2019–20 Isthmian League


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The 2019–20 season was the 105th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England. This was the second season to consist of four divisions after the league reorganised the former South Division into the new South Central and South East divisions.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this season's competition was formally abandoned on 26 March 2020, with all results from the season being expunged, and no promotion or relegation taking place to, from, or within the competition.[1] On 30 March 2020, sixty-six non-league clubs sent an open letter to the Football Association requesting that they reconsider their decision.[2] A legal appeal against the decision, funded by South Shields of the Northern Premier League, was dismissed in June 2020.[3]

Isthmian League
Premier Division
Season2019–20
Matches played355
Goals scored1,046 (2.95 per match)
Top goalscorer26 goals - Joseph Taylor (Cray Wanderers)
Highest attendance1684 - Worthing 3–0 Bognor Regis Town
Total attendance122,555
Average attendance345 (-11.1% to previous season)

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Worthing 34 21 8 5 72 41 +31 71
2 Cray Wanderers 33 18 10 5 63 45 +18 64
3 Hornchurch 33 17 11 5 62 28 +34 62
4 Folkestone Invicta 32 18 8 6 60 34 +26 62
5 Carshalton Athletic 34 18 8 8 59 38 +21 62
6 Horsham 33 17 6 10 51 35 +16 57
7 Enfield Town 32 16 8 8 61 51 +10 56
8 Bognor Regis Town 32 16 5 11 58 46 +12 53
9 Leatherhead 31 15 7 9 48 42 +6 52
10 Kingstonian 31 11 14 6 42 36 +6 47
11 East Thurrock United 30 14 4 12 47 40 +7 46
12 Margate 33 11 10 12 47 54 −7 43
13 Potters Bar Town 32 11 8 13 47 56 −9 41
14 Bowers & Pitsea 33 11 7 15 49 42 +7 40
15 Haringey Borough 30 11 6 13 44 47 −3 39
16 Lewes 34 8 7 19 35 55 −20 31
17 Bishop's Stortford 32 8 4 20 37 63 −26 28
18 Cheshunt 31 8 3 20 39 59 −20 27
19 Corinthian-Casuals 31 6 8 17 33 44 −11 26
20 Wingate & Finchley 33 5 10 18 34 58 −24 25
21 Merstham 33 6 7 20 34 70 −36 25
22 Brightlingsea Regent 33 5 9 19 24 62 −38 24

Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2020. Source: Isthmian League web site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [4]

Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2020. Source: Premier Division grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

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Corinthian-Casuals & Kingstonian

Locations of the Premier Division clubs

Greater London Premier Division football clubs

Club Location Stadium Capacity
Bishop's Stortford Bishop's Stortford Woodside Park 4,525
Bognor Regis Town Bognor Regis Nyewood Lane 4,500
Bowers & Pitsea Pitsea Len Salmon Stadium 2,000
Brightlingsea Regent Brightlingsea North Road 2,000
Carshalton Athletic Carshalton War Memorial Sports Ground 5,000
Cheshunt Cheshunt Theobalds Lane 3,000
Corinthian-Casuals Tolworth King George's Field 2,700
Cray Wanderers St Mary Cray Hayes Lane (groundshare with Bromley) 6,000
East Thurrock United Corringham Rookery Hill 4,000
Enfield Town Enfield Queen Elizabeth II Stadium 2,500
Folkestone Invicta Folkestone Cheriton Road 4,000
Haringey Borough Tottenham Coles Park 2,500
Hornchurch Hornchurch Hornchurch Stadium 3,500
Horsham Horsham The Camping World Community Stadium 1,300
Kingstonian Kingston upon Thames King George's Field (groundshare with Corinthian-Casuals ) 2,700
Leatherhead Leatherhead Fetcham Grove 3,400
Lewes Lewes The Dripping Pan 3,000
Margate Margate Hartsdown Park 3,000
Merstham Merstham Moatside 2,000
Potters Bar Town Potters Bar Parkfield 2,000
Wingate & Finchley Finchley The Maurice Rebak Stadium 1,500
Worthing Worthing Woodside Road 4,000
Isthmian League
North Division
Season2019–20
Matches played274
Goals scored895 (3.27 per match)
Top goalscorer20 goals - Alexander Teniola (Heybridge Swifts)
Highest attendance518 - AFC Sudbury 3–0 Bury Town
Total attendance54,506
Average attendance199 (+1.0% to previous season)

