2020-21 PREMIER LEAGUE
• CLUB-BY-CLUB REVIEW •
• CLUB-BY-CLUB REVIEW •
(1) MANCHESTER CITY
[W27 D5 L6 F83 A32 Pts 86] • UCL R/U • FAC SF • LC Winners • Top scorer Gundogan (17)
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• Manchester City won their third Premier League title in four years - and a fourth League Cup in a row - but missed out on the big one again. In fairness, Pep Guardiola's men have never been closer, reaching the European Cup Final for the first time but they were disappointing on the big stage against Chelsea. As such, a season which included a remarkable 21 consecutive victories in all competitions between December and March has been somewhat overshadowed by their failure in Porto. It is certainly not the note on which Sergio Aguero wanted to end his time at the Etihad - although the Argentine did come off the bench to find the net twice late on in the 5-0 final day thrashing of Everton to finish fourth on the Premier League all-time list on 184 goals, behind Alan Shearer (260), Wayne Rooney (208) and Andy Cole (187).
(2) MANCHESTER UNITED
[W21 D11 L6 F73 A44 Pts 74] • UCL GS • UEL R/U • FAC QF • LC SF • Top scorer Fernandes (28)
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• Ole Gunnar Solksjaer described his second full season at Old Trafford as "not a successful one" as an 11-10 defeat on penalties against Villarreal in the Europa Cup Final left Manchester United without silverware for a fourth successive term. Indeed, it is now eight years since the Red Devils last won the Premier League in the final days of Sir Alex Ferguson's reign - and, while Solksjaer's charges improved both their league placing and points total compared to 2019-20, they did not really come close to mounting a genuine title challenge. Some better results were regularly undermined by the all-too-regular slip-ups against Crystal Palace, Sheffield United and others - and the protests against the Glazer family, which followed the collapse of the European Super League and caused the postponement of the match against Liverpool, confirmed patience is no longer the watchword at Old Trafford.
(3) LIVERPOOL
[W20 D9 L9 F68 A42 Pts 69] • UCL QF • FAC 4R • LC 4R • Top scorer Salah (31)
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• Liverpool won their last five Premier League matches - and went unbeaten in their last 10 - to salvage a train wreck of a campaign which suffered regular derailments. The nadir perhaps was a first league defeat at Anfield in three-and-a-half years - 1-0 to Burnley on 21 January - which prompted an unwanted club record sequence of six home league defeats in a row. For sure, the Reds' home form problems can be attributed to the lack of fans - and the short turnaround after 2019-20 appeared to cause more injury problems than usual. But neither of those difficulties were unique to Liverpool - and, while the long-term absence of Virgil Van Dijk left a rather obvious hole in the defence, Jurgen Klopp would do well to reflect instead on why his attacking players, bar the unrelentingly consistent Mo Salah, drastically underperformed.
(4) CHELSEA
[W19 D10 L9 F58 A36 Pts 67] • UCL Winners • FAC R/U • LC 4R • Top scorer Abraham, Werner (12)
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• Twice champions of Europe - the Chelsea hard-core who travelled in the 1980s in the pouring rain for a Second Division match must be pinching themselves. The Blues are a different club nowadays with much greater expectations, so much so that even Stamford Bridge legend Frank Lampard paid with his job for a series of shambolic defensive performances. In came Thomas Tuchel from Paris Saint-Germain - and the German immediately tightened up the Blues' backline to secure a place in the top four despite a defeat on the final day against Aston Villa. Perhaps Chelsea were merely saving themselves for the Champions League Final in which defensive midfielder N'Golo Kante stole the show as part of a perfect demonstration of Tuchel's tactical nous.
[W19 D10 L9 F58 A36 Pts 67] • UCL Winners • FAC R/U • LC 4R • Top scorer Abraham, Werner (12)
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• Twice champions of Europe - the Chelsea hard-core who travelled in the 1980s in the pouring rain for a Second Division match must be pinching themselves. The Blues are a different club nowadays with much greater expectations, so much so that even Stamford Bridge legend Frank Lampard paid with his job for a series of shambolic defensive performances. In came Thomas Tuchel from Paris Saint-Germain - and the German immediately tightened up the Blues' backline to secure a place in the top four despite a defeat on the final day against Aston Villa. Perhaps Chelsea were merely saving themselves for the Champions League Final in which defensive midfielder N'Golo Kante stole the show as part of a perfect demonstration of Tuchel's tactical nous.
(5) LEICESTER CITY
[W20 D6 L12 F68 A50 Pts 66] • UEL Last 32 • FAC Winners • LC 3R • Top scorer Iheanacho (19)
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• Leicester City finally added the FA Cup to their silverware collection with a 1-0 win against Chelsea in the Final, following four previous defeats in the Wembley showpiece in 1949, 1961, 1963 and 1969. It was undoubtedly the least which the Foxes deserved after an almost carbon copy of a league season - just like in 2019-20, Brendan Rodgers's men spent a long spell in the top four, only to miss out after costly defeats in the closing week of the season to Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur. By then, though, Youri Tielemans was already the toast of Leicester following his long-range embley winner against the Blues - enabling likes of Jamie Vardy, Wes Morgan and Kasper Schmeichel to add yet another winners' medal to their career collection.
[W20 D6 L12 F68 A50 Pts 66] • UEL Last 32 • FAC Winners • LC 3R • Top scorer Iheanacho (19)
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• Leicester City finally added the FA Cup to their silverware collection with a 1-0 win against Chelsea in the Final, following four previous defeats in the Wembley showpiece in 1949, 1961, 1963 and 1969. It was undoubtedly the least which the Foxes deserved after an almost carbon copy of a league season - just like in 2019-20, Brendan Rodgers's men spent a long spell in the top four, only to miss out after costly defeats in the closing week of the season to Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur. By then, though, Youri Tielemans was already the toast of Leicester following his long-range embley winner against the Blues - enabling likes of Jamie Vardy, Wes Morgan and Kasper Schmeichel to add yet another winners' medal to their career collection.
(6) WEST HAM UNITED
[W19 D8 L11 F62 A47 Pts 65] • FAC 5R • LC 4R • Top scorer Antonio, Soucek (10)
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• West Ham United fans would have bitten an arm off, and maybe a leg too, if a place in the top six had been offered to them at the start of this campaign - and yet there might be a slight tinge of regret that only a few late defeats prevented the Hammers from pushing a little harder for the top four place. Nevertheless, after a sluggish struggle to 16th in the second half of the 2019-20 campaign under David Moyes, this season was something of a revelation with Moyes - in his second spell at the club - rehabilitating his reputation following a few career missteps by overseeing a series of tight tactical wins. The arrival of Jesse Lingard on loan from Manchester United also deserves a mention - the 28-year-old scored nine times after January to keep the bubbles at the London Stadium flying high with European qualification in East London secured for the first time since 2016-17.
(7) TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
[W18 D8 L12 F68 A45 Pts 62] • UEL Last 16 • FAC 5R • LC R/U • Top scorer Kane (33)
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• Tottenham Hotspur took too late to act after it became abundantly clear that Jose Mourinho was not working out. The Portuguese manager was eventually sacked by Spurs on 19 April, a week ahead of their League Cup Final defeat to Manchester City. The dismissal also came just a day after Spurs caused much mirth among rival fans by attempting to tag onto the coat-tails of the failed European Super League despite having last won top division in England in 1961. With the return of loanee Gareth Bale to Real Madrid and the likely departure of Harry Kane to a club which actually wins things, the amusement at Tottenham's expense may continue for some time yet, even if things across North London are going no better.
(8) ARSENAL
[W18 D7 L13 F55 A39 Pts 61] • UEL SF • FAC 4R • LC QF • Top scorer Lacazette (17)
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• Arsenal finished eighth for the second time in a row but this time - without cup success - it is a position which means the Gunners will be without European football next season for the first time in 25 years. Indeed, it would be difficult to make a particularly strong argument at the moment in favour of current manager Mikel Arteta over his predecessor Unai Emery, especially with the latter ending any hope of Arsenal rescuing their season when he led Villarreal to victory in the Europa League semi finals on the way to lifting the trophy. Domestically, Tottenham Hotspur have finished above Arsenal for the last five seasons in a row now - and, at the time of their audacious attempt to join the European Super League, the Gunners were ninth. Only their customary late-season form - five wins out of five to close the campaign - prevented the very realistic chance of a finish in the bottom half of the table coming to pass.
