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The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for men's association football clubs in England, with five teams from Wales, one from Guernsey, one from Jersey and one from the Isle of Man also competing. The system has a hierarchical format with promotion and relegation between leagues at different levels, allowing even the smallest club the theoretical possibility of ultimately rising to the very top of the system. There are more than 140 individual leagues, containing more than 480 divisions.[1]
The exact number of clubs varies from year to year as clubs join and leave leagues, merge, or fold altogether, but an estimated average of 15 clubs per division implies that more than 7,000 teams of nearly 5,300 clubs are members of a league in the English men's football league system.
As there are no official definitions of any level below 11, any references to the structure at level 12 and below should not be regarded as definitive.
The world's first association football league, named simply The Football League, was created in 1888 by Aston Villa club director William McGregor. It was dominated by those clubs who had supported professionalism. The twelve founding members were six from Lancashire (Accrington, Blackburn Rovers, Burnley, Bolton Wanderers, Everton and Preston North End) and six from the Midlands (Aston Villa, Derby County, Notts County, Stoke, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers).
About the system[]
A diagram showing the areas covered by level 9 of the English football league system.
Map showing the location of teams in levels 9–10 of the English football league system in 2011–12
The system consists of a pyramid of leagues, bound together by the principle of promotion and relegation. A certain number of the most successful clubs in each league can rise to a higher league, whilst those that finish the season at the bottom of their league can find themselves sinking down a level. In addition to sporting performance, promotion is usually contingent on meeting criteria set by the higher league, especially concerning appropriate facilities and finances.
In theory, it is possible for a lowly local amateur club to achieve annual promotions and within a few years rise to the pinnacle of the English game and become champions of the Premier League. While this may be unlikely in practice (at the very least, in the short run), there certainly is significant movement within the pyramid.
The top five levels contain one division each and are nationwide in scope. Below this, the levels have progressively more parallel leagues, with each covering progressively smaller geographic areas. Many leagues have more than one division. At the lower levels the existence of leagues becomes intermittent, although in some of the more densely populated areas there are leagues more than twenty layers below the Premier League.[2] There are also leagues in various parts of the country which are not officially part of the system as they do not have formal agreements with other leagues, but are recognised at various levels by county football associations. Clubs from these leagues may, if they feel they meet the appropriate standard of play and have suitable facilities, apply to join a league which does form part of the system.
The six levels immediately below the Premier League and three-level English Football League are known as the National League System and come under the jurisdiction of The Football Association. In May 2014 The FA announced provisional plans for a new division between the English Football League and the National League which would include "B" teams of higher-level clubs. They later reneged on the plan to include Premier League "B" teams in the new division[3] and shortly thereafter scrapped the idea altogether.[4]
The English football league system does not include the amateur version of the game often called Sunday league football. These leagues are independent entities with no promotion or relegation involving the football pyramid. However, some Sunday league clubs have been known to join pyramid leagues if they desire to progress higher. There are also some Saturday leagues which are not officially part of the pyramid, although teams frequently leave these for pyramid leagues.
Structure[]
At the top is the single division of the Premier League (level 1, which is often referred to as the "top-flight"), containing 20 clubs, all of which, up to the 2010–11 season, were based in England. However, two Welsh teams (Swansea City and Cardiff City) have since played in the league. Below the Premier League is the English Football League (EFL) (formerly 'the Football League'), which is divided into three divisions of 24 clubs each: The Championship (level 2), League One (level 3), and League Two (level 4). The 20 clubs in the Premier League and 72 clubs in the English Football League are all full-time professional clubs. The Premier League members are still often referred to as 'League' clubs because, before the establishment of the Premier League in 1992, the Football League, as it was called then, included all 92 clubs, in four divisions. Clubs outside this group are referred to as 'non-League' clubs (i.e. non-EFL), although they too play their football in league competitions.
The top tier of non-League football is the National League. It contains a national division (National League) (level 5) of 24 clubs, and is the lowest level with a single nationwide league. This division, like the four above, is a full-time professional competition, although some promoted clubs retain part-time status. There are two divisions at level 6, covering the north (National League North) and south (National League South), with 22 clubs each. Some of these clubs are full-time professional and the others are semi-professional. Below the National League, some of the stronger clubs are semi-professional, but continuing down the tiers, soon all the clubs are amateur. Lower-level leagues also tend to cater to progressively smaller geographic regions.
