Four all-time National League records could potentially be broken by end of 2022/23 season

Four all-time National League records could potentially be broken by end of 2022/23 season, according to the league organisation’s Twitter.

A Twitter thread has been published following the weekend’s games, with many clubs having played over 30 games and the campaign’s just fast approaching.

With that in mind, added with teams racking up a huge number of points and the leading scorer netting goal after goal, time to find out what those records are, and what they need to do to break it, in a season quite like no other in several ways.

@TheVanaramaNL wrote on Monday afternoon: “We are firmly into the business end of the Vanarama National League season and records look almost certain to topple 📈

“🧵 Here are a few that might fall…

“📌 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗔 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗢𝗡 – 𝟯𝟭

“Currently…
Notts County – 24
Wrexham – 23

“Recent form suggests both of these sides will smash the current record that has stood for 15 years!

“📌 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗔 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗢𝗡 – 𝟭𝟬𝟯

“Currently…
Notts County – 84
Wrexham – 81

“At the current goals-per-game ratio, Notts would bag 117 with Wrexham notching 120!

“Aside from the record, it’s been almost a decade since any side hit the 100-goal mark!

“📌 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗔 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗢𝗡 – 𝟰𝟬

“Currently…
Macaulay Langstaff – 30

“Ricky Miller set the incredible total back in 2016/17 but Notts’ summer signing has the record well within his sights – he needs 10 goals in 13 games!

“📌 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗣𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗔 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗢𝗡 – 𝟭𝟬𝟱

“Currently…
Notts County – 80
Wrexham – 75

“They’re still a way off but on current points-per-game ratio both would end the season on 111.

“The last time the top two ended on the same points was way back in 1991/92!”

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Here’s how social media users reacted with the knowledge that four all-time National League records could potentially be broken by the end of 2022/23 season…

@Bigalanhardy5: If both don’t go up this season it’s an absolute disgrace.

@TomDearlove1: Promote both of us

@WrexhamAFC4: Yet it’s still only 2 up with 1 auto. Change needed for next season

@Damien186204: Safe to say that Wrexham and notts could both be the best teams to play in this league. By a country a mile. It’s practically been a two horse race for title most the season.

📌 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗔 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗢𝗡 – 𝟭𝟬𝟯

Currently…

Notts County – 84
Wrexham – 81

At the current goals-per-game ratio, Notts would bag 117 with Wrexham notching 120!

Aside from the record, it’s been almost a decade since any side hit the 100-goal mark! pic.twitter.com/3wvPJCBBm5

— The National League (@TheVanaramaNL) February 20, 2023

📌 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗣𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗔 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗢𝗡 – 𝟭𝟬𝟱

Currently…

Notts County – 80
Wrexham – 75

They’re still a way off but on current points-per-game ratio both would end the season on 111.

The last time the top two ended on the same points was way back in 1991/92! pic.twitter.com/1Hf0xH8OeQ

— The National League (@TheVanaramaNL) February 20, 2023

THE CURRENT TABLE (20TH FEB ’22)

Pos	Team		P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
	1	Notts County	33	24	8	1	84	30	+54	80
	2	Wrexham	31	23	6	2	81	30	+51	75
	3	Woking	32	17	7	8	56	35	+21	58
	4	Chesterfield	30	16	6	8	53	37	+16	54
	5	Barnet	30	16	5	9	57	49	+8	53
	6	Southend United	30	14	8	8	41	26	+15	50
	7	Bromley	31	12	11	8	46	38	+8	47
	8	Eastleigh	31	14	5	12	38	36	+2	47
	9	Boreham Wood	30	11	12	7	36	29	+7	45
	10	Wealdstone	30	12	8	10	38	42	-4	44
	11	Dagenham & Redbridge	31	12	6	13	46	51	-5	42
	12	Solihull Moors	32	11	8	13	46	45	+1	41
	13	Altrincham	31	10	9	12	45	55	-10	39
	14	Aldershot Town	33	11	5	17	46	54	-8	38
	15	FC Halifax Town	31	10	6	15	28	40	-12	36
	16	Oldham Athletic	30	9	8	13	41	46	-5	35
	17	Maidenhead United	31	9	6	16	33	45	-12	33
	18	York City	31	8	8	15	36	42	-6	32
	19	Yeovil Town	29	6	14	9	26	32	-6	32
	20	Dorking Wanderers	30	8	6	16	44	71	-27	30
	21	Gateshead	30	6	11	13	37	48	-11	29
	22	Torquay United	30	7	8	15	34	53	-19	29
	23	Scunthorpe United	31	6	8	17	38	61	-23	26
	24	Maidstone United	32	5	7	20	35	70	-35	22

A few months back, Altrincham media man Edward Martin posts a Twitter thread with findings for the three up-three down debate, something fans want to see.

