2025–26 National League

The 2025–26 National League season, known as the Enterprise National League for sponsorship reasons, is the 11th season under the title of the National League, the 22nd season consisting of three divisions, and the 47th season overall.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car were confirmed as the new sponsors for the National League on 23 June 2025 after agreeing a multi-year deal, replacing Vanarama.[1]

National League

National League
Season2025–26
Matches247
Top goalscorerOllie Pearce
(16 goals)
Biggest home winCarlisle United 5–0 Braintree Town
(25 August 2025)
Woking 5–0 Gateshead
(6 September 2025)
York City 5–0 Carlisle United
(23 September 2025)
Truro City 5–0 Morecambe
(27 September 2025)
Biggest away winSolihull Moors 1–5 Aldershot Town
(25 August 2025)
Boston United 0–4 Morecambe
(21 October 2025)
Highest scoringSolihull Moors 4–4 Morecambe
(13 September 2025)
Longest winning runRochdale (6)
York City (6)
Longest unbeaten runBoreham Wood (14 games)
Longest winless runAldershot Town (11 games)
Longest losing runAldershot Town (8 games)
Highest attendance10,860
Carlisle United 1–1 Eastleigh
(15 November 2025)
Lowest attendance549
Gateshead 0–3 Boreham Wood
(22 November 2025)
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 29 November 2025.

Twenty-four teams compete in the league – eighteen returning teams from the previous season, two teams relegated from EFL League Two, two teams promoted from the National League North and two teams promoted from the National League South.

However, Morecambe were suspended in July 2025 after the club failed to reach a deadline on their finances to the league, with their opening fixtures in the competition postponed.[2][3]

Team changes

Stadiums and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Aldershot Town Aldershot The Recreation Ground 7,100
Altrincham Altrincham Moss Lane 7,700
Boreham Wood Borehamwood Meadow Park 4,502
Boston United Boston Boston Community Stadium 5,061
Brackley Town Brackley St. James Park 3,500
Braintree Town Braintree Cressing Road 4,222
Carlisle United Carlisle Brunton Park 17,949
Eastleigh Eastleigh Ten Acres 5,250
FC Halifax Town Halifax The Shay 10,400
Forest Green Rovers Nailsworth The New Lawn 5,147
Gateshead Gateshead Gateshead International Stadium 11,800
Hartlepool United Hartlepool Victoria Park 7,856
Morecambe Morecambe Mazuma Mobile Stadium 6,476
Rochdale Rochdale Spotland Stadium 10,249
Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe Glanford Park 9,088
Solihull Moors Solihull Damson Park 5,500
Southend United Southend-on-Sea Roots Hall 12,392
Sutton United London (Sutton) Gander Green Lane 5,013
Tamworth Tamworth The Lamb Ground 4,565
Truro City Truro Truro City Stadium 3,600
Wealdstone London (Ruislip) Grosvenor Vale 4,085
Woking Woking Kingfield Stadium 6,036
Yeovil Town Yeovil Huish Park 9,566
York City York York Community Stadium 8,500

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (front)
Aldershot Town John Coleman Theo Widdrington Erreà Bridges Estate Agents
Altrincham Neil Gibson Lewis Baines Puma AO World
Boreham Wood Luke Garrard Jack Payne Puma Wood Army
Boston United Graham Coughlan N/A Umbro Kia
Brackley Town Gavin Cowan Gareth Dean Puma Going Plural
Braintree Town Steve Pitt George Langston Andreas Carter Sports Andreas Carter Sports
Carlisle United Mark Hughes Charlie Wyke Umbro Aqua Pura
Eastleigh Scott Bartlett Jake Taylor Erreà Utilita
FC Halifax Town Adam Lakeland Sam Johnson Adidas Nuie
Forest Green Rovers Robbie Savage Jordan Moore-Taylor Reflo Ecotricity
Gateshead Alun Armstrong Kenton Richardson Patrick Gateshead Central
Hartlepool United Nicky Featherstone Tom Parkes Meyba Utilita
Morecambe Ashvir Singh Johal Yann Songo'o Terrace LBD Modular Systems Ltd
Rochdale Jimmy McNulty Ethan Ebanks-Landell O'Neills Crown Oil Ltd
Scunthorpe United Andy Butler Andrew Boyce Meyba HITEK Electronic Materials Limited
Solihull Moors Chris Millington James Clarke Macron Taxbuddi
Southend United Kevin Maher Nathan Ralph Macron c2c
Sutton United Chris Agutter Vacant O'Neills Echo Laser BPH therapy
Tamworth Andy Peaks Ben Milnes Macron Bradley Scott Windows
Truro City John Askey Connor Riley-Lowe Kappa Jacuzzi
Wealdstone Sam Cox Jack Cook Kelme Brunel University London
Woking Neal Ardley Dale Gorman Erreà Nuffield Health
Yeovil Town Billy Rowley Jake Wannell Erreà Bradfords Buildings Supplies
York City Stuart Maynard Callum Howe Hummel Titan Wealth

