2023–24 National League

National League North
Season	2023–24
Champions	Tamworth
Promoted	Tamworth
Relegated	Blyth Spartans; Banbury United; Gloucester City; Bishop's Stortford;
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,474 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Paul Blackett (29)
Biggest home win	Chorley 8–0 Darlington ; (14 November 2023)
Biggest away win	Buxton 0–6 Warrington Town ; (23 January 2024)
Highest scoring	Gloucester City 3–7 Boston United ; (9 March 2024)
Highest attendance	Scunthorpe United 2–2 Chester ; (2 March 2024) (7,511)
Average attendance	1,234
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

National League
Season	2023–24
Champions	Chesterfield
Promoted	Chesterfield
Relegated	Boreham Wood; Kidderminster Harriers; Dorking Wanderers; Oxford City;
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,623 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorer	Paul McCallum (31)
Biggest home win	Gateshead 6–0 Dorking Wanderers (11 November 2023); Barnet 6–0 Boreham Wood (23 December 2023); Dagenham & Redbridge 7–1 Oxford City (10 February 2024); Barnet 6–0 Dorking Wanderers (23 March 2024); Gateshead 7–1 Hartlepool United (26 March 2024);
Biggest away win	Aldershot Town 0–5 AFC Fylde; (13 February 2024)
Highest scoring	Aldershot Town 3–5 Eastleigh (16 December 2023); Wealdstone 4–4 Hartlepool United (23 December 2023); Eastleigh 4–4 Dagenham & Redbridge (1 January 2024); Boreham Wood 4–4 Eastleigh (24 January 2024); Dagenham & Redbridge 7–1 Oxford City (10 February 2024); Gateshead 7–1 Hartlepool United (26 March 2024);
Longest unbeaten run	Southend United (16)
Highest attendance	Oldham Athletic 1–2 Kidderminster Harriers; (24 February 2024) (11,881)
Average attendance	2,774
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

National League
Season	2023–24
Dates	5 August 2023 - 20 April 2024
Champions	Chesterfield
Promoted	Chesterfield
Relegated	Banbury United; Bishop's Stortford; Blyth Spartans; Dartford; Dover Athletic; Gloucester City; Havant & Waterlooville; Taunton Town
Matches played	1,656
Goals scored	4,663 (2.82 per match)
Biggest home win	Chorley 8–0 Darlington ; (14 November 2023)
Biggest away win	Buxton 0–6 Warrington Town ; (23 January 2024)
Highest scoring	Worthing 6–4 Dover Athletic (10 February 2024); Gloucester City 3–7 Boston United (9 March 2024);
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 National League season, known as the Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, is the ninth season under the title of the National League, the twenty-first season consisting of three divisions, and the forty-fifth season overall.

National League[edit]

Twenty-four teams compete in the league – eighteen returning teams from the previous season, two teams relegated from League Two, two teams promoted from the National League North and two teams promoted from the National League South.

Team changes[edit]

To National League

Promoted from 2022–23 National League North

Promoted from 2022–23 National League South

Relegated from 2022–23 League Two

From National League

Promoted to 2023–24 League Two

Relegated to 2023–24 National League North

Scunthorpe United

Relegated to 2023–24 National League South

Stadia and locations[edit]

London

Kidderminster Harriers

Greater London clubs
Barnet
Boreham Wood
Bromley
Dagenham & Redbridge
Wealdstone

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Locations of the 2023–24 National League clubs (Greater London shown in more detail below)

Locations of the 2023–24 National League clubs (Greater London)

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Fylde	Wesham	Mill Farm	6,000
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	SMH Group Stadium	10,504
Dagenham & Redbridge	London (Dagenham)	Victoria Road	6,078
Dorking Wanderers	Dorking	Meadowbank	4,200
Eastleigh	Eastleigh	Ten Acres	5,250
Ebbsfleet United	Northfleet	Stonebridge Road	4,800
Gateshead	Gateshead	Gateshead International Stadium	11,800
FC Halifax Town	Halifax	The Shay	10,400
Hartlepool United	Hartlepool	Victoria Park	7,856
Kidderminster Harriers	Kidderminster	Aggborough	6,238
Maidenhead United	Maidenhead	York Road	4,000
Oldham Athletic	Oldham	Boundary Park	13,513
Oxford City	Oxford (Marston)	RAW Charging Stadium	3,500
Rochdale	Rochdale	Spotland Stadium	10,249
Solihull Moors	Solihull	Damson Park	5,500
Southend United	Southend-on-Sea	Roots Hall	12,392
Wealdstone	London (Ruislip)	Grosvenor Vale	4,085
Woking	Woking	Kingfield Stadium	6,036
York City	York	York Community Stadium	8,500

Personnel and sponsoring[edit]

