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Step 5 promotion and relegation 2019–20

Planning to update for 2021–21

Step 5 promotion 2019–20

At the end of the 2019–20 season 24 teams will be promoted from Step 5 to Step 4. These will be the teams finishing in the top three positions in the three northern-most divisions, and the champions and four of the runners-up in the eleven other divisions, the runners-up being selected according to points per game.

In addition, up to seven more teams could be promoted, resulting from play-off matches between the remaining runners-up and teams finishing in the bottom position in the seven Step 4 divisions.

Two tables follow. Table A shows the three teams with the highest points per game in each of the northern divisions. Table B shows, for each of the other eleven divisions, the teams with the two highest points per game records. Table B shows the divisions sorted by ppg of the second placed team. If necessary, teams level on ppg are further sorted by 1) goal difference per game, 2) goals scored per game, 3) wins per game, 4) Head to head. Teams currently occupying promotion positions are shaded in green; teams occupying play-off positions are shaded in yellow. (Ppg is used for determining the current best placed top two or three teams in each division, as experience shows that this is usually a far more reliable indication of final position than is the more conventional points-based table.)

Table A

League	Highest three ppgs within division
League	Team		ppg	gdpg etc
North West Counties	1	1874 Northwich	2.45
	2	Bootle	2.11
	3	Rylands	2.10
Northern	1	Stockton Town	2.57
	2	Shildon	2.13
	3	Hebburn Town	2.00
Northern Counties East	1	Liversedge	2.21
	2	Staveley Miners Welfare	2.12
	3	Yorkshire Amateur	2.04

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2020. Source:Websites of the three leagues, Non League Matters, and occasionally the clubs' twitter feeds.
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game, 2) Goal difference per game, 3) Goals scored per game, 4) Wins per game. Only criteria 1, 2 and 3 have been announced; 4 is added as being likely further criterion.

Table B

	League	Highest ppg within division			Second highest ppg within division
	League	Team	ppg	gdpg etc	Team	ppg	gdpg etc
1	Western	Bradford Town	2.64		Plymouth Parkway	2.57
2	Essex Senior	Hashtag United	2.50		Walthamstow	2.42
3	Hellenic	Westfields	2.54		Binfield	2.41
4	Southern Counties East	Corinthian	2.23		Beckenham Town	2.22	1.15
5	Southern Combination	Lancing	2.34		Newhaven	2.22	1.11
6	Wessex	Alresford Town	2.27		Christchurch	2.192
7	Eastern Counties	Stowmarket Town	2.64		Norwich United	2.185
8	United Counties	Shepshed Dynamo	2.40		Quorn	2.13
9	Midland	Coventry United	2.14		Sporting Khalsa	2.12
10	Spartan South Midlands	Colney Heath	2.27		Tring Athletic	2.00	1.48
11	Combined Counties	Ascot United	2.13		Spelthorne Sports	2.00	1.21

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2020. Source:Websites of the eleven leagues, Non League Matters, and occasionally the clubs' twitter feeds.
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game, 2) Goal difference per game, 3) Goals scored per game, 4) Wins per game, 5)Head to head (within a division only). Only criteria 1, 2, 3 have been announced; 4 is added as being likely further criterion.

Step 5 relegation 2019–20

At the end of the 2019–20 season, twelve teams will be relegated from Step 5 to Step 6. It was announced by the FA that these would be the twelve teams finishing in last place in each division which have the lowest ppg. Following the resignation of Greenwich Borough from the Southern Counties East League at the end of January, it is now understood that Greenwich Borough will be regarded as one of the teams to be relegated, and that the remaining eleven teams will be taken from the other thirteen Step 5 divisions.

Table C, below, shows, for each Step 5 division, the team which currently has the lowest ppg, and divisions are sorted by this ppg. If necessary, teams level on ppg are further sorted by 1) goal difference per game, 2) goals scored per game, 3) wins per game. Teams currently occupying the relegation positions are highlighted in red, and teams currently occupying reprieved positions are highlighted in green.

(There is a similar table covering relegation from Step 3 here)

Table C

	League	Lowest ppg within division
	League	Team	ppg	gdpg etc
1	Eastern Counties	Gorleston	0.74
2	North West Counties	Hanley Town	0.70
3	Northern	Penrith	0.69
4	Combined Counties	CB Hounslow United	0.64
5	Midland	Selston	0.52
6	Spartan South Midlands	London Colney	0.50
7	Northern Counties East	Atherseley Recreation	0.44
8	Hellenic	Holmer Green	0.38
9	Western	Odd Down (BATH)	0.36
10	Southern Combination	Loxwood	0.32
11	Essex Senior	Sawbridgeworth Town	0.29	-2.46
12	Wessex	Amesbury Town	0.29	-2.71
13	United Counties	Pinchbeck United	0.22
	Southern Counties East	Greenwich Borough (resigned)

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2020. Source:Websites of the fourteen leagues, Non League Matters, and occasionally the clubs' twitter feeds.
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game, 2) Goal difference per game, 3) Goals scored per game, 4) Wins per game. Only criteria 1, 2 and 3 have been announced; 4 is added as being likely further criterion. -->

==Combined Counties==
{{:2020–21 Combined Counties Football League|transcludesection=Premier Division}}

==Eastern Counties==
{{:2020–21 Eastern Counties Football League|transcludesection=Premier Division}}

==Essex Senior==
{{:2020–21 Essex Senior Football League}}

==Hellenic==
{{:2020–21 Hellenic Football League|transcludesection=Premier Division}}

==Midland==
{{:2020–21 Midland Football League|transcludesection=Premier Division}}

==Northern==
{{:2020–21 Northern Football League|transcludesection=Division One}}

==Northern Counties East==
{{:2020–21 Northern Counties East Football League|transcludesection=Premier Division}}

==North West Counties==
{{:2020–21 North West Counties Football League|transcludesection=Premier Division}}

==Southern Combination==
{{:2020–21 Southern Combination Football League|transcludesection=Premier Division}}

==Southern Counties East==
{{:2020–21 Southern Counties East Football League|transcludesection=Premier Division}}

==Spartan South Midland==
{{:2020–21 Spartan South Midlands Football League|transcludesection=Premier Division}}

==United Counties==
{{:2020–21 United Counties League|transcludesection=Premier Division}}

==Wessex==
{{:2020–21 Wessex Football League|transcludesection=Premier Division}}

==Western==
{{:2020–21 Western Football League|transcludesection=Premier Division}}