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2021/22
 

Leading League goalscorer:
 Paul Mullin
(Wrexham)
 26 goals

Tickets were just £5 for adults and £1 for kids at the Notts County v Solihull Moors match in November 2021...and as a result a record National League crowd turned up at Meadow Lane. The 12,843 attendance topped the previous record of 11,085 set by Bristol Rovers in 2015.

Boreham Wood were the most successful non-leaguers in the FA Cup reaching the 5th Round. A 2-0 home Third Round victory over League 1 side AFC Wimbledon was followed in the Fourth Round with a 1-0 win at Bournemouth - Bournemouth were to win a place in the Premier League at the seasons end. The 5th Round saw them lose 2-0 at Everton in front of a 38,836 sell-out Goodison crowd.

Dropping a division National League North side Kidderminster Harriers also had a memorable season. They missed out on promotion having been beaten in the play-offs but beat Championship side Reading on their way to the Fourth Round of the FA Cup. In the Fourth Round they were at home to West Ham United and took the lead against the Premier League side in the 19th minute. They were seconds away from winning the match - then West Ham equalised in added time. Extra time followed with the Londoners getting the winner in the 121st minute. A match I'm sure none of the 5, 327 present at Aggborough will forget in a hurry!
FA Cup results 2021/22

  P W D L F A Pts
    1 Stockport County 44 30 4 10 87 38 94 Promoted
    2 Wrexham 44 26 10 8 91 46 88 Play Off
    3 Solihull Moors 44 25 12 7 83 45 87 Play Off
    4 FC Halifax Town 44 25 9 10 62 35 84 Play Off
    5 Notts County 44 24 10 10 81 52 82 Play Off
    6 Grimsby Town 44 23 8 13 68 46 77

Promoted
    7 Chesterfield 44 20 14 10 69 51 74 Play Off
    8 Dagenham & Redbridge 44 22 7 15 80 53 73
    9 Boreham Wood 44 18 13 13 49 40 67
    10 Bromley 44 18 13 13 61 53 67

    11 Torquay United 44 18 12 14 66 54 66
    12 Yeovil Town 44 15 14 15 43 46 59
    13 Southend United 44 16 10 18 45 61 58

    14 Altrincham 44 15 10 19 62 69 55
    15 Woking 44 16 5 23 59 61 53
    16 Wealdstone 44 14 11 19 51 65 53
    17 Maidenhead United 44 13 12 19 48 67 51
    18 Barnet 44 13 11 20 59 89 50
    19 Eastleigh 44 12 10 22 52 74 46
    20 Aldershot Town 44 11 10 23 46 73 43
    21 King's Lynn Town 44 8 10 26 47 79 34 Relegated
    22 Weymouth 44 6 10 28 40 88 28 Relegated
    23 Dover Athletic 44 2 7 35 37 101 1 * Relegated
   
   

Promoted Promoted Relegated
Champions Stockport County were promoted back to the Football League as were Grimsby Town who won the play-offs. Relegated from the Football League to the National League were Oldham Athletic and Scunthorpe United.

King's Lynn were relegated to the National League North and Dover and Weymouth to the National League South. Promoted to the National League were Gateshead and York from the North and Maidstone United and Dorking Wanderers from the South. This extra promoted club brought the National League membership back up to its full compliment of 24.

* Dover started the season with a 12 point deduction after not completing their league fixtures in 2020/21. They completed their fixtures in 2021/22 but picked up just 13 league giving them just a single point for the whole season! 2020/21 National League
   
Play Off Qualifiers Play Off
Mon May 23 Notts County 1 - 2 Grimsby Town
Tue May 24 FC Halifax Town 1 - 2 Chesterfield
Play Off Semi Finals
Sat May 28 Wrexham 4 - 5 Grimsby Town
Sun May 29 Solihull Moors 3 - 1 Chesterfield
Play Off Final (at the London Stadium, West Ham United FC)
Sun Jun 5 Grimsby Town 2 - 1 Solihull Moors
Grimsby were promoted to the Football League.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

 

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