Next down from the National League are four regional leagues, each associated with different geographical areas, although some overlap exists. They are the Northern Premier League (which covers the north of England), Southern Football League Central (which covers the Midlands), Southern Football League South (which covers south and southwest of England, with one club from South Wales) and the Isthmian League (which includes clubs from the south-east of England as well as Guernsey from the Channel Islands). All of the leagues have Premier Divisions of 22 teams (level 7). Below these, and split by region, both Southern Football Leagues have two parallel divisions of 20 teams (level 8). The Isthmian League and Northern Premier League have two parallel level 8 divisions of 20 teams each as well.
Level 9 contains the top divisions of a large group of fourteen sub-regional leagues. Each of these leagues has a different divisional setup, but they all have one thing in common: there are yet more leagues below them, each covering smaller and smaller geographical levels.
Promotion and relegation rules for the top eight levels[]
Approximate areas for the current four-division level 7 (Step 3), from 2018–19 onwards.[5]
Premier League (level 1, 20 teams): The bottom three teams are relegated.
English Football League Championship (level 2, 24 teams): Top two automatically promoted; next four compete in the play-offs, with the winner gaining the third promotion spot. The bottom three are relegated.
English Football League One (level 3, 24 teams): Top two are automatically promoted; next four compete in play-offs, with the winner gaining the third promotion spot. The bottom four are relegated.
English Football League Two (level 4, 24 teams): Top three teams are automatically promoted; next four compete in play-offs, with the winner gaining the fourth promotion spot. The bottom two are relegated.
National League (level 5, 24 teams): The champions are promoted; next six compete in play-offs, with the winner gaining the second promotion spot. The bottom four are relegated to either North or South division as appropriate.
National League North and National League South (level 6, 22 teams each, increasing to 24 from the 2023–24 season, running in parallel): The champions in each division are automatically promoted; next six teams in each division compete in play-offs, with the play-off winner in each division getting the second promotion spot, with four teams qualifying to the National league in total. For 2021–22, the bottom team in each division relegated to either Northern Premier League, Southern League or Isthmian League as appropriate. If, after promotion and relegation, the number of teams in the North and South divisions is not equal, one or more teams are transferred between the two divisions to even them up again based on geographic factors.
Northern Premier League Premier Division, Southern Football League Central Division, Southern Football League South Division and Isthmian League Premier Division (level 7, 22 teams each, leagues running in parallel): The champions in each division are automatically promoted; next four teams in each division compete in play-offs, with the play-off winners also promoted. The bottom four teams in each division relegated to a level 8 division as appropriate. If, after promotion and relegation, the number of teams in the divisions is not equal, one or more teams are transferred among the four divisions to even them up again.
Northern Premier League Division One East, Northern Premier League Division One Midlands, Northern Premier League Division One West, Southern Football League Division One East, Southern Football League Division One West, Isthmian League Division One North, Isthmian League Division One South Central and Isthmian League Division One South East (level 8, running in parallel, 20 teams in each division): The champions in each division are automatically promoted; next four teams in each division compete in play-offs, with the play-off winners also promoted. The third or fourth-from-bottom team in each division plays a level 9 runner-up club in an inter-step play-off match, with the losing team from level 8 relegated to a level 9 division as appropriate. If, after promotion and relegation, the number of teams in the divisions is not equal, one or more teams are transferred between the divisions to even them up again.
Cup eligibility[]
Being members of a league at a particular level also affects eligibility for Cup, or single-elimination, competitions.
FA Inter-League Cup: Level 11 (contested by representative teams from each league)
In the case of the FA Cup and the FA Vase, some of the clubs in the lowest level in each do not compete. For instance, the 2017–18 FA Cup saw 77 teams compete from level 10 out of the 338 in total at that level.
Below level 11 the pyramid becomes regional and the cups become accordingly regional. Further down the pyramid is split on a county basis, counties having their own cups accordingly. This excludes some tournaments marked "Senior Cups", which often are competitions between teams representing top professional clubs in a given district, and may be little more than derbies, such as the Gloucestershire Cup, which originally included all teams in Gloucestershire, but then came to be contested as a Bristol derby.
Level one in the pyramid, the top division of English football, is run by the Premier League (which gives its name to the competition in that division), the winners of which are regarded as the champions of England. Levels two to four are run by the English Football League. Together, these four divisions make up what is known as "league football".
The leagues below level four are classed as "non-League football", meaning they are outside the EFL. The leagues at levels five to ten comprise the National League System (NLS), and come under the direct jurisdiction of the Football Association. The top level (level 5) of the NLS is known as "step 1", the next (level 6) as "step 2", and so on. Until 2020, level 11 divisions were designated as "step 7", but that year were re-designated as "Regional Feeder Leagues".
Northern Premier League Premier Division 22 clubs – 2 promotions, 4 relegations
Southern League Central Division 21 clubs – 2 promotions,[a] 3 relegations
Southern League South Division 22 clubs – 2 promotions,[a] 4 relegations
Isthmian League Premier Division 22 clubs – 2 promotions, 4 relegations
8 (Step 4)
Northern Premier League Division One East 19 clubs – 2p, 1–3r
Northern Premier League Division One Midlands 20 clubs – 2p, 2–4r
Northern Premier League Division One West 20 clubs – 2p, 2–4r
Southern League Division One Central 20 clubs – 2p, 2–4r
Southern League Division One South 19 clubs – 2p, 1–3r
Isthmian League Division One South Central 19 clubs – 2p, 1–3r
Isthmian League Division One North 20 clubs – 2p, 2–4r
Isthmian League Division One South East 20 clubs – 2p, 2–4r
9 (Step 5)
Combined Counties League Premier Division North – 18 clubs — 1–2p, 2r Combined Counties League Premier Division South – 20 clubs — 1–2p, 2r Eastern Counties League Premier Division – 20 clubs — 1–2p, 2r Essex Senior League – 21 clubs — 1–2p, 2r Hellenic League Premier Division – 20 clubs — 1–2p, 2r Midland League Premier Division – 19 clubs — 1–2p, 2r North West Counties League Premier Division – 21 clubs — 1–2p, 2r Northern Counties East League Premier Division – 20 clubs — 1–2p, 2r
Northern League Division One – 20 clubs — 1–2p, 2r Southern Combination League Premier Division – 20 clubs — 1–2p, 2r Southern Counties East League Premier Division – 20 clubs — 1–2p, 2r Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division – 20 clubs — 1–2p, 2r United Counties League Premier Division North – 18 clubs — 1–2p, 2r United Counties League Premier Division South – 21 clubs – 1-2p, 2r Wessex League Premier Division – 21 clubs – 1–2p, 2r Western League Premier Division – 19 clubs — 1–2p, 2r
10 (Step 6)
Combined Counties League Division One – 21 clubs – 2p, 0–3r
Eastern Counties League Division One North – 16 clubs – 2p, 0–3r
Eastern Counties League Division One South – 20 clubs – 2p, 0–3r
Hellenic League Division One – 20 clubs – 2p, 0–3r
Midland League Division One – 19 clubs – 2p, 0–3r
North West Counties League Division One North – 19 clubs – 2p, 0–3r
North West Counties League Division One South – 20 clubs – 2p, 0–3r
Northern Counties East League Division One – 21 clubs – 2p, 0–3r
Northern League Division Two – 20 clubs – 2p, 0–3r South West Peninsula League Premier Division East – 20 clubs – 1p, 0–3r
South West Peninsula League Premier Division West – 20 clubs – 1p, 0–3r
Southern Combination League Division One – 18 clubs – 2p, 0–3r
Southern Counties East League Division One – 20 clubs – 2p, 0–3r
Spartan South Midlands League Division One – 20 clubs – 2p, 0–3r
United Counties League Division One – 23 clubs – 2p, 0–3r
Wessex League Division One – 20 clubs – 2p, 0–3r
Western League Division One – 21 clubs – 2p, 0–3r
11 (Regional Feeder League)
Anglian Combination Premier Division – 16 clubs Bedfordshire County League Premier Division – 16 clubs Cambridgeshire County League Premier Division – 16 clubs Central Midlands League Premier Division North – 18 clubs
Central Midlands League Premier Division South – 17 clubs Cheshire League Premier Division – 18 clubs Devon Football League North & East Division – 13 clubs
Devon Football League South & West Division – 15 clubs Dorset Premier League – 18 clubs Essex Alliance League – 14 clubs Essex & Suffolk Border League Premier Division – 18 clubs Essex Olympian League Premier Division – 15 clubs Gloucestershire County League – 16 clubs Hampshire Premier League Senior Division – 16 clubs Herefordshire FA County League Premier Division – 15 clubs Hertfordshire Senior County League Premier Division – 16 clubs Humber Premier League Premier Division – 15 clubs Kent County League Premier Division – 16 clubs Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division – 18 clubs Lincolnshire League – 18 clubs Liverpool Premier League Premier Division – 15 clubs Manchester League Premier Division – 15 clubs Mid-Sussex League Premier Division – 14 clubs Middlesex County League Premier Division – 15 clubs
