National League

NEW PLAY-OFF SYSTEM KEPT THE SEASON ALIVE

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
3 June 2018

The National League chief says that the radical changes brought in this season look here to stay

NATIONAL LEAGUE chief executive Michael Tattersall feels that the extended play-off format at Steps 1 and 2 has been an overwhelming success in its first year.
For the first time in English football, the spots were opened up to six teams with one-legged eliminator games before the semi-finals and final.
Here Tattersall speaks about the play-offs, three-up and three down, 3G pitches and plans for Non-League’s highest competition to play a bigger role in youth development.
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