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Non League Football Under The Microscope

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	Eastbourne Borough fans celebrate - August Bank Holiday Monday 2003 Photograph by Sam Hicks


	The Non League Pyramid - Leagues

		As mentioned elsewhere, the Non League Pyramid of the National Game structure is nothing if not complicated. In the National Game structure, the Premiership is Step 1; The Championship is Step 2; and Leagues One and Two, Steps 3 and 4 respectively. The Football Conference, which is Step 1 of the Non League Pyramid, is therefore Step 5 of the National Pyramid. There, clear as mud isn’t it. Below are links to various Leagues. It is by no means comprehensive and if you know of a League that has a website that is not listed, please let me know. I have separated the big four - namely the Conference, Northern Premier, Southern and Isthmian - from the rest of the pack, which are listed alphabetically. Further down the page I have made an attempt at listing the various Leagues / Divisions as they currently (as of August 2006) sit within the Non League Pyramid, and you may be surprised that some Leagues - the South Western League for example - aren’t higher up the ladder. This listing was taken from the 2006/07 edition of the Sussex County Football League Handbook. I am sure there are omissions (and maybe even errors) so again, please let me know. Finally, much as it pains me to do so, I have included sponsors’ names here for the simple reason that some leagues - the Ryman & Unibond for example - are better known by those names than by their proper titles! I am in the process of amending League sposnors but if you can fill any gaps, please let me know. Those seeking even more - and probably more accurate - information are advised to check out the following sites ... Tony Kempster’s site An absolutely brilliant labour of love, and an invaluable resource for anyone wishing to find out anything about the Non League Pyramid in England. Essential - what would we do without Tony? The Pyramid Info An equally mind-boggling site by Tom Willis, and another invaluable resource. Goes right down to Level 15 (Level 11 of the Non League Pyramid).

		Links Football Conference Isthmian League Northern Premier League Southern League Welsh Premier League Anglian Combination Football League Combined Counties League Devon County League Eastern Counties League Essex & Suffolk Border Football League Essex Olympian Football League Kent County League Kent League Hellenic League Midland Football Alliance Midland Football Combination Mid Cheshire Football League Northern Counties East League Northern League North Lancashire & District Football League North West Counties League Shropshire County Premier Football League South Western League Suffolk & Ipswich Football League Sussex County League Western League West Midlands Regional League

Step	League	Sponsor
1	Conference National	Nationwide
2	Conference North Conference South	Nationwide Nationwide
3	Northern Premier League Premier Division Southern League Premier Division