Midland League Division Two – 15 clubs
Northamptonshire Combination League Premier Division – 14 clubs Northern Alliance Premier Division – 16 clubs North Riding League Premier Division – 14 clubs Nottinghamshire Senior League Senior Division – 18 clubs Oxfordshire Senior League Premier Division – 16 clubs Peterborough & District League Premier Division – 16 clubs Salop Leisure League Premier Division – 14 clubs Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Premier Division – 14 clubs Somerset County League Premier Division – 16 clubs
Southern Combination League Division Two – 14 clubs
Spartan South Midlands League Division Two – 16 clubs St Piran League East Division – 16 clubs
St Piran League West Division – 16 clubs Staffordshire County Senior League Premier Division – 16 clubs Suffolk & Ipswich League Senior Division – 16 clubs Surrey Elite Intermediate League – 16 clubs Thames Valley Premier League Premier Division – 15 clubs Wearside League Division One – 18 clubs West Cheshire League Division One – 16 clubs West Lancashire League Premier Division – 16 clubs West Midlands (Regional) League Division One – 16 clubs West Yorkshire League Premier Division – 16 clubs Wiltshire Senior League – 17 clubs York League Premier Division – 14 clubs Yorkshire Amateur League Supreme Division – 16 clubs
The system is only defined as far as level 11. What follows is a notional structure, based on which leagues promote and relegate to each other.
Level
League(s)/division(s)
12
Anglian Combination Division One – 16 clubs
Aylesbury and District League Premier Division – 9 clubs
Bedfordshire County League Division One – 13 clubs Bristol Premier Combination Premier Division – 13 clubs Bristol & Suburban League Premier Division One – 13 clubs
Cambridgeshire County League Senior A Division – 16 clubs
Central Midlands League Division One North – 11 clubs
Central Midlands League Division One South – 12 clubs
Central Midlands League Division One Central - 10 clubs
Cheshire League Division One – 16 clubs Cornwall Combination – 20 clubs Devon & Exeter League Premier Division – 16 clubs Dorset League Senior Division – 14 clubs East Cornwall League – 18 clubs East Sussex League Premier Division – 10 clubs
Essex Alliance League Premier Division – 12 clubs
Essex & Suffolk Border League Division One – 16 clubs
Essex Olympian League Senior Division One – 13 clubs Gloucester Northern Senior League Division One – 16 clubs
Hampshire Premier League Division One – 11 clubs
Hellenic League Division Two East - 15 clubs
Hellenic League Division Two North - 15 clubs
Hellenic League Division Two South - 14 clubs
Hellenic League Division Two West - 14 clubs
Herefordshire FA County League Division One – 13 clubs
Hertfordshire Senior County League Division One – 16 clubs
Humber Premier League Division One – 15 clubs
Kent County League Division One East – 11 clubs
Kent County League Division One West – 12 clubs
Leicestershire Senior League Division One – 16 clubs
Liverpool Premier League Division One – 14 clubs
Manchester League Division One – 13 clubs Mid-Sussex League Championship – 12 clubs
Middlesex County League Division One Central & East – 10 clubs
Middlesex County League Division One South West - 11 clubs
Middlesex County League Division One West – 10 clubs
Midland League Division Three – 16 clubs North Berks League Division One – 11 clubs North Bucks & District League Premier Division – 13 clubs North Devon League Premier Division – 16 clubs
North Riding League Division One – 10 clubs
Northamptonshire Combination League Division One – 14 clubs
Northern Alliance Division One – 16 clubs
Nottinghamshire Senior League Division One – 15 clubs
Oxfordshire Senior League Division One – 11 clubs
Peterborough & District League Division One – 16 clubs Plymouth & West Devon League Premier Division – 12 clubs
Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division One – 14 clubs
Somerset County League Division One – 14 clubs South Devon Football League Premier Division – 14 clubs
Staffordshire County Senior League Division One – 16 clubs
Suffolk & Ipswich League Division One – 14 clubs Surrey County Intermediate League (Western) Premier Division – 14 clubs Surrey South Eastern Combination Intermediate Division One – 12 clubs
Swindon & District League Premier Division – 9 clubs
Thames Valley Premier League Division One – 11 clubs
Trowbridge & District League Division One – 12 clubs
Wearside League Division Two – 8 clubs
West Cheshire League Division Two – 16 clubs