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
AFC Fylde	Chris Beech	Alex Whitmore	New Balance	FWP Architecture
Aldershot Town	Tommy Widdrington	Stuart O'Keefe	Erreà	Bridges Estate Agents
Altrincham	Phil Parkinson	James Jones	Puma	J Davidson Ltd
Barnet	Dean Brennan	Dale Gorman	Stanno	TIC Health
Boreham Wood	Luke Garrard	Jack Payne	Puma	Alan Swan - Wood Army
Bromley	Andy Woodman	Byron Webster	Macron	LSP Renewables
Chesterfield	Paul Cook	Jamie Grimes	Puma	Leengate Valves
Dagenham & Redbridge	Ben Strevens	Elliot Justham	Admiral	West & Coe
Dorking Wanderers	Marc White	Barry Fuller	Macron	Hex.com
Eastleigh	Kelvin Davis	Aaron Martin	Erreà	Utilita
Ebbsfleet United	Danny Searle	Chris Solly	New Balance	Virtue Clean Energy
FC Halifax Town	Chris Millington	Sam Johnson	Adidas	Nuie
Gateshead	Rob Elliot (interim)	Greg Olley	Patrick	Gateshead Central
Hartlepool United	Kevin Phillips	David Ferguson	Erreà^[1]	The Prestige Group
Kidderminster Harriers	Phil Brown	Shane Byrne	Oxen	Adam Hewitt Ltd
Maidenhead United	Alan Devonshire	Alan Massey	Kelme	CALM
Oldham Athletic	Micky Mellon	Liam Hogan	Puma	RRG Group
Oxford City	Ross Jenkins	Reece Fleet	Macron	RAW Charging
Rochdale	Jimmy McNulty	Ethan Ebanks-Landell	O'Neills	Crown Oil Ltd
Solihull Moors	Andy Whing	Vacant	Adidas	Taxbuddi
Southend United	Kevin Maher	Nathan Ralph	Macron	Solopress
Wealdstone	Sam Cox	Jack Cook	Kelme	GPF Lewis
Woking	Michael Doyle	Josh Casey	Adidas	Boz's Fruit & Veg
York City	Adam Hinshelwood	Lenell John-Lewis	Puma	Titan Wealth

Managerial changes[edit]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Solihull Moors	Neal Ardley^[2]	Mutual consent	25 June 2023	Pre-season	Andy Whing^[3]	28 June 2023
Eastleigh	Lee Bradbury^[4]	Sacked	26 August 2023	21st	Richard Hill^[a]^[5]	26 August 2023
York City	Michael Morton^[6]		28 August 2023	23rd	Neal Ardley^[7]	6 September 2023
Oldham Athletic	David Unsworth^[8]		17 September 2023	22nd	Steve Thompson (interim)^[8]	17 September 2023
AFC Fylde	Adam Murray^[9]		9 October 2023	24th	Chris Beech^[b]^[10]	8 October 2023
Oldham Athletic	Steve Thompson^[11]	End of interim spell	12 October 2023	12th	Micky Mellon^[12]	13 October 2023
Gateshead	Mike Williamson^[13]	Signed by Milton Keynes Dons	17 October 2023	6th	Rob Elliot (interim)	17 October 2023
Woking	Darren Sarll^[14]	Sacked	13 November 2023	14th	Michael Doyle^[15]	17 December 2023
Hartlepool United	John Askey^[16]		30 December 2023	18th	Lennie Lawrence (interim)	3 January 2024
Kidderminster Harriers	Russell Penn^[17]		7 January 2024	24th	Phil Brown^[18]	10 January 2024
Wealdstone	Stuart Maynard^[19]	Signed by Notts County	18 January 2024	13th	David Noble^[20]	26 January 2024
Hartlepool United	Lennie Lawrence	End of interim spell	20 January 2024	13th	Kevin Phillips^[21]	20 January 2024
Ebbsfleet United	Dennis Kutrieb^[22]	Sacked	29 January 2024	21st	Danny Searle^[23]	13 February 2024
Eastleigh	Richard Hill^[24]		17 February 2024	15th	Kelvin Davis^[25]	19 February 2024
York City	Neal Ardley^[26]		26 February 2024	20th	Adam Hinshelwood^[27]	27 February 2024
Wealdstone	David Noble^[28]		7 April 2024	20th	Sam Cox (interim)	7 April 2024

^ Hill was originally appointed interim manager before being given the role permanently on 28 September 2023
^ Beech was appointed head coach permanently on 22 December 2023 having held the role in an interim position since the departure of Murray