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Wealdstone Neil Gibson[4] Mutual consent 26 May 2025 Pre-season Sam Cox[5] 5 June 2025
FC Halifax Town Chris Millington[6] Resigned 27 May 2025 Adam Lakeland[7] 14 June 2025
Gateshead Carl Magnay[8] 2 June 2025 Alun Armstrong[9] 16 June 2025
Hartlepool United Anthony Limbrick[10] Sacked 12 June 2025 Simon Grayson[11] 12 June 2025
Forest Green Rovers Steve Cotterill[12] 26 June 2025 Robbie Savage[13] 1 July 2025
Morecambe Derek Adams[14] 18 August 2025 18th Ashvir Singh Johal[15] 19 August 2025
Yeovil Town Mark Cooper[16] 26 August 2025 Danny Webb[17] 12 September 2025
York City Adam Hinshelwood[18] 28 August 2025 12th Stuart Maynard[19] 28 August 2025
Solihull Moors Matt Taylor[20] 3 September 2025 24th Chris Millington[21] 1 October 2025
Sutton United Steve Morison[22] 17 September 2025 22nd Chris Agutter[23] 2 October 2025
Eastleigh Kelvin Davis[24] 20 September 2025 16th Scott Bartlett[25] 24 September 2025
Yeovil Town Danny Webb[26] Resigned 22 September 2025 17th Richard Dryden (interim)[26] 22 September 2025
Hartlepool United Simon Grayson[27] Sacked 12 October 2025 12th Nicky Featherstone[a] 12 October 2025
Aldershot Town Tommy Widdrington[29] Resigned 14 October 2025 19th John Coleman[30] 24 October 2025
Altrincham Phil Parkinson[31] Sacked 23 October 2025 20th Neil Gibson[b] 24 October 2025
Yeovil Town Richard Dryden End of interim spell 25 November 2025 17th Billy Rowley[33] 25 November 2025
  1. ^ Featherstone was initially appointed caretaker manager before being appointed permanently on 5 December 2025[28]
  2. ^ Gibson was originally appointed interim manager before being appointed permanently on 25 November 2025.[32]

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Rochdale 20 16 1 3 39 13 +26 49 Promotion to EFL League Two
2 Forest Green Rovers 23 14 7 2 41 21 +20 49 Qualification for National League play-off semi-finals
3 York City 22 14 6 2 59 23 +36 48
4 Boreham Wood 22 14 5 3 42 21 +21 47 Qualification for the National League play-off quarter-finals
5 Carlisle United 23 14 4 5 40 27 +13 46
6 Scunthorpe United 22 12 7 3 37 24 +13 43
7 Southend United 21 10 5 6 33 18 +15 35
8 Hartlepool United 23 8 10 5 26 18 +8 34
9 FC Halifax Town 23 9 5 9 34 33 +1 32
10 Wealdstone 23 8 8 7 32 31 +1 32
11 Woking 23 8 7 8 31 26 +5 31
12 Solihull Moors 23 8 7 8 32 34 −2 31
13 Tamworth 23 9 4 10 29 36 −7 31
14 Yeovil Town 23 8 3 12 22 31 −9 27
15 Eastleigh 22 7 5 10 25 31 −6 26
16 Altrincham 23 8 2 13 27 36 −9 26
17 Boston United 23 6 6 11 25 34 −9 24
18 Sutton United 22 5 7 10 34 43 −9 22
19 Braintree Town 23 5 6 12 17 31 −14 21
20 Brackley Town 22 5 5 12 15 29 −14 20
21 Morecambe 23 5 5 13 30 52 −22 20 Relegation to National League North/National League South
22 Aldershot Town 23 5 4 14 37 48 −11 19
23 Gateshead 22 5 4 13 28 53 −25 19
24 Truro City 23 4 3 16 22 44 −22 15
Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2025. 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