(9) LEEDS UNITED
[W18 D5 L15 F62 A54 Pts 59] • FAC 3R • LC 2R • Top scorer Bamford (17)
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• Leeds United lived up to their promise and brought a breath of fresh air to the Premier League with a relentless attacking approach which got results - at least at first. A difficult run came in the New Year in which the Whites won two and lost six of eight league games between February and mid-March - and season-long defensive naivety from set-pieces threatened to drag the Yorkshire club towards the fringes of the relegation battle. Unexpectedly, though sensibly, manager Marco Bielsa became a little more pragmatic and his team were able to learn the value of taking a point in home draws against Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United. Still, though, Leeds were at their best when they attacked - and Bielsa's men finished with a flourish, taking 12 points out of 12 and scoring 12 goals in their last four fixtures.
(10) EVERTON
[W17 D8 L13 F47 A48 Pts 59] • FAC QF • LC QF • Top scorer Calvert-Lewin (21)
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• Everton made a blistering start, winning their first four league games of a season for the first time since 1969-70- but, despite an ultra-rare win against Liverpool at Anfield in February and regular goals from Dominic Calvert-Lewin across the campaign, they subsequently blew several promising opportunities to break into the top six. Conversely, dreadful home form meant the Toffees drifted disappointingly down to 10th with just one win and one goal in their last four, including a defeat at Goodison Park to Sheffield United and a 5-0 battering at Manchester City on the final day. Finishing positions of 12th and 10th at Everton are the only occasions in his 26-year managerial history that Carlo Ancelotti had completed a campaign outside of the top six places of his domestic league - and the Italian has already made off elsewhere to take on Real Madrid for a second time. Not for the first time in recent years, the blue half of Merseyside has been left in limbo pondering exactly what comes next.
(11) ASTON VILLA
[W16 D7 L15 F55 A46 Pts 55] • FAC 3R • LC 4R • Top scorer Watkins (16)
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• For much of the season, it looked as if Aston Villa were going to finish in the top half, although 11th place still represents an excellent improvement for the Villa on their last-gasp survival in 2019-20. In fairness, Dean Smith's men were in no danger of falling any lower than their final position as they ended 10 points clear of the next team down, Newcastle United - and, just like the other teams ensconced in mid-table, had a regular source of goals. In Villa's case, that was Ollie Watkins, signed last summer from Brentford - but, more than anything, the Second City club were once again indebted to the creativity of the outstanding Jack Grealish, and they missed him dearly for a few weeks in the run-in when he sustained a shin injury.
(12) NEWCASTLE UNITED
[W12 D9 L17 F46 A62 Pts 45] • FAC 3R • LC QF • Top scorer Wilson (12)
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• Typically tumultuous, another season for Newcastle United - still trapped by the apparently reluctant ownership of Mike Ashley - will be, nevertheless, recorded in the history books as having passed largely without incident. The living reality of the campaign was rather different, especially when - despite a solid start of 17 points from the first 11 matches - Steve Bruce's men then produced a desperate sequence of just two draws from nine league games and also lost in both domestic cups between mid-December and the end of January. Another winless run between February and March actually resulted, very briefly, in the Magpies being dumped in the bottom three when Fulham took the lead against Aston Villa on 4 April, before going onto lose. However, the return from injury of the extremely talented Allan Saint-Maximin and the arrival of prolific Arsenal loanee Joe Willock led to a pretty strong late-season recovery - and Willock, in fact, equalled the club record held by Alan Shearer of seven consecutive Premier League scoring appearances when he netted on the final day against Fulham. It now seems inevitable, though, that Ashley will refuse to meet the Gunners' asking price for a player who quite clearly enjoyed his time on Tyneside.
(13) WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
[W12 D9 L17 F36 A52 Pts 45] • FAC 5R • LC 2R • Top scorer Neto, Neves (5)
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• A difficult campaign at Molineux ended on a rather sad note as Portuguese manager Nuno Espirito Santo parted ways with the West Midlands club despite a largely successful reign during which Wolverhampton Wanderers had previously recorded back-to-back seventh place finishes. Another relatively decent start promised a tilt again at the European places but a devastating skull fracture injury to main striker Raul Jiminez in the win against Arsenal on 29 November unsurprisingly had a significant effect. Wolves, consequently, scored a total of just 36 league goals in their 38 matches - but, by the end of the campaign, it was not just the attack which was struggling with some soft goals given away. Perhaps that was enough to convince Nuno that he had indeed taken Wolves as far as he could - and he now looks likely to be replaced by compatriot Bruno Lage.