North Division consisted of 20 clubs, 17 clubs from the previous season, and three new clubs:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Maldon & Tiptree 26 22 2 2 65 20 +45 65[a]
2 Aveley 26 14 9 3 66 31 +35 51
3 Tilbury 27 15 5 7 49 30 +19 50
4 Heybridge Swifts 29 15 5 9 54 43 +11 50
5 Bury Town 29 15 5 9 49 41 +8 50
6 Coggeshall Town 26 12 10 4 40 24 +16 46
7 Great Wakering Rovers 28 13 4 11 45 36 +9 43
8 Dereham Town 29 11 8 10 52 43 +9 41
9 Cambridge City 28 12 3 13 42 39 +3 39
10 Canvey Island 27 11 5 11 49 54 −5 38
11 AFC Sudbury 26 11 4 11 42 42 0 37
12 Histon 28 10 6 12 40 53 −13 36
13 Soham Town Rangers 28 10 4 14 41 47 −6 34
14 Grays Athletic 29 9 4 16 41 47 −6 31
15 Witham Town 28 8 5 15 36 63 −27 29
16 Hullbridge Sports 27 7 7 13 33 53 −20 28
17 Brentwood Town 28 7 5 16 41 54 −13 26
18 Felixstowe & Walton United 29 6 7 16 40 62 −22 25
19 Romford 25 7 3 15 41 66 −25 24
20 Basildon United 25 6 5 14 29 47 −18 23

Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2020. Source: Isthmian League web site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [4]
Notes:

  1. ^ Maldon & Tiptree were penalised three points for fielding an ineligible player against Soham Town Rangers on 17 August

Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2020. Source: North Division grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

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Locations of North Division clubs

Club Location Stadium Capacity
AFC Sudbury Sudbury King's Marsh 2,500
Aveley Aveley Parkside 3,500
Basildon United Basildon Gardiners Close 2,000
Brentwood Town Brentwood The Brentwood Centre Arena 1,800
Bury Town Bury St Edmunds Ram Meadow 3,500
Cambridge City Cambridge Bridge Road (groundshare with Histon) 2,000
Canvey Island Canvey Island Park Lane 4,500
Coggeshall Town Coggeshall West Street 2,000
Dereham Town Dereham Aldiss Park 3,000
Felixstowe & Walton United Felixstowe Dellwood Avenue 2,000
Grays Athletic Grays Parkside (groundshare with Aveley) 3,500
Great Wakering Rovers Great Wakering Burroughs Park 2,500
Heybridge Swifts Heybridge Scraley Road 3,000
Histon Impington Bridge Road 4,300
Hullbridge Sports Hullbridge Lower Road 1,500
Maldon & Tiptree Maldon Wallace Binder Ground 2,000
Romford Romford The Brentwood Centre Arena (groundshare with Brentwood Town) 3,500
Soham Town Rangers Soham Julius Martin Lane 2,000
Tilbury Tilbury Chadfields 4,000
Witham Town Witham Spa Road 2,500

South Central Division

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Isthmian League
South Central Division
Season2019–20
Matches played284
Goals scored1,021 (3.6 per match)
Top goalscorer23 goals - Jake Baxter (Chertsey Town)
Highest attendance608 - Hertford Town 1–3 Ware
Total attendance38,151
Average attendance134 (+8.9% to previous season)

South Central Division consisted of 20 clubs, 16 clubs from the previous season, and four new clubs:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Ware 30 19 7 4 81 44 +37 64
2 Hanwell Town 28 17 7 4 72 32 +40 58
3 Uxbridge 29 16 7 6 59 35 +24 55
4 Chertsey Town 28 15 7 6 74 40 +34 52
5 Westfield 28 15 7 6 65 32 +33 52
6 Bracknell Town 26 15 5 6 63 33 +30 50
7 Waltham Abbey 29 15 5 9 68 52 +16 50
8 Tooting & Mitcham United 27 14 5 8 53 29 +24 47
9 Barking 29 14 4 11 51 45 +6 46
10 Chipstead 28 13 6 9 53 40 +13 45
11 Marlow 28 11 10 7 39 30 +9 43
12 Bedfont Sports 29 10 9 10 42 44 −2 39
13 Chalfont St Peter 30 10 7 13 45 59 −14 37
14 Harlow Town 29 10 4 15 42 57 −15 34
15 South Park 26 6 9 11 37 52 −15 27
16 Hertford Town 29 6 4 19 39 81 −42 22
17 Ashford Town 29 5 5 19 30 70 −40 20
18 Northwood 29 6 2 21 34 81 −47 20
19 FC Romania 28 4 4 20 35 84 −49 16
20 Staines Town 29 2 8 19 39 81 −42 14

Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2020. Source: Isthmian League Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [4]

Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2020. Source: South Central Division grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

