Sistem liga sepak bola Inggris, juga dikenal sebagai piramida sepak bola, adalah sebuah sistem hubungan antar liga bagi klub-klub sepak bola di Inggris (karena alasan sejarah beberapa klub dari Wales juga berkompetisi). Sistem ini memiliki format hierarki dengan sistem promosi dan degradasi antara liga-liga pada tingkat berbeda, dan memungkinkan klub terkecil sekalipun untuk berandai-andai naik ke puncak sistem.
Terdapat lebih dari 1.857.763 liga, dan lebih dari 4.800.000.000 divisi berkompetisi di dalamnya.[1] Jumlah klub yang berpartisipasi bervariasi dari tahun ke tahun, hal ini disebabkan beberapa klub bergabung dan meninggalkan liga atau bergabung dengan klub lain.
Sistem
Peta yang menunjukan lokasi klub-klub di tingkat 9-10 dalam sistem liga sepak bola di Inggris. Catatan: Merthyr Town F.C. dari Wales berkompetisi di Western League sedangkan Guernsey F.C. (tidak tampak di peta) berkompetisi di Combined Counties League
Sistem ini terdiri dari sebuah piramida liga, terikat satu sama lain dengan sebuah prinsip promosi dan degradasi. Sejumlah klub yang sukses di liga masing-masing dapat naik ke liga yang lebih tinggi, dan beberapa klub yang menempati posisi paling bawah tentunya akan turun ke liga yang ada dibawahnya. Selain dari hasil pertandingan dan posisi, promosi biasanya bergantung pada pemenuhan kriteria yang ditetapkan oleh liga yang lebih tinggi, terutama mengenai fasilitas yang sesuai dan keuangan.
Lima tingkat teratas masing-masing hanya memiliki satu divisi. Setelah itu, tingkat dibawahnya memiliki liga dan divisi yang paralel, yang masing-masing mencakup wilayah geografis yang semakin kecil. Banyak liga memiliki lebih dari satu divisi. Pada tingkat yang lebih rendah keberadaan liga menjadi terputus-putus, meskipun di beberapa daerah yang lebih padat penduduknya terdapat 20 puluh lapisan liga atau divisi.[2]
Setelah Liga Primer dan Football League (tingkat 1-4), tujuh tingkat dibawahnya dikenal sebagai Sistem Liga Nasional dan berada di bawah kewenangan Asosiasi Sepak Bola Inggris (FA). Tujuh tingkat ini mengalami perkembangan selama bertahun-tahun. Perkembangan utama penataan ulang organisasi terbaru adalah dengan memasukan dua liga baru di tingkat enam yaitu Conference North dan Conference South, menggeser divisi teratas dari Southern League, Isthmian League dan Northern Premier League menjadi tingkat tujuh.
Sistem liga sepak bola Inggris ini tidak termasuk pertandingan amatir yang sering disebut Liga Sepak Bola Minggu. Liga ini adalah liga bebas yang tidak ada prinsip promosi dan degradasi yang melibatkan piramida sepak bola. Namun, beberapa klub Liga Minggu telah dikenal untuk bergabung liga piramida jika mereka ingin mencapai kemajuan yang lebih tinggi.
Struktur
Di bagian paling atas (Tingkat 1) adalah divisi tunggal dari Liga Primer (yang sering disebut sebagai "papan atas"), terdiri dari 20 klub, yang semuanya sampai dengan musim 2010-11 berasal dari Inggris. Namun pada musim 2011-12, satu tim dari Wales (Swansea City) ikut berkompetisi setelah mendapat promosi dari divisi di bawahnya.
Di bawah Liga Primer adalah Liga Sepakbola Inggris (English Football League), yang terbagi menjadi tiga divisi dengan masing terdiri dari 24 klub: Liga Kejuaraan Inggris (English Football League Championship) (Tingkat 2), Liga Satu Inggris (English Football League One) (Tingkat 3) dan Liga Dua Inggris (English Football League Two) (Tingkat 4). Saat ini satu klub dari Wales berkompetisi di Football League.
Semua klub (92 klub) di Liga Primer dan Liga Sepak Bola Inggris adalah klub profesional. Mereka sering disebut sebagai klub "Liga" karena, sebelum pembentukan Liga Primer pada tahun 1992, Football League termasuk semua 92 klub, dalam empat divisi. Klub di luar kelompok ini disebut sebagai klub-klub "non-Liga", meskipun mereka juga memainkan sebagian besar pertandingan sepak bola mereka di kompetisi sejenis liga.
Tingkat atas dari sepak bola non-Liga adalah Liga Nasional, yang berisi sebuah divisi nasional dari 24 klub dengan nama Liga Nasional (Tingkat 5), diikuti oleh dua divisi di Tingkat 6 yang terbagi menjadi wilayah utara dan wilayah selatan yaitu Liga Nasional Utara dan Liga Nasional Selatan dengan masing-masing divisi terdiri dari 22 klub. Di tingkat 6 ini terdapat gabungan antara klub-klub profesional dan semi-profesional.
