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Forget 5&6, reform must start higher

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
14 September 2025

LEISTER or Gig are names for a four-pronged implement equivalent to the three-pronged Trident.
What has this got to do with the National League System? Well, I suggest that before indulging in any further tinkering with the arrangements at Steps 5 and 6 the FA pyramid system designers pay attention to creating a cleaner layout at Steps 3 and 4.
What we have now is very unwieldy. It is ridiculous to expect the NPL to cover ‘their’ Step 4 Midlands division when this is so obviously (historically and logically) an area of the country with no real affinity to Northern Engla...

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