The 2019–20 East Midlands Counties Football League season was the 12th of the
East Midlands Counties Football League
The East Midlands Counties Football League was an English football league that operated from 2008 to 2021, covering the counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands. The league had one division, which stood a ...
, a
football
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competition in England at level 10 of the
English football league system
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.
The allocations for Steps 1 to 6 for season 2019–20 were announced by the FA on 19 May. These were subject to appeal, and the East Midlands Counties' constitution was subject to ratification at the league's
AGM on 25 June.
As a result of the
COVID-19
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pandemic
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, this season's competition was formally abandoned on 26 March 2020, with all results from the season being expunged, and no promotion or relegation taking place to or from the competition. On 30 March 2020, sixty-six non-league clubs sent an
open letter
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Open letters usually take the form of a letter addressed to an indiv ...
to the
Football Association requesting that they reconsider their decision.
Premier Division
The league featured 16 clubs from the previous season, along with three new clubs:
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Dunkirk
Dunkirk (french: Dunkerque ; vls, label=French Flemish, Duunkerke; nl, Duinkerke(n) ; , ;) is a commune in the department of Nord in northern France.[Midland League
The Midland Football League is an English football league that was founded in 2014 by the merger of the former Midland Alliance and Midland Combination. The league has four divisions that sit at levels 9–12 of the football pyramid.
History
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Premier Division
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Hucknall Town
Hucknall Town Football Club are a football club based in the town of Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England. The club are members of the and play at Watnall Road.
History
Hucknall Town were renamed from Hucknall Colliery Welfare in 1987 and for ...
, promoted from the
Central Midlands League
The Central Midlands Football League is an English football league covering the northeast-central part of England. Formed in 1971 as the South Derbyshire League, changing name initially to the Derbyshire League before changing to its current nam ...
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Shirebrook Town, transferred from
Northern Counties East League Division One
Also,
FC Bolsover were transferred from
Northern Counties East League
The Northern Counties East Football League is a semi-professional English football league. It has two divisions – Premier Division and Division One – which stand at the ninth and tenth levels of the football pyramid respectively.
History
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Division One but resigned before the start of the season.
League table
Stadia and locations
References
External links
East Midlands Counties Football League
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Association football events curtailed and voided due to the COVID-19 pandemic