National League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Chesterfield (C, P)	46	31	5	10	106	65	+41	98	Promotion to EFL League Two
2	Barnet	46	26	8	12	91	60	+31	86	Qualification for the National League play-off semi-finals
3	Bromley	46	22	15	9	73	49	+24	81
4	Altrincham	46	22	11	13	84	59	+25	77^[a]
5	Solihull Moors	46	21	13	12	71	62	+9	76	Qualification for the National League play-off quarter-finals
6	Gateshead	46	22	9	15	88	64	+24	75	^[b]
7	FC Halifax Town	46	19	14	13	58	50	+8	71	Qualification for the National League play-off quarter-finals
8	Aldershot Town	46	20	9	17	74	83	−9	69
9	Southend United	46	21	12	13	70	45	+25	65^[c]
10	Oldham Athletic	46	15	18	13	63	60	+3	63
11	Rochdale	46	16	14	16	69	64	+5	62
12	Hartlepool United	46	17	9	20	70	82	−12	60
13	Eastleigh	46	16	11	19	73	87	−14	59
14	Maidenhead United	46	15	13	18	60	67	−7	58
15	Dagenham & Redbridge	46	14	14	18	69	63	+6	56
16	Wealdstone	46	15	11	20	60	72	−12	56
17	Woking	46	15	10	21	49	55	−6	55
18	AFC Fylde	46	15	10	21	74	82	−8	55
19	Ebbsfleet United	46	14	12	20	59	74	−15	54
20	York City	46	12	17	17	55	69	−14	53
21	Boreham Wood (R)	46	12	16	18	59	73	−14	52	Relegation to National League North/National League South
22	Kidderminster Harriers (R)	46	11	13	22	40	59	−19	46
23	Dorking Wanderers (R)	46	12	9	25	54	85	−31	45
24	Oxford City (R)	46	8	9	29	54	94	−40	33

Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2024. 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
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ While Altrincham originally qualified for the play-off quarter-finals, Gateshead's exclusion meant that Altrincham were awarded a walkover win and progressed directly the semi-finals.
^ Gateshead were excluded from the play-offs due to not meeting the Football League's ground ownership requirements.
^ Southend United were deducted ten points for failing to pay debt to HMRC.^[29]

Results table[edit]

Home \ Away	FYL	ALD	ALT	BAR	BOR	BRO	CHE	DAG	DOR	EAS	EBB	HAL	GAT	HAR	KID	MAI	OLD	OXF	ROC	SOL	SOU	WEA	WOK	YOR
AFC Fylde	—	0–2	3–3	2–4	2–2	1–0	2–4	1–1	3–3	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	4–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–2	0–2	0–2
Aldershot Town	0–5	—	2–0	1–0	0–3	1–1	3–4	3–2	1–1	3–5	4–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	4–2	2–0	5–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–1
Altrincham	2–1	2–1	—	3–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	4–0	6–1	1–2	2–3	2–2	1–1	1–3	1–0	1–0	3–0	6–1	2–0	4–1	0–1	6–1
Barnet	2–1	2–1	3–0	—	6–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	6–0	2–1	3–2	0–0	0–2	3–2	4–1	3–2	1–4	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0
Boreham Wood	4–0	1–2	0–1	0–1	—	1–1	0–2	1–4	0–3	4–4	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	4–0	4–2	1–1
Bromley	1–0	2–3	2–2	0–2	2–2	—	4–3	2–2	2–1	1–0	5–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	0–0	4–1	3–0	3–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–2
Chesterfield	4–1	4–1	2–1	4–2	3–0	2–0	—	3–1	4–3	3–2	2–2	3–2	5–0	3–2	1–3	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–2	3–0	3–2	1–0	4–0
Dagenham & Redbridge	3–1	3–3	3–1	1–0	1–3	0–1	1–2	—	2–1	4–1	1–1	0–1	2–4	0–1	0–1	4–1	0–0	7–1	1–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	2–1	1–2
Dorking Wanderers	1–3	2–1	0–0	2–3	2–1	0–2	4–1	1–3	—	0–0	1–4	1–3	1–0	3–4	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–2	2–2
Eastleigh	1–2	3–0	2–1	3–3	2–1	2–0	1–3	4–4	2–1	—	5–2	0–3	0–6	1–1	2–1	2–3	1–2	2–2	1–4	3–3	0–1	0–0	0–1	3–1
Ebbsfleet United	2–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–3	0–1	0–1	0–1	3–0	—	0–2	4–2	0–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	0–4	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	4–1
FC Halifax Town	2–2	1–2	0–0	0–2	2–1	2–0	4–2	0–0	0–1	2–3	0–0	—	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1
Gateshead	0–4	0–1	0–2	2–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	6–0	1–1	4–1	0–2	—	7–1	3–0	3–0	2–2	4–0	1–0	2–3	1–1	2–1	1–3	1–1
Hartlepool United	3–1	2–0	3–2	1–2	3–1	1–4	0–1	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	—	0–1	3–1	1–3	2–1	2–3	0–2	0–0	2–1	0–2	2–1
Kidderminster Harriers	1–1	4–2	1–3	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–3	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	—	0–0	1–2	3–2	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–0
Maidenhead United	2–2	4–0	0–1	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	4–2	3–2	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	—	1–3	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–2	0–2	0–0	1–1
Oldham Athletic	1–3	5–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–4	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	—	4–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–3	0–1	2–0
Oxford City	3–0	1–2	1–2	0–2	4–0	1–3	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–5	1–0	0–2	0–4	5–2	2–2	1–4	0–0	—	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–2	1–2
Rochdale	2–0	2–1	3–0	4–2	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–4	2–2	—	1–2	2–2	3–0	2–1	0–0
Solihull Moors	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–2	2–3	3–3	2–0	—	0–3	1–0	3–0	1–0
Southend United	1–2	4–1	2–1	0–2	4–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	0–1	2–3	2–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–2	5–0	—	1–1	0–0	0–1
Wealdstone	3–2	3–3	0–0	3–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	4–2	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–4	4–4	1–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	3–2	0–1	1–2	—	1–0	2–1
Woking	3–0	2–3	2–3	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	3–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	3–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	3–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	—	1–2
York City	1–3	1–0	2–2	2–4	2–2	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–2	3–0	2–3	2–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2024. Source: National League Results Grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs[edit]

