2016–17 National League

The 2016–17 National League season, known as the Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, was the second season under the new title of National League, thirteenth season consisting of three divisions and the thirty-eighth season overall.^[1]

National League

Season	2016–17
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The National League covers the top two levels of non-League football in England. The National League is the fifth highest level of the overall pyramid, while the National League North and National League South exist at the sixth level. The top team and the winner of the play-off of the Premier division will be promoted to League Two, while the bottom four are relegated to the North or South divisions. The champions of the North and South divisions will be promoted to the Premier division, alongside the play-off winners from each division. The bottom three in each of the North and South divisions are relegated to the premier divisions of the Northern Premier League, Isthmian League or Southern League. The fixtures were announced on 6 July 2016.^[2]

National League

National League

Season	2016–17
Champions	Lincoln City
Promoted	Lincoln City Forest Green Rovers
Relegated	Braintree Town North Ferriby United Southport York City
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,424 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ricky Miller, Dover Athletic (40 goals)
Biggest home win	Tranmere Rovers 9–0 Solihull Moors
Biggest away win	Sutton United 0–6 Dover Athletic
Highest scoring	Tranmere Rovers 9–0 Solihull Moors
Longest winning run	Gateshead (7 matches)^[3]
Longest unbeaten run	Lincoln City (13 matches)^[3]
Longest winless run	Guiseley (13 matches)^[3]
Longest losing run	North Ferriby United (8 matches)^[3]
Highest attendance	10,031 (Lincoln City v Macclesfield Town)
Lowest attendance	313 (Boreham Wood v North Ferriby United)
Average attendance	1,868
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Promotion and relegation

The following teams changed divisions after the 2015–16 season. Solihull Moors were the first team to be promoted after North Ferriby United's 2–0 loss to Stalybridge Celtic on 13 April 2016 clinched them the National League North title. This will be their first season in the National League. Sutton United were promoted on 23 April 2016 after a 2–0 win over Chelmsford City, returning to the league for the first time in sixteen years.

Dagenham & Redbridge were relegated from League Two on 16 April 2016 after their 3–2 loss to Leyton Orient returning to the fifth tier after nine years in the Football League. York City were relegated on 23 April after their 3–0 loss to Accrington Stanley, returning to the league for the first time since the 2011–12 season. North Ferriby United's 2–1 win over AFC Fylde and Maidstone United's win on penalties over Ebbsfleet United made them the National League North and National League South play-off winners respectively. It is the first time both teams have competed in the league.

The six teams replace Cheltenham Town, Grimsby Town, FC Halifax Town, Altrincham, Kidderminster Harriers and Welling United. Cheltenham Town were promoted back to League Two at their first attempt after beating FC Halifax Town 2–0 on 16 April 2016. Grimsby Town were promoted back to the Football League after beating Forest Green Rovers 3–1 in the 2015–16 National League play-off final.^[4] Kidderminster Harriers and Welling United were relegated on the same day after defeats to Barrow and Chester.

On the final day of the season, Altrincham were relegated after losing 3–0 to Braintree Town, ending their two-year stay in the league. FC Halifax Town's 1–1 draw against Macclesfield Town was not enough to save them after Guiseley's 4–3 win over Torquay United, ending their three-year stay in the league.

Team changes

To National League

Promoted from 2015–16 National League North

• Solihull Moors
• North Ferriby United

Promoted from 2015–16 National League South

• Sutton United
• Maidstone United

Relegated from 2015–16 League Two

• Dagenham & Redbridge
• York City

From National League

Relegated to 2016–17 National League North

• FC Halifax Town
• Altrincham
• Kidderminster Harriers

Relegated to 2016–17 National League South

• Welling United

Promoted to 2016–17 League Two

• Cheltenham Town
• Grimsby Town

Stadia and locations

 

 

London

 

Aldershot Town

 

Barrow

 

Braintree Town

 

Chester

 

Dover Athletic

 

Eastleigh

 

Forest Green Rovers

 

Gateshead

 

Guiseley

 

Lincoln City

 

Macclesfield Town

 

Maidstone United

 

North Ferriby United

 

Solihull Moors

 

Southport

 

Torquay United

 

Tranmere Rovers

 

Woking

 

Wrexham

 

York City

 

Greater London clubs
Boreham Wood
Bromley
Dagenham & Redbridge
Sutton United

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Locations of the 2016–17 National League clubs (Greater London shown in more detail below)

 

 

Boreham Wood

 

Bromley

 

Dagenham &  Redbridge

 

Sutton United

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Locations of the 2016–17 National League clubs (Greater London)

