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Northern,
North West Counties, Northern Counties East, Midland Alliance, United
Counties, Eastern, Essex Senior, Kent, Sussex, Combined Counties, Spartan
South Midlands, Hellenic, Wessex, Western
(14
leagues currently. Possible adjustment to a total of 12 in the future)
Relegation
from Step 4
The
clubs occupying the bottom 2 places in each of the step 4 leagues will be
relegated. These 10 clubs will be placed into a Promotion/Relegation Pool
and allocated to the most geographically appropriate league at Step 5.
Promotion
from Step 5
The
following statement was released by the FA on 24th November 2006.
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At
the FA League’s Committee meeting on 23rd November agreement was
reached in respect of STEP FOUR of the NLS and the following agreed
statement was issued;
‘It
was agreed that there will be SIX Divisions at Step 4 from Season
2007-2008, two of which will be administered by the Northern Premier
league and that each of these two divisions will consist of a minimum of
18 clubs.
To achieve this no more than three clubs from any league at Step 5 will
be promoted, except with the permission of the league concerned.
In order to be considered for promotion clubs must achieve Ground
Grading Category E by 31st March 2007. The League’s Committee will
appraise the situation at its meeting on 21st February 2007.
This decision is subject to approval by FA Council.’
This
means that at least a net extra 12 clubs are required to move from step 4.
If the teams in relegation positions are reprieved, this means 12 clubs to
move up from step 5. If normal relegation operates, then 22 clubs will move
up to step 4.
This
was the procedure prior to the above announcement:
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The
clubs in the bottom two places in each of the five divisions at Step 4
will be replaced by the ten most suitable clubs from the leagues at Step
5 as determined by the Leagues Committee. Each of these leagues will
nominate the club finishing in 1st position subject to meeting the entry
criteria and wishing to be considered for promotion.
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In
the event of the 1st placed club not being nominated, the club finishing
in 2nd position can be nominated subject to the same criteria. Both the
clubs relegated from Step 4 and the clubs to be promoted from Step 5
will be placed in a feeder pool and allocated to the most geographically
appropriate league.
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In
the event of there being in excess of ten eligible clubs seeking
promotion from Step 5 it may be necessary to arrange a series of
play-off matches, the procedures of which will be determined by the
Leagues Committee.
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Clubs
seeking promotion from Step 5 to Step 4 must make application in writing
to The Football Association, copied to their existing league, by 30th
November in the relevant year. The application must be accompanied by
the agreed grading fee, as determined by the Leagues Committee, which is
non refundable. The FA will arrange for ground grading visits to take
place before 31st March in the relevant year. A final list of clubs
eligible to be considered for promotion will be published by 15th April.
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Final
promotion will be subject to the criteria outlined in the paragraph
above
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