This season saw the expansion of North and South divisions to 24 teams each, a planned increase which was originally scheduled in 2019 to occur ahead of the 2021–22 season.
[1] However, after the curtailment and voidance of the 2020–21 season for both North and South, promotion and relegation were postponed.
Oldham Athletic is the first former Premier League club to be relegated to the National League, and their matches against Notts County will be the third fixture to be played in all five top tiers of English football.
The National League North consisted of 24 teams for the first time.
National League South Team of the Season