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Aldershot Town	Aldershot	Recreation Ground	7,100
Barrow	Barrow-in-Furness	Holker Street	5,045
Boreham Wood	Borehamwood	Meadow Park	4,502
Braintree Town	Braintree	Cressing Road	4,085
Bromley	London (Bromley)	Hayes Lane	5,300
Chester	Chester	Deva Stadium	6,500
Dagenham & Redbridge	London (Dagenham)	Victoria Road	6,078
Dover Athletic	Dover	Crabble Athletic Ground	5,885
Eastleigh	Eastleigh	Ten Acres	5,250
Forest Green Rovers	Nailsworth	The New Lawn	5,032
Gateshead	Gateshead	Gateshead International Stadium	11,800
Guiseley	Guiseley	Nethermoor Park	3,770
Lincoln City	Lincoln	Sincil Bank	10,120
Macclesfield Town	Macclesfield	Moss Rose	6,355
Maidstone United	Maidstone	Gallagher Stadium	4,200
North Ferriby United	North Ferriby	Grange Lane	2,200
Solihull Moors	Solihull	Damson Park	3,050
Southport	Southport	Haig Avenue	7,177
Sutton United	London (Sutton)	Gander Green Lane	5,013
Torquay United	Torquay	Plainmoor	6,500
Tranmere Rovers	Birkenhead	Prenton Park	16,789
Woking	Woking	Kingfield Stadium	6,036
Wrexham	Wrexham	Racecourse Ground	10,771
York City	York	Bootham Crescent	8,256^[5]

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Eastleigh	Chris Todd	Dismissed	17 August 2016^[6]	24th	Ronnie Moore	19 August 2016^[7]
Guiseley	Mark Bower		21 August 2016^[8]	24th	Adam Lockwood	22 September 2016^[9]
Southport	Andy Bishop		3 September 2016^[10]	23rd	Steve Burr	8 September 2016^[11]
Tranmere Rovers	Gary Brabin		18 September 2016^[12]	5th	Paul Carden (Interim)	19 September 2016^[13]
Braintree Town	Jamie Day		25 September 2016^[14]	22nd	Hakan Hayrettin	27 September 2016^[15]
Tranmere Rovers	Paul Carden	End of Interim Spell	7 October 2016^[12]	9th	Micky Mellon	7 October 2016^[16]
Wrexham	Gary Mills	Dismissed	13 October 2016^[17]	15th	Dean Keates	25 October 2016^[18]
York City	Jackie McNamara	Became Chief Executive	16 October 2016	19th	Gary Mills	16 October 2016^[19]
Eastleigh	Ronnie Moore	Resigned	30 November 2016	9th	Martin Allen	1 December 2016^[20]
Southport	Steve Burr	Dismissed	30 January 2017^[21]	20th	Liam Watson (Interim)	30 January 2017
Eastleigh	Martin Allen		22 February 2017^[citation needed]	15th	Richard Hill	22 February 2017

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Lincoln City (C, P)	46	30	9	7	83	40	+43	99	Promoted to EFL League Two
2	Tranmere Rovers	46	29	8	9	79	39	+40	95	Qualified for the play-offs
3	Forest Green Rovers (O, P)	46	25	11	10	88	56	+32	86
4	Dagenham & Redbridge	46	26	6	14	79	53	+26	84
5	Aldershot Town	46	23	13	10	66	37	+29	82
6	Dover Athletic	46	24	7	15	85	63	+22	79
7	Barrow	46	20	15	11	72	53	+19	75
8	Gateshead	46	19	13	14	72	51	+21	70
9	Macclesfield Town	46	20	8	18	64	57	+7	68
10	Bromley	46	18	8	20	59	66	−7	62
11	Boreham Wood	46	15	13	18	49	48	+1	58
12	Sutton United	46	15	13	18	61	63	−2	58
13	Wrexham	46	15	13	18	47	61	−14	58
14	Maidstone United	46	16	10	20	59	75	−16	58
15	Eastleigh	46	14	15	17	56	63	−7	57
16	Solihull Moors	46	15	10	21	62	75	−13	55
17	Torquay United	46	14	11	21	54	61	−7	53
18	Woking	46	14	11	21	66	80	−14	53
19	Chester	46	14	10	22	63	71	−8	52
20	Guiseley	46	13	12	21	50	67	−17	51
21	York City (R)	46	11	17	18	55	70	−15	50	Relegated to National League North
22	Braintree Town (R)	46	13	9	24	51	76	−25	48	Relegated to National League South
23	Southport (R)	46	10	9	27	52	97	−45	39	Relegated to National League North
24	North Ferriby United (R)	46	12	3	31	32	82	−50	39