Tingkat berikutnya setelah National League adalah 3 liga regional yang masing-masing terkait dengan wilayah geografis yang berbeda, meskipun ada beberapa yang tumpang tindih. Mereka adalah Liga Primer Utara (yang mencakup bagian utara Inggris dan Wales utara), Liga Sepak Bola Selatan (yang meliputi daerah Midlands serta bagian selatan dan barat daya Inggris, termasuk selatan Wales) dan Liga Isthmian (yang mencakup bagian tenggara Inggris). Semua memiliki liga Divisi Utama dari 22 tim (Tingkat 7) dengan dua divisi paralel, masing-masing dengan 22 klub dibagi menurut wilayah dibawahnya (Tingkat 8).
Tingkat 9 terdiri dari divisi teratas 14 group liga sub-regional. Masing-masing liga memiliki seperangkat divisi yang berbeda, tetapi mereka semua memiliki satu kesamaan: ada liga namun lebih di bawah mereka, masing-masing mencakup tingkat geografis yang lebih kecil dan menjadi lebih kecil.
Peraturan promosi dan degradasi
Promosi dan degradasi otomatis hanya berlaku dari tingkat 1 hingga tingkat 8. Setelah itu (tingkat 9 dan seterusnya) promosi dan degradasi tergantung kepada perjanjian dengan liga-liga diatasnya.
Liga Primer (tingkat 1, 20 klub): Tiga klub terbawah terdegradasi.[3][4]
Football League Championship (tingkat 2, 24 klub): Dua klub teratas promosi otomatis, satu klub lagi ditentukan melalui pertandingan play-off antara klub peringkat 3 hingga 6.[5] Sementara itu tiga klub terbawah terdegradasi.[6]
Football League One (tingkat 3, 24 klub): Dua klub teratas promosi otomatis, satu klub lagi ditentukan melalui pertandingan play-off antara klub peringkat 3 hingga 6.[7] Sementara itu empat klub terbawah terdegradasi.[6]
Football League Two (tingkat 4, 24 klub): Tiga klub teratas promosi otomatis, satu klub lagi ditentukan melalui pertandingan play-off antara klub peringkat 4 hingga 7.[7] Sementara itu 2 klub terdegradasi.[8]
Conference National (tingkat 5, 24 klub): Juara promosi otomatis, 1 klub lagi ditentukan melalui pertandingan play-off antara klub peringkat 2 hingga 5.[9] Sementara itu 4 klub terbawah terdegradasi ke divisi utara dan selatan.
Conference North dan Conference South (tingkat 6, masing-masing 22 klub, berjalan secara paralel): Klub juara di tiap divisi secara otomatis dipromosikan, berikutnya empat tim di divisi masing-masing bersaing dalam babak playoff, dengan pemenang playoff di setiap divisi mendapatkan tempat promosi kedua. Tiga tim terbawah di divisi masing-masing degradasi ke Northern Premier League, Southern League atau Liga Isthmian yang sesuai. Jika, setelah promosi dan degradasi, jumlah tim di Utara dan Selatan divisi tidak sama, satu tim atau lebih ditransfer antara dua divisi.
Northern Premier League Premier Division, Southern Football League Premier Division and Isthmian League Premier Division (tingkat 7, masing-masing 22 klub, berjalan secara paralel): Tim juara di tiap divisi secara otomatis dipromosikan, berikutnya empat tim di setiap divisi bersaing di babak playoff, dengan pemenang playoff di setiap divisi mendapatkan tempat promosi kedua. Empat tim terbawah di tiap divisi degradasi ke tingkat 8 di divisi yang sesuai. Jika, setelah promosi dan degradasi, jumlah tim di divisi tidak sama, satu tim atau lebih ditransfer antara tiga divisi.
Northern Premier League Division One North, Northern Premier League Division One South, Southern Football League Division One Central, Southern Football League Division One South & West, Isthmian League Division One North and Isthmian League Division One South (tingkat 8, masing-masing 22 klub, berjalan secara paralel): Tim juara di tiap divisi secara otomatis dipromosikan berikutnya empat tim di setiap divisi bersaing di babak playoff, dengan pemenang playoff di setiap divisi mendapatkan tempat promosi kedua. Dua tim terbawah di divisi masing-masing degradasi ke tingkat 9 di divisi yang sesuai. Jika, setelah promosi dan degradasi, jumlah tim di divisi tidak sama, satu tim atau lebih ditransfer antara divisi.
Tabel piramida
Tabel di bawah ini menunjukkan struktur sistem sekarang. Untuk tiap divisi, nama ofisial, nama sponsor (yang berbeda dengan nama asalnya) dan jumlah klub telah diberitahukan. Di tingkat 1-8, tiap divisi mendapat promosi ke divisi yang berada tepat di atasnya dan terdegradasi ke divisi yang berada tepat di bawahnya. Di bawah tingkat itu, ada artikel tersendiri yang menjelaskan susunan promosi dan degradasi.