On 21 April 2024, it was announced that Gateshead would be forced to withdraw from the play-offs after failing to meet the entry criteria for membership of the English Football League, namely failing to attain a 10-year security of tenure for the Gateshead International Stadium.^[30]^[31]

It was initially announced that as a result of Gateshead's withdrawal, Solihull Moors would receive a bye to the semi-finals.^[30] A second statement was later put out by the National League, adjusting the structure of the play-offs to be based on final league positions.^[32] This revision meant that Altrincham would automatically advance to the semi-finals to face Bromley, whilst Solihull Moors would face FC Halifax Town in the quarter-finals.^[32]

Quarter-finals			Semi-finals			Final

			2	Barnet	0
5	Solihull Moors	4	5	Solihull Moors	4
7	FC Halifax Town	2				5	Solihull Moors
						3	Bromley
			3	Bromley	3
4	Altrincham	w/o	4	Altrincham	1
6	~~Gateshead~~

Quarter-finals[edit]

24 April 2024	Solihull Moors	4–2	FC Halifax Town	Solihull
19:00 BST	Campbell 14' Stevens 19' Golden 38' (o.g.) Osborne 87'	Report	Evans 45+1' Oluwabori 58' Hoti 74' Johnson 89'	Stadium: Damson Park Attendance: 1,875 Referee: Alan Dale

Semi-finals[edit]

27 April 2024	Barnet	0–4	Solihull Moors	Canons Park
17:30 BST	Cropper 12' Stead 90+4'	Report	Clarke 6' 57' Stevens 26' Campbell 61' Sbarra 89'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 4,560 Referee: Michael Barlow

28 April 2024	Bromley	3–1	Altrincham	Bromley
16:00 BST	Cheek 50' Weston 51', 60' Arthurs 56' Grant 90'	Report	Linney 31' Banks 50'	Stadium: Hayes Lane Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ruebyn Ricardo

Final[edit]

5 May 2024	Solihull Moors	v	Bromley	Wembley
15:00 BST				Stadium: Wembley Stadium

Top scorers[edit]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Paul McCallum	Eastleigh	31
2	Will Grigg	Chesterfield	25
2	Nicke Kabamba	Barnet	25
4	Emmanuel Dieseruvwe	Hartlepool United	23
5	Chris Conn-Clarke	Altrincham	22
6	Michael Cheek	Bromley	21
7	Marcus Dinanga	Gateshead	19
7	Lorent Tolaj	Aldershot Town	19
9	Harry Cardwell	Southend United	18
9	Nick Haughton	AFC Fylde	18

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Stephen Wearne	Gateshead	Ebbsfleet United	4–1	19 August 2023 ^[33]
Paul McCallum	Eastleigh	Ebbsfleet United	5–2	3 October 2023^[34]
Daniel Kanu⁴	Southend United	Solihull Moors	5–0	21 October 2023
Billy Chadwick	Gateshead	Dorking Wanderers	6–0	11 November 2023^[35]
Nicke Kabamba	Barnet	Boreham Wood	6–0	23 December 2023
Sean Adarkwa	Wealdstone	Hartlepool United	4–4	23 December 2023
Paul McCallum	Eastleigh	Dagenham & Redbridge	4–4	1 January 2024
Will Grigg	Chesterfield	Gateshead	5–0	10 January 2024
Josh Rees	Dagenham & Redbridge	Oxford City	7–1	10 February 2024
Michael Cheek	Bromley	Chesterfield	4–3	17 February 2024
Marcus Dinanga	Gateshead	Oxford City	4–0	24 February 2024
Paul McCallum	Eastleigh	Solihull Moors	3–3	2 March 2024

