This is how fans can watch the National League, North and South playoffs

This is how fans can watch the National League, North and South playoffs after details and dates were finally revealed at the weekend.

It was the league organisation that first revealed the long awaited news on Saturday morning, and now a total of 18 participating clubs know what, when and how they can prepare.

All five of the National League playoff matches, including the final held at Wembley Stadium, will be broadcast live on BT Sport as usual.

At least some of the Step 2 playoffs will be ‘streamed live by the National League’: Altrincham v Chester and Havant & Waterlooville v Slough/Dartford

These games will be ‘pay per view’. Journalist Ollie Baylis has spoken to other Step 2 clubs who haven’t had it confirmed how their games will be shown.

Three divisions look set to finally play out their non league playoff fixtures after clubs voted to conclude the season based on a points per game basis and reinstate the playoffs.

Because of this, Barnet moved up from 11th to seventh in the National League, moving Stockport County out of those playoffs spots, while York were replaced with King’s Lynn Town at the top and Gateshead moved up a place from eighth in North division at the expense of Spennymoor.

Barrow and Wealdstone join the Linnetts in being promoted, with Ebbsfleet United and AFC Fylde getting relegated along with Chorley however the league’s resolution still requires ratification from the FA Council.

Maidenhead avoid relegation by getting a reprieve due to the Bury situation. Blyth Spartans, Bradford (Park Avenue), Hungerford Town and Braintree Town will also be staying up instead of going down as step 3 to 7 were made null and void, meaning no teams would go up or down.

Due to the current Government sporting guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic, all play-off matches will be played behind closed doors.

Vanarama National League
Friday 17th July – 7pm
Elimination Round – Match A – Boreham Wood vs FC Halifax Town

Saturday 18th July – 3pm
Elimination Round – Match B – Yeovil Town vs Barnet

Saturday 25th July 2020- 2.30pm
Semi Final – Harrogate Town vs Winner of Match A

Saturday 25th July 2020 – 5pm
Semi Final – Notts County vs Winner of Match B

BREAKING:

The fixtures for the National League playoffs have been published. pic.twitter.com/wkQACDkx3n

— Ollie Bayliss (@Ollie_Bayliss) July 4, 2020

2nd August 2020 – 3pm
Promotion Final – Wembley Stadium

FAVOURITES TO WIN NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

Harrogate Town – 7/4
Notts County- 9/4
Yeovil – 5/1
Boreham Wood- 6/1
Barnet – 10/1
Halifax – 16/1

Vanarama National League North
Sunday 19th July 2020 – 3pm
Elimination Round – Match A – Altrincham vs Chester
Elimination Round – Match B – Brackley Town vs Gateshead

Saturday 25th July 2020 – 3pm
Semi Final – York City vs Winner of Match A
Semi Final – Boston United vs Winner of Match B

1st August 2020 – 3pm
Promotion Final – Stadium of highest ranked finalist

BREAKING:

The fixtures for the National League North playoffs have been published. pic.twitter.com/QvGI6llODj

— Ollie Bayliss (@Ollie_Bayliss) July 4, 2020

Vanarama National League South
Sunday 19th July 2020- 3pm
Elimination Round – Match A – Slough Town vs Dartford
Elimination Round – Match B – Bath City vs Dorking Wanderers

Saturday 25th July 2020 – 3pm
Semi Final – Havant & Waterlooville vs Winner of Match A
Semi Final – Weymouth vs Winner of Match B

1st August 2020 – 3pm
Promotion Final – Stadium of highest ranked finalist

BREAKING:

The fixtures for the National League South playoffs have been published. pic.twitter.com/iLrFan3DFX

— Ollie Bayliss (@Ollie_Bayliss) July 4, 2020

Fans of the 18 clubs took to Twitter after seeing this is how fans can watch the National League, North and South playoffs…

I bloody hope the National League have some decent cameramen because it looked like some of the league games for my team this season were recorded in a fish tank on their website ??‍♂️.

— Rio Doherty (@Rio_Doherty) July 6, 2020

Will the teams share the streaming revenue, or does it go straight into the FA’s coffers?

— UP THE MARINERS! #StaySafe (@UTM_Mariners) July 6, 2020

So that’s a good 200 watching then ??

— MBWLdurham?????????? (@MbwLdurham) July 6, 2020

£££££

— Warren (@wladd73) July 6, 2020

Fair question but not sure how profitable it would be if they are having to use freelancers for filming, streaming and production.

— Mikuss (@Mikuss) July 6, 2020

Just the @FA ratification now and we are all hunky-dorey ?

— Adam Deadman (@adam_deadman) July 6, 2020

A great shame BT not covering under the circumstances, especially considering the volume of meaningless mid table fixtures being shown from PL. Just boils down to money as usual I guess.

— Matthew Titcombe (@matthewtitcombe) July 6, 2020

They have the rights to show the games, clubs do not have the right to stream unless BT give them the go ahead. Their seeming inability to decide leaves media teams at step 2 un-able to prepare for what could be their biggest online audience ever. Very frustrating I’d imagine.

— Yes Tom (@YesTom) July 3, 2020

BT should televise them all and allow the home team to generate money through advertising.

— Roweyp (@roweypw) July 2, 2020

So the home team just play for a draw to go thru? And there’s me thinking the handball law was bollocks.

— Jecs (@SHAYMANJECS) July 3, 2020

Huge risk for clubs when they are already shelling out for testing etc. Why not just let BT Sport stream at no cost to league or clubs?

— Chris Whitehead (@christof88) July 2, 2020

Yeah very odd… is the extra 30 minutes going to make any difference to H&S or finances? Plus it’s much fairer way to decide than penalties.

— Glen Riley (@GlenSTFC) July 2, 2020