Liga di tingkat lima sampai sebelas termasuk ke dalam National League System (NLS),dan di bawah yurisdiksi langsung dari The Football Association. Tingkat teratas (Tingkat 5) pada NLS disebut sebagai Step 1 oleh FA, berikutnya (Tingkat 6) sebagai Step 2, dan seterusnya.
Combined Counties Football League Divisi Utama – 22 klub Eastern Counties Football League Divisi Utama – 22 klub Essex Senior Football League – 16 klub Hellenic Football League Divisi Utama – 22 klub Kent League Divisi Utama – 16 klub Midland Football Alliance – 22 klub Northern Counties East Football League Divisi Utama – 20 klub Northern League (football) Divisi Satu – 22 klub North West Counties Football League Divisi Utama – 22 klub Spartan South Midlands Football League Divisi Utama – 22 klub Sussex County Football League Divisi Satu – 20 klub United Counties Football League Divisi Utama – 21 klub Wessex League Divisi Utama – 22 klub Western Football League Divisi Utama – 20 klub (Semua divisi berjalan paralel)
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Combined Counties Football League Divisi Satu – 18 klub Eastern Counties Football League Divisi Satu – 16 klub East Midlands Counties Football League – 18 klub Hellenic Football League Divisi Satu Timur – 18 klub Hellenic Football League Divisi Satu Barat – 17 klub Kent Invicta Football League – 17 klub Midland Football Combination Divisi Utama – 21 klub Northern Counties East Football League Divisi Satu – 19 klub Northern League (football) Divisi Dua – 20 klub North West Counties Football League Divisi Satu – 18 klub South West Peninsula League Divisi Utama – 20 klub Spartan South Midlands Football League Divisi Satu – 21 klub Sussex County Football League Divisi Dua – 18 klub United Counties Football League Divisi Satu – 16 klub Wessex League Divisi Satu – 19 klub Western Football League Divisi Satu – 21 klub West Midlands (Regional) League Divisi Utama – 21 klub (Semua divisi berjalan paralel)
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Anglian Combination Divisi Utama – 16 klub Bedfordshire Football League Divisi Utama – 15 klub Cambridgeshire Football County League Divisi Utama – 15 klub Central Midlands League Divisi Utara – 17 klub Central Midlands League Divisi Selatan – 17 klub Cheshire Football League Divisi Satu – 16 klub Dorset Premier Football League – 18 klub Essex and Suffolk Border Football League Divisi Utama – 18 klub Essex Olympian Football League Divisi Utama – 14 klub Gloucestershire County League – 17 klub Hampshire Premier Football League Divisi Senior – 18 klub Hertfordshire Senior County League Divisi Utama – 16 klub Humber Premier League Divisi Utama – 16 klub Kent County League Divisi Utama – 16 klub Leicestershire Senior League Divisi Utama – 16 klub Liverpool County Premier League Divisi Utama – 16 klub Manchester Football League Divisi Utama – 18 klub Middlesex County Football League Divisi Utama – 16 klub Midland Football Combination Divisi Satu – 16 klub Northamptonshire Football Combination Divisi Utama – 14 klub Northern Football Alliance Divisi Utama – 16 klub
Nottinghamshire Senior League Divisi Senior – 16 klub Oxfordshire Senior Football League Divisi Utama – 14 klub Peterborough and District Football League Divisi Utama – 16 klub Reading Football League Divisi Senior – 14 klub Sheffield and Hallamshire County Senior League Divisi Utama – 15 klub Somerset County Football League Divisi Utama – 18 klub South West Peninsula League Divisi Satu Timur – 18 klub South West Peninsula League Divisi Satu Barat – 17 klub Spartan South Midlands Football League Divisi Dua – 16 klub Staffordshire County Senior Football League Divisi Utama – 18 klub Suffolk and Ipswich Football League Divisi Senior – 16 klub Surrey Elite Intermediate League – 16 klub Sussex County League Divisi Tiga – 14 klub Teesside Football League Divisi Satu – 14 klub Wearside Football League – 20 klub West Cheshire Amateur Football League Divisi Satu – 16 klub West Lancashire Football League Divisi Utama – 17 klub West Midlands (Regional) League Divisi Satu – 17 klub West Yorkshire Football League Divisi Utama – 16 klub Wiltshire Football League Divisi Utama – 17 klub