(14) CRYSTAL PALACE
[W12 D8 L18 F41 A66 Pts 44] • FAC 3R • LC 2R • Top scorer Zaha (11)
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• Crystal Palace waved a fond farewell to Roy Hodgson after the former England manager comfortably kept his boyhood club in the Premier League for an eighth consecutive season - but most Eagles fans will agree that it was time for the 73-year-old to step aside. Of course, Palace fans - like those of most midtable teams - harbour no great ambitions beyond a respectable league position and the occasional cup run. However, this season made for a tough watch at times, and the Eagles' record without their talisman Wilfried Zaha was execrable. Palace were in a similar position to now in 2016-17 when they appointed Frank de Boer for his ill-fated, short-lived tenure which lasted just four games. Whoever arrives next at Selhurst Park, though, simply must look to increase the team's scoring options beyond their tireless 28-year-old winger.
(15) SOUTHAMPTON
[W12 D7 L19 F47 A68 Pts 43] • FAC SF • LC 2R • Top scorer Ings (13)
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• So, it happened again - remarkably, after briefly leading the Premier League in early November, Southampton repeated their 9-0 defeat to Leicester City in 2019-20 with another 9-0 defeat this season to Manchester United at Old Trafford on 2 February. Manager Ralph Hasenhüttl again retained his position as Saints manager - but, this time, it somehow feels different. In 2019-20, the Austrian led a recovery which took Southampton to an extremely creditable finishing position of 11th - but, despite doing enough to secure safety again in 2020-21, there were several other heavy defeats and 68 goals conceded overall, more than any other team except West Bromwich Albion. Certainly, the likes of Danny Ings, James Ward-Prowse and Che Adams will feel as if they can only swim against the tide for so long if the Saints carry on as they are.
• So, it happened again - remarkably, after briefly leading the Premier League in early November, Southampton repeated their 9-0 defeat to Leicester City in 2019-20 with another 9-0 defeat this season to Manchester United at Old Trafford on 2 February. Manager Ralph Hasenhüttl again retained his position as Saints manager - but, this time, it somehow feels different. In 2019-20, the Austrian led a recovery which took Southampton to an extremely creditable finishing position of 11th - but, despite doing enough to secure safety again in 2020-21, there were several other heavy defeats and 68 goals conceded overall, more than any other team except West Bromwich Albion. Certainly, the likes of Danny Ings, James Ward-Prowse and Che Adams will feel as if they can only swim against the tide for so long if the Saints carry on as they are.
(16) BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION
[W9 D14 L15 F40 A46 Pts 41] • FAC 5R • LC 4R • Top scorer Maupay (8)
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• According to the xG geeks, Brighton and Hove Albion should have apparently finished fifth in the Premier League - thankfully for now at least, though, football is still played by human beings and not robots. Brighton, in fact, finished in 16th position with nine wins, 14 draws and 15 defeats - identical to their record in 2019-20, though with one more goal scored and eight fewer conceded. The draw specialists of the division can be considered therefore to be making progress - but it is coming at a glacial rate. Certainly, the main improvements must still come in front of goal with the match against West Bromwich Albion on 27 February exposing the Seagulls' failings in this area when both Pascal Gross and Danny Welbeck missed penalties - and they lost 1-0. In fairness, Graham Potter's men kept their nerve - and wins from March onwards against Southampton, Newcastle United, Leeds United, and - wonderfully - in front of fans at home against Manchester City, has set up an impressive fifth successive season in the top flight for the Sussex club.
(17) BURNLEY
[W10 D9 L19 F33 A55 Pts 39] • FAC 5R • LC 4R • Top scorer Wood (12)
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• For the first time in their latest stint in the top flight, Burnley failed to make it to 40 points, not that it was ever going to take as many as that for survival this season. Far more lamentable, though, was their goal record with the Clarets hitting the net just 33 times in the 38 league games - while, even by 2020-21 standards, Turf Moor was far from a happy place this year without its fans. Five draws and six defeats in their last 11 home league and cup matches meant Burnley's last win on their own patch came on 27 January against Aston Villa - although, on the road, they managed to win at Anfield for the first time since 1974, and became the first league team to win away there in 69 games. Overall, though, this was a campaign to forget for manager Sean Dyche who cut a frustrated figure right up until the final day when his team lost to already-relegated Sheffield United.
