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English league proposes 5 tier system

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From BBC;

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36335384

English football could be heading for its biggest shake-up since the creation of the Premier League in 1992.

The Football League wants to create an extra division with 20 teams in each from 2019-20.

It would mean England had 100 teams in five divisions, up from 92. Currently, there are 24 teams in the Championship, League One and League Two.

The Football League says the move would tackle fixture congestion and boost the finances of its members.

The Premier League and the FA have backed the proposal "in principle".

The current 72 Football League clubs will decide whether they support the move at their annual general meeting in June 2017.

"There are clear benefits for everyone," Football League chief executive Shaun Harvey told BBC Sport.

"It is about taking a step back to try to work out what is best for English football.

"We hope that the Football League taking this first step is the catalyst for future change."

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So it'd be 100 clubs in five leagues, with the PL at the top.

This Sky graphic suggests the lowest tier could be PL 'B' teams. I wonder would they allow promotion to the same tier as the parent club?
 

So, in essence they will merely be calling The Conference League 3?

Which is the 4th division of the Football League.

And the 5th tier in professional football in England.

I am struggling to see how it will "boost finances" nor what the "clear benefits" would be, but if they want to do it, good luck to them.
 
Khalekan said:
So, in essence they will merely be calling The Conference League 3?

Which is the 4th division of the Football League.

And the 5th tier in professional football in England.

I am struggling to see how it will "boost finances" nor what the "clear benefits" would be, but if they want to do it, good luck to them.
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Could maybe do it like the old days north/south leagues,cut down on travelling expenses,more local rival?
 
So the other 80 clubs get some extra PL dosh to cover the loss of 4 home games? Or perhaps a guaranteed home game against the top tiers in the first round of the cups?
 

hmm, bit weird, i was actually thinking of this a couple of days ago watching the championship semi finals. I was wondering why lower league teams play 46 league games, 8 more than the prem, when they don't have the finances to buy bigger squads like the prem teams do.
 
Khalekan said:
So, in essence they will merely be calling The Conference League 3?

Which is the 4th division of the Football League.

And the 5th tier in professional football in England.

I am struggling to see how it will "boost finances" nor what the "clear benefits" would be, but if they want to do it, good luck to them.
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It'll boost finances because the football league negotiates tv deals for all it's leagues, I think so the conference will get tv money from the championship.

And as all the leagues will have 20 teams in there'll be less fixture congestion.
 
jaycee said:
Could maybe do it like the old days north/south leagues,cut down on travelling expenses,more local rival?
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But are they suggesting that?

Certainly makes more sense than having Hartlepool having to traipse down to Yeovil and vice versa.
 

Allezfan said:
It'll boost finances because the football league negotiates tv deals for all it's leagues, I think so the conference will get tv money from the championship.

And as all the leagues will have 20 teams in there'll be less fixture congestion.
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But why would they get more TV money from this new system than under the current system?

Any extra money would be divided out between more clubs surely, meaning no individual club would be better off.

Less fixture congestion would be a benefit on the playing side no doubt.....though one would think it is to the detriment of big clubs in the Championship like Newcastle, Wolves, Villa etc. who would lose three matchday revenues.

To be honest, I don't think there is much of a TV market for lower league football in this country.

Like the Champions League, whose viewing figures are in freefall over the past few years, the Football League's appeal is largely confined to fans of clubs competing in it.

I can't see the TV companies rushing in to pay them bucket loads of cash for Football League rights.....they learned that lesson the hard way with ITV Digital.

The other thing I was wondering.

Would this FL 100 be a closed shop?

Or will the pyramid system still exist so a club from what would become the non league might be promoted to the fourth tier?
 
jaycee said:
I honestly dont know but it makes a lot of sense to me
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I don't remember the old 3rd Division North and South days.....but here is something which often puzzles me about it.

I think the team which finished top from each region was promoted to the 2nd Division and the bottom two in that division were relegated.

So say Newcastle and Sunderland were the two teams at the bottom of the 2nd Division......or Pompey and Saints.

What happened then?

How did they fit one of those teams into a regional league then :Blink:
 
Lol you saying im old? I dont remember them either except from old football programmes,so mot sure how they would work that problem out,I just think it would be a good idea to cut down on travel for teams and fans plus add a litle more interest playing more local rivals
 

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