Diagram of the Pyramid
Last Updated 22nd July 1998
The Nationwide Football League
1 rel
|
1 prom
Conference
3 rel
|
_____________________|___________________
| | |
1 prom 1 prom 1 prom
SL IL NP
4 rel 2 rel 3 rel
| | |
___________|________ ____|___ _________|________________
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
* * * * * * * * * * * 1 pr 1 pr 1 pr
MAl UC EC WL Wx HL KL Sx CC SSM Ex NW NE NL
_|_ _|_ __| _|_ ______|________ __|__ 2 rel
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | __|__
MC WM Ha Do Chl Sy Mx He MCh Li Ma WLa WC St CM Le No | |
1 pr 1 pr
NA Ws
Notes
- Automatic promotion of champions (indicated by '1 pr' or '1 prom') is
subject to acceptance by the higher league: the criteria on which the
higher league decides are set out before the decision is made and usually
involve stadium capacity (total and seated), facilities and financial
viability.
- Where the number of promotions is given as *, this indicates that no
automatic right to promotion exists and that acceptance is entirely at
the discretion of the higher league.
- Where no figure is given for the number of promotions it is normally
to be understood that clubs from the lower league desiring a higher level
of competition are welcome to apply to the higher league.
- The number to be relegated is a maximum figure. SL and IL relegate
very few teams: resignations for financial or other reasons tend to
release enough places to keep the turnover rate at a reasonable level.
- Facilities in the Northern League {NL} are sometimes primitive. For this
reason teams relegated from NP are usually assigned to either NW or NE
(unless the team entered the NP from the NL).
Abbreviations
Conference - Formerly Alliance Premier League, GM Vauxhall Conference
- SL - Southern League, now Dr Martens League, formerly Beazer Homes League
- MAl - Midland Alliance (sponsors Interlink Express)
- MC - Midland Combination (sponsors Endsleigh)
- WM - West Midlands (Regional) League (sponsors Banks's Brewery)
- UC - United Counties League (current sponsors uhlsport)
- The United Counties League is fed by the Bedford & District,
Central Northants, East Northants, Peterborough & District,
Northants and Huntingdonshire Leagues
- EC - Eastern Counties League (current sponsors Jewson)
- The Eastern Counties League is fed by the Cambridgeshire League,
Anglia Combination, Suffolk & Ipswich League and the
Esses & Suffolk League
- WL - Western League (current sponsors Screwfix Direct)
- The Western League is fed by the South Western League,
the Somerset Senior League, the Devon County League, the
Gloucestershire County League and the Wiltshire County League
- Wx - Wessex League (current sponsors Jewson)
- Ha - Hampshire Senior League (sponsors Clubsaver Direct)
- Do - Dorset Combination (sponsors Keyline)
- HL - Hellenic League (current sponsors Complete Music)
- The Hellenic League is fed by the Wiltshire County League, the
Gloucestershire County League, the Oxford Senior League,
the Reading League and the North Berkshire League
- KL - Kent League (sponsors Winstonlead)
- The Kent League is fed by the Kent County League (sponsors
Nuclear Electric)
- Sx - Sussex County League (sponsors Unijet)
- IL - Isthmian League, now Ryman League,
formerly I.C.I.S. League, Diadora League, Vauxhall-Opel League
- CC - Combined Counties League (current sponsors Courage)
- Sy - Surrey Senior League
- The Surrey Senior League is fed by the Surrey Combination
and the Surrey Intermediate League
- Chl - Chiltonian League
- SSM - Spartan South Midlands League (current
sponsors Minerva Footballs), a 1997 merger of the London Spartan
League and the South Midlands League
- He - Hertfordshire Senior County League
- Mx - Middlesex County Senior League
- Ex - Essex Senior League
- The Essex Senior League is fed by the Essex Intermediate League
- NP - Northern Premier League, now the Unibond League
- NW - North-West Counties League, now the North West
Trains League
- MCh - Mid-Cheshire League
- Li - Liverpool County Combination
- Ma - Manchester League
- WLa - West Lancashire League
- WC - West Cheshire League
- St - Staffordshire Senior League
- NE - Northern Counties (East) League
- CM - Central Midlands League
- Le - Leicestershire Senior League
- No - Nottinghamshire Alliance
- NL - Northern League (current sponsors Arnott Insurance)
- NA - Northern Alliance
- Ws - Wearside League
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