Edward Martin (@EdMartin_AFC) issued a Twitter thread, starting off in the first tweet: “No club has ever been relegated from the Football League the season following their promotion since it was introduced in 1986.

“With Scunthorpe and Oldham currently in the relegation zone, is it time we had a three up-three down model?

“Here are some further findings…

“1.1)

“Only 7 of the 45 teams relegated from the EFL have made an instant return the following season (15.6%).

“Cheltenham Town were the last to achieve this in 2016 prior to Grimsby last season.

“The Mariners are also the first after finishing outside the top four, finishing 6th!”

“1.2)

“Since the play-offs were introduced in 2003, 17 teams have been relegated from League Two that didn’t finish bottom.

“Only 10 of those have returned to the EFL (58.8%) with just 3 making an instant return (17.65%).

“Only 1 has won the Conference title at the first attempt.”

“2)

“26 of the 45 relegated EFL teams finished in the top 10 in the Conference the following season (57.8%) with an average league finish of 9th (8.78).

“21 of the 51 promoted Conference teams finished in the top 10 of League Two (41.2%) with an average finish of 12th (11.92).”

“3.1)

“Of the 45 relegated teams, 30 made it to the FA Cup 1R in the following season with 2 making it to the 4R but none ever to the 5R.

“Of the 51 promoted teams, 29 have won their opening 1R match (56.9%) with 13 making it to the 3R, 4 to the 4R and 1 going to the 5R in 2012.

“3.2)

“Average FA Cup rounds progressed:
1.24 – Relegated teams
0.92 – Promoted teams

“4.1)

“Of the 45 relegated teams, 15 have made the QF of the FA Trophy in the following season with only 6 progressing to the SF, 3 made it to the Final and 2 winning the competition.

“2011 – Darlington
2017 – York City

“4.2)

“Of the 51 promoted teams, 16 made it to the QF of the FA Trophy in the same season with 11 progressing to the SF, 8 to the Final and 5 winning the competition.

“1992 – Colchester United
1993 – Wycombe Wanderers
2012 – York City
2014 – Cambridge United
2020 – Harrogate Town

“5.1)

“17 of the 51 promoted teams have been relegated back into non-league football having an average life of 8.71 seasons in the EFL.

“No promoted team has ever been relegated the following season.

“Only 1 team has lasted just 2 seasons and that was Macclesfield Town in 2020.

“5.2)

“Of the 19 teams who went up to the Football League via the play-offs, only 4 have been relegated (21.1%).

“20 of the 24 Conference teams promoted since 2010 have maintained their EFL status.

“5.3)

“17 of the 45 relegated teams have failed to return to the EFL (37.8%).

“It has taken an average of 4.07 seasons for the other 28 clubs to gain promotion with Stockport County taking the longest (11 years).

“Only 1 of the 7 relegated teams since 2018 have been promoted.

“6.1)

“Average points per game for newly promoted Conference teams in their first season in the Football League.

“1988 to 1990 – 1.46
1991 to 1995 – 1.63
1996 to 2000 – 1.42
2001 to 2005 – 1.42
2006 to 2010 – 1.37
2011 to 2015 – 1.36
2016 to 2021 – 1.28

“6.2)

“Average points per game for relegated League Two teams in their first season in the Conference.

“1988 to 1990 – 2.01
1991 to 1995 – 1.45
1996 to 2000 – 1.57
2001 to 2005 – 1.49
2006 to 2010 – 1.46
2011 to 2015 – 1.53
2016 to 2021 – 1.48

“7)

“7 ex-EFL clubs have been relegated from the Conference after falling out of the Football League. Scarborough were the first to suffer this in 2007.

“In 2018, York City became the first ever club to suffer back-to-back relegations from League Two to the Conference North/South.

“8)

“29 of the 51 teams promoted from the Conference have climbed further up the Football League

“6 have made it to the 2nd Tier (EFL Championship):

“Colchester @ColU_Official (2007)
Doncaster @drfc_official (2009)
Yeovil @YTFC (2014)
Burton @burtonalbionfc (2017)
Luton @LutonTown (2020)
Wycombe @wwfcofficial (2021)