English Football Leagues Pyramid System
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Detailed chart showing the set-up of the first eleven levels of the English Football Pyramid System of League and Non-League for Professional, Semi-Professional and Amateur Football from the Premier League to 11th Division of English Football.
A few elite Welsh clubs play in the English Football League System.
The Pyramid is in the order of the English football league system from Tier 1 Premier League to the English Football Tier 11 – 46 different leagues.
The English Football League System has no automatic promotion & relegation below the eighth level.
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| 1st Level |
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| 20 clubs, 3 relegations | |||||||||||||||
| 2nd Level |
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| “The League” |
24 clubs, 3 promotions, 3 relegations |
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| 3rd Level |
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| 24 clubs, 3 promotions, 4 relegations | |||||||||||||||
| 4th Level |
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| 24 clubs, 4 promotions, 2 relegations | |||||||||||||||
| 5th Level |
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| “Non-League Football” |
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5th Level and Lower |
23 clubs, 2 promotions, 3 relegations |
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| 6th Level |
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6th Level | ||||||||||||
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22 clubs, 2 p, 2 r |
21 clubs, 2 p, 1 r |
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| 7th Level | 7th Level | 7th Level | 7th Level | ||||||||||||
| Premier Division | Central Division | South Division | Premier Division | ||||||||||||
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22 clubs, 2 p, 4 r |
21 clubs, 2 p, 3 r |
22 clubs, 2 p, 4 r |
22 clubs, 2 p, 4 r |
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| 8th Level | 8th Level | 8th Level | 8th Level | 8th Level | 8th Level | 8th Level | 8th Level | ||||||||
| Division One North East | Division One Midlands | Division One West | Division One Central | Division One South | Division One South Central | Division One North | Division One South East | ||||||||
| 19 Clubs | 20 Clubs | 20 Clubs | 20 Clubs | 19 Clubs | 19 Clubs | 20 Clubs | 20 Clubs | ||||||||
| 2 p, 1-3 r | 2 p, 2-4 r | 2 p, 2-4 r | 2 p, 2-4 r | 2 p, 1-3 r | 2 p, 1-3 r | 2 p, 2-4 r | 2 p, 2-4 r | ||||||||
| 9th Level | ||
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| Combined Counties League Premier Division North – 18 clubs — 1–2p, 2r | Northern League Division One – 20 clubs — 1–2p, 2r | |
| Combined Counties League Premier Division South – 20 clubs — 1–2p, 2r | Southern Combination League Premier Division – 20 clubs — 1–2p, 2r | |
| Eastern Counties League Premier Division – 20 clubs — 1–2p, 2r | Southern Counties East League Premier Division – 20 clubs — 1–2p, 2r | |
| Essex Senior League – 21 clubs — 1–2p, 2r | Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division – 20 clubs — 1–2p, 2r | |
| Hellenic League Premier Division – 20 clubs — 1–2p, 2r | United Counties League Premier Division North – 18 clubs — 1–2p, 2r | |
| Midland League Premier Division – 19 clubs — 1–2p, 2r | United Counties League Premier Division South – 21 clubs – 1-2p, 2r | |
| North West Counties League Premier Division – 21 clubs — 1–2p, 2r | Wessex League Premier Division – 21 clubs – 1–2p, 2r | |
| Northern Counties East League Premier Division – 20 clubs — 1–2p, 2r | Western League Premier Division – 19 clubs — 1–2p, 2r | |
| 10th Level | ||
| Combined Counties League Division One – 21 clubs – 2p, 0–3r | Northern League Division Two – 20 clubs – 2p, 0–3r | |
| Eastern Counties League Division One North – 16 clubs – 2p, 0–3r | South West Peninsula League Premier Division East – 20 clubs – 1p, 0–3r | |
| Eastern Counties League Division One South – 20 clubs – 2p, 0–3r | South West Peninsula League Premier Division West – 20 clubs – 1p, 0–3r | |
| Hellenic League Division One – 20 clubs – 2p, 0–3r | Southern Combination League Division One – 18 clubs – 2p, 0–3r | |
| Midland League Division One – 19 clubs – 2p, 0–3r | Southern Counties East League Division One – 20 clubs – 2p, 0–3r | |
| North West Counties League Division One North – 19 clubs – 2p, 0–3r | Spartan South Midlands League Division One – 20 clubs – 2p, 0–3r | |
| North West Counties League Division One South – 20 clubs – 2p, 0–3r | United Counties League Division One – 23 clubs – 2p, 0–3r | |
| Northern Counties East League Division One – 21 clubs – 2p, 0–3r | Wessex League Division One – 20 clubs – 2p, 0–3r | |
| Western League Division One – 21 clubs – 2p, 0–3r | ||
| 11th Level | ||
| Anglian Combination Premier Division – 16 clubs | North Riding League Premier Division – 16 clubs | |
| Bedfordshire County League Premier Division – 16 clubs | Northamptonshire Combination League Premier Division – 16 clubs | |
| Cambridgeshire County League Premier Division – 16 clubs | Northern Alliance Premier Division – 16 clubs | |
| Central Midlands League Premier Division North – 14 clubs | Nottinghamshire Senior League Senior Division – 18 clubs | |
| Central Midlands League Premier Division South – 14 clubs | Oxfordshire Senior League Premier Division – 16 clubs | |
| Cheshire League Premier Division – 16 clubs | Peterborough & District League Premier Division – 16 clubs | |
| Devon Football League North & East Division – 16 clubs | Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Premier Division – 15 clubs | |
| Devon Football League South & West Division – 16 clubs | Shropshire County Football League – 14 clubs | |
| Dorset Premier League – 16 clubs | Somerset County League Premier Division – 18 clubs | |
| Essex & Suffolk Border League Premier Division – 16 clubs | Southern Combination League Division Two – 16 clubs | |
| Essex Alliance League Senior Division – 14 clubs | Spartan South Midlands League Division Two – 16 clubs | |
| Essex Olympian League Premier Division – 16 clubs | St Piran League East Division – 16 clubs | |
| Gloucestershire County League – 16 clubs | St Piran League West Division – 16 clubs | |
| Hampshire Premier League Senior Division – 16 clubs | Staffordshire County Senior League Premier Division – 16 clubs | |
| Herefordshire FA County League Premier Division – 15 clubs | Suffolk & Ipswich League Senior Division – 16 clubs | |
| Hertfordshire Senior County League Premier Division – 16 clubs | Surrey Elite Intermediate League – 16 clubs | |
| Humber Premier League Premier Division – 16 clubs | Thames Valley Premier League Premier Division – 16 clubs | |
| Kent County League Premier Division – 16 clubs | Wearside League Division One – 16 clubs | |
| Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division – 16 clubs | West Cheshire League Division One – 16 clubs | |
| Lincolnshire League – 14 clubs | West Lancashire League Premier Division – 16 clubs | |
| Liverpool Premier League Premier Division – 16 clubs | West Midlands (Regional) League Division One – 16 clubs | |
| Manchester League Premier Division – 16 clubs | West Yorkshire League Premier Division – 16 clubs | |
| Mid-Sussex League Premier Division – 14 clubs | Wiltshire Senior League Premier Division – 16 clubs | |
| Middlesex County League Premier Division – 17 clubs | York League Premier Division – 16 clubs | |
| Midland League Division Two – 16 clubs | Yorkshire Amateur League Supreme Division – 15 clubs |
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