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 ^[22]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ALD	BRW	BOR	BRA	BRO	CHR	D&R	DOV	EAS	FGR	GAT	GUI	LIN	MAC	MDS	NFU	SOL	SOU	SUT	TOR	TRA	WOK	WRE	YOR
Aldershot Town		2–2	2–0	2–0	4–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–1	0–4	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	4–0	2–0	0–0
Barrow	1–0		1–1	2–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	2–3	4–0	2–3	0–0	3–0	3–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–0
Boreham Wood	1–1	1–1		0–1	0–0	1–1	1–3	5–0	0–1	1–0	0–4	0–0	2–0	2–4	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–1
Braintree Town	2–0	0–2	1–2		2–2	1–2	3–2	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–4	2–0	0–4	1–3	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–3	0–1	1–3	1–2	1–1
Bromley	2–2	4–1	1–0	0–5		0–1	1–3	0–2	0–5	1–5	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	3–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–1	4–3	3–0
Chester	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–0	1–1		3–0	5–0	0–1	1–2	1–2	2–0	2–5	2–3	1–3	3–0	0–3	2–2	4–0	1–0	2–3	2–3	1–1	0–2
Dagenham & Redbridge	1–0	1–4	0–2	3–0	2–1	3–2		2–0	4–0	2–1	0–5	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	4–4	3–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–0
Dover Athletic	1–2	3–1	1–4	6–1	1–0	3–1	1–2		3–0	4–3	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	3–1	1–2	1–4	3–1	1–1	2–2
Eastleigh	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	2–1	0–3	0–1	2–4		1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–1
Forest Green Rovers	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1		1–0	3–0	2–3	3–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	5–1	1–1	5–5	2–2	4–3	3–0	2–1
Gateshead	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–0	1–0	4–2	2–2	3–1		1–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	6–1
Guiseley	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–4	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–1	0–1	1–1		2–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–3	6–1
Lincoln City	3–3	1–2	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	3–1	3–0	3–1		2–1	2–0	6–1	0–0	4–0	1–3	2–1	2–1	3–2	1–0	1–1
Macclesfield Town	0–2	0–1	0–2	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–4	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–2		3–0	1–0	1–3	3–1	0–0	2–0	4–2	3–1	3–0	1–3
Maidstone United	0–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	4–2	0–1	1–4	2–1	1–4	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–1		1–2	2–4	4–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–3	2–2	1–1
North Ferriby United	0–3	0–1	2–4	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–4	1–2	2–1	0–3	1–0	3–2	0–1	0–2	0–2		1–4	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–4	2–1	0–0	0–1
Solihull Moors	0–2	2–4	1–1	3–3	1–0	3–2	2–5	2–3	2–0	0–1	0–2	3–2	0–1	2–3	2–0	2–0		4–0	3–0	0–1	0–3	2–2	0–1	1–2
Southport	1–1	1–4	1–0	4–5	1–2	0–1	1–4	0–1	4–3	2–0	0–3	0–1	1–1	1–2	3–2	2–4	0–0		1–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	3–2	2–0
Sutton United	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	5–2	1–0	0–6	1–1	1–2	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	5–1	1–3	2–2		2–0	1–0	4–1	1–0	2–2
Torquay United	0–0	1–1	0–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–3	4–3	3–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–3	2–0	3–0	1–2	2–3		0–0	1–2	1–1	2–0
Tranmere Rovers	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	0–2	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	9–0	4–1	3–2	2–1		3–1	2–0	1–0
Woking	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–3	2–1	3–1	1–3	1–0	3–3	0–1	3–0	0–0	1–3	1–0	2–4	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–1	0–3		2–0	1–1
Wrexham	0–2	2–2	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–2	3–1	1–2	0–3	1–3	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–1		2–1
York City	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–1	3–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	1–4	1–0	1–1	0–1	4–0	5–3	2–2	0–0	0–0	4–1	1–3

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2017. Source: The National League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

	Semi-finals							Final
	2	Tranmere Rovers	3	2	5
	5	Aldershot Town	0	2	2
								2	Tranmere Rovers	1
								3	Forest Green Rovers	3
	3	Forest Green Rovers	1	2	3
	4	Dagenham & Redbridge	1	0	1

First leg

Aldershot Town v Tranmere Rovers

3 May 2017	Aldershot Town	0–3	Tranmere Rovers	Recreation Ground, Aldershot
19:00		Report	Stockton   3', 75' Norwood   48'	Attendance: 5,614 Referee: Craig Hicks