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		Player of the Month		Reference
August	Andy Whing	Solihull Moors	Emmanuel Dieseruvwe	Hartlepool United	^[36]
September	Andy Woodman	Bromley	Marcus Dinanga	Gateshead	^[37]
October	Kevin Maher	Southend United	Ollie Banks	Chesterfield	^[38]
November	Tommy Widdrington	Aldershot Town	Stephen Wearne	Gateshead	^[39]
December	Andy Woodman	Bromley	Paul McCallum	Eastleigh	^[40]
January	Paul Cook	Chesterfield	Lorent Tolaj	Aldershot Town	^[41]
February	Danny Searle	Ebbsfleet United	Callum Whelan	Gateshead	^[42]
March	Ben Strevens	Dagenham & Redbridge	Dajaune Brown	Gateshead	^[43]

National League North[edit]

The National League North consists of 24 teams.

Team changes[edit]

To National League North

Relegated from 2022–23 National League

Scunthorpe United

Promoted from 2022–23 Isthmian League

Bishop's Stortford

Promoted from 2022–23 Northern Premier League

Promoted from 2022–23 Southern League

From National League North

Promoted to 2023–24 National League

Relegated to the 2023–24 Southern League

Relegated to the 2023–24 Northern Premier League

Bradford (Park Avenue)

Stadia and locations[edit]

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Alfreton Town	Alfreton	North Street	3,600
Banbury United	Banbury	Spencer Stadium	2,000
Bishop's Stortford	Bishop's Stortford	Woodside Park	4,525
Blyth Spartans	Blyth	Croft Park	4,435
Boston United	Boston	Boston Community Stadium	5,000
Brackley Town	Brackley	St. James Park	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	5,250^[44]
King's Lynn Town	King's Lynn	The Walks	8,200
Peterborough Sports	Peterborough	Lincoln Road	2,300
Rushall Olympic	Walsall (Rushall)	Dales Lane	2,000
Scarborough Athletic	Scarborough	Flamingo Land Stadium	2,833
Scunthorpe United	Scunthorpe	Glanford Park	9,088
South Shields	South Shields	1st Cloud Arena	3,500
Southport	Southport	Haig Avenue	6,008
Spennymoor Town	Spennymoor	The Brewery Field	4,300^[45]
Tamworth	Tamworth	The Lamb Ground	4,565
Warrington Town	Warrington	Cantilever Park	3,500

Managerial changes[edit]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
South Shields	Kevin Phillips^[46]	Mutual consent	22 April 2023	Pre-season	Julio Arca^[47]	27 April 2023
Hereford	Yan Klukowski	End of interim spell	29 April 2023		Paul Caddis^[48]	1 May 2023
Spennymoor Town	Jason Ainsley	End of interim spell	29 April 2023		Jamie Chandler^[49]	18 May 2023
Gloucester City	Steve King^[50]	Resigned	9 May 2023		Tim Flowers^[51]	19 May 2023
Brackley Town	Gareth Dean^[52]	End of interim spell	14 May 2023		Gavin Cowan^[52]	16 May 2023
Farsley Celtic	Russ Wilcox^[53]	Mutual consent	17 May 2023		Clayton Donaldson^[54]	7 June 2023
Banbury United	Andy Whing^[55]	Resigned	22 May 2023		Mark Jones^[56]	5 June 2023
Southport	Liam Watson^[57]	Promoted to Director of Football	17 August 2023	24th	Jim Bentley^[58]	29 August 2023
Darlington	Alun Armstrong^[59]	Sacked	6 September 2023	24th	Josh Gowling^[60]	20 September 2023
Gloucester City	Tim Flowers^[61]	Sacked	17 September 2023	23rd	Mike Cook^[62]	19 September 2023
Spennymoor Town	Jamie Chandler^[63]	Resigned	22 September 2023	4th	Graeme Lee^[64]	2 January 2024
King's Lynn Town	Mark Hughes^[65]	Sacked	25 September 2023	22nd	Adam Lakeland^[66]	28 September 2023
Curzon Ashton	Adam Lakeland^[67]	Signed by King's Lynn Town	28 September 2023	7th	Craig Mahon^[67]	28 September 2023
Darlington	Josh Gowling^[68]	Sacked	26 December 2023	23rd	Steve Watson^[69]	31 December 2023
South Shields	Julio Arca^[70]		27 December 2023	8th	Elliott Dickman	27 December 2023
Blyth Spartans	Graham Fenton^[71]		28 December 2023	14th	Jon Shaw^[72]	29 December 2023
Banbury United	Mark Jones^[73]		25 January 2024	20th	Kevin Wilson	30 January 2024

