2019-20 Confirmed National League Playoff Dates
July 5. 2020
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The National League have announced the dates for the delayed 2019-20 playoffs (source).
The playoffs are still to be ratified by the FA Council and no date is known as to when this will take place
All clubs that have finished in the playoffs across all 3 National Leagues have confirmed their commitment to take place. Clubs have begun the required testing and have started to resume training under the government guidelines.
With only two weeks until the playoffs are due to take place it must be of worry that they still have not been ratified.
As it stands only the National League playoff games have been confirmed as being televised by BT Sport, and the premier league have committed £200K to enable the national league to conclude the 2019-20 season (source)
The dates are as follows
National League
National League North
National League South
The National League final will be held at Wembley Stadium on Sunday August 2nd 2020 with the winning club promoted to the EFL.
The promotion finals for the National League North and South matches being held at the stadium of the highest ranked side in each fixture. The winning clubs will be promoted into the National League with as it stands Ebbsfleet and AFC Fylde being relegated.
The promotions and relegations are still subject to necessary approvals.
The EFL are in the process of appealing the sanctions imposed on Macclesfield Town (source) and if successful could mean a reprieve from Stevenage if a further points deduction is applied to Macclesfield
There is also the necessary assurances that the National League are required with respect to guarantees of the club being relegated having a League Season. At the moment it is still unclear as to when the National League Structure will restart for season 2020-21 though the same is true of the EFL season 2020-21. It seems that there may be a possibility of restart in the 2nd week of September though that has come from a comment made by Alan Dowson manager of Woking through a weekly update he has provided on their club site
The playoffs are still to be ratified by the FA Council and no date is known as to when this will take place
All clubs that have finished in the playoffs across all 3 National Leagues have confirmed their commitment to take place. Clubs have begun the required testing and have started to resume training under the government guidelines.
With only two weeks until the playoffs are due to take place it must be of worry that they still have not been ratified.
As it stands only the National League playoff games have been confirmed as being televised by BT Sport, and the premier league have committed £200K to enable the national league to conclude the 2019-20 season (source)
The dates are as follows
National League
National League North
National League South
The National League final will be held at Wembley Stadium on Sunday August 2nd 2020 with the winning club promoted to the EFL.
The promotion finals for the National League North and South matches being held at the stadium of the highest ranked side in each fixture. The winning clubs will be promoted into the National League with as it stands Ebbsfleet and AFC Fylde being relegated.
The promotions and relegations are still subject to necessary approvals.
The EFL are in the process of appealing the sanctions imposed on Macclesfield Town (source) and if successful could mean a reprieve from Stevenage if a further points deduction is applied to Macclesfield
There is also the necessary assurances that the National League are required with respect to guarantees of the club being relegated having a League Season. At the moment it is still unclear as to when the National League Structure will restart for season 2020-21 though the same is true of the EFL season 2020-21. It seems that there may be a possibility of restart in the 2nd week of September though that has come from a comment made by Alan Dowson manager of Woking through a weekly update he has provided on their club site