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Bottle-neck corked off at MPL Step 7

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I WAS interested in your article that made a convincing plea for threeup, three-down between the National League and League Two.
At least, at present, it is two up and two down – avery different scenario from the plight of clubs playing at Step 7 (or Regional Feeder Leagues as I believe they are now called).
In fact, in recent seasons, no club has been relegated from Step 6 to Step 7 as far as the Midland Football League is concerned.
So, to gain promotion from the Midland Division Two to Division One is almost impossible. Even with acceptable ground gradi...

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