National League North table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Tamworth (C, P)	46	29	9	8	74	29	+45	96	Promotion to National League
2	Scunthorpe United	46	26	10	10	84	38	+46	88	Qualification for the National League North play-off semi-finals
3	Brackley Town	46	25	10	11	65	37	+28	85
4	Chorley	46	25	8	13	81	50	+31	83	Qualification for the National League North play-off quarter-finals
5	Alfreton Town	46	23	11	12	76	50	+26	80
6	Boston United	46	21	12	13	68	46	+22	75
7	Curzon Ashton	46	21	12	13	62	49	+13	75
8	South Shields	46	22	8	16	79	53	+26	74
9	Spennymoor Town	46	22	8	16	74	62	+12	74
10	Chester	46	18	15	13	58	37	+21	69
11	Hereford	46	20	9	17	62	66	−4	69
12	Scarborough Athletic	46	18	10	18	53	55	−2	64
13	Warrington Town	46	17	13	16	64	60	+4	64
14	Buxton	46	17	11	18	70	63	+7	62
15	Peterborough Sports	46	16	10	20	55	65	−10	58
16	Darlington	46	16	8	22	52	72	−20	56
17	Southport	46	16	8	22	54	75	−21	56
18	King's Lynn Town	46	13	16	17	54	66	−12	55
19	Rushall Olympic	46	15	9	22	61	73	−12	54
20	Farsley Celtic	46	13	14	19	40	59	−19	53
21	Blyth Spartans (R)	46	13	11	22	66	82	−16	50	Relegation to the Northern Premier League
22	Banbury United (R)	46	10	8	28	38	86	−48	38	Relegation to the Southern Football League
23	Gloucester City (R)	46	9	9	28	49	89	−40	36	Relegation to the Southern Football League
24	Bishop's Stortford (R)	46	6	3	37	35	112	−77	21	Relegation to the Isthmian League

Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2024. 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
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results table[edit]

Home \ Away	ALF	BAN	BIS	BLY	BOS	BRA	BUX	CHE	CHO	CUR	DAR	FAR	GLO	HER	KIN	PET	RUS	SCA	SCU	SPT	SOU	SPE	TAM	WAR
Alfreton Town	—	2–0	3–0	3–0	4–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–3	2–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1
Banbury United	0–0	—	2–2	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–3	1–0	1–4	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–3	1–2	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–3	0–3	0–3	3–0
Bishop's Stortford	0–4	3–1	—	1–3	1–0	1–2	3–1	2–0	1–4	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–4	0–1	0–2	0–2	1–4	0–2	0–5	2–3	2–3	0–1	1–2	1–4
Blyth Spartans	1–3	2–2	3–0	—	2–2	1–5	3–2	2–2	1–1	2–3	1–2	4–0	4–2	2–1	0–1	2–3	1–2	0–1	1–1	3–3	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–2
Boston United	3–1	1–2	3–0	3–1	—	1–2	2–3	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–2	0–2	2–0
Brackley Town	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	—	2–1	3–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	3–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	3–0	2–0
Buxton	1–2	3–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	—	1–4	3–1	1–1	5–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–2	2–1	0–6
Chester	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–2	3–0	3–2	0–1	3–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–0
Chorley	3–2	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–3	1–1	3–2	0–2	—	4–0	8–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–1
Curzon Ashton	2–1	4–1	1–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	0–3	0–1	0–1	—	1–3	0–0	4–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–2	2–0	0–3	0–1	0–3
Darlington	0–2	3–1	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–2	0–3	1–3	—	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	4–0	2–0	2–2	1–2	0–1	1–1
Farsley Celtic	2–3	0–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–4	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	—	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–4	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–2
Gloucester City	3–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	3–7	1–1	0–0	1–6	0–2	3–0	0–1	0–1	—	2–3	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–2	0–5	4–2	1–2	1–3
Hereford	3–3	4–1	1–0	5–2	0–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	3–1	1–0	4–1	1–1	—	2–2	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–5	0–1	0–3	2–1	0–0	2–1
King's Lynn Town	2–1	1–2	3–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–3	0–0	1–0	0–4	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	—	0–1	2–1	3–4	3–1	1–4	3–1	0–1	1–1	0–0
Peterborough Sports	1–1	2–0	4–2	2–2	0–2	0–3	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–4	1–1	—	4–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–4	0–2	1–4	1–3
Rushall Olympic	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–3	1–0	0–2	0–3	1–1	5–0	2–2	3–2	0–2	3–3	0–1	1–2	1–0	—	4–2	0–3	2–3	2–0	4–3	1–2	0–0
Scarborough Athletic	0–1	3–0	5–0	1–0	3–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	—	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–2
Scunthorpe United	1–0	2–0	6–1	5–1	2–2	1–0	0–3	2–2	3–0	0–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	4–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	—	1–0	3–1	6–0	0–1	1–0
Southport	2–3	0–1	4–1	2–3	0–2	3–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	0–3	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–4	0–0	3–0	3–1	0–1	—	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–4
South Shields	3–1	4–0	7–0	1–3	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–4	2–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	—	2–0	1–0	1–1
Spennymoor Town	2–1	5–2	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–3	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	5–1	2–5	—	1–4	2–0
Tamworth	0–1	1–2	3–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	3–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	4–0	3–2	2–0	—	1–1
Warrington Town	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–4	1–3	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	4–0	0–2	0–3	2–2	3–3	0–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2024. Source: National League North Results Grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs[edit]