(18) FULHAM
[W5 D13 L20 F27 A53 Pts 28] • FAC 4R • LC 4R • Top scorer Decordova-Reid (7)
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• Yo-yo club Fulham came closest to surviving out of the bottom three - and yet still finished on just 28 points, fully 11 points short of Brighton and Hove Albion in 17th. For sure, this was, collectively, the worst bottom three of the Premier League era with the Cottagers paying for a lack of goals and a leaky start in defence which suggested the Londoners were badly out of their depth. True, Scott Parker tightened up the defensive unit but the lack of killer instinct remained and - while Fulham lost only four times between the start of December and the end of February, they also won only twice in that period and drew 10. Nevertheless, a 1-0 win over Liverpool on 7 March reignited hopes of reeling in the pack above - but any chance of a recovery was quickly drowned when Parker's side took just two measly points out of the last 30 available. Still, as long as he looks smart in a Burton menswear suit.
(19) WEST BROMWICH ALBION
[W5 D11 L22 F35 A76 Pts 26] • FAC 3R • LC 3R • Top scorer Pereira (12)
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• West Bromwich Albion extended their own yo-yo existence, losing their place in the Premier League for a fifth time, a joint-record with the now-returning Norwich City. At the same time, Fat Sam Allardyce relinquished his record of never having been relegated from the Premier League - although he did not have a completely clean sheet having dropped from the third tier with Notts County in 1998 - and he should have done better this time. Allardyce arrived at the Hawthorns with West Brom only three points from safety despite them having only won one in their first 13 games - but, rather than improving the Baggies, they suffered four consecutive home defeats by a horrendous 17-0 aggregate, and ended up finishing 13 points adrift of 17th. There were a couple of decent back-to-back three-goal wins in April, remarkably against Chelsea under Thomas Tuchel, as well as Southampton, but even they could not prevent Albion from holding a shockingly bad goal difference of -41.
(20) SHEFFIELD UNITED
[W7 D2 L29 F20 A63 Pts 23] • FAC QF • LC 2R • Top scorer McGoldrick (9)
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• Sheffield United suffered a terrible dose of second season syndrome as they followed up their highly creditable ninth place in 2019-20 by finishing rock-bottom this time around. A terrible start brought a horrendous record-breaking winless run as the Blades drew just two of their opening 17 matches - and failed to take all three points from a game until 12 January when they beat Newcastle United. That long-awaited success came by a single goal, just like the outcome of 17 of their 29 defeats - but, conversely, nine of their 14 wins in 2019-20 had also been by only one goal. The Blades had lived on a knife-edge in their two-year tilt at the top flight - and, having latterly parted ways with boyhood fan Chris Wilder, amid some acrimony, during this dreadful campaign, it is difficult to envisage too quick of a recovery.
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WINNERS AND LOSERS
ENGLAND
Premier LeagueENGLAND
| Champions | Manchester City |
| Runners-up | Manchester United |
| Champions League | Liverpool (third place), Chelsea (fourth place) |
| Europa League | Leicester City (FA Cup winners, fifth place), West Ham United (sixth place) |
| Europa Conference | Tottenham Hotspur (seventh place) |
| Relegation | Fulham, West Bromwich Albion, Sheffield United |
Championship
| Champions | Norwich City |
| Runners-up | Watford |
| Playoff winners | Brentford (won 2-0 v Swansea City) |
| Relegation | Wycombe Wanderers, Rotherham United, Sheffield Wednesday* |
League One
| Champions | Hull City |
| Runners-up | Peterborough United |
| Playoff winners | Blackpool (won 2-1 v Lincoln City) |
| Relegation | Rochdale, Northampton Town, Swindon Town, Bristol Rovers |
League Two
| Champions | Cheltenham Town |
| Runners-up | Cambridge United |
| Also promoted | Bolton Wanderers |
| Playoff winners | Morecambe (won 1-0 aet v Newport County) |
| Relegation | Southend United, Grimsby Town |
National League Premier
| Champions | Sutton United |
| Playoff winners | Hartlepool United 1-1 aet Torquay United. Hartlepool United won 5-4 on penalties. |
| Relegation | [see NOTE] |
| Results expunged | Dover Athletic* |
| Expelled | Macclesfield Town** |
** Macclesfield Town were deducted 17 points for entering into administration in 2019-20, and then were expelled from the league on 29 September 2020 at which point, the club had played no matches.