Dagenham & Redbridge v Forest Green Rovers

4 May 2017	Dagenham & Redbridge	1–1	Forest Green Rovers	Victoria Road, Dagenham
19:00	Maguire-Drew   45+'	Report	Noble   29' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,208 Referee: Anthony Coggins

Second leg

Tranmere Rovers v Aldershot Town

6 May 2017	Tranmere Rovers	2–2 (5–2 agg.)	Aldershot Town	Prenton Park, Birkenhead
12:15	Stockton   20' Norwood   90+4'	Report	Mensah   43' Hughes   50' (o.g.)	Attendance: 10,241 Referee: Scott Oldham

Forest Green Rovers v Dagenham & Redbridge

7 May 2017	Forest Green Rovers	2–0 (3–1 agg.)	Dagenham & Redbridge	The New Lawn, Nailsworth
15:00	Doidge   34' Marsh-Brown   45'	Report		Attendance: 3,237 Referee: Martin Coy

Final

Tranmere Rovers v Forest Green Rovers

14 May 2017	Tranmere Rovers	1–3	Forest Green Rovers	Wembley Stadium, London
15:00	Jennings   22'	Report	Woolery   12', 44' Doidge   41'	Attendance: 18,801 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Top scorers

As of matches played 29 April 2017^[23]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ricky Miller	Dover Athletic	40
2	Christian Doidge	Forest Green Rovers	25
3	Andy Cook	Tranmere Rovers	23
4	Michael Cheek	Braintree Town	19
	Byron Harrison	Barrow
5	Oliver Hawkins	Dagenham & Redbridge	18
	Danny Johnson	Gateshead
8	James Alabi	Chester	17
	Gozie Ugwu	Woking
9	Richie Bennett	Barrow	15
	Matt Rhead	Lincoln City
	Corey Whitely	Dagenham & Redbridge

National League North

National League North

Season	2016–17
Champions	AFC Fylde
Promoted	AFC Fylde FC Halifax Town
Relegated	Altrincham Stalybridge Celtic Worcester City
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Team changes

To National League North

Promoted from 2015–16 Northern Premier League Premier Division

• Darlington 1883
• Salford City

Relegated from 2015–16 National League

• FC Halifax Town
• Altrincham
• Kidderminster Harriers

From National League North

Relegated to 2016–17 Northern Premier League Premier Division

• Corby Town
• Hednesford Town

Relegated to 2016–17 Isthmian League Premier Division

• Lowestoft Town

Promoted to 2016–17 National League

• Solihull Moors
• North Ferriby United

Stadia and locations

 

 

Greater Manchester

 

AFC Fylde

 

AFC Telford United

 

Alfreton Town

 

Boston United

 

Brackley Town

 

Bradford Park Avenue

 

Chorley

 

Darlington 1883

 

FC Halifax Town

 

Gainsborough Trinity

 

Gloucester City

 

Harrogate Town

 

Kidderminster Harriers

 

Nuneaton Town

 

Tamworth

 

Worcester City

 

Greater Manchester clubs
Altrincham
Curzon Ashton
F.C. United of Manchester
Salford City
Stalybridge Celtic
Stockport County

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Locations of the 2016–17 National League North clubs (Greater Manchester shown in more detail below)

 

 

Altrincham

 

Curzon Ashton

 

F.C. United of Manchester

 

Salford City

 

Stalybridge Celtic

 

Stockport County

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Locations of the 2016–17 National League North clubs (Greater Manchester)

Team	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Fylde	Mill Farm Sports Village	6,000
AFC Telford United	New Bucks Head	6,300
Alfreton Town	North Street	3,600
Altrincham	Moss Lane	6,085
Boston United	York Street	6,643
Brackley Town	St. James Park	3,500
Bradford Park Avenue	Horsfall Stadium	3,500
Chorley	Victory Park	4,100
Curzon Ashton	Tameside Stadium	4,000
Darlington 1883	Blackwell Meadows	3,000
FC Halifax Town	The Shay	14,061
F.C. United of Manchester	Broadhurst Park	4,400
Gainsborough Trinity	The Northolme	4,304
Gloucester City	Whaddon Road (groundshare with Cheltenham Town)	7,066
Harrogate Town	Wetherby Road	3,800
Kidderminster Harriers	Aggborough Stadium	6,238
Nuneaton Town	Liberty Way	4,314
Salford City	Moor Lane	5,106
Stalybridge Celtic	Bower Fold	6,500
Stockport County	Edgeley Park	10,852
Tamworth	The Lamb Ground	4,000
Worcester City	Victoria Ground (groundshare with Bromsgrove Sporting)	4,895

