The 2020–21 East Midlands Counties Football League season was the 13th and final season
of the
East Midlands Counties Football League
The East Midlands Counties Football League was an English association football, football league that operated from 2008 to 2021, covering the counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands. The league had one divi ...
, 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 3 to 6 for season 2020–21 were announced by the FA on 21 July 2020.
The season started in September and was suspended in December a result of the
Covid-19 pandemic
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. The league season was subsequently abandoned in February 2021.
Promotions and restructuring
The scheduled restructuring of non-League took place at the end of the season, with new divisions added to the
Combined Counties and
United Counties
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The Province has four types of ...
leagues at Step 5 for 2021-22, along with new a division in the
Northern Premier League
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at step 4.
Promotions from Steps 6 to 5 were based on points per game across all matches over the two cancelled seasons (2019-20 and 2020-21), while teams were promoted into Step 6 on the basis of a subjective application process.
The East Midlands Counties League disbanded after most of its remaining clubs were assigned to the
Northern Counties East and United Counties leagues' Step 6 divisions.
Premier Division
The league featured 19 clubs from the previous season, along with one new club:
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Ollerton Town, transferred from the
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 English football pyramid respectively.
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Division One
League table
Stadia and locations
References
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England
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