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 | ||||||||||||||
| 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 |
24 clubs, 2 promotions, 4 relegations | ||||||||||||||
| 6th Level |
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6th Level | ||||||||||||
| 22 clubs, 2 p, 3 r | 22 clubs, 2 p, 3 r | ||||||||||||||
| 7th Level | 7th Level | 7th Level | 7th Level | ||||||||||||
| Premier Division | Central Division | South Division | Premier Division | ||||||||||||
| 22 clubs, 1.5 p, 2-3 r | 22 clubs, 1.5 p, 2-3 r | 22 clubs, 1.5 p, 2-3 r | 22 clubs, 1.5 p, 2-3 r | ||||||||||||
| 8th Level | 8th Level | 8th Level | 8th Level | 8th Level | 8th Level | 8th Level | |||||||||
| Division One North West | Division One South East | Division One Central | Division One South | Division One North | Division One South Central | Division One South East | |||||||||
| 20 clubs, 2p, 0-1r | 20 clubs, 2p, 0-1r | 20 clubs, 2p, 0-1r | 20 clubs, 2p, 0-1r | 20 clubs, 2p, 0-1r | 20 clubs, 2p, 0-1r | 20 clubs, 2p, 0-1r | |||||||||
| 9th Level | ||
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| Combined Counties League Premier Division – 21 clubs, 1–2p, 0–1r | Northern League Division One – 20 clubs — 3p, 0-1r | |
| Eastern Counties Football League Premier Division, 20 clubs, 1–2p, 0–1r | Southern Combination League Premier Division – 20 clubs — 1–2p, 0–1r | |
| Essex Senior League – 19 clubs, 1–2p, 0–1r | Southern Counties East League Premier Division – 21 clubs — 1–2p, 0–1r | |
| Hellenic League Premier Division – 19 clubs, 1–2p, 0–1r | Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division – 21 clubs — 1–2p, 0–1r | |
| Midland League Premier Division – 20 clubs, 1–2p, 0–1r | United Counties League Premier Division – 20 clubs — 1–2p, 0–1r | |
| North West Counties League Premier Division – 20 clubs, 3p, 0–1r | Wessex League Premier Division – 20 clubs — 1–2p, 0–1r | |
| N. Counties East Football League Premier Division, 20 clubs, 3p, 0-1r | Western League Premier Division – 21 clubs — 1–2p, 0–1r | |
| 10th Level | ||
| Combined Counties League Division One – 20 clubs – 4p, 2r | Northern League Division Two – 20 clubs – 4p, 0–2r | |
| East Midlands Counties League – 19 clubs – 4p, 1r | South West Peninsula League Premier Division East – 20 clubs – 2p, 2r | |
| Eastern Counties League – Division One North – 20 clubs – 4p, 0–2r | South West Peninsula League Premier Division West – 20 clubs – 2p, 2r | |
| Eastern Counties League Division One South – 19 clubs – 4p, 0–2r | Southern Combination League Division One – 18 clubs – 4p, 0–2r | |
| Hellenic Football League Division One East – 17 clubs – 4p, 0–1r | Southern Counties East League Division One – 17 clubs – 4p, 0–1r | |
| Hellenic Football League Division One West – 16 clubs – 4p, 0–2r | Spartan South Midlands League Division One – 20 clubs – 4p, 0–2r | |
| Midland Football League Division One – 20 clubs – 4p, 0–2r | United Counties League Division One – 20 clubs – 4p, 0–2r | |
| North West Counties League Division One North – 20 clubs – 4p, 0–2r | Wessex League Division One – 20 clubs – 4p, 2r | |
| North West Counties League Division One South – 20 clubs – 4p, 0–2r | West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division – 18 clubs – 4p, 0–2r | |
| Northern Counties East Football League Division One – 20 clubs – 4p, 2r | Western League Division One – 20 clubs – 4p, 0–2r | |
| 11th Level | ||
| Anglian Combination Premier Division – 16 clubs | Northamptonshire Combination League Premier Division – 16 clubs | |
| Bedfordshire County League Premier Division – 16 clubs | Northern Alliance Premier Division – 16 clubs | |
| Cambridgeshire County League Premier Division – 16 clubs | Nottinghamshire Senior League Senior Division – 18 clubs | |
| Central Midlands League Premier Division North – 14 clubs | Oxfordshire Senior League Premier Division – 16 clubs | |
| Central Midlands League Premier Division South – 14 clubs | Peterborough & District League Premier Division – 16 clubs | |
| Cheshire League Premier Division – 16 clubs | Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Premier Division – 15 clubs | |
| Devon Football League North & East Division – 16 clubs | Somerset County League Premier Division – 18 clubs | |
| Devon Football League South & West Division – 16 clubs | Southern Combination League Division Two – 16 clubs | |
| Dorset Premier League – 16 clubs | Spartan South Midlands League Division Two – 16 clubs | |
| Essex & Suffolk Border League Premier Division – 16 clubs | St Piran League East Division – 16 clubs | |
| Essex Olympian League Premier Division – 16 clubs | St Piran League West Division – 16 clubs | |
| Gloucestershire County League – 16 clubs | Staffordshire County Senior League Premier Division – 16 clubs | |
| Hampshire Premier League Senior Division – 16 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 | |
| Middlesex County League Premier Division – 17 clubs | Wiltshire Senior League Premier Division – 16 clubs | |
| Midland League Division Two – 16 clubs | York League Premier Division – 16 clubs | |
| North Riding League Premier Division – 16 clubs | Yorkshire Amateur League Supreme Division – 15 clubs |
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