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Aldershot & District League Divisi Senior – 12 klub Anglian Combination Divisi 1 – 15 klub Bedfordshire Football League Divisi 1 – 14 klub Brighton Hove and District Football League Divisi Utama – 12 klub Bristol Premier Combination Divisi Utama – 14 klub Bristol and Suburban Football League Divisi Utama 1 – 15 klub Cambridgeshire Football County League Divisi Senior A – 15 klub Cambridgeshire Football County League Divisi Senior B – 17 klub Cheshire Football League Divisi 2 – 14 klub Chesterfield and District Amateur League – 14 klub Cornwall Combination – 20 klub Devon and Exeter Football League Divisi Utama – 16 klub Doncaster and District Senior League Divisi Utama – 15 klub Dorset Senior League Divisi Senior – 14 klub East Berkshire Football League Divisi Utama – 12 klub East Cornwall League Divisi Utama – 16 klub East Sussex Football League Divisi Utama – 11 klub Essex and Suffolk Border Football League Divisi 1 – 17 klub Essex Olympian Football League Divisi 1 – 13 klub Gloucester Northern Senior League Divisi 1 – 16 klub Hertfordshire Senior County League Divisi 1 – 15 klub Humber Premier League Divisi 1 – 10 klub Kent County League Divisi 1 – 15 klub Leicestershire Senior League Divisi 1 – 15 klub Liverpool County Premier League Divisi 1 – 16 klub Manchester Football League Divisi 1 – 13 klub Mid-Sussex Football League Divisi Utama – 14 klub Middlesex County Football League Divisi 1 Barat – 12 klub Middlesex County Football League Divisi 1 Tengah & Timur – 11 klub
Midland Football Combination Divisi 2 – 16 klub Midlands Regional Alliance Divisi Utama – 16 klub North Berks Football League Divisi 1 – 12 klub North Bucks and District League Divisi Utama – 16 klub North Devon Football League Divisi Utama – 15 klub Northamptonshire Football Combination Divisi 1 – 12 klub Northampton Town Football League Divisi Utama – 12 klub Northern Football Alliance Divisi 1 – 16 klub Nottinghamshire Senior League Divisi 1 – 16 klub Oxfordshire Senior Football League Divisi 1 – 14 klub Peterborough and District Football League Divisi 1 – 11 klub Plymouth and West Devon Combination Divisi 1 – 12 klub Portsmouth Saturday Football League Divisi Utama – 12 klub Reading Football League Divisi Utama – 11 klub Sheffield and Hallamshire County Senior League Divisi 1 – 13 klub Somerset County Football League Divisi 1 – 18 klub South Devon Football League Divisi Utama – 14 klub Staffordshire County Senior Football League Divisi 1 – 16 klub Suffolk and Ipswich Football League Divisi 1 – 14 klub Surrey County Intermediate League (Western) Divisi Utama – 14 klub Surrey South Eastern Combination Divisi 1 Menengah – 14 klub Teesside Football League Divisi 2 – 14 klub West Cheshire Amateur Football League Divisi 2 – 15 klub West Lancashire Football League Divisi 1 – 14 klub West Midlands (Regional) League Divisi 2 – 15 klub West Riding County Amateur Football League Divisi Utama – 16 klub West Sussex Football League Divisi Utama – 11 klub West Yorkshire Football League Divisi 1 – 16 klub Wiltshire Football League Divisi 1 – 17 klub Worthing and District Football League Divisi Utama – 12 klub
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Aldershot & District League Divisi 1 – 10 klub Altrincham and District Amateur Football League Divisi 1 – 12 klub Andover and District Saturday Football League – 13 klub Anglian Combination Divisi 2 – 15 klub Banbury District and Lord Jersey FA Divisi Utama – 11 klub Bedfordshire Football League Divisi 2 – 16 klub Bournemouth Saturday Football League Divisi Utama – 12 klub Brighton Hove and District Football League Divisi 1 – 13 klub Bristol Premier Combination Divisi 1 – 13 klub Bristol and Suburban Association Football League Divisi Utama 2 – 15 klub Cambridgeshire Football Association County League Divisi 1 A – 14 klub Cambridgeshire Football Association County League Divisi 1 B – 15 klub Colchester and East Essex Football League Divisi Utama – 13 klub Devon and Exeter Football League Divisi 1 – 15 klub Doncaster and District Senior League Divisi 1 – 15 klub Dorset Senior League Divisi 1 – 12 klub East Berkshire Football League Divisi 1 – 12 klub East Cornwall League Divisi 1 – 16 klub East Sussex Football League Divisi 1 – 11 klub Essex Olympian Football League Divisi 2 – 13 klub Gloucester Northern Senior League Divisi 2 – 14 klub Hertford and District League Divisi Utama – 10 klub Ilford and District League Divisi Utama – 10 klub Kent County League Divisi 2 Timur – 11 klub Kent County League Divisi 2 Barat – 12 klub Leicester and District League Divisi Utama – 14 klub Liverpool County Premier League Divisi 2 – 12 klub Mercian Regional Football League Divisi Utama – 14 klub Mid-Essex League Divisi Utama – 11 klub Mid-Sussex Football League Championship – 12 klub Middlesex County Football League Divisi 2 – 11 klub Midlands Regional Alliance Divisi 1 – 16 klub