Quarter-finals			Semi-finals			Final

			2	Scunthorpe United	0 (4)
5	Alfreton Town	0 (4)	6	Boston United	0 (5)
6	Boston United	0 (5)				6	Boston United
						3	Brackley Town
			3	Brackley Town	1
4	Chorley	0 (4)	4	Chorley	0
7	Curzon Ashton	0 (2)

Quarter-finals[edit]

23 April 2024	Alfreton Town	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Boston United	Alfreton
19:45 BST	Waldock 82'	Report	Rowe 43' Nicholson 64' Sotona 88'	Stadium: North Street Attendance: 2,093 Referee: Darius Bradley
	Penalties
	McDonagh Clackstone Salmon Waldock Perritt		Bostwick Mills Hazel Sotona Gyasi

24 April 2024	Chorley	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Curzon Ashton	Chorley
19:45 BST	Johnson 39' Smith 90+6'	Report	Griffiths 36' Mahon 39' Barton 40' Richards 90+2'	Stadium: Victory Park Attendance: 2,128 Referee: Matthew McQuillan
	Penalties
	Hazlehurst Whitehouse Sampson Henley Glynn		Richards Spencer Hayhurst Campbell

Semi-finals[edit]

27 April 2024	Scunthorpe United	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Boston United	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	Beestin 51' Clunan 73' Roberts 87' Scales 118' Sembie-Ferris 120+2' Kouogun 120+2'	Report	Mills 51' Woods 74' Sotona 120+2'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 8,036 Referee: Zac Kennard-Kettle
	Penalties
	Clunan Elliott Barrows Whitehall Sembie-Ferris McAlinden		Bostwick Mills Hazel Sotona Ward Richards

28 April 2024	Brackley Town	1–0	Chorley	Brackley
15:00 BST	Calder 78'	Report	Sampson 88'	Stadium: St. James Park Attendance: 1,889

Final[edit]

4 May 2024	Brackley Town	v	Boston United	Brackley
15:30 BST				Stadium: St. James Park

Top scorers[edit]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Paul Blackett	South Shields	30
2	Danny Whitehall	Scunthorpe United	21
3	Danny Newton	Brackley Town	19
4	Jimmy Knowles	Boston United	18
5	Diego De Girolamo	Buxton	16
	Will Harris	Spennymoor Town
	Kelsey Mooney	Boston United
	Jordan Thewlis	Alfreton Town
	Danny Waldron	Rushall Olympic

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Sam Osborne	Buxton	Darlington	5–0	2 September 2023
Marcus Carver	Southport	King's Lynn Town	1–4	9 September 2023
Sam Mantom	Rushall Olympic	Scarborough Athletic	4–2	23 September 2023
Danny Waldron⁴	Rushall Olympic	Chorley	5–0	21 October 2023
Billy Whitehouse	Chorley	Darlington	8–0	14 November 2023
Paul Blackett	South Shields	Spennymoor Town	2–5	14 November 2023
Aiden Rutledge	Scarborough Athletic	Rushall Olympic	3–1	16 December 2023
Connor Hall	Brackley Town	Banbury United	3–1	1 January 2024
Harry Green	Scarborough Athletic	Hereford	3–0	6 January 2024
Isaac Buckley-Ricketts	Warrington Town	Buxton	0–6	23 January 2024
Jason Cowley	Hereford	Blyth Spartans	5–2	3 February 2024
Kelsey Mooney⁴	Boston United	Gloucester City	3–7	9 March 2024
Jimmy Knowles	Boston United	Gloucester City	3–7
Danny Whitehall	Scunthorpe United	Bishop's Stortford	0–5
Kelsey Mooney	Boston United	Farsley Celtic	3–0	16 March 2024
Jimmy Knowles	Boston United	Chorley	0–3	23 March 2024
Stefan Mols	Curzon Ashton	Blyth Spartans	2–3	29 March 2024
Paul Blackett	South Shields	Bishop's Stortford	7–0	6 April 2024