Results

Home \ Away ALD ALT BOR BOS BRK BTR CRL EAS HAL FGR GAT HAR MOR ROC SCU SOL SOU SUT TAM TRU WEA WOK YEO YOR
Aldershot Town 2–1 24 Mar 2–3 2–2 1–1 24 Jan 2–3 7 Feb 2–3 11 Apr 1–0 4–0 28 Feb 21 Feb 3 Jan 11 Feb 3 Apr 1–2 25 Apr 30 Dec 1–2 1–4 14 Mar
Altrincham 3–2 24 Jan 1–0 2–1 21 Feb 1–2 11 Apr 3 Apr 1–2 25 Apr 0–2 3 Jan 0–3 4–2 2–0 21 Mar 2–1 1–2 7 Mar 10 Feb 1–3 7 Feb 30 Dec
Boreham Wood 1–0 3–1 31 Jan 7 Mar 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 21 Feb 21 Mar 11 Apr 3–0 0–2 21 Jan 30 Dec 1–1 25 Apr 1–2 2–1 3 Apr 1–0 11 Feb 3 Jan
Boston United 0–2 24 Mar 0–2 30 Dec 2–0 1–2 3 Jan 0–1 0–0 10 Feb 25 Apr 0–4 1–3 1–1 1–2 24 Jan 7 Feb 21 Feb 11 Apr 2–1 28 Feb 14 Mar 3 Apr
Brackley Town 18 Apr 28 Feb 1–3 6 Apr 24 Mar 0–1 1–0 11 Feb 26 Dec 0–0 24 Jan 0–2 2–1 1–1 7 Feb 21 Feb 1–0 28 Mar 1–0 0–2 14 Mar 17 Jan 2–3
Braintree Town 25 Feb 0–0 17 Jan 20 Jan 0–1 28 Mar 31 Jan 3–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 18 Apr 21 Mar 14 Feb 26 Dec 0–0 1–2 2–0 7 Mar 6 Apr 1–0 2–3
Carlisle United 2–0 31 Jan 3–3 21 Mar 25 Apr 5–0 1–1 2–0 4–2 3 Apr 3–1 30 Dec 0–2 10 Feb 1–1 7 Mar 11 Apr 2–1 3–0 3 Jan 1–3 21 Feb 21 Jan
Eastleigh 17 Jan 2–1 14 Feb 2–0 13 Jan 1–3 28 Feb 24 Jan 28 Mar 0–2 0–2 2–1 14 Mar 1–1 1–1 2–1 24 Mar 18 Apr 25 Feb 7 Feb 26 Dec 6 Apr 2–4
FC Halifax Town 4–2 26 Dec 14 Mar 17 Jan 2–0 4–0 24 Mar 2–2 1–2 31 Jan 0–1 21 Jan 24 Feb 28 Mar 3–0 18 Apr 28 Feb 6 Apr 14 Feb 2–2 1–1 3–2 1–1
Forest Green Rovers 7 Mar 21 Jan 2–1 24 Feb 3 Apr 11 Apr 14 Feb 1–0 3 Jan 3–1 1–0 25 Apr 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 4–2 30 Dec 21 Mar 31 Jan 2–0 1–1
Gateshead 3–3 0–2 0–3 1–3 14 Feb 7 Feb 26 Dec 1–3 1–2 28 Feb 0–1 25 Feb 17 Jan 6 Apr 0–2 0–3 14 Mar 2–1 2–2 24 Jan 18 Apr 28 Mar 24 Mar
Hartlepool United 31 Jan 17 Jan 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 25 Feb 21 Mar 7 Mar 18 Apr 20 Jan 1–1 6 Apr 26 Dec 2–0 28 Mar 14 Feb 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 0–2 1–2