North Berks Football League Divisi 2 – 10 klub North Bucks and District LeagueDivisi Menengah – 14 klub North Devon Football League Divisi Senior – 16 klub Northamptonshire Football Combination Divisi 2 – 12 klub Northampton Town Football League Divisi 1 – 12 klub North & Mid-Herts Football League Divisi Utama – 14 klub North Leicestershire League Divisi Utama – 14 klub Northern Football Alliance Divisi 2 – 16 klub Nottinghamshire Senior League Divisi 2 – 16 klub Oxfordshire Senior Football League Divisi 2 Peterborough and District Football League Divisi 2 – 13 klub Plymouth and West Devon Combination Divisi 2 – 12 klub Portsmouth Saturday Football League Divisi 1 – 9 klub Reading Football League Divisi 1 – 12 klub Sheffield and Hallamshire County Senior League Divisi 2 – 14 klub Somerset County Football League Divisi 2 Timur – 15 klub Somerset County Football League Divisi 2 Barat – 14 klub Southampton Saturday Football League Divisi Utama – 11 klub South Devon Football League Divisi 1 – 14 klub Southend Borough Combination Divisi Utama – 10 klub Staffordshire County Senior Football League Divisi 2 – 15 klub Suffolk and Ipswich Football League Divisi 2 – 14 klub Surrey County Intermediate League (Western) Divisi 1 – 13 klub Surrey South Eastern Combination Divisi 2 Menengah– 13 klub Trelawny League Divisi Utama – 14 klub West Cheshire Amateur Football League Divisi 3 – 16 klub West Lancashire Football League Divisi 2 – 14 klub West Riding County Amateur Football League Divisi 1 – 14 klub West Sussex Football League Divisi 1 – 11 klub West Yorkshire Football League Divisi 2 – 15 klub Witney and District League Divisi Utama – 11 klub Worthing and District Football League Divisi 1 – 12 klub
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Aldershot & District League Divisi 2 – 10 klub Anglian Combination Divisi 3 – 18 klub Altrincham and District Amateur Football League Divisi 2 – 12 klub Banbury District and Lord Jersey FA Divisi 1 – 11 klub Basingstoke and District Football League Divisi Utama – 11 klub Bath and District League Divisi 1 – 10 klub Bedfordshire Football League Divisi 3 – 15 klub Bournemouth Saturday Football League Divisi 1 – 12 klub Brighton Hove and District Football League Divisi 2 – 13 klub Bristol and District League Divisi Senior – 14 klub Bristol and Suburban Association Football League Divisi 1 – 12 klub Cambridgeshire Football Association County League Divisi 2 A – 14 klub Cambridgeshire Football Association County League Divisi 2 B – 15 klub Colchester and East Essex Football League Divisi 1 – 13 klub Cheltenham League Divisi 1 – 14 klub Cirencester and District League Divisi 1 – 10 klub Craven and District League Divisi Utama – 11 klub Devon and Exeter Football League Divisi 2 – 14 klub Dorset Senior League Divisi 2 – 12 klub Driffield and District League Divisi Utama – 10 klub Duchy League Divisi Utama – 12 klub East Berkshire Football League Divisi 2 – 11 klub East Riding Amateur League Divisi Utama – 12 klub East Riding County League Divisi Utama – 12 klub East Sussex Football League Divisi 2 – 10 klub Essex Business Houses Football League Divisi Utama – 10 klub Essex Olympian Football League Divisi 3 – 12 klub Furness Premier League Divisi Utama – 12 klub Guildford and Woking Alliance League Divisi Utama – 11 klub Halifax and District League Divisi Utama – 12 klub Harrogate and District League Divisi Utama – 13 klub Hertford and District League Divisi 1 – 12 klub Huddersfield and District Association Football League Divisi 1 – 12 klub Ilford and District League Divisi 1 – 11 klub Kingston and District Football League Divisi Utama – 9 klub Lancashire Amateur League Divisi Utama – 14 klub Leeds Red Triangle Football League Divisi Utama – 11 klub Leicester and District League Divisi 1 – 13 klub Mercian Regional Football League Divisi 1 – 16 klub Mid-Essex League Divisi 1 – 12 klub
Midlands Regional Alliance Divisi 2 – 17 klub Mid-Somerset Football League Divisi Utama – 11 klub Mid-Sussex Football League Divisi 1 – 11 klub Newcastle Corinthians League Divisi 1 – 10 klub North Berks Football League Divisi 3 – 12 klub North Bucks and District League Divisi 1 – 16 klub North Devon Football League Intermediate Divisi 1 – 16 klub North Gloucestershire League Divisi Utama – 16 klub North & Mid-Herts Football League Divisi 1 Mid – 11 klub North & Mid-Herts Football League Divisi 1 North – 11 klub North Leicestershire League Divisi 1 – 11 klub North Northumberland League Divisi 1 – 10 klub Northamptonshire Football Combination Divisi 3 – 12 klub Oxfordshire Senior Football League Divisi 3 Peterborough and District Football League Divisi 3 Plymouth and West Devon Combination Divisi 3 – 10 klub Portsmouth Saturday Football League Divisi 2 – 11 klub Reading