The allocations for Steps 5 and 6 for season 2020–21 were announced by the FA on 21 July,[1] and were subject to appeal.
On account of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in England, the season was curtailed on 27 February along with all other leagues from Steps 3–6.
[2] The scheduled restructuring of non-League football took place at the end of the season, with new divisions added to the Combined Counties and the United Counties Leagues at Step 5 for 2021–22, along with an additional division in the Northern Premier League at Step 4.
[3] As a result, three SCEL clubs were moved to the new Combined Counties Premier Division South.
The Premier Division comprised 21 teams, two more than the number which were still playing at the time of the abandonment of the previous season's competition: