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English National League North

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Established
2004 (22 years old)

First Recorded Event
2019-08-03

Current Season
2026-2027

Current Round
4

Level Above
English National League

Level Below
English Northern Premier League Premier Division

Sport
Soccer

Location
England

Gender
Male

TV Rights
BT Sport

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		Upcoming
28 Aug 26	MorecambMorecambe	6:45pm	AFC TelfAFC Telford United
28 Aug 26	Oxford COxford City	6:45pm	BuxtonBuxton
28 Aug 26	HednesfoHednesford Town	6:45pm	HarborouHarborough Town
29 Aug 26	HerefordHereford	2:00pm	ChesterChester
29 Aug 26	BrackleyBrackley Town	2:00pm	South ShSouth Shields
29 Aug 26	Bedford Bedford Town	2:00pm	SpennymoSpennymoor Town
29 Aug 26	MarineMarine	2:00pm	RadcliffRadcliffe
29 Aug 26	SpaldingSpalding United	2:00pm	Worksop Worksop Town
29 Aug 26	Merthyr Merthyr Town	2:00pm	ChorleyChorley
29 Aug 26	ScarboroScarborough Athletic	2:00pm	SouthporSouthport
		Results
22 Aug 26	HarborougHarborough Town	4 - 2	DarlingtoDarlington
22 Aug 26	King's LyKing's Lynn Town	1 - 4	MarineMarine
22 Aug 26	South ShiSouth Shields	1 - 1	Merthyr TMerthyr Town
22 Aug 26	RadcliffeRadcliffe	2 - 1	MorecambeMorecambe
22 Aug 26	BuxtonBuxton	1 - 2	Hebburn THebburn Town
22 Aug 26	Worksop TWorksop Town	0 - 3	HerefordHereford
22 Aug 26	SpennymooSpennymoor Town	1 - 4	Oxford CiOxford City
22 Aug 26	AFC TelfoAFC Telford United	1 - 1	HednesforHednesford Town
22 Aug 26	ChorleyChorley	2 - 1	ScarborouScarborough Athletic
22 Aug 26	SouthportSouthport	4 - 1	Bedford TBedford Town

Description

The National League North, formerly Conference North (named the Vanarama National League North for sponsorship reasons), is a division of the National League in England, taking its place immediately below the top division National League. Along with the National League South, it is at Step 2 of the National League System and the sixth overall tier of the English football league system. It consists of teams located in Northern England, Norfolk and the English Midlands. Since the start of the 2015–16 season, the league has been known as the National League North. As part of a sponsorship deal with Vanarama, the National League North was renamed the Vanarama National League North.

The Conference North was introduced in 2004 as part of a major restructuring of English non-League football. The champions are automatically promoted to the National League. A second promotion place goes to the winners of play-offs involving the teams finishing in second to seventh place (expanded from four to six teams in the 2017–18 season). The three bottom clubs are relegated to Step 3 leagues. Teams from this division, as well as from the National League South, enter the FA Cup at the Second Qualifying Round.

For sponsorship reasons, the division was known as the Nationwide North from its formation in 2004 until 2007, when it was renamed the Blue Square North. In 2010 it was renamed the Blue Square Bet North. When the Blue Square sponsorship ended in 2013, it was renamed the Skrill North until the 2014–15 season, when it was renamed the Vanarama North. A further name change followed in 2015, when the division was renamed the Vanarama National League North.

The National League North will expand to 24 teams in 2020, when the bottom two clubs will be relegated and four promoted from Step 3 after the 2019–20 season. Four will be relegated starting in 2021.


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Teams

AFC Telford Uni		Bedford Town		Brackley Town
Buxton		Chester		Chorley
Darlington		Harborough Town		Hebburn Town
Hednesford Town		Hereford		King's Lynn Tow
Macclesfield		Marine		Merthyr Town
Morecambe		Oxford City		Radcliffe
Scarborough Ath		South Shields		Southport
Spalding United		Spennymoor Town		Worksop Town

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