The allocations for Steps 5 and 6 for season 2020–21 were announced by The Football Association on 21 July,[1] and were subject to appeal.
The 2020–21 season started in September and was suspended in December a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in England.
[2] The scheduled restructure of non-League took place at the end of the season, with new divisions added to the Combined Counties and United Counties Leagues at Step 5 for 2021-22, along with new a division in the Northern Premier League at step 4.
[3] Promotions from Steps 5 to 4 and 6 to 5 were based on points per game across all matches over the two cancelled seasons (2019-20 and 2020-21), while teams were promoted to Step 6 on the basis of a subjective application process.
Division Three featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 1 new club: Also, Coventry Plumbing changed name to Kenilworth Sporting.