West Lancashire League Division One – 14 clubs
West Midlands (Regional) League Division Two – 10 clubs West Sussex League Premier Division – 11 clubs
West Yorkshire League Division One – 16 clubs
York League Division One – 9 clubs
Yorkshire Amateur League Premier Division – 12 clubs
13
Aldershot & District League Division One – 9 clubs
Altrincham and District Amateur League Division One – 11 clubs
Andover and District League – 10 clubs
Anglian Combination Division Two – 15 clubs
Aylesbury and District League Division One – 11 clubs
Banbury District and Lord Jersey FA Premier Division – 11 clubs Basingstoke and District League Division One – 9 clubs
Bedfordshire County League Division Two – 12 clubs
Bristol Premier Combination Premier Division One – 14 clubs
Bristol and Suburban League Premier Division Two – 11 clubs
Cambridgeshire County League Senior B Division – 16 clubs
Cheshire League League Two – 12 clubs
Crook and District League Division One – 8 clubs Devon and Exeter League Division One – 13 clubs
Dorset League Division One – 14 clubs Duchy League Division One East – 14 clubs
Duchy League Division One West – 14 clubs East Riding County League Premier Division – 12 clubs
East Sussex League Division One – 7 clubs
Essex Alliance League Division One – 13 clubs
Essex & Suffolk Border League Division Two – 15 clubs
Essex Olympian League Senior Division Two – 12 clubs
Gloucester Northern Senior League Division Two – 16 clubs
Herefordshire FA County League Division Two – 13 clubs Hertford and District League Premier Division – 10 clubs
Kent County League Division Two East – 11 clubs
Kent County League Division Two West – 12 clubs Lancashire Amateur League Premier Division – 12 clubs
Liverpool County Premier League Division Two – 11 clubs
Middlesex County League Division Two – 12 clubs Mid-Essex League Premier Division – 11 clubs
Mid-Sussex League Division One – 11 clubs
Midlands Regional Alliance Premier Division – 14 clubs
North Berks League Division Two – 11 clubs
North Bucks and District League Intermediate Division – 13 clubs
North Devon League Senior Division – 16 clubs North Leicestershire League Premier Division – 10 clubs
Northamptonshire Combination League Division Two – 14 clubs
Northern Alliance Division Two – 15 clubs
Nottinghamshire Senior League Division Two – 16 clubs
Peterborough and District League Division Two – 15 clubs
Plymouth and West Devon League Division One – 11 clubs
Scarborough & District Football League Division One – 8 clubs
Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division Two – 12 clubs Shropshire Premier League – 11 clubs
Somerset County League Division Two – 14 clubs South Devon Football League Division One – 14 clubs
Southampton Saturday League Premier Division – 10 clubs
Southend Borough Combination Premier Division – 6 clubs
Staffordshire County Senior League Division Two North – 12 clubs
Staffordshire County Senior League Division Two South – 11 clubs
Suffolk and Ipswich League Division Two – 14 clubs
Surrey South Eastern Combination Intermediate Division Two – 13 clubs
Swindon & District League Division One – 10 clubs
Thames Valley Premier League Division Two – 11 clubs Trelawny League Premiership – 13 clubs
Trowbridge & District League Division Two – 11 clubs
West Cheshire League Division Three – 16 clubs
West Lancashire League Division Two – 12 clubs
West Sussex League Division One – 11 clubs
West Yorkshire League Division Two – 16 clubs
Witney and District League Premier Division – 11 clubs
York League Division Two – 11 clubs
Yorkshire Amateur League Championship Division – 12 clubs
14
Aldershot & District League Division Two – 6 clubs
Anglian Combination Division Three – 18 clubs
Aylesbury and District League Division Two – 10 clubs
Banbury District and Lord Jersey FA Division One – 11 clubs
Basingstoke and District League Division Two – 10 clubs
Bedfordshire County League Division Three – 12 clubs Brighton, Worthing & District League Division One – 11 clubs Bristol and District League Senior Division – 14 clubs Bristol and Suburban Association League Division One – 14 clubs
Cambridgeshire County League Division One A – 13 clubs
Cambridgeshire County League Division One B – 14 clubs Cheltenham League Division One – 12 clubs
Craven and District League Premier Division – 12 clubs
Crook and District League Division Two – 7 clubs
Devon and Exeter League Division Two – 14 clubs Doncaster and District Senior League Premier Division – 8 clubs
Dorset League Division Two – 12 clubs Duchy League Division Two – 12 clubs
East Riding County League Division One – 12 clubs
East Sussex League Division Two – 10 clubs
Essex Alliance League Division Two – 12 clubs
Essex Olympian League Senior Division Three – 13 clubs
Furness Premier League Premier Division – 14 clubs
Guildford and Woking Alliance League Premier Division – 11 clubs
Halifax and District League Premier Division – 11 clubs Harrogate and District League Premier Division – 12 clubs
Hertford and District League Division One – 12 clubs
Hope Valley Amateur League Premier Division – 14 clubs Huddersfield and District Association League Division One – 12 clubs I Zingari Combination – 12 clubs
Kent County League Division Three East – 12 clubs
Kent County League Division Three West – 14 clubs
Kingston and District League Premier Division – 11 clubs
Lancashire Amateur League Division One – 14 clubs Leicester and District League Premier Division – 10 clubs
Liverpool Old Boys' League Division One – 10 clubs
Middlesex County League Combination – 11 clubs
Mid-Essex League Division One – 12 clubs
Mid-Sussex Football League Division Two North – 9 clubs
Mid-Sussex Football League Division Two South – 10 clubs
Mid-Somerset League Premier Division – 11 clubs
Midlands Regional Alliance Division One – 11 clubs
North Berks League Division Three – 11 clubs
North Bucks and District League Division One – 13 clubs
North Devon League Intermediate Division One – 14 clubs
North East Combination League Division One – 12 clubs
North Gloucestershire League Premier Division – 14 clubs
North Leicestershire League Division One – 10 clubs
Northamptonshire Combination League Division Three – 14 clubs
Northern Football Alliance Development Division – 16 clubs
Peterborough and District League Division Three – 15 clubs Perry Street and District League Premier Division – 13 clubs
Scarborough & District Football League Division Two – 12 clubs
Somerset County League Division Three – 14 clubs South Devon Football League Division Two – 14 clubs
Southampton Saturday League Senior Division One – 10 clubs
Southend Borough Combination Division One – 12 clubs
Spen Valley and District League Premier Division – 12 clubs Stroud and District League Division One – 14 clubs
Suffolk and Ipswich League Division Three – 13 clubs
Swindon & District League Division Two – 10 clubs Taunton & District Saturday League Division One – 11 clubs
Thames Valley Premier League Division Three – 11 clubs
Trelawny League Championship – 13 clubs
Wakefield and District League Premier Division – 11 clubs
West Sussex League Division Two North – 12 clubs
West Sussex League Division Two South – 11 clubs
Weston-super-Mare and District League Division One – 11 clubs
Wimbledon & District League Premier Division – 10 clubs
Witney and District League Division One – 12 clubs Yeovil and District League Premier Division – 12 clubs
York League Division Three – 11 clubs
Yorkshire Amateur League Division One – 11 clubs
15
Anglian Combination Division Four – 15 clubs
Banbury District and Lord Jersey FA Division Two – 11 clubs
Brighton, Worthing & District League Division Two – 11 clubs
Bristol and District League Division One – 13 clubs
Bristol and Suburban Association Football League Division Two – 14 clubs
Cambridgeshire Football Association County League Division Two A – 14 clubs
Cambridgeshire Football Association County League Division Two B – 14 clubs
Cheltenham League Division Two – 12 clubs Cirencester and District League Division One – 12 clubs
Colchester and East Essex Football League Premier Division – 9 clubs
Craven and District League Division One – 12 clubs
Devon and Exeter Football League Division Three – 14 clubs
Doncaster and District Senior League Division One – 7 clubs
Dorset Football League Division Three – 12 clubs
East Riding County League Division Two – 12 clubs
East Sussex Football League Division Three – 11 clubs
Essex Alliance League Division Three – 13 clubs
Essex Olympian League Senior Division Four – 14 clubs
Furness Premier League Division One – 10 clubs
Guildford and Woking Alliance League Division One – 11 clubs
Halifax and District League Division One – 13 clubs
Harrogate and District League Division One – 13 clubs
Hertford and District League Division Two – 11 clubs
Hope Valley Amateur League A Division – 17 clubs
Huddersfield and District Association Football League Division Two – 12 clubs Isle of Wight Saturday League Division One – 11 clubs
Kingston and District Football League Division One – 10 clubs
