General

IT’S A WHOLE NEW BALL GAME

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
14 April 2019

AS PART of The Football Association’s move towards a pure Pyramid for the National League System, the Non-League landscape is in the middle of its biggest transition period in years.
This season has seen the introduction of a fourth division at Step 3 and a seventh at Step 4.
From 2020-21, there will be an eighth division at Step 4 to address the travelling distances from the north east to the Peterborough area and today football’s governing body are revealing the changes at Steps 5, 6 and 7.
The NLPwere invited to Wembley to discuss all things restructuring as we sat down...

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