Morecambe 28 Mar 2–1 18 Apr 0–3 2–0 14 Mar 6 Apr 21 Feb 1–2 1–3 2–5 25 Mar 26 Dec 17 Jan 24 Jan 0–3 2–2 10 Feb 7 Feb 4–3 0–2 0–0 28 Feb
Rochdale 1–0 2–1 3 Feb 7 Mar 3 Jan 2–0 7 Feb 2–0 1–2 11 Feb 4–0 30 Dec 3 Apr TBD 4–1 6 Dec 1–0 21 Mar 24 Jan 11 Apr 21 Feb 3–0 25 Apr
Scunthorpe United 2–1 14 Mar 1–1 14 Feb 11 Apr 1–1 0–1 25 Apr 1–1 24 Jan 30 Dec 3 Apr 3–1 25 Mar 28 Feb 7 Feb 3 Jan 3–1 4–0 2–1[a] 3–1 1–0 24 Feb
Solihull Moors 1–5 28 Mar 6 Apr 18 Apr 1–0 2–0 17 Jan 10 Feb 21 Mar 2–2 7 Mar 21 Feb 4–4 21 Jan 3–0 1–2 4–1 26 Dec 4–0 1–1 0–3 0–1 31 Jan
Southend United 3–0 3–0 24 Feb 1–1 2–0 3 Apr 1–2 20 Jan 3–0 14 Mar 13 Jan 1–1 14 Feb 31 Jan 0–2 11 Apr 30 Dec 2–0 3 Jan 25 Apr 25 Mar 28 Feb 0–0
Sutton United 26 Dec 18 Apr 3–4 1–1 31 Jan 11 Feb 2–1 2–1 2–0 17 Jan 4–2 3–3 7 Mar 28 Mar 2–3 0–0 6 Apr 2–3 21 Mar 21 Feb 20 Jan 1–2 13 Jan
Tamworth 14 Feb 24 Feb 28 Feb 1–3 1–1 25 Apr 14 Mar 1–0 30 Dec 25 Mar 3 Jan 7 Feb 1–1 1–2 1–2 3 Apr 2–1 24 Jan 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 11 Apr
Truro City 2–2 0–1 28 Mar 3–0 20 Jan 28 Feb 18 Apr 0–2 2–1 6 Apr 21 Feb 14 Mar 5–0 0–1 31 Jan 25 Mar 0–1 2–3 17 Jan 2–0 10 Feb 26 Dec 0–2
Wealdstone 6 Apr 1–1 26 Dec 28 Mar 24 Feb 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 28 Feb 31 Jan 1–3 18 Apr 14 Mar 3–2 4–2 21 Jan 2–0 17 Jan 25 Mar 14 Feb
Woking 21 Mar 14 Feb 7 Feb 1–1 2–0 30 Dec 0–2 3 Apr 25 Apr 0–2 5–0 3 Jan 11 Apr 0–0 1–2 25 Feb 1–1 1–1 7 Mar 2–2 1–2 24 Jan 1–1
Yeovil Town 20 Jan 1–0 0–3 2–1 2–1 3 Jan 1–1 30 Dec 11 Apr 0–2 3–4 0–0 21 Mar 14 Feb 7 Mar 25 Apr 0–1 25 Feb 31 Jan 3 Apr 0–2 1–0 1–3
York City 5–1 6 Apr 2–2 26 Dec 21 Mar 24 Jan 5–0 7 Mar 21 Feb 7 Feb 4–0 11 Feb 4–2 4–1 1–3 0–1 17 Jan 2–2 4–0 4–0 4–0 28 Mar 18 Apr
Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2025. Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
  1. ^ The National League awarded Scunthorpe 3 points after the Scunthorpe v Wealdstone match was abandoned in the 82nd minute at 2–1. Goals for and against will not be added to the table.[34]