Domestic Cup Finals
| FA Cup Final | Leicester City 1-0 Chelsea |
| League Cup Final | Manchester City 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur |
| FA Community Shield | Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool. Arsenal won 5-4 on penalties. |
| EFL Trophy 2020 EFL Trophy 2021 | Salford City 0-0 aet Portsmouth. Salford City won 4-2 on penalties. [see NOTE] Sunderland 1-0 Tranmere Rovers |
| FA Trophy 2020 FA Trophy 2021 | Harrogate Town 1-0 Concord Rangers [see NOTE] Hornchurch 3-1 Hereford |
| FA Vase 2020 FA Vase 2021 | Hebburn Town 3-2 Consett [see NOTE] Warrington Rylands 3-2 Binfield |
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SCOTLAND
| Champions | Rangers |
| Runners-up | Celtic |
| Europa League | St Johnstone (FA Cup winners), Hibernian (third place), Aberdeen (fourth place) |
| Relegation | Kilmarnock, Hamilton Academical |
Championship
| Champions | Heart of Midlothian |
| Runners-up | Dundee |
| Relegation | Alloa Athletic |
League One [see NOTE]
| Champions | Partick Thistle |
| Runners-up | Airdrieonians (not promoted) |
| Relegation | Forfar Athletic |
League Two [see NOTE]
| Champions | Queens Park |
| Runners-up | Edinburgh City (not promoted) |
| Relegation | Brechin City |
Domestic Cup Finals
| FA Cup Final 2020 FA Cup Final 2021 | Celtic 3-3 aet Heart of Midlothian. Celtic won 4-3 on penalties [see NOTE] St Johnstone 1-0 Hibernian |
| League Cup Final | St Johnstone 1-0 Livingston |
| Challenge Cup Final | Cancelled due to coronavirus [see NOTE] |
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WALES
Cymru Premier| Champions | Connah's Quay Nomads |
| Europa Lg | The New Saints (runners-up), Bala Town (third place), Newtown (playoff winners) |
| Relegation | None [see NOTE] |
Welsh Cup Finals [see NOTE]
| FA Cup Final | Cancelled due to coronavirus |
| League Cup Final | Cancelled due to coronavirus |
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NORTHERN IRELAND
Irish Premiership| Champions | Linfield |
| Europa Conference | Coleraine (runners-up), Glentoran (third place), Larne (playoff winners) |
| Relegation | None [see NOTE] |
Irish Cup Finals
| IFA Cup Final | Linfield 2-1 Larne |
| League Cup Final | Cancelled due to coronavirus [see NOTE] |
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EUROPE
UEFA Finals | Champions League | Chelsea (Eng) 1-0 Manchester City (Eng) |
| Europa League | Villarreal (Spa) 1-1 aet Manchester United (Eng). Villarreal won 11-10 on penalties. |
| Super Cup | Bayern Munich (Ger) 2-1 Sevilla (Spa), after extra time |
Major European league champions
| Spain | Atletico Madrid |
| Italy | Internazionale |
| Germany | Bayern Munich |
| France | OSC Lille |
| Portugal | Sporting Lisbon |
| Netherlands | Ajax Amsterdam |
| Belgium | Club Brugge |
| Greece | Olympiacos |
| Turkey | Besiktas |
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[NOTE] Coronavirus continued to cause disruption to football in the 2020-21 season:
- On 18 February, the National League North and National League South was declared null and void, therefore there was no relegation from the National League Premier
- On 4 March, Scottish League One and Scottish League Two clubs agreed to shorten the season to
22 matches, with each team playing all other teams twice, followed by a
split in the table to determine the final four matches
- On 18 March, both the Cymru North and Cymru South had their seasons cancelled by the FA of Wales, therefore there was no relegation from the Cymru Premier
- On 2 February, the NIFL Championship was declared null and void, therefore there was no relegation from the NIFL Premiership
- The following tournaments had their Final matches cancelled (on the following dates): the Scottish Challenge Cup (20 October), the Welsh FA Cup (31 March), and the Welsh League Cup (31 March). The Irish League Cup tournament was cancelled altogether
- The following tournaments played their 2019-20 Finals in the 2020-21 season (on the following dates): the FA Trophy (3 May), the FA Vase (3 May), the EFL Trophy (13 March), and the Scottish FA Cup Final (20 December)
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