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Locations of South Central Division clubs

Greater London South Central Division clubs

Club Location Stadium Capacity
Ashford Town Ashford, Surrey Robert Parker Stadium 2,550
Barking Barking Mayesbrook Park 2,500
Bedfont Sports Bedfont Bedfont Recreation Ground 3,000
Bracknell Town Bracknell Larges Lane 2,500
Chalfont St Peter Chalfont St Peter Mill Meadow 1,500
Chertsey Town Chertsey Alwyns Lane 2,500
Chipstead Chipstead High Road 2,000
FC Romania Cheshunt Cheshunt Stadium (groundshare with Cheshunt) 3,000
Hanwell Town Perivale Reynolds Field 3,000
Harlow Town Harlow The Harlow Arena 3,500
Hertford Town Hertford Hertingfordbury Park 6,500
Marlow Marlow Alfred Davis Memorial Ground 3,000
Northwood Northwood Northwood Park 3,075
South Park Reigate King George's Field 2,000
Staines Town Staines-upon-Thames Wheatsheaf Park 3,000
Tooting & Mitcham United Mitcham Imperial Fields 3,500
Uxbridge West Drayton Honeycroft 3,770
Waltham Abbey Waltham Abbey Capershotts 3,500
Ware Ware Wodson Park 3,300
Westfield Woking (Westfield) Woking Park 1,000
Isthmian League
South East Division
Season2019–20
Matches played282
Goals scored876 (3.11 per match)
Top goalscorer24 goals - Zak Ansah (Herne Bay)
Highest attendance1,189 - Hastings United 0–3 Ashford United
Total attendance67,144
Average attendance238 (+15.0% to previous season)

South East Division consisted of 20 clubs, 16 clubs from the previous season, and four new clubs:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Hastings United 28 18 8 2 53 21 +32 62
2 Ashford United 30 19 2 9 75 41 +34 59
3 Cray Valley Paper Mills 28 17 6 5 53 29 +24 57
4 Whitehawk 28 16 8 4 61 33 +28 56
5 Herne Bay 28 15 6 7 53 40 +13 51
6 Chichester City 25 13 6 6 46 34 +12 45
7 Whyteleafe 28 13 6 9 47 40 +7 45
8 VCD Athletic 30 12 6 12 48 53 −5 42
9 Phoenix Sports 27 13 2 12 46 40 +6 41
10 Sevenoaks Town 29 11 8 10 43 37 +6 41
11 Hythe Town 29 11 7 11 34 37 −3 40
12 Haywards Heath Town 27 10 9 8 37 33 +4 39
13 Guernsey 28 9 9 10 39 47 −8 36 Left the league for one season.
14 Whitstable Town 28 9 8 11 38 41 −3 35
15 Burgess Hill Town 27 9 4 14 47 60 −13 31
16 Sittingbourne 29 8 4 17 31 42 −11 28
17 Faversham Town 30 7 7 16 30 51 −21 28
18 Ramsgate 30 4 8 18 35 68 −33 20
19 Three Bridges 29 5 3 21 35 68 −33 18
20 East Grinstead Town 26 1 7 18 25 61 −36 10

Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2020. Source: Isthmian League website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [4]

Stadia and locations

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Locations of South East Division clubs

Greater London Premier Division football clubs

Club Location Stadium Capacity
Ashford United Ashford, Kent The Homelands 3,200
Burgess Hill Town Burgess Hill Leylands Park 2,500
Chichester City Chichester Oaklands Park 2,000
Cray Valley Paper Mills Eltham Badgers Sports Ground 1,000
East Grinstead Town East Grinstead East Court 1,500
Faversham Town Faversham Salters Lane 2,000
Guernsey Saint Peter Port,   Guernsey Footes Lane 5,000
Hastings United Hastings The Pilot Field 4,050
Haywards Heath Town Haywards Heath Hanbury Park 2,000
Herne Bay Herne Bay Winch's Field 4,000
Hythe Town Hythe Reachfields Stadium 3,000
Phoenix Sports Barnehurst Victory Road 2,000
Ramsgate Ramsgate Southwood Stadium 2,500
Sevenoaks Town Sevenoaks Greatness Park 1,000
Sittingbourne Sittingbourne Woodstock Park 3,000
Three Bridges Crawley (Three Bridges) Jubilee Field 1,500
VCD Athletic Crayford Oakwood 1,400
Whitehawk Brighton (Whitehawk) The Enclosed Ground 3,126
Whitstable Town Whitstable The Belmont Ground 3,000
Whyteleafe Whyteleafe Church Road 2,000
2019–20 Alan Turvey Trophy
Tournament details
CountryEngland
Teams79

The 2019–20 Alan Turvey Trophy (formerly the Isthmian League Cup) is the 46th season of the Alan Turvey Trophy, the cup competition of the whole Isthmian League. It was the first season when group stage was introduced.