Football League Divisi 2 – 12 klub Redhill and District Football League Divisi Utama – 11 klub Southampton Saturday Football League Senior Divisi 1 – 11 klub South Devon Football League Divisi 2 – 14 klub Southend Borough Combination Divisi 1 – 12 klub Spen Valley and District Football League Divisi Utama – 10 klub Stroud and District League Divisi 1 – 14 klub Suffolk and Ipswich Football League Divisi 3 – 13 klub Surrey South Eastern Combination Junior Divisi 1 – 11 klub Taunton & District Saturday League Divisi 1 – 11 klub Trelawny League Divisi 1 – 14 klub Tyneside Amateur League Divisi 1 – 13 klub Wakefield and District League Divisi Utama – 12 klub West Riding County Amateur Football League Divisi 2 – 11 klub Weston super Mare and District League Divisi 1 – 11 klub West Sussex Football League Divisi 2 Utara – 12 klub West Sussex Football League Divisi 2 Selatan – 11 klub Witney and District League Divisi 1 – 12 klub Worthing and District Football League Divisi 2 – 12 klub Yeovil and District League Divisi Utama – 12 klub York Football League Divisi Utama – 15 klub Yorkshire Old Boys League Divisi Senior A – 11 klub
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Aldershot & District League Divisi 3 – 10 klub Anglian Combination Divisi 4 – 15 klub Banbury District and Lord Jersey FA Divisi 2 – 11 klub Basingstoke and District Football League Divisi 1 – 9 klub Bath and District League Divisi 2 – 11 klub Bedfordshire Football League Divisi 4 Bournemouth Saturday Football League Divisi 2 – 12 klub Bristol and District League Divisi 1 – 14 klub Bristol and Suburban Association Football League Divisi 2 – 14 klub Cambridgeshire Football Association County League Divisi 3 A – 14 klub Cambridgeshire Football Association County League Divisi 3 B – 11 klub Cheltenham League Divisi 2 – 14 klub Cirencester and District League Divisi 2 – 10 klub Colchester and East Essex Football League Divisi 2 – 13 klub Craven and District League Divisi 1 – 11 klub Devon and Exeter Football League Divisi 3 – 13 klub Dorset Senior League Divisi 3 – 12 klub Driffield and District League Divisi 1 – 10 klub Duchy League Divisi 1 – 13 klub East Berkshire Football League Divisi 3 – 11 klub East Riding Amateur League Divisi 1 – 12 klub East Riding County League Divisi 1 – 12 klub East Sussex Football League Divisi 3 – 10 klub Essex Business Houses Football League Divisi 1 – 13 klub Furness Premier League Divisi 1 – 10 klub Guildford and Woking Alliance League Divisi 1 – 11 klub Halifax and District League Divisi 1 – 10 klub Harrogate and District League Divisi 1 – 12 klub Hertford and District League Divisi 2 – 11 klub Huddersfield and District Association Football League Divisi 2 – 12 klub Ilford and District League Divisi 2 – 10 klub Isle of Wight Saturday Football League Divisi 1 – 14 klub Kingston and District Football League Divisi 1 – 10 klub Lancashire Amateur League Divisi 1 – 14 klub Leeds Red Triangle Football League Divisi 1 – 11 klub Leicester and District League Divisi 2 – 14 klub Mercian Regional Football League Divisi 2 – 16 klub Mid-Essex League Divisi 2 – 13 klub
Mid-Somerset Football League Divisi 1 – 11 klub Mid-Sussex Football League Divisi 2 – 12 klub Newcastle Corinthians League Divisi 2 – 10 klub North Berks Football League Divisi 4 Timur 13 klub North Berks Football League Divisi 4 Barat North Bucks and District League Divisi 2 – 16 klub North Devon Football League Divisi 2 Menengah – 15 klub North Gloucestershire League Divisi 1 – 13 klub North Leicestershire League Divisi 2 – 12 klub North Northumberland League Divisi 2 – 11 klub Northamptonshire Football Combination Divisi 4 – 12 klub Peterborough and District Football League Divisi 4 Plymouth and West Devon Combination Divisi 4 Portsmouth Saturday Football League Divisi 3 – 10 klub Reading Football League Divisi 3 – 11 klub Redhill and District Football League Divisi 1 – 10 klub Southampton Saturday Football League Divisi 1 Junior – 10 klub South Devon Football League Divisi 3 – 14 klub Southend Borough Combination Divisi 2 – 12 klub South Yorkshire Amateur League Divisi Utama – 10 klub Spen Valley and District Football League Divisi 1 – 13 klub Stroud and District League Divisi 2 – 14 klub Suffolk and Ipswich Football League Divisi 4 – 13 klub Surrey South Eastern Combination Divisi 2 Junior – 12 klub Taunton & District Saturday League Divisi 2 – 12 klub Trelawny League Divisi 2 – 14 klub Tyneside Amateur League Divisi 2 – 13 klub Wakefield and District League Divisi 1 – 12 klub West Riding County Amateur Football League Divisi 3 West Sussex Football League Divisi 3 Utara – 11 klub West Sussex Football League Divisi 3 Selatan – 10 klub Weston super Mare and District League Divisi 2 – 10 klub Witney and District League Divisi 2 – 13 klub Worthing and District Football League Divisi 3 – 12 klub Yeovil and District League Divisi 1 – 12 klub York Football League Divisi 1 – 11 klub Yorkshire Old Boys League Divisi Senior B – 10 klub
