2020-21 New Angus Premier League

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New Angus Premier League
Season2020-21
ChampionsDundee Athletic
3rd Premier League title
RelegatedFriockheim
Wellbank
Top goalscorerAiden Grant
(18 goals)
Biggest home winDundee Athletic 4 - 0 Wellbank
Biggest away winFriockheim 1 - 5 Monifieth Town
Highest scoringFriockheim 1 - 5 Monifieth Town

The 2020-21 New Angus Premier League was the sixth season of the New Angus Premier League, the highest division of New Angusian football. The season began in August 2020.

Eight teams contested the league: Arbroath Rovers, Brechin, Dundee Athletic, Forfar AFC, Friockheim, Monifieth Town, Montrose City, and Wellbank.

Teams

From the 2019-20 Premier League

  • Arbroath Rovers
  • Dundee Athletic
  • Friockheim
  • Glamis
  • Monifieth Town
  • Montrose City

Promoted from 2019-20 Challenge League

  • Brechin
  • Forfar AFC

Tournament format and regulations

Format

Each team will play each other 4 times, a total of 28 matches. When the regular season finishes, the bottom placed side is relegated to the Challenge League, the 7th placed side enters a playoff with the winner of the Premier League play-off semi final to decide who plays in the following season's Premier League.

Promotion and relegation

The second and third placed sides in the Challenge League face off in a two-legged semi final, the winner of that semi final faces the seventh placed side in the Premier League in a two-legged final to decide who will play in the Premier League next season.

League table

  • 1. Dundee Athletic (C)
  • 2. Arbroath Rovers
  • 3. Monifieth Town
  • 4. Brechin
  • 5. Montrose City
  • 6. Forfar AFC
  • 7. Friockheim (O) (R)
  • 8. Wellbank (R)

Premier League play-offs

Semi Finals

Arbroath United 3 - 2 Birkhill Rovers

Birkhill Rovers 1 - 1 Arbroath United

Final

Arbroath United 3 - 0 Friockheim

Friockheim 1 - 0 Arbroath United