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		Player of the Month		Reference
August	Jimmy Dean	Scunthorpe United	Will Hayhurst	Curzon Ashton	^[74]
September	Andy Peaks	Tamworth	Marcus Carver	Southport	^[75]
October	Calum McIntyre	Chester	Jacob Butterfield	Scunthorpe United	^[76]
November	Jim Bentley	Southport	Isaac Sinclair	Curzon Ashton	^[77]
December	Andy Preece	Chorley	Kyle Finn	Tamworth	^[78]
January	Andy Peaks	Tamworth	Liam Waldock	Alfreton Town	^[79]
February	Graeme Lee	Spennymoor Town	Dan Jarvis	Peterborough Sports	^[80]
March	Graeme Lee	Spennymoor Town	Jack Hazlehurst	Chorley	^[81]

National League South[edit]

National League South
Season	2023–24
Dates	5 August 2023 – 6 May 2024
Champions	Yeovil Town
Promoted	Yeovil Town
Relegated	Dartford Havant & Waterlooville Dover Athletic Taunton Town
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,566 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ollie Pearce (40)
Biggest home win	St Albans City 6–0 Taunton Town (10 February 2024)
Biggest away win	Bath City 2–6 Weston-super-Mare (15 August 2023) Weymouth 1–5 Bath City (7 November 2023) Eastbourne Borough 0–4 Worthing (1 January 2024) Torquay United 0–4 St Albans City (3 February 2024) Eastbourne Borough 1–5 Maidstone United (29 March 2024) Havant & Waterlooville 1–5 Worthing (29 March 2024) Taunton Town 0–4 Slough Town (11 April 2024)
Highest scoring	Worthing 6–4 Dover Athletic (10 February 2024)
Highest attendance	Yeovil Town 3–0 Torquay United (29 March 2024) (6,462)
Average attendance	1,185
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The National League South also consists of 24 teams.

Team changes[edit]

To National League South

Relegated from 2022–23 National League

Promoted from 2022–23 Isthmian League

Aveley

Promoted from 2022–23 Southern League Premier Division South

From National League South

Promoted to 2023–24 National League

Relegated to the 2023–24 Isthmian League

Relegated to the 2023–24 Southern League

Hungerford Town

Stadia and locations[edit]

London

Havant & Waterlooville

Locations of the National League South 2023–24 teams (Greater London shown in more detail below)

Locations of the National League South 2023–24 teams (Greater London clubs)

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Aveley	Aveley	Parkside	3,500
Bath City	Bath (Twerton)	Twerton Park	8,840
Braintree Town	Braintree	Cressing Road	4,085
Chelmsford City	Chelmsford	Melbourne Stadium	3,019
Chippenham Town	Chippenham	Hardenhuish Park	3,000
Dartford	Dartford	Princes Park	4,100
Dover Athletic	Dover	Crabble Athletic Ground	5,745
Eastbourne Borough	Eastbourne	Priory Lane	4,151
Farnborough	Farnborough	Cherrywood Road	7,000
Hampton & Richmond	London (Hampton)	Beveree Stadium	3,500
Havant & Waterlooville	Havant	Westleigh Park	5,300
Hemel Hempstead Town	Hemel Hempstead	Vauxhall Road	3,152
Maidstone United	Maidstone	Gallagher Stadium	4,200
Slough Town	Slough	Arbour Park	2,000
St Albans City	St Albans	Clarence Park	4,500
Taunton Town	Taunton	Wordsworth Drive	2,500
Tonbridge Angels	Tonbridge	Longmead Stadium	3,000
Torquay United	Torquay	Plainmoor	6,500
Truro City	Plymouth	Bolitho Park	3,500
Welling United	London (Welling)	Park View Road	4,000
Weston-super-Mare	Weston-super-Mare	Woodspring Stadium	3,500
Weymouth	Weymouth	Bob Lucas	6,600
Worthing	Worthing	Woodside Road	4,000
Yeovil Town	Yeovil	Huish Park	9,566

Managerial changes[edit]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager(s)	Date of appointment
Eastbourne Borough	Danny Bloor^[82]	Mutual consent	5 June 2023	Pre-season	2022 © WikiZero. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy \| Terms of Service

[5] Hill was originally appointed interim manager before being given the role permanently on 28 September 2023

[11] Beech was appointed head coach permanently on 22 December 2023 having held the role in an interim position since the departure of Murray

[table_hth_ALT0.92761878991854-31] While Altrincham originally qualified for the play-off quarter-finals, Gateshead's exclusion meant that Altrincham were awarded a walkover win and progressed directly the semi-finals.

[table_note_res_EXCL0.92761878991854-32] Gateshead were excluded from the play-offs due to not meeting the Football League's ground ownership requirements.

[table_hth_SOU0.92761878991854-34] Southend United were deducted ten points for failing to pay debt to HMRC.^[29]

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