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	AFC Fylde (C, P)	42	26	10	6	109	60	+49	88	Promoted to the National League
2	Kidderminster Harriers	42	25	7	10	76	41	+35	82	Qualified for the play-offs^[a]
3	FC Halifax Town (O, P)	42	24	8	10	81	43	+38	80	Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the National League^[b]
4	Salford City	42	22	11	9	79	44	+35	77	Qualified for the play-offs^[a]
5	Darlington 1883	42	22	10	10	89	67	+22	76
6	Chorley	42	20	14	8	60	41	+19	74	Qualified for the play-offs^[a]
7	Brackley Town	42	20	13	9	66	43	+23	73
8	Stockport County	42	19	16	7	59	41	+18	73
9	Tamworth	42	21	6	15	73	67	+6	69
10	Gloucester City	42	18	10	14	69	61	+8	64	Transferred to National League South
11	Harrogate Town	42	16	11	15	71	63	+8	59
12	Nuneaton Town	42	14	13	15	67	69	−2	55
13	F.C. United of Manchester	42	14	12	16	69	68	+1	54
14	Curzon Ashton	42	14	10	18	63	72	−9	52
15	Boston United	42	12	11	19	54	72	−18	47
16	Bradford Park Avenue	42	12	7	23	46	74	−28	43
17	AFC Telford United	42	10	12	20	38	57	−19	42
18	Alfreton Town	42	11	9	22	62	95	−33	42
19	Gainsborough Trinity	42	8	12	22	51	84	−33	36
20	Worcester City (R)	42	7	14	21	44	63	−19	35	Demoted to the Midland League Premier Division^[c]
21	Stalybridge Celtic (R)	42	8	5	29	40	89	−49	29	Relegated to the Northern Premier League Premier Division
22	Altrincham (R)	42	4	9	29	39	91	−52	21

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 ^[22]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Darlington 1883 were barred from the play-offs due to failing ground size regulations.^[24]
2. Four teams played for one spot and promotion to the National League.
3. Worcester were relegated, and took a further voluntary demotion to the Midland League for financial reasons.^[25]

Results

Home \ Away	FYL	TEL	ALF	ALT	BOS	BRK	BPA	CHO	CZA	DAR	HAL	FCU	GAI	GLO	HAR	KID	NUN	SLC	STL	STP	TAM	WRC
AFC Fylde		1–1	2–0	4–1	9–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–1	4–1	3–2	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–2	2–1	3–3	5–0	0–0	3–1	4–2
AFC Telford United	0–1		1–1	1–0	1–2	0–6	1–3	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	2–4	0–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0
Alfreton Town	3–5	3–2		3–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	0–1	0–3	1–0	2–1	4–0	0–2	1–0	3–3	3–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–5	0–0
Altrincham	0–6	0–2	1–1		0–1	1–3	2–3	2–2	2–4	2–2	0–1	0–3	2–3	0–1	0–0	1–4	1–3	0–2	0–0	2–3	1–2	2–0
Boston United	0–3	3–0	3–2	0–1		2–3	1–0	3–1	3–1	1–2	1–4	2–3	1–1	2–2	0–3	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–1	0–2	3–0	0–0
Brackley Town	1–3	2–1	2–3	1–1	0–0		2–0	0–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	5–2	0–3	0–0	0–2
Bradford Park Avenue	1–4	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	2–1		0–3	4–4	1–2	1–3	0–0	5–1	0–1	2–3	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–2	0–0	0–3
Chorley	1–3	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–0		0–3	1–1	0–2	3–3	4–0	4–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0
Curzon Ashton	3–2	1–1	5–0	2–3	4–2	0–0	1–2	1–1		1–2	4–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–6	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–2	1–5	1–1
Darlington 1883	1–1	1–0	3–4	3–1	4–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–3		3–2	4–2	5–2	2–0	2–3	0–1	1–2	2–2	4–1	2–1	3–2	5–1
FC Halifax Town	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–3	4–0	2–1	3–0	2–2		3–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	4–2	1–0	0–0	4–0	3–0
F.C. United of Manchester	2–3	0–0	4–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–3	3–3	0–0	2–3	0–3		5–1	2–4	2–2	1–0	3–0	0–3	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–1
Gainsborough Trinity	1–2	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	3–3	3–2	1–2		1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–2	0–1	3–2	1–1
Gloucester City	1–5	3–0	4–0	5–0	3–1	1–3	1–0	2–2	0–2	1–2	0–2	2–3	4–1		1–1	1–2	2–2	3–2	2–1	0–1	2–0	3–0
Harrogate Town	3–3	2–1	6–3	2–2	2–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–4	0–3	3–1	1–3	3–1		0–2	3–1	3–3	3–1	0–1	3–4	3–0
Kidderminster Harriers	3–3	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	3–1	0–0	3–2	2–1	1–2	0–2	3–0	3–0	1–0		4–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	6–0	2–1
Nuneaton Town	4–1	1–1	4–1	4–1	2–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–3	1–4	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–2		0–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1
Salford City	5–0	2–1	4–1	2–1	3–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	5–1	2–2	1–0	3–2	1–1	0–0	3–0	4–0		1–0	1–1	1–2	3–0
Stalybridge Celtic	2–1	0–2	2–3	0–2	3–3	0–1	4–3	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	2–4	3–2	1–3	2–4	1–0	0–4	0–4		1–3	0–4	0–1
Stockport County	1–2	1–1	4–3	3–0	1–1	2–4	1–2	0–0	3–1	3–3	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	3–1		2–1	1–0
Tamworth	1–0	2–1	4–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	5–1	0–1	3–2	2–1	2–6	1–1	1–0	3–1	3–2	3–4	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–2		1–0
Worcester City	1–2	2–1	5–3	3–0	0–2	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	0–0	2–2	2–3	2–2	0–0	2–3	1–2	4–0	0–0	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2017. Source: The National League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

