Town	0–1	1–0	—	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–2	0–2	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–2	2–0	4–0	3–2
Banbury United	3–1	1–2	1–1	—	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–3	2–2	3–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–3	0–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	3–1	0–1
Blyth Spartans	0–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	—	1–4	1–1	0–1	0–3	0–2	1–2	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	5–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–3
Boston United	0–1	4–1	1–0	0–1	3–0	—	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–3	1–4	0–1	3–1	4–0	2–2	2–4	1–1	2–1	0–2	3–0	0–0	2–2	3–5	1–2
Brackley Town	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	—	4–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–3	4–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1
Bradford (Park Avenue)	0–2	1–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	—	1–4	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–3	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	3–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	0–1
Buxton	2–2	0–2	0–0	0–4	1–2	1–0	3–1	2–3	—	0–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	1–0	2–1
Chester	0–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	4–0	—	0–0	2–2	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	4–0	2–0	3–3	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	1–2
Chorley	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–3	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–2	—	3–0	1–1	4–3	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–3	1–2	2–0
Curzon Ashton	0–2	3–0	0–1	1–2	0–2	2–2	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	—	0–2	5–2	4–3	1–3	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–0
Darlington	1–2	3–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	3–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–2	0–3	0–2	—	1–0	3–1	3–0	2–2	0–0	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–3	0–0	3–2
Farsley Celtic	1–2	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–1	2–2	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	3–1	—	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–4	0–3	2–2
Gloucester City	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–1	5–1	0–1	1–1	4–3	0–3	2–6	5–1	—	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–3	3–2	2–0
Hereford	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–3	3–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–0	1–3	—	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	3–3
Kettering Town	0–0	2–0	1–3	0–0	4–2	3–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	3–3	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	—	0–3	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–1
Kidderminster Harriers	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–2	3–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–2	1–2	0–2	0–1	1–1	3–0	—	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–2	4–1
King's Lynn Town	0–1	3–0	3–2	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	4–1	3–0	—	1–1	2–1	3–2	3–2	3–0
Leamington	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	4–1	2–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–3	—	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–1
Peterborough Sports	0–2	3–2	1–2	3–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	3–0	—	0–1	2–1	1–1
Scarborough Athletic	1–2	1–0	2–0	3–3	3–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	1–3	3–2	0–1	2–5	1–2	0–3	1–0	5–0	4–2	3–3	4–1	2–1	—	0–1	2–2
Southport	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–2	4–1	1–4	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	4–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–3	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–1	—	1–3
Spennymoor Town	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	3–2	1–1	3–2	0–1	0–3	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	4–2	1–2	2–2	1–0	3–3	2–2	0–1	—

Source: National League Results Grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Play-offs[edit]

Quarter-finals			Semi-finals			Final

			2	King's Lynn Town	1
5	Alfreton Town	0	6	Kidderminster Harriers	4
6	Kidderminster Harriers	1				6	Kidderminster Harriers	2
						4	Brackley Town	0
			3	Chester	0
4	Brackley Town	2 (5)	4	Brackley Town	1
7	Gloucester City	2 (3)

Quarter-finals[edit]

2 May 2023 (2023-05-02)	Alfreton Town	0–1	Kidderminster Harriers	Alfreton
19:45		Report	Morgan-Smith 1'	Stadium: North Street Attendance: 1,921^[65] Referee: Benjamin Wyatt

3 May 2023 (2023-05-03)	Brackley Town	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Gloucester City	Brackley
19:45	Robinson 71' Matwasa 80'		Phillips 51' Spence 90+9'	Stadium: St. James Park Attendance: 1,624 Referee: Richard Aspinall
	Penalties
	Stead Rooney Amantchi Bates Walker		Obadeyi Phillips Morgan Nugent

Semi-finals[edit]

7 May 2023 (2023-05-07)	King's Lynn Town	1–4	Kidderminster Harriers	King's Lynn
12:30	Stephens 26'		Hemmings 23' Morgan-Smith 54' Byrne 61' Brown 71'	Stadium: The Walks Attendance: 3,002^[66] Referee: Jamie O'Connor

7 May 2023 (2023-05-07)	Chester	0–1	Brackley Town	Chester
15:30			Carline 79'	Stadium: Deva Stadium Attendance: 4,479 Referee: Dale Baines

Final[edit]

14 May 2023 (2023-05-14)	Brackley Town	0–2	Kidderminster Harriers	Brackley
15:30		Report	Hemmings 13', 60'	Stadium: St. James Park Attendance: 3,015 Referee: John Mulligan

Top scorers[edit]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nick Haughton	AFC Fylde	26
2	Glen Taylor	Spennymoor Town	23
3	Gold Omotayo	King's Lynn Town	22
4	Connor Hall	Chorley	20
4	Kurt Willoughby	Chester	20
6	Jacob Hazel	Darlington	19
7	Tom Peers	Curzon Ashton	17