Round Dates Matches Clubs
Group stage 2 September to 28 January 13 79 → 32
First round 23 November to 4 February 32 32 → 16
Second round 7 January to 3 March 16 16 → 8
Quarterfinals 3 February to 10 March 4 8 → 4
Semifinals _ 2 4 → 2
Final _ 1 2 → 1

57 clubs from the North Division, South East Division and South Central Division entered at this stage, while Guernsey, Whitehawk and Dereham Town decided not to participate.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MAL (N) BUR (N) COG (N) HEY (N) SUD (N) FEL (N)
1 Maldon & Tiptree (N) 5 4 0 1 0 23 6 +17 13 Qualified for knock-out stage — 6–1 4–1 2–2
p.(7–8)
2 Bury Town (N) 5 3 0 1 1 14 10 +4 10 — 3–0 5–1
3 Coggeshall Town (N) 5 2 1 0 2 10 10 0 8 — 5–1 2–2
p.(5–4)
4 Heybridge Swifts (N) 5 1 2 0 2 7 15 −8 7 1–8 2–2
p.(4–3) 		0–2 —
5 AFC Sudbury (N) 5 1 1 0 3 9 12 −3 5 1–3 1–2 — 4–0
6 Felixstowe & Walton United (N) 5 0 0 2 3 6 16 −10 2 1–3 2–2
p.(6–7) 		—
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR (SC) AVE (N) BRE (N) ROM (N) GRA (N) WAL (SC)
1 Barking (SC) 5 4 0 1 0 11 1 +10 13 Qualified for knock-out stage — 2–0 0–0
p.(3–4) 		4–1
2 Aveley (N) 5 3 0 0 2 10 8 +2 9 0–2 — 3–0 2–1 3–2
3 Brentwood Town (N) 5 3 0 0 2 9 9 0 9 3–2 — 3–1
4 Romford (N) 5 2 1 0 2 6 7 −1 8 3–1 — 1–0
5 Grays Athletic (N) 5 2 0 0 3 9 12 −3 6 3–2 — 3–1
6 Waltham Abbey (SC) 5 0 0 0 5 4 12 −8 0 0–3 1–2 —
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HIS (N) WAR (SC) CAM (N) HAR (SC) SOH (N) HER (SC)
1 Histon (N) 5 2 2 1 0 13 6 +7 11 Qualified for knock-out stage — 2–2
p.(4–2) 		1–1
p.(3–1)
2 Ware (SC) 5 3 0 2 0 19 9 +10 11 — 5–2 5–0 3–1
3 Cambridge City (N) 5 2 1 0 2 12 12 0 8 1–4 — 4–0 5–3
4 Harlow Town (SC) 5 1 1 1 2 9 14 −5 6 2–2
p.(4–2) 		— 6–2
5 Soham Town Rangers (N) 5 0 2 1 2 9 13 −4 5 4–4
p.(6–5) 		1–1
p.(4–2) 		— 0–2
6 Hertford Town (SC) 5 1 0 1 3 5 13 −8 4 0–4 0–0
p.(0–3) 		—
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BUR (SE) HAS (SE) HAY (SE) THR (SE) CHI (SE) EAS (SE)
1 Burgess Hill Town (SE) 5 5 0 0 0 12 4 +8 15 Qualified for knock-out stage — 2–1 2–0 3–0
2 Hastings United (SE) 5 4 0 0 1 21 7 +14 12 — 1–0 5–2 12–3
3 Haywards Heath Town (SE) 5 2 0 1 2 5 4 +1 7 — 1–1
p.(4–5) 		2–0
4 Three Bridges (SE) 5 1 1 0 3 8 14 −6 5 1–2 — 2–6 2–0
5 Chichester City (SE) 5 1 0 0 4 6 14 −8 3 0–2 — 0–5
6 East Grinstead Town (SE) 5 1 0 0 4 10 19 −9 3 2–3 0–2 —
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BRA (SC) WES (SC) HAN (SC) MAR (SC) CHA (SC) ROM (SC)
1 Bracknell Town (SC) 5 5 0 0 0 13 3 +10 15 Qualified for knock-out stage — 2–0 2–1 2–1
2 Westfield (SC) 5 3 1 0 1 18 8 +10 11 1–3 — 5–3 8–0
3 Hanwell Town (SC) 5 2 0 2 1 8 6 +2 8 2–2
p.(3–4) 		— 3–0
4 Marlow (SC) 5 1 1 0 3 6 11 −5 5 0–2 — 3–2 2–2
p.(3–2)
