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.
The 2020–21 season started in September and was suspended in December a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in England.
[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.
[3] The Premier Division comprised the same set of 21 teams which competed in the aborted competition the previous season.
Division One comprised 17 teams, two less than the previous season, after FC Broxbourne Borough resigned from the league and Brimsdown were relocated to the Eastern Counties League.