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Post by jonnycanuck on Feb 8, 2018 20:30:29 GMT
I'm trying to get my bearings with all the details of non-league football, as there is nothing like it in North American sports. Virtually all minor league teams are simply farm/training organizations for the major leagues. As a professional player you're either on your way up to the majors or coming back down. Obviously not having promotion & relegation as incentive plays a huge part in this, but it's still so amazing that there are hundreds of clubs in dozens of self-sustaining leagues all over the country.
There are some things that wikipedia doesn't quite cover though. I'll ask questions here as I work my through, and hopefully not bore you all.
The first thing I needed clarification on was what requirements are placed on a club itself as it gets promoted through the levels? Sure, the competition gets tougher so more training, better players and in turn more money is needed. But does each new league have certain needs or qualifications on the organization itself? Could a club not be able to complete promotion on some kind of administrative or maintenance snafu?
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Post by salfordiandude on Feb 8, 2018 21:06:42 GMT
Hi Jonny, The biggest thing is ground grading, so each division has a criteria. Pitch size, so much seating area, facilities in general have to be at a certain standard to be eligible to gain promotion. There is no limits for Salford and can attain Premier league status, however they would have to have a suitable ground for that to happen. The best way to get a complete understanding is search on the www.fa.com website. Hope you can his helps somewhat, and hopefully someone else may explain anything I've missed, but you can use this as a start?
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Post by Chris P. Bacon on Feb 9, 2018 11:15:33 GMT
Yes, Darlington fell foul of this because they didn’t have the required seating in place by the deadline date. Subsequently, they were unable to be involved in the play off games.
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Post by mozzer on Feb 15, 2018 14:00:00 GMT
In short, each level of football is subject to ground grading standards. A club attaining promotion must meet the requisite standards (there is usually a little bit of leeway in the first season to get the ground up to scratch) or else face mandatory relegation or the prospect of not being able to take the promotion.
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Post by tangerinedream on Mar 29, 2018 18:58:31 GMT
BUMP
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Post by Chris P. Bacon on Mar 29, 2018 19:08:05 GMT
.?? Bump?
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Post by tangerinedream on Mar 29, 2018 19:48:02 GMT
BUMP is a way of pushing up a post and getting rid of the posting about fake id's and passports. I've asked our forum moderator to delete the idotic posts and to block the sender.
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Post by Chris P. Bacon on Mar 29, 2018 19:59:40 GMT
I asked him earlier as well. Said he’d do it when he got home. But I guarantee he wouldn’t have been home late today 😀
Come on Dude....get it sorted,
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