	Semi-finals							Final
	2	Kidderminster Harriers	1	0	1
	6	Chorley	0	2	2
								6	Chorley	1
								3	FC Halifax Town	2
	3	FC Halifax Town	1	1	2 (3)
	4	Salford City	1	1	2 (0)

First leg

Chorley v Kidderminster Harriers

3 May 2017	Chorley	0–1	Kidderminster Harriers	Victory Park, Chorley
19:45			Gnahoua   76'	Attendance: 2,487

Salford City v FC Halifax Town

3 May 2017	Salford City	1–1	FC Halifax Town	Moor Lane, Salford
19:45	Poole   86'		Peniket   37'	Attendance: 2,175

Second leg

Kidderminster Harriers v Chorley

7 May 2017	Kidderminster Harriers	0–2 (1–2 agg.)	Chorley	Aggborough Stadium, Kidderminster
15:00			Carver   19' Roscoe   90+2'	Attendance: 3,407

FC Halifax Town v Salford City

7 May 2017	FC Halifax Town	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (3–0 p)	Salford City	The Shay, Halifax
15:00	Peniket   97'		Nottingham   107'	Attendance: 3,655
	Penalties
	Kosylo   Peniket   Sinnott   Brown		Poole   Allen   Walker

Final

FC Halifax Town v Chorley

13 May 2017	FC Halifax Town	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Chorley	The Shay, Halifax
15:00	Roberts   46' Garner   103'	Report	Blakeman   60'	Attendance: 7,920

Top scorers

As of matches played 29 April 2017^[26]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Danny Rowe	AFC Fylde	47
2	Danny Newton	Tamworth	28
3	Simon Ainge	Harrogate Town	22
4	Danny Lloyd	Stockport County	21
5	Joe Ironside	Nuneaton Town	20
6	Luke Hopper	Gloucester City	19
7	Dan Bradley	AFC Fylde	18
	Mark Beck	Darlington 1883
9	Tom Denton	FC Halifax Town	17

National League South

National League South

Season	2016–17
Champions	Maidenhead United
Promoted	Maidenhead United Ebbsfleet United
Relegated	Bishop's Stortford Gosport Borough Margate
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Team changes

To National League South

Promoted from 2015–16 Isthmian League Premier Division

• Hampton & Richmond Borough
• East Thurrock United

Promoted from 2015–16 Southern League Premier Division

• Poole Town
• Hungerford Town

Relegated from 2015–16 National League

• Welling United

From National League South

Relegated to 2016–17 Isthmian League Premier Division

• Havant & Waterlooville

Relegated to 2016–17 Southern League Premier Division

• Hayes & Yeading United
• Basingstoke Town

Promoted to 2016–17 National League

• Sutton United
• Maidstone United

Stadia and locations

 

 

London

 

Bath City

 

Bishop's Stortford

 

Chelmsford City

 

Concord Rangers

 

Eastbourne Borough

 

East Thurrock United

 

Gosport Borough

 

Hemel Hempstead Town

 

Hungerford Town

 

Maidenhead United

 

Margate

 

Oxford City

 

Poole Town

 

St Albans City

 

Truro City

 

Weston-super-Mare

 

Whitehawk

 

Greater London clubs
Dartford
Ebbsfleet United
Hampton & Richmond Borough
Wealdstone
Welling United

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Locations of the 2016–17 National League South clubs (Greater London clubs shown in more detail below)

 

 

Dartford

 

Ebbsfleet United

 