5 Chalfont St Peter (SC) 5 1 1 0 3 11 13 −2 5 2–2
p.(17–16) 		— 3–1
6 FC Romania (SC) 5 0 0 1 4 3 18 −15 1 0–4 0–1 —
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAS (N) TIL (N) GRE (N) HUL (N) CAN (N) WIT (N)
1 Basildon United (N) 5 4 0 0 1 16 11 +5 12 Qualified for knock-out stage — 0–3 2–1 5–3
2 Tilbury (N) 5 3 0 0 2 13 9 +4 9 — 2–1 1–4 4–0
3 Great Wakering Rovers (N) 5 3 0 0 2 7 6 +1 9 0–4 — 1–0
4 Hullbridge Sports (N) 5 2 1 0 2 7 7 0 8 4–3 — 2–1
5 Canvey Island (N) 5 2 0 1 2 12 8 +4 7 0–2 0–0
p.(3–5) 		— 5–0
6 Witham Town (N) 5 0 0 0 5 5 19 −14 0 4–5 0–3 —
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RAM (SE) ASH (SE) HER (SE) WHI (SE) FAV (SE) HYT (SE)
1 Ramsgate (SE) 5 3 2 0 0 6 2 +4 13 Qualified for knock-out stage — 1–0 2–0 2–2
p.(5–3)
2 Ashford United (SE) 5 3 0 1 1 10 7 +3 10 0–0
p.(2–3) 		— 4–2 2–1
3 Herne Bay (SE) 5 2 0 0 3 7 7 0 6 1–3 — 1–2
4 Whitstable Town (SE) 5 1 1 1 2 6 9 −3 6 3–1 1–4 — 0–0
p.(4–3)
5 Faversham Town (SE) 5 1 0 2 2 11 8 +3 5 0–1 — 7–1
6 Hythe Town (SE) 5 1 1 0 3 6 13 −7 5 0–1 2–2
p.(6–5) 		—
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STA (SC) NOR (SC) UXB (SC) BED (SC) ASH (SC)
1 Staines Town (SC) 4 3 0 1 0 9 3 +6 10 Qualified for knock-out stage — 0–0
p.(1–4) 		2–0
2 Northwood (SC) 4 3 0 0 1 7 5 +2 9 2–3 — 1–0
3 Uxbridge (SC) 4 1 1 0 2 2 5 −3 5 — 2–1 0–3
4 Bedfont Sports (SC) 4 1 0 0 3 6 9 −3 3 1–4 2–3 —
5 Ashford Town (SC) 4 1 0 0 3 3 5 −2 3 0–1 0–2 —
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SEV (SE) SIT (SE) PHO (SE) VCD (SE) CRA (SE)
1 Sevenoaks Town (SE) 4 2 2 0 0 8 4 +4 10 Qualified for knock-out stage — 2–2
p.(4–2) 		2–2
p.(4–3)
2 Sittingbourne (SE) 4 2 1 1 0 13 10 +3 9 — 4–4
p.(5–4) 		3–2
3 Phoenix Sports (SE) 4 1 1 0 2 5 9 −4 5 0–3 2–4 —
4 VCD Athletic (SE) 4 0 0 4 0 9 9 0 4 1–1
p.(3–4) 		— 2–2
p.(6–7)
5 Cray Valley PM (SE) 4 0 1 0 3 5 8 −3 2 0–1 1–2 —
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WHY (SE) CHE (SC) CHI (SC) SOU (SC) TOT (SC)
1 Whyteleafe (SE) 4 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 8 Qualified for knock-out stage — 0–1 1–1
p.(5–4)
2 Chertsey Town (SC) 4 2 0 1 1 8 6 +2 7 — 2–3 2–2
p.(3–4)
3 Chipstead (SC) 4 1 1 1 1 7 7 0 6 — 2–3 1–1
p.(5–4)
4 South Park (SC) 4 1 1 0 2 7 8 −1 5 1–2 — 1–2
5 Tooting & Mitcham United (SC) 4 1 0 1 2 5 7 −2 4 1–2 1–3 —

Ten group winners were entered into the draw with twenty-two clubs from the Premier Division, making thirty-two clubs.

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att.
164 Folkestone Invicta (P) – Bracknell Town (SC)
165 Horsham (P) – Cheshunt (P)

Semifinals were scheduled for 17 March, but were never played as the season was stopped and finally abandoned on 26 March due to COVID-19 pandemic.[5]