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Jack Lambert	Darlington	AFC Telford United	1–4	1 November 2022
Kieran Burton	Scarborough Athletic	Kidderminster Harriers	4–2	1 November 2022
Scott Pollock	Boston United	Leamington	3–0	3 December 2022
Jack Lambert	Darlington	Gloucester City	2–6	10 December 2022
Jacob Hazel	Darlington	AFC Telford United	3–1	4 February 2023
Billy Chadwick	Boston United	Farsley Celtic	4–0	7 April 2023
Sion Spence	Gloucester City	AFC Telford United	0–4	10 April 2023
Glen Taylor⁴	Spennymoor Town	Kettering Town	4–2	15 April 2023

Monthly awards[edit]

Each month the Vanarama National League announces their official Player of the Month and Manager of the Month.

Month	Manager of the Month	Club	Player of the Month	Club
August 2022	Tommy Widdrington^[67]	King's Lynn Town	Morgan Roberts^[67]	Banbury United
September 2022	Alun Armstrong^[68]	Darlington	Nick Haughton^[68]	AFC Fylde
October 2022	Josh Gowling^[69]	Hereford	Kieran Phillips^[69]	Gloucester City
November 2022	Calum McIntyre^[70]	Chester	Jack Lambert^[70]	Darlington
December 2022	Jonathan Greening^[71]	Scarborough Athletic	Connor Hall^[71]	Chorley
January 2023	Adam Murray^[72]	AFC Fylde	Dominic McHale^[72]	Gloucester City
February 2023	Craig Elliott^[73]	Buxton	Modou Faal^[73]	AFC Fylde
March 2023	Michael Gash & Luke Steele^[74]	Peterborough Sports	Billy Chadwick^[74]	Boston United
April 2023	Russell Penn^[75]	Kidderminster Harriers	Gold Omotayo^[75]	King's Lynn Town

Annual awards[edit]

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Season	Nick Haughton^[76]	AFC Fylde
Manager of the Season	Calum McIntyre^[76]	Chester

National League North Team of the Season

Pos.	Player	Club	Ref.
GK	Harry Tyrer	Chester	^[76]
RB	Aaron Jones	King's Lynn Town
CB	Alex Whitmore	AFC Fylde
CB	Josh Coulson	King's Lynn Town
LB	Danny Preston	Alfreton Town
CM	Michael Clunan	King's Lynn Town
CM	Declan Weeks	Chester
CM	Nick Haughton	AFC Fylde
CF	Kurt Willoughby	Chester
CF	Glen Taylor	Spennymoor Town
CF	Gold Omotayo	King's Lynn Town
Manager	Calum McIntyre	Chester

National League South[edit]

National League South
Season	2022–23
Dates	6 August 2022 – 14 May 2023
Champions	Ebbsfleet United
Promoted	Ebbsfleet United Oxford City
Relegated	Cheshunt Concord Rangers Dulwich Hamlet Hungerford Town
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,550 (2.81 per match)
Biggest home win	Worthing 7–0 Concord Rangers (7 April 2023)
Biggest away win	Hampton & Richmond Borough 0–6 St Albans City (1 November 2022) Worthing 0–6 Ebbsfleet United (6 December 2022)
Highest scoring	Ebbsfleet United 7–2 Worthing (7 March 2023) Worthing 4–5 St Albans City (11 February 2023)
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The National League South also consisted of 24 teams for the first time.

Team changes[edit]

To National League South

Relegated from 2021–22 National League

Promoted from 2021–22 Isthmian League

Promoted from 2021–22 Southern Football League

From National League South

Promoted to 2022–23 National League

Relegated to 2022–23 Isthmian League

Billericay Town

Stadia and locations[edit]

London

Havant & Waterlooville

Locations of the National League South 2022–23 teams (Greater London shown in more detail below)

Locations of the National League South 2022–23 teams (Greater London clubs)

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Bath City	Bath (Twerton)	Twerton Park	8,840
Braintree Town	Braintree	Cressing Road	4,085
Chelmsford City	Chelmsford	Melbourne Stadium	3,019
Cheshunt	Cheshunt	Theobalds Lane	3,000
Chippenham Town	Chippenham	Hardenhuish Park	3,000
Concord Rangers	Canvey Island	Thames Road	3,300
Dartford	Dartford	Princes Park	4,100
Dover Athletic	Dover	Crabble Athletic Ground	5,745
Dulwich Hamlet	London (East Dulwich)	Champion Hill	3,000
Eastbourne Borough	Eastbourne	Priory Lane	4,151
Ebbsfleet United	Northfleet	Stonebridge Road	4,800
Farnborough	Farnborough	Cherrywood Road	7,000
Hampton & Richmond	London (Hampton)	Beveree Stadi 2022 © WikiZero. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy \| Terms of Service

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