National League 2020/21 Club-by-Club Review
The National League 2020/21. What a season! It started in controversial fashion. It almost never started at all. Clubs refused to play without guarantee of income. Macclesfield Town were expunged. When the season did get underway in early October, only 10 fixtures were played with one being called off due to bad weather. Pre-season favourites Stockport County and Notts County lost. The carnage began early and never let up. There were COVID disruptions left, right and centre. Issues over government funding amid no income and no fans. Teams battled on, unsure of whether they could continue. Fans briefly returned at Christmas then were not seen again until May. Relegation was a genuine possibility and then it wasn’t when National League North and South clubs decided to null and void their season. Then relegation was a possibility again. Then it wasn’t. There were a lot of games to be crammed into the final months. Players battled on at both ends of the table, sides near t