Lancashire Amateur League Division Two – 14 clubs
Leicester and District League Division One – 13 clubs
Liverpool Old Boys' League Division Two – 10 clubs
Mid-Essex League Division Two – 13 clubs
Mid-Sussex Football League Division Three North – 10 clubs
Mid-Sussex Football League Division Three South – 10 clubs
Mid-Somerset Football League Division One – 11 clubs
Midlands Regional Alliance Division Two – 11 clubs
North East Combination Saturday League Division One – 12 clubs
North Berks Football League Division Four – 12 clubs
North Bucks and District League Division Two – 12 clubs
North Devon League Intermediate Division Two – 12 clubs
North East Combination League Division Two – 12 clubs
North Gloucestershire League Division One – 12 clubs
North Leicestershire League Division Two – 10 clubs
Northampton Town and District Football League Premier Division – 6 clubs
Northamptonshire Combination Football League Division Four – 14 clubs
Plymouth and West Devon Football League Division Three – 10 clubs
Perry Street and District League Division One – 13 clubs
Peterborough and District Football League Division Four – 15 clubs
Plymouth and West Devon Combination Football League Division Three
Scarborough and District Football League Division Three – 7 clubs
Sevenoaks and District Football League Premier Division – 11 clubs South Devon Football League Division Three – 14 clubs
Southend Borough Combination Division Two – 11 clubs
Spen Valley and District Football League Division One – 9 clubs
Stroud and District League Division Two – 13 clubs
Suffolk and Ipswich League Division Four – 13 clubs
Taunton & District Saturday League Division Two – 11 clubs
Thames Valley Premier Football League Division Four – 10 clubs
Trelawny League League One – 14 clubs
Wakefield and District League Division One – 11 clubs
West Sussex League Division Three North – 11 clubs
West Sussex League Division Three South – 10 clubs
Weston-super-Mare and District Football League Division Two – 11 clubs
Wimbledon & District Football League Division One – 10 clubs
Witney and District League Division Two – 13 clubs
Yeovil and District League Division One – 12 clubs
Yorkshire Amateur League Division Two – 12 clubs
16
Anglian Combination Division Five North – 15 clubs
Anglian Combination Division Five South – 16 clubs
Banbury District and Lord Jersey FA Division Three – 12 clubs
Bristol and District League Division Two – 15 clubs
Bristol and Suburban Association Football League Division Three – 13 clubs
Cambridgeshire Football Association County League Division Three A – 14 clubs
Cambridgeshire Football Association County League Division Three B – 14 clubs
Cheltenham League Division Three – 12 clubs
Cirencester and District League Division Two – 14 clubs
Colchester and East Essex Football League Division One – 13 clubs
Craven and District League Division Two – 14 clubs
Devon and Exeter Football League Division Four – 13 clubs
Dorset Football League Division Four – 11 clubs East Berkshire Football League Premier – 9 clubs
East Riding County League Division Three – 12 clubs
East Sussex Football League Division Four – 11 clubs
Essex Alliance League Division Four – 12 clubs
Essex Olympian League Senior Division Five – 13 clubs
Furness Premier League Division Two – 11 clubs
Guildford and Woking Alliance League Division Two – 13 clubs
Halifax and District League Division Two – 12 clubs
Hertford and District League Division Three – 13 clubs
Huddersfield and District Association Football League Division Three – 12 clubs
Isle of Wight Saturday League Division Two – 11 clubs
Kingston and District Football League Division Two – 12 clubs
Lancashire Amateur League Division Three – 14 clubs
Leicester and District League Division Two – 12 clubs Liverpool Old Boys' League Division Three – 12 clubs
Mid-Essex League Division Three – 13 clubs
Mid-Sussex Football League Division Four North – 10 clubs
Mid-Sussex Football League Division Four South – 11 clubs
Mid-Somerset Football League Division Two – 13 clubs
North East Combination Saturday League Division Two – 11 clubs
North Berks Football League Division Five – 13 clubs
North East Combination League Division Three – 13 clubs
North Gloucestershire League Division Two – 12 clubs
North Leicestershire League Division Three – 12 clubs
Northampton Town and District Football League Division One – 4 clubs
Perry Street and District League Division Two – 13 clubs
Peterborough and District Football League Division Five – 13 clubs
Sevenoaks and District Football League Division One – 11 clubs