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Anglian Combination Divisi 5 – 13 klub Banbury District and Lord Jersey FA Divisi 3 – 12 klub Basingstoke and District Football League Divisi 2 – 13 klub Bath and District League Divisi 3 – 10 klub Bournemouth Saturday Football League Divisi 3 – 13 klub Bristol and District League Divisi 2 – 14 klub Bristol and Suburban Association Football League Divisi 3 – 14 klub Cambridgeshire Football Association County League Divisi 4 A – 14 klub Cambridgeshire Football Association County League Divisi 4 B – 16 klub Cheltenham League Divisi 3 – 14 klub Craven and District League Divisi 2 – 12 klub Devon and Exeter Football League Divisi 4 – 13 klub Dorset Senior League Divisi 4 – 11 klub Driffield and District League Divisi 2 – 11 klub Duchy League Divisi 2 – 13 klub East Berkshire Football League Divisi 4 – 10 klub East Riding Amateur League Divisi 2 – 12 klub East Riding County League Divisi 2 – 12 klub East Sussex Football League Divisi 4 – 10 klub Furness Premier League Divisi 2 – 9 klub Guildford and Woking Alliance League Divisi 2 – 13 klub Halifax and District League Divisi 2 – 9 klub Harrogate and District League Divisi 2 – 13 klub Hertford and District League Divisi 3 – 13 klub Huddersfield and District Association Football League Divisi 3 – 12 klub Ilford and District League Divisi 3 – 10 klub Isle of Wight Saturday Football League Divisi 2 – 17 klub Kingston and District Football League Divisi 2 – 9 klub
Lancashire Amateur League Divisi 2 – 14 klub Leeds Red Triangle Football League Divisi 2 Mid-Essex League Divisi 3 – 13 klub Mid-Somerset Football League Divisi 2 – 11 klub Mid-Sussex Football League Divisi 3 – 12 klub North Gloucestershire League Divisi 2 – 13 klub North Leicestershire League Divisi 3 – 12 klub Peterborough and District Football League Divisi 5 Reading Football League Divisi 4 Redhill and District Football League Divisi 2 – 10 klub Southampton Saturday Football League Divisi 2 Junior – 11 klub South Devon Football League Divisi 4 – 14 klub Southend Borough Combination Divisi 3 – 12 klub South Yorkshire Amateur League Divisi 1 – 9 klub Stroud and District League Divisi 3 – 14 klub Suffolk and Ipswich Football League Divisi 5 – 12 klub Surrey South Eastern Combination Divisi 3 Junior – 11 klub Taunton & District Saturday League Divisi 3 – 11 klub Trelawny League Divisi 3 – 14 klub Wakefield and District League Divisi 2 – 12 klub West Sussex Football League Divisi 4 Utara – 11 klub West Sussex Football League Divisi 4 Selatan – 10 klub Weston super Mare and District League Divisi 3 – 10 klub Witney and District League Divisi 3 – 12 klub Yeovil and District League Divisi 2 – 10 klub York Football League Divisi 2 – 11 klub Yorkshire Old Boys League Divisi 1 – 12 klub
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Anglian Combination Divisi 6 – 14 klub Bournemouth Saturday Football League Divisi 4 – 12 klub Bristol and District League Divisi 3 – 14 klub Bristol and Suburban Association Football League Divisi 4 – 12 klub Cambridgeshire Football Association County League Divisi 5 A – 28 klub Cambridgeshire Football Association County League Divisi 5 B – 26 klub Cambridgeshire Football Association County League Divisi 5 C Cambridgeshire Football Association County League Divisi 5 D Cheltenham League Divisi 4 – 14 klub Craven and District League Divisi 3 – 12 klub Devon and Exeter Football League Divisi 5 – 15 klub Dorset Senior League Divisi 5 – 10 klub Driffield and District League Divisi 3 – 11 klub Duchy League Divisi 3 – 13 klub East Berkshire Football League Divisi 5 – 12 klub East Riding County League Divisi 3 – 12 klub East Sussex Football League Divisi 5 – 10 klub Guildford and Woking Alliance League Divisi 3 – 11 klub Halifax and District League Divisi 3 – 11 klub Harrogate and District League Divisi 3 – 12 klub Huddersfield and District Association Football League Divisi 4 – 12 klub Isle of Wight Saturday Football League Divisi 3 – 16 klub Kingston and District Football League Divisi 3 – 9 klub
