2020–21_Wessex_Football_League

2020–21 Wessex Football League

2020–21 Wessex Football League

Football league season

The 2020–21 Wessex Football League season (known as the Sydenhams Football League (Wessex) for sponsorship reasons) was the 35th in the history of the Wessex Football League since its establishment in 1986. The league consisted of two divisions: the Premier Division and Division One.

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The constitution was announced on 21 July 2020.[1]

After the abandonment of the previous season due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[2] the league's constitution largely remained unchanged, with the planned structural changes being put back to this season.

This season, the Premier Division champions were to be promoted to Step 4. The runners-up in this division and ten other Step 5 divisions in other leagues were to be ranked according to PPG (points per game), and the top four in that ranking would have also been promoted. The remaining seven runners-up would compete in "winner takes all" play-offs with seven clubs finishing bottom in Step 4 leagues, the winners being placed at Step 4 and the losers at Step 5 for 2021–22.[3]

The bottom clubs in all 14 Step 5 divisions were to be ranked according to PPG, with the 12 lowest-ranked clubs relegated to Step 6.

In Division One, the top four clubs were to be promoted to Step 5, and the bottom two were liable to relegation to Step 7.

Curtailment

On 24 February 2021, after fixtures had been suspended in December 2020, the FA curtailed the season for all leagues at Steps 3–6, again due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

Premier Division

The Premier Division remained at 20 clubs, with the same constitution as the previous season except for the absence of Solent University, who resigned from the league in June 2020.[5]

One new team joined the division:

League table at time of curtailment

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Source: FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Lymington Town promoted based on points per game calculations from 2019–20 & 2020–21 seasons combined.

Division One

Division One was reduced from 20 clubs to 19 after Pewsey Vale resigned during the previous season.

League table at time of curtailment

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: FA Full-Time, League Official
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Promotions based on points per game calculations from 2019–20 & 2020–21 seasons combined.

References

  1. [1]
    "National League System club allocations – Steps 5–6, Season 2020–21" (PDF). Non League Paper. 21 July 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Coronavirus: All football below National League to end". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  3. [3]
    "EXCLUSIVE: FA outline second phase of Non-League restructuring". The Non-League Paper. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  4. [4]
    "League Curtailed for Season". Wessex League. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.[permanent dead link]
  5. [5]
    "Solent University Resign". Wessex League. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.[permanent dead link]
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