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The National League is a professional Association football league in England that consists of 72 teams, divided equally between the National League (division), National League North and National League South . The National League is one of the major professional sports leagues in the England. It was called the "Alliance Premier League" from ...
National League (division) The National League officially known as Vanarama National League[ 1 ] for sponsorship reasons, is the highest level of the National League System and fifth-highest of the overall English football league system. Through the National League, Clubs gets promoted to famous EFL League Two, one of the divisions of ...
The English football league pyramid. The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for men's association football clubs in England, with five teams from Wales, one from Guernsey, one from Jersey and one from the Isle of Man also competing. The system has a hierarchical format with ...
National League System (football) The National League System comprises the six levels of the English football league system immediately below the level of the English Football League. It comes under the jurisdiction of The Football Association. The National League System has a hierarchical format with promotion and relegation between leagues at ...
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football (soccer) league in the world, although a number of Australian (Rules) Football leagues pre-date it (VFA and SANFL were both formed in 1877), and was the top-level football league in England from its foundation until 1992, when ...
The English Football League Championship, known simply as the Championship in England and for sponsorship purposes as Sky Bet Championship, [ 1 ] is the highest division of the English Football League (EFL) and second-highest overall in the English football league system, after the Premier League, and is currently contested by 24 clubs.
On 23 June 2009 the Conference League Cup's sponsor, Setanta's GB division went into administration [3] and ceased broadcasting. [ 4 ] In the 2024-25 season, the competition was revived as the 32-team National League Cup, with 16 National League clubs and 16 under-21 teams from Premier League 2.
Professional football (and, indeed, professional sports in general) developed more slowly in Southern England than in Northern England.Professionalism was first sanctioned by The Football Association as early as 1885, but when The Football League was founded in 1888 its member clubs were based entirely in the North and Midlands, as the county football associations in the South were firmly ...