Lancashire Amateur League Divisi 3 – 14 klub Mid-Essex League Divisi 4 – 14 klub Mid-Somerset Football League Divisi 3 – 12 klub Mid-Sussex Football League Divisi 4 – 12 klub North Gloucestershire League Divisi 3 – 14 klub North Leicestershire League Divisi 4 – 12 klub Redhill and District Football League Divisi 3 – 11 klub Southampton Saturday Football League Divisi 3 Junior – 11 klub South Devon Football League Divisi 5 – 14 klub Southend Borough Combination Divisi 4 – 12 klub Stroud and District League Divisi 4 – 12 klub Suffolk and Ipswich Football League Divisi 6 – 13 klub Surrey South Eastern Combination Divisi 4 Junior – 12 klub Taunton & District Saturday League Divisi 4 – 11 klub Trelawny League Divisi 4 – 14 klub Wakefield and District League Divisi 3 – 12 klub Weston super Mare and District League Divisi 4 – 10 klub West Sussex Football League Divisi 5 Utara – 10 klub West Sussex Football League Divisi 5 Selatan – 10 klub West Sussex Football League Divisi 5 Tengah – 9 klub Yeovil and District League Divisi 3 – 12 klub York Football League Divisi 3 – 11 klub Yorkshire Old Boys League Divisi 2 – 13 klub
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Bournemouth Saturday Football League Divisi 5 – 13 klub Bristol and District League Divisi 4 – 14 klub Bristol and Suburban Association Football League Divisi 5 – 10 klub Bury and District League Divisi 1 – 11 klub Central and South Norfolk League Divisi 1 – 12 klub Cheltenham League Divisi 5 – 14 klub Craven and District League Divisi 4 – 11 klub Devon and Exeter Football League Divisi 6 – 14 klub Duchy League Divisi 4 – 12 klub East Riding County League Divisi 4 – 12 klub East Sussex Football League Divisi 6 – 11 klub Guildford and Woking Alliance League Divisi 4 Utara – 11 klub Guildford and Woking Alliance League Divisi 4 Selatan
Kingston and District Football League Divisi 4 – 9 klub Lancashire Amateur League Divisi 4 – 13 klub Mid-Essex League Divisi 5 – 14 klub Mid-Sussex Football League Divisi 5 – 12 klub North Gloucestershire League Divisi 4 – 14 klub Redhill and District Football League Divisi 4 – 11 klub Southampton Saturday Football League Divisi 4 Junior – 10 klub South Devon Football League Divisi 6 – 12 klub Southend Borough Combination Divisi 5 – 11 klub Stroud and District League Divisi 5 – 13 klub Trelawny League Divisi 5 – 14 klub Weston super Mare and District League Divisi 5 – 11 klub York Football League Divisi 4 – 10 klub Yorkshire Old Boys League Divisi 3 – 13 klub
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Bournemouth Saturday Football League Divisi 6 – 13 klub Bristol and District League Divisi 5 – 14 klub Bury and District League Divisi 2 – 11 klub Central and South Norfolk League Divisi 2 – 14 klub Cheltenham League Divisi 6 – 13 klub Devon and Exeter Football League Divisi 7 – 14 klub Duchy League Divisi 5 – 13 klub East Riding County League Divisi 5 – 11 klub East Sussex Football League Divisi 7 – 12 klub Huddersfield and District Works and Combination League Divisi 1 – 8 klub
Kingston and District Football League Divisi 5 – 9 klub Lancashire Amateur League Divisi 5 – 12 klub Mid-Essex League Divisi 6 – 12 klub Mid-Sussex Football League Divisi 6 – 11 klub Redhill and District Football League Divisi 5 – 11 klub Southampton Saturday Football League Divisi 5 Junior– 10 klub Southend Borough Combination Divisi 6 – 11 klub Stroud and District League Divisi 6 – 13 klub Weston super Mare and District League Divisi 6 – 9 klub Yorkshire Old Boys League Divisi 4 – 12 klub
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Bristol and District League Divisi 6 – 15 klub Bury and District League Divisi 3 – 11 klub Central and South Norfolk League Divisi 3 – 14 klub Devon and Exeter Football League Divisi 8 – 12 klub Huddersfield and District Works and Combination League Divisi 2 – 10 klub Lancashire Amateur League Divisi 6 – 12 klub Mid-Sussex Football League Divisi 7 – 12 klub Southampton Saturday Football League Divisi 6 Junior– 11 klub Stroud and District League Divisi 7 – 11 klub Yorkshire Old Boys League Divisi 5 – 13 klub (CATATAN: Tidak ada liga yang memiliki divisi teratas pada tingkat 20)
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Bristol and Avon League Divisi Utama – 12 klub Central and South Norfolk League Divisi 4 – 14 klub Devon and Exeter Football League Divisi 9 – 14 klub Lancashire Amateur League Divisi 7 – 12 klub Mid-Sussex Football League Divisi 8 – 11 klub Southampton Saturday Football League Divisi 7 Junior – 11 klub Stroud and District League Divisi 8 – 13 klub (CATATAN: Ini adalah tingkat terendah untuk liga yang memiliki divisi teratas)
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Bristol and Avon League Divisi 1 – 8 klub Mid-Sussex Football League Divisi 9 – 11 klub
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