Hampton & Richmond Borough

 

Wealdstone

 

Welling United

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Locations of the 2016–17 National League South clubs (Greater London)

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Bath City	Twerton Park	8,840
Bishop's Stortford	Woodside Park	4,525
Chelmsford City	Melbourne Stadium	3,019
Concord Rangers	Thames Road	3,300
Dartford	Princes Park	4,100
Eastbourne Borough	Priory Lane	4,151
East Thurrock United	Rookery Hill	4,000
Ebbsfleet United	Stonebridge Road	5,011
Gosport Borough	Privett Park	4,500
Hampton & Richmond	Beveree Stadium	3,500
Hemel Hempstead Town	Vauxhall Road	3,152
Hungerford Town	Bulpit Lane	2,500
Maidenhead United	York Road	3,000
Margate	Hartsdown Park	3,000
Oxford City	Court Place Farm	2,000
Poole Town	Tatnam Ground	2,500
St Albans City	Clarence Park	4,500
Truro City	Treyew Road	3,857
Wealdstone	Grosvenor Vale	3,607
Welling United	Park View Road	4,000
Weston-super-Mare	Woodspring Stadium	3,500
Whitehawk	The Enclosed Ground	2,175

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Maidenhead United (C, P)	42	30	8	4	93	29	+64	98	Promoted to the National League
2	Ebbsfleet United (O, P)	42	29	9	4	96	30	+66	96	Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to National League^[a]
3	Dartford	42	25	9	8	83	45	+38	84	Qualified for the play-offs^[b]
4	Chelmsford City	42	23	13	6	89	47	+42	82
5	Poole Town	42	20	11	11	63	49	+14	71
6	Hungerford Town	42	19	13	10	67	49	+18	70
7	Hampton & Richmond Borough	42	19	12	11	81	56	+25	69	Qualified for the play-offs^[b]
8	Wealdstone	42	18	12	12	62	58	+4	66
9	Bath City	42	18	8	16	71	52	+19	62
10	St Albans City	42	16	11	15	72	66	+6	59
11	Eastbourne Borough	42	16	10	16	82	70	+12	58
12	Hemel Hempstead Town	42	15	12	15	74	83	−9	57
13	East Thurrock United	42	14	14	14	73	65	+8	56
14	Oxford City	42	15	7	20	48	73	−25	52
15	Weston-super-Mare	42	14	6	22	63	69	−6	48
16	Welling United	42	12	7	23	64	69	−5	43
17	Whitehawk	42	12	7	23	51	72	−21	43
18	Concord Rangers	42	10	12	20	57	75	−18	42
19	Truro City	42	11	7	24	53	99	−46	40
20	Gosport Borough (R)	42	9	9	24	45	101	−56	36	Relegated to the Southern League Premier Division
21	Bishop's Stortford (R)	42	8	3	31	29	104	−75	27
22	Margate (R)	42	7	4	31	26	81	−55	25	Relegated to the Isthmian League Premier Division

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 ^[22]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Four teams played for one spot and promotion to the National League.
2. Hungerford Town and Poole Town were barred from the play-offs due to failing ground size regulations.^[24]

