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‘SYSTEM IS NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE’

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
8 June 2025

Re: Unjust Promotion Rules – A Call for Immediate Reform
Dear National League and Mr Birch (EFL CEO)
I AM writing to express my deep concern and disappointment at the current promotion system between the National League and League Two, following a season where York City FC, despite finishing 28 points clear of seventh place and winning 12 more matches, were denied promotion.
Such a glaring imbalance not only undermines sporting merit but erodes the very foundations of fair competition. To dominate a league campaign so comprehensively (Barnet the only exception) only to be for...

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