The 2020–21 Midland Football League season was the 7th in the history of the
Midland Football League
The Midland Football League, officially known as the Capelli Sport Midland Football League since January 2025 for sponsorship reasons, is an England, English association football, football league that was founded in 2014 by the merger of the form ...
, a
football
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competition in England. The Midland League operates two divisions in the
English football league system
The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for men's association football clubs in England, with five teams from Wales, one from Guernsey, one from Jersey and one from the ...
, the Premier Division at Step 5, and Division One at Step 6, and these two levels are covered by this article.
The allocations for Steps 5 and 6 for season 2020–21 were announced by The Football Association on 21 July, and were subject to appeal.
The 2020–21 season started in September and was suspended in December a result of the
COVID-19 pandemic in England
The COVID-19 pandemic was first confirmed to have spread to England with two cases among Chinese nationals staying in a hotel in York on 31 January 2020. The two main public bodies responsible for health in England were NHS England and Public ...
. The league season was subsequently abandoned on 24 February 2021.
The scheduled restructure of non-League took place at the end of the season, with new divisions added to the
Combined Counties and
United Counties League
The United Counties League (also known after its sponsor as the ''GCE Hire Fleet Ltd. United Counties League'') is an England, English association football, football league covering an area including the English Counties of the United Kingdom, ...
s at Step 5 for 2021-22, along with new a division in the
Northern Premier League
The Northern Premier League is an English Association football, football league that was founded in 1968. Together with the Isthmian League and the Southern Football League, Southern League it forms levels seven and eight of the English footba ...
at step 4.
Promotions from Steps 5 to 4 and 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 to Step 6 on the basis of a subjective application process.
As a result, seven Midland League clubs were transferred to the expanded United Counties League's Premier divisions.
Premier Division
This division comprised 19 teams, one less than the previous season,
South Normanton Athletic having resigned at the end of the season.
Before the season started, Newark Flowserve changed name to
Newark.
League table
Stadia and locations
Division One
This division comprised 19 teams, one less than the previous season,
NKF Burbage having folded at the end of the season.
League table
Stadia and locations
Division Two
Division Two featured 16 clubs, all from last season.
League table
Division Three
Division Three featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 1 new club:
*Tamworth Academy
Also, Coventry Plumbing changed name to Kenilworth Sporting.
League table
Notes
References
External links
Midland Football League
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Midland Football League, 2020-21