Southend Borough Combination Division Three – 11 clubs
Stroud and District League Division Three – 13 clubs
Suffolk and Ipswich League Division Five – 12 clubs
Taunton & District Saturday League Division Three – 9 clubs
Trelawny League League Two – 14 clubs
Wakefield and District League Division Two – 11 clubs
West Sussex League Division Four North – 11 clubs
West Sussex League Division Four South – 10 clubs
Weston-super-Mare and District Football League Division Three – 12 clubs
Wimbledon & District Football League Division Two – 10 clubs
Witney and District League Division Three – 13 clubs
Yeovil and District League Division Two – 10 clubs
Yorkshire Amateur League Division Three – 11 clubs
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Bristol and District League Division Three – 14 clubs
Bristol and Suburban Association Football League Division Four – 12 clubs
Cambridgeshire Football Association County League Division Four A – 12 clubs
Cambridgeshire Football Association County League Division Four B – 14 clubs Central and South Norfolk League Division One – 12 clubs
Cheltenham League Division Four – 11 clubs
Craven and District League Division Three – 13 clubs
Dorset Football League Division Five – 11 clubs
Devon and Exeter Football League Division Five – 13 clubs
East Berkshire Football League Division One – 9 clubs
East Riding County League Division Four – 12 clubs
East Sussex Football League Division Five – 9 clubs
Great Yarmouth & District Football League – 10 clubs
Guildford and Woking Alliance League Division Three – 11 clubs
Huddersfield and District Association Football League Division Four – 14 clubs
Lancashire Amateur League Division Four – 13 clubs
Liverpool Old Boys' League Division Four- 9 clubs
Lowestoft & District League Division One- 13 clubs
Mid-Essex League Division Four – 14 clubs
Mid-Sussex Football League Division Five North – 10 clubs
Mid-Sussex Football League Division Five South – 10 clubs
Mid-Somerset Football League Division Three – 14 clubs
North East Combination Saturday League Division Three – 13 clubs
North East Norfolk League – 12 clubs
North Gloucestershire League Division Three – 12 clubs
North West Norfolk League Division One – 10 clubs
Northampton Town and District Football League Division Two – 6 clubs
Perry Street and District League Division Three – 13 clubs
Stroud and District League Division Four – 14 clubs
Suffolk and Ipswich League Division Six – 13 clubs
West Sussex League Division Five North – 10 clubs
West Sussex League Division Five South – 10 clubs
Weston-super-Mare and District Football League Division Four – 11 clubs
Wimbledon & District Football League Division Three – 10 clubs
Yorkshire Amateur League Division Four – 12 clubs
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Bournemouth Saturday League Premier Division – 6 clubs
Bristol and District League Division Four – 13 clubs
Bristol and Suburban Association Football League Division Five – 12 clubs
Cambridgeshire Football Association County League Division Five A – 13 clubs
Cambridgeshire Football Association County League Division Five B – 12 clubs
Central and South Norfolk League Division Two – 12 clubs
Devon and Exeter Football League Division Six – 14 clubs
East Berkshire Football League Division Two – 10 clubs
East Riding County League Division Five – 12 clubs
Guildford and Woking Alliance League Division Four – 14 clubs Lancashire Amateur League Division Five – 12 clubs
Lowestoft & District League Division Two- 12 clubs
Mid-Essex League Division Five – 14 clubs
North Gloucestershire League Division Four – 12 clubs
North West Norfolk League Division Two – 12 clubs
Stroud and District League Division Five – 14 clubs
Yorkshire Amateur League Division Five – 12 clubs
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Bournemouth Saturday League Division One – 11 clubs
Bristol and District League Division Five – 12 clubs
Central and South Norfolk League Division Three – 9 clubs
Devon and Exeter Football League Division Seven – 12 clubs
Driffield and District League Premier Division – 9 clubs
East Berkshire Football League Division Three – 10 clubs
North West Norfolk League Division Three – 9 clubs
Stroud and District League Division Six – 14 clubs
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Central and South Norfolk League Division Four – 12 clubs
Stroud and District League Division Seven – 14 clubs
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Central and South Norfolk League Division Five – 10 clubs