Results

Home \ Away	BAT	BST	CHE	CON	DAR	EAB	ETU	EBB	GOS	H&R	HEM	HUN	MDH	MAR	OXC	POO	SAC	TRU	WEA	WEL	WSM	WHI
Bath City		2–0	2–2	2–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	4–0	1–1	6–0	1–1	1–5	2–0	1–3	3–0	3–0	4–0	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1
Bishop's Stortford	0–1		1–3	1–0	0–3	1–4	0–4	0–3	0–2	0–1	0–4	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–4	1–5	4–0	0–3	2–2	2–1	0–3
Chelmsford City	3–1	4–0		4–3	1–1	5–1	2–2	2–1	5–1	2–2	4–4	3–3	0–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	3–1	1–0	1–0
Concord Rangers	0–5	0–0	2–2		1–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	2–4	0–1	0–0	3–3	3–2	3–2	0–2	0–1	0–5	1–3	3–0
Dartford	2–0	4–0	0–1	2–1		4–3	6–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	5–3	2–2	2–1	3–2	3–1
Eastbourne Borough	1–2	1–0	1–5	2–1	2–3		4–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	3–0	2–2	1–2	2–1	4–0	0–0	3–2	2–0	5–1	7–3	3–4	4–2
East Thurrock United	2–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1		1–1	5–1	2–1	2–3	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	5–1	1–1	1–1	5–1	2–3
Ebbsfleet United	1–0	8–0	2–0	4–0	1–0	4–1	6–1		2–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–3	4–0	1–0	4–0	3–1	4–2	4–1	5–1	2–1	1–1
Gosport Borough	1–0	0–1	0–6	2–5	0–4	3–1	1–5	1–0		1–1	0–6	1–4	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–2	4–0	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–3
Hampton & Richmond	2–1	4–1	0–2	1–0	4–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	2–2		3–3	2–0	2–3	1–0	0–1	0–2	4–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–2
Hemel Hempstead Town	3–3	3–2	2–2	2–1	2–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–0		2–0	2–1	3–2	2–0	2–4	2–2	0–1	1–3	2–0	0–5	2–0
Hungerford Town	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–2	3–0	1–1	3–3	1–3	3–0		1–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	5–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–1
Maidenhead United	2–1	6–0	1–0	2–0	5–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	0–0	5–0	2–2		2–0	6–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	2–1
Margate	1–0	0–3	0–2	1–5	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–4	2–1	1–1	0–3		0–5	0–2	0–2	2–1	0–1	0–3	3–1	0–2
Oxford City	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–3	1–2	0–5	1–0	0–6	1–3	1–0		0–1	2–1	1–1	0–3	2–1	0–0	1–0
Poole Town	1–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	7–0	3–3	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–3		1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–1
St Albans City	1–4	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–3	2–1	2–4	2–2	5–0	2–2	1–1	2–4	4–0		5–0	0–3	3–2	3–0	3–1
Truro City	1–3	1–2	2–2	1–2	0–5	2–2	0–6	1–1	2–0	0–3	2–1	2–0	0–3	2–0	3–2	0–0	3–2		1–2	1–1	1–2	4–2
Wealdstone	0–1	5–0	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–4	1–0	2–4	2–1	2–4	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–2		0–1	1–0	0–0
Welling United	3–1	1–2	0–2	3–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–2	4–0	1–2	2–3	0–0	1–2	5–1	4–0	2–1	0–1	3–2	0–1		0–2	1–2
Weston-super-Mare	1–2	5–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–3	3–5	0–1	1–3	3–1	3–0	0–0	0–3	4–2	1–2	2–2		3–1
Whitehawk	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–3	0–3	4–4	1–3	1–4	1–2	1–2	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–4	0–0	1–0	0–2

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2017. Source: The National League Official Website
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

	Semi-finals							Final
	2	Ebbsfleet United	2	2	4
	7	Hampton & Richmond Borough	1	1	2
								2	Ebbsfleet United	2
								4	Chelmsford City	1
	3	Dartford	0	1	1
	4	Chelmsford City	0	2	2

First leg

Hampton & Richmond Borough v Ebbsfleet United

3 May 2017	Hampton & Richmond Borough	1–2	Ebbsfleet United	Beveree Stadium, Hampton
19:45	Culley   45'		Rance   6' McLean   43' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,689

Chelmsford City v Dartford

3 May 2017	Chelmsford City	0–0	Dartford	Melbourne Stadium, Chelmsford
19:45				Attendance: 1,653

Second leg

Ebbsfleet United v Hampton & Richmond Borough

7 May 2017	Ebbsfleet United	2–1 (4–2 agg.)	Hampton & Richmond Borough	Stonebridge Road, Northfleet
15:00	Clark   37' McQueen   89'	Report	Federico   61'	Attendance: 2,102 Referee: Alan Dale

Dartford v Chelmsford City

7 May 2017	Dartford	1–2 (1–2 agg.)	Chelmsford City	Princes Park, Dartford
15:00	Ofori-Acheampong   90+3'	Report	Theophanous   70' Dickson   85'	Attendance: 2,622 Referee: Gary Parsons

Final

Ebbsfleet United v Chelmsford City

13 May 2017	Ebbsfleet United	2–1	Chelmsford City	Stonebridge Road, Northfleet
15:00	Winfield   72' McQueen   76'	Report	Graham   55'	Attendance: 3,134 Referee: Richard Hulme

Top scorers

As of matches played 29 April 2017^[27]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dave Tarpey	Maidenhead United	44
2	Jake Robinson	Hemel Hempstead Town	25
3	Shaun Jeffers	Chelmsford City	21
4	Adam Coombes	Welling United	20
	Elliott Romain	Eastbourne Borough
5	Dayle Grubb	Weston-super-Mare	19
	Tom Wraight	East Thurrock United
8	Steve Cawley	Concord Rangers	18
9	Bradley Ash	Weston-super-Mare	16
	Elliot Benyon	Wealdstone
	Nicke Kabamba	Hampton & Richmond Borough
	Sean Marks	Maidenhead United
	Danny Mills	Whitehawk

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