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Bit late creating this thread relative to the other leagues, but we still haven't had the July 1st switch over yet so I'm not too late... This thread is for all of the divisions that come under the Southern League banner, whatever they are calling them now. In old parlance they are/were the...

Worth noting that the AGM cup rules (i.e. best PPG) apply over all 6 of the step 4 divisions, rather than just the 2 NPL regional divisions (I know you know this, just making it clear for casual readers). Playoffs will be 3rd to 6th, except in the division where an extra team goes up, then it's...

The conference has always had pretty clear rules, if it happens before the AGM then a reprieve can be put in. After the AGM and the lineup for the league has been set, and all clubs (or at least the majority) have agreed to it, therefore it can't be changed without an EGM - it would then run...

I definitely read that as "cardboard cup", and frankly it might as well be called that.

My mistake with Salisbury! No idea why I thought they were promoted when they weren't. It's not just about how far Evesham would have to travel, it's about how far other clubs would have to travel to get to them. You are arguing it from the point of not being fair on the SLD1S&W clubs, but it...

Except it does, since moving them north would put them in the NPLD1S with teams like Cleethorpes and Frickley. It's the least worst solution. Also Salisbury and Moneyfields are not in that league. Salisbury got promoted the the SLP and Moneyfields were allocated to the SLD1C. You could make an...

Why would Evesham be moved north? It doesn't make much sense if you look at the step 4 map... https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=17ijaJIfUKmbiAOsZzIQns-1BaXI&ll=52.305180798801224%2C-1.37608524999996&z=7

Yep, we've been confirmed in the SLD1C for a while now. Obviously final confirmations only come after the AGMs though.

Well I said step 6 as a maximum, of course they could start lower. As I understand the process any new club would apply to both the FA and the league they wish to join. The FA will place the club based on facilities etc. Frankly step 7 only requires the most basic of facilities, so if they have...

Rules are very clear. New/Phoenix clubs cannot start above step 5, with a minimum of 2 lower (i.e. someone going bust at step 4 would have to go in at 6). A new Ilkeston side would have to start at step 6.

The logic of the bond makes a little sense. The idea is that it is to compensate the clubs who do not have a home game against that team for the loss of income. If the team were thrown out then a reprieve would be granted to keep the full complement of fixtures. In terms of practicality - it's...

I've seen it on the league forums, the difference really is in the number of digits. Sometime whether it hit 2 digits.

As much as it is bad for the Isthmian to be moving north in to East Anglia, it's leveling it out in terms of footprint. The Southern League has long faced a way too large footprint because of the density of clubs in the Isthmian, and the obsession that inside the M25 means you should be in the...

from the draft of the new regulations:

While I agree with your overall point that it should be 3 up 3 down, I don't get the logic here that increased parachute payments changes the game at all? It should still be 3 up 3 down if they got enough to run their teams for a decade, or if they got nothing. Wembley has the prestige and the...

All the step 3 leagues will be fed by all the step 4 divisions with promoted teams being placed in geographically appropriate divisions. The stuff about the new divisions isn't about where they are located, at least not yet, it's just about which of the currently existing league administrations...

There don't, and there won't be (the post you quoted is a year old). However when there are not equal structures for promotion then very strange things need to go on for everything to be fair. You're going to see 7 divisions promoting in to 4 from 18/19 onwards. This is the plans that have been...

Thanks for those statement that help to clarify the situation, I was considering putting a new thread up later in the summer (when things are quiet) to get some conversation going about the changes, how they will be implemented, and the possible future changes they may lead to. Currently the...

Cambridge City have announced they have been allocated in the SLD1C. That means there is a high chance Diamonds will be playing Cambridge City for boxing day games. Obviously all of these placings are provisional and nothing is final until after the AGMs.

I didn't post this expecting a love in, and it hadn't actually occurred immediately to me that it coincides with the start of the migration of Hartlepool fans over, but that's quite bitter! Frankly I've always thought that year was more you throwing it away than us winning it. Anyone who throws...