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At the top is the single division of the Premier League, containing 20 clubs, all of which, up to the 2010–11 season, were based in England. However, two Welsh teams (Swansea City and Cardiff City). Below the Premier League is The Football League, which is divided into three divisions of 24 clubs each: The Championship (Level 2), League One (Level 3) and League Two (Level 4). The 92 clubs in the Premier League and Football League are all full-time professional clubs. They are often referred to as 'League' clubs because, before the establishment of the Premier League in 1992, the Football League included all 92 clubs, in four divisions. Clubs outside this group are referred to as 'non-League' clubs, although they too play most of their football in league-type competitions. The top tier of non-League football is the National League formerly known as the Football Conference, which contains a national division of 24 clubs (Level 5), this is the lowest level with a single national league. There are two divisions at Level 6, covering the north (National League North) and south (National League South), with 22 clubs each. Some of these clubs are full-time professional and the others are semi-professional. Below the National League are some of the stronger clubs which are semi-professional, but continuing down the tiers, soon all the clubs are amateur. Lower-level leagues also tend to cater for progressively smaller geographic regions. Next down from the National League are three regional leagues, each associated with different geographical areas, although some overlap exists. They are the Northern Premier League (which covers the north of England and north Wales), Southern Football League (which covers the Midlands, south and southwest of England, and south Wales) and the Isthmian League (which covers the south east of England). All of the leagues have a Premier Division of 24 teams (Level 7). Below these, and split by region, the Northern Premier League and Southern Football League each have two parallel divisions of 22 teams (Level 8). The Isthmian League has two parallel level 8 divisions of 24 teams each. Level 9 contains the top divisions of a large group of fourteen sub-regional leagues. Each of these leagues has a different divisional set up, but they all have one thing in common: there are yet more leagues below them, each covering smaller and smaller geographical levels. |
(Barclay's Premier League) 20 Total Clubs ~ "3" Relegations to the League Championship |
(Sky Bet Championship) 24 Total Clubs ~ "3" Promotions to Premier League / "3" Relegations to League One |
(Sky Bet League 1) 24 Total Clubs ~ "3" Promotions to the Championship / "4" Relegations to League Two |
(Sky Bet League 2) 24 Total Clubs ~ "4" Promotions to League One / "2" Relegations to the National League |
(Vanarama National League) 24 Total Clubs ~ "2" Promotions to League Two / "4" Relegations to National League North/South |
(Vanarama National League North) 22 Total Clubs with "2" Promotions to the National League "3" Relegations to Northern Premier League/Isthmian League |
(Vanarama National League South) 22 Total Clubs with "2" Promotions to the National League "3" Relegations to Southern League/Isthmian League |
(Premier Division) (Evo-Stik League Northern Premier Div.) 24 Total Clubs with "2" Promotions to National League North "4" Relegations to Northern Premier League (First Division North/South) |
(Premier Division) (Evo-Stik League Southern Premier Div.) 24 Total Clubs with "2" Promotions to National League South "4" Relegations to Southern League (Division One Central/South & West) |
(Premier Division) (Ryman Football League Premier Div.) 24 Total Clubs with "2" Promotions to National League North/South "4" Relegations to Isthmian League (Division One North/South) |
PREM. LEAGUE (Division One North) 22 Total Clubs with "2" Promotions "2" Relegations |
PREM. LEAGUE (Division One South) 22 Total Clubs with "2" Promotions "2" Relegations |
LEAGUE (Division 1 Central) 22 Total Clubs with "2" Promotions "2" Relegations |
LEAGUE (Div. 1 South/West) 22 Total Clubs with "2" Promotions "2" Relegations |
LEAGUE (Division One North) 24 Total Clubs with "2" Promotions "3" Relegations |
LEAGUE (Division One South) 24 Total Clubs with "2" Promotions "3" Relegations |
"1" Promotion from Each of the Listed Divisions Below
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