Season statistics

As of 21 December 2025

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Ollie Pearce York City 19
2 Emmanuel Dieseruvwe Rochdale 12
Regan Linney Carlisle United
Matt Rush Boreham Wood
5 Kain Adom Gateshead 9
Danny Whitehall Scunthorpe United
7 Will Harris FC Halifax Town 8
Josh Hmami FC Halifax Town
Lewis Simper Sutton United

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Regan Linney Carlisle United Braintree Town 5–0 25 August 2025
Will Harris FC Halifax Town Solihull Moors 3–0 22 November 2025
Joey Grey York City Aldershot Town 5–1 29 November 2025
Ollie Pearce Truro City 4–1 20 December 2025

Monthly awards

Each month the Enterprise National League announces their official Player of the Month and Manager of the Month.

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
August Jimmy McNulty Rochdale Emmanuel Dieseruvwe Rochdale [35]
September Luke Garrard Boreham Wood [36]
October Mark Hughes Carlisle United Abdul Abdulmalik Boreham Wood [37]
November Stuart Maynard York City Ollie Pearce York City [38]

National League North

National League North
Season2025–26
2026–27 →

The National League North consists of 24 teams.

Team changes

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the National League North 2025–26 teams in NW England
Team Location Stadium Capacity
AFC Fylde Wesham Mill Farm Sports Village 6,000
AFC Telford United Telford New Bucks Head 6,300
Alfreton Town Alfreton North Street 3,600
Bedford Town Bedford The Eyrie 3,000
Buxton Buxton The Silverlands 5,200
Chester Chester Deva Stadium 6,500
Chorley Chorley Victory Park 4,100
Curzon Ashton Ashton-under-Lyne Tameside Stadium 4,000
Darlington Darlington Blackwell Meadows 3,300
Hereford Hereford Edgar Street 5,250
Kidderminster Harriers Kidderminster Aggborough 6,238
King's Lynn Town King's Lynn The Walks 8,200
Leamington Leamington New Windmill Ground 3,050
Macclesfield Macclesfield Moss Rose 5,300
Marine Crosby Rossett Park 2,200
Merthyr Town Merthyr Tydfil Penydarren Park 4,000
Oxford City Oxford (Marston) Marsh Lane 3,500
Peterborough Sports Peterborough Lincoln Road 2,300
Radcliffe Radcliffe Stainton Park 3,500
Scarborough Athletic Scarborough Scarborough Sports Village 3,251
South Shields South Shields Mariners Park 4,000
Southport Southport Haig Avenue 6,008
Spennymoor Town Spennymoor The Brewery Field 4,300
Worksop Town Worksop Sandy Lane 2,500

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Marine Neil Young[39] Club restructuring 26 April 2025 Pre-season Bobby Grant[40] 10 May 2025
Southport David Morgan End of interim spell Neil Danns[41] 12 May 2025
AFC Fylde David Longwell & Chris Neal 5 May 2025 Craig Mahon[42] 13 June 2025
Kidderminster Harriers Phil Brown[43] Sacked 7 May 2025 Adam Murray[44] 20 May 2025
King's Lynn Town Adam Lakeland[45] 14 May 2025 James Rowe[46] 22 May 2025
South Shields Elliott Dickman[47] Ian Watson[48] 28 May 2025
Curzon Ashton Craig Mahon[49] Signed by AFC Fylde 13 June 2025 Mark Bradshaw[50] 20 June 2025
Macclesfield Robbie Savage[13] Signed by Forest Green Rovers 1 July 2025 John Rooney[51] 1 July 2025
Alfreton Town Billy Heath[52] Resigned 3 September 2025 22nd Jake Buxton 17 October 2025
Peterborough Sports Michael Gash and Luke Steele[53] Sacked 10 September 2025 24th Phil Brown[54] 11 September 2025
King's Lynn Town James Rowe[55] Resigned 24 September 2025 9th Ian Culverhouse[56] 28 October 2025

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 South Shields 22 15 4 3 46 18 +28 49 Promotion to National League
2 AFC Fylde 22 15 2 5 49 26 +23 47 Qualification for the National League North play-off semi-finals
3 Merthyr Town 22 14 1 7 51 38 +13 43
4 Kidderminster Harriers 22 10 7 5 29 27 +2 37 Qualification for the National League North play-off quarter-finals
5 Radcliffe 21 11 3 7 43 29 +14 36
6 Scarborough Athletic 21 10 5 6 32 28 +4 35
7 Darlington 22 9 6 7 43 37 +6 33
8 Spennymoor Town 21 9 6 6 31 30 +1 33
9 Curzon Ashton 22 8 7 7 37 33 +4 31
10 Marine 21 9 4 8 22 28 −6 31
11 Chorley 22 8 6 8 38 33 +5 30
12 Macclesfield 19 8 6 5 27 26 +1 30
13 Chester 21 7 9 5 30 30 0 30
14 AFC Telford United 22 7 8 7 38 33 +5 29
15 King's Lynn Town 22 6 9 7 30 29 +1 27
16 Buxton 21 8 3 10 35 35 0 27
17 Bedford Town 23 6 6 11 34 39 −5 24
18 Southport 22 5 8 9 26 33 −7 23
19 Worksop Town 22 6 5 11 25 38 −13 23
20 Oxford City 23 5 5 13 33 39 −6 20
21 Hereford 19 5 5 9 24 33 −9 20 Relegation to the Northern Premier League/Southern Football League
22 Peterborough Sports 22 6 2 14 25 44 −19 20
23 Alfreton Town 21 4 7 10 17 40 −23 19
24 Leamington 21 3 4 14 15 34 −19 13
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2025. 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

Results

Home \ Away FYL TEL ALF BED BUX CHE CHO CZA DAR HER KID KLT LEA MAC MAR MER OXF PET RAD SCA SSH SPT SPE WRK
AFC Fylde 1–0 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 5–1 1–0 3–2 2–4 2–3
AFC Telford United 1–3 0–1 1–1 2–4 4–0 3–2 4–1 1–1 2–2 3–0 2–1
Alfreton Town 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–1
Bedford Town 3–1 2–2 3–0 2–2 3–4 1–2 1–1 3–4 1–0 1–2 0–3
Buxton 0–2 6–0 1–2 3–2 2–3 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–2
Chester 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–3
Chorley 3–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 4–2 4–0 3–2 0–2 3–3 2–2 0–0
Curzon Ashton 1–3 2–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–3 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–2
Darlington 1–3 2–2 1–1 2–3 3–3 1–1 1–1 5–2 2–0 1–0 5–1
Hereford 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–4 3–3 0–2 1–2 2–1
Kidderminster Harriers 1–0 2–1 2–2 3–1 1–2 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–5 1–0 1–0
King's Lynn Town 1–2 1–1 3–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 4–0 1–3 2–3
Leamington 1–3 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 2–1 1–2
Macclesfield 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–1 0–1 1–3 3–1 1–1 1–0 3–1
Marine 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–4 1–4 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–2
Merthyr Town 6–2 2–1 3–1 0–1 4–1 1–3 0–5 1–3 3–1 2–0 2–0
Oxford City 5–0 1–2 1–2 5–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–5 1–2 1–2 2–0
Peterborough Sports 0–5 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–3 3–0 0–4 0–1
Radcliffe 2–2 3–1 0–0 1–3 2–2 3–1 1–0 2–1 4–1 0–2 2–1
Scarborough Athletic 2–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 0–3 2–0
South Shields 2–2 4–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 3–0 4–0
Southport 2–3 3–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–2 2–3 2–0 0–0 1–1
Spennymoor Town 0–5 2–2 2–0 0–5 2–0 0–0 6–4 1–1 1–0 2–0
Worksop Town 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 0–3 2–0 3–3
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2025. Source: National League North Results Grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

As of 20 December 2025

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Ricardo Rees Merthyr Town 24
2 Tyrone Marsh Bedford Town 17
3 Rio Clegg Radcliffe 14
4 Glen Taylor Spennymoor Town 13
5 Paul Blackett South Shields 12
Danny Ormerod AFC Fylde
Cedwyn Scott South Shields
8 Danny Elliott Macclesfield 11
Luca Thomas AFC Fylde
10 Stephen Walker Scarborough Athletic 10

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Michael Gyasi King's Lynn Town Spennymoor Town 0–5 19 August 2025
Rio Clegg Radcliffe Oxford City 1–5 30 August 2025
Tom Handley Merthyr Town Macclesfield 1–3 2 September 2025
Rio Clegg Radcliffe Merthyr Town 0–5 20 September 2025
Omari Sterling-James Hereford Curzon Ashton 3–3 1 November 2025
Ricardo Rees4 Merthyr Town AFC Telford United 2–4 4 November 2025
Ricardo Rees Alfreton Town 6–2 22 November 2025
DJ Sturridge Oxford City Darlington 5–1 6 December 2025

Monthly awards

Each month the Enterprise National League announces their official Player of the Month and Manager of the Month.

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
August Ian Watson South Shields Michael Gyasi King's Lynn Town [57]
September Rio Clegg Radcliffe [58]
October John McGrath Buxton Nathan Ashmore Bedford Town [59]
November Paul Michael Merthyr Town Ricardo Rees Merthyr Town [60]

National League South

National League South
Season2025–26
2026–27

The National League South also consists of 24 teams.

Team changes

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the National League South 2025–26 teams (Greater London clubs)
Team Location Stadium Capacity
AFC Totton Totton Testwood Stadium 3,000
Bath City Bath (Twerton) Twerton Park 8,840
Chelmsford City Chelmsford Melbourne Stadium 3,502
Chesham United Chesham The Meadow 5,000
Chippenham Town Chippenham Hardenhuish Park 3,000
Dagenham & Redbridge London (Dagenham) Victoria Road 6,078
Dorking Wanderers Dorking Meadowbank Stadium 4,250
Dover Athletic Dover Crabble Athletic Ground 6,500
Eastbourne Borough Eastbourne Priory Lane 4,151
Ebbsfleet United Northfleet Stonebridge Road 4,800
Enfield Town London (Enfield) Queen Elizabeth II Stadium 2,500
Farnborough Farnborough Cherrywood Road 7,000
Hampton & Richmond Borough London (Hampton) Beveree Stadium 3,500
Hemel Hempstead Town Hemel Hempstead Vauxhall Road 3,152
Hornchurch London (Upminster) Hornchurch Stadium 3,500
Horsham Horsham Hop Oast Stadium 3,000
Maidenhead United Maidenhead York Road 4,000
Maidstone United Maidstone Gallagher Stadium 4,200
Salisbury Salisbury Raymond McEnhill Stadium 5,000
Slough Town Slough Arbour Park 2,000
Tonbridge Angels Tonbridge Longmead Stadium 3,000
Torquay United Torquay Plainmoor 6,500
Weston-super-Mare Weston-super-Mare Woodspring Stadium 3,500
Worthing Worthing Woodside Road 4,000

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager(s) Date of appointment
Tonbridge Angels Scott Wagstaff End of interim spell 26 April 2025 Pre-season Craig Nelson[61] 26 April 2025
Chelmsford City Robbie Simpson[62] Resigned 11 January 2025 Angelo Harrop[63] 19 May 2025
Dagenham & Redbridge Lewis Young[64] Sacked 8 May 2025 Lee Bradbury[65] 4 June 2025
Eastbourne Borough Adam Murray[66] Resigned 16 May 2025 Matt Gray[67] 23 May 2025
Tonbridge Angels Craig Nelson[68] Sacked 21 September 2025 15th Alan Dunne[69] 22 September 2025
Weston-super-Mare Scott Bartlett[70] Signed by Eastleigh 24 September 2025 2nd Scott Rogers[71] 10 October 2025
Worthing Chris Agutter[72] Signed by Sutton United 2 October 2025 11th Adam Hinshelwood[73] 9 October 2025
Eastbourne Borough Matt Gray[74] Sacked 7 October 2025 22nd Tommy Widdrington[75] 16 October 2025
Hampton & Richmond Alan Julian[76] Mutual Consent 1 December 2025 22nd Alan Dowson[77] 8 December 2025
Maidenhead United Alan Devonshire Resigned 30 November 2025 13th Ryan Peters (Interim) 30 November 2025

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Hornchurch 22 12 7 3 39 28 +11 43 Promotion to National League
2 Worthing 21 13 3 5 49 21 +28 42 Qualification for the National League South play-off semi-finals
3 Weston-super-Mare 21 13 3 5 33 20 +13 42
4 Dorking Wanderers 22 12 4 6 37 28 +9 40 Qualification for the National League South play-off quarter-finals
5 Torquay United 22 12 3 7 43 26 +17 39
6 Horsham 23 10 8 5 31 22 +9 38
7 Hemel Hempstead Town 21 10 6 5 24 21 +3 36
8 Maidenhead United 22 10 4 8 32 18 +14 34
9 Maidstone United 22 9 6 7 28 22 +6 33
10 Ebbsfleet United 21 9 5 7 24 21 +3 32
11 AFC Totton 22 10 2 10 29 37 −8 32
12 Dover Athletic 22 8 7 7 35 33 +2 31
13 Dagenham & Redbridge 22 7 9 6 28 27 +1 30
14 Chesham United 22 8 6 8 25 24 +1 30
15 Chelmsford City 21 9 3 9 23 26 −3 30
16 Tonbridge Angels 22 6 8 8 28 33 −5 26
17 Bath City 22 6 7 9 23 28 −5 25
18 Farnborough 23 6 6 11 30 43 −13 24
19 Salisbury 23 6 6 11 17 31 −14 24
20 Hampton & Richmond Borough 22 5 6 11 24 38 −14 21
21 Enfield Town 21 5 5 11 25 32 −7 20 Relegation to the Isthmian League/Southern Football League
22 Slough Town 21 5 4 12 26 41 −15 19
23 Eastbourne Borough 22 4 6 12 28 40 −12 18
24 Chippenham Town 22 2 6 14 18 39 −21 12
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2025. 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

Results

Home \ Away TOT BAT CHL CHS CHI D&R DOR DOV EAB EBB ENF FAR HRB HHT HNC HRM MHD MST SAL SLO TON TRQ WSM WOR
AFC Totton 2–1 1–1 0–5 2–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 3–1
Bath City 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–4 2–0 1–1
Chelmsford City 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–5 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–2
Chesham United 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 4–1 3–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–2
Chippenham Town 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–3 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–0
Dagenham & Redbridge 3–1 0–2 3–2 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–5
Dorking Wanderers 2–1 0–0 4–2 2–1 0–3 1–0 3–1 2–0 4–1 3–1 3–2
Dover Athletic 2–3 0–1 2–2 2–2 2–5 4–1 3–3 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–0
Eastbourne Borough 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–2 0–1 6–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–2
Ebbsfleet United 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–2
Enfield Town 0–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 5–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–1
Farnborough 4–2 2–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–3 1–3 1–0
Hampton & Richmond Borough 2–0 1–2 2–1 3–2 1–2 1–3 0–0 0–0 2–3 0–3 2–2 0–1
Hemel Hempstead Town 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–4 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–0
Hornchurch 1–1 3–2 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 3–2
Horsham 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–4
Maidenhead United 2–1 1–2 3–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–0
Maidstone United 2–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 0–3 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–1
Salisbury 0–1 3–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 3–3 0–6 2–1 1–3 0–1
Slough Town 3–2 2–3 3–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–5 1–4 1–2
Tonbridge Angels 2–4 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–2 3–3 1–3 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0
Torquay United 3–1 3–0 0–0 3–2 7–0 1–0 3–1 1–2 4–2 1–2 3–2
Weston-super-Mare 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 5–1
Worthing 4–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 5–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 3–3 2–0 0–1
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2025. Source: National League South Results Grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

As of 20 December 2025

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Brad Dolaghan Worthing 16
2 Pemi Aderoju Eastbourne Borough 13
Louis Britton Weston-super-Mare
4 Jordan Young Torquay United 12
5 Louis Dennis Torquay United 11
6 Angelo Balanta Hornchurch 9
Dominic Poleon Farnborough
8 Rakish Bingham Farnborough 8
Tony Lee AFC Totton
Millar Matthews-Lewis Hemel Hempstead Town

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Brad Dolaghan Worthing AFC Totton 4–1 11 November 2025
Louis Dennis Torquay United Eastbourne Borough 7–0 22 November 2025
Lamar Reynolds Enfield Town Farnborough 5–1
Pemi Aderoju4 Eastbourne Borough Hampton & Richmond Borough 6–0 29 November 2025
Andy Carroll Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. AFC Totton 0–5
Charlie Carter Dorking Wanderers Eastbourne Borough 4–2 6 December 2025

Monthly awards

Each month the Enterprise National League announces their official Player of the Month and Manager of the Month.

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
August Daryl McMahon Hornchurch Louis Britton Weston-super-Mare [78]
September Scott Bartlett Weston-super-Mare Max Harris [79]
October Dominic Di Paola Horsham John Gilbert Maidstone United [80]
November Adam Hinshelwood Worthing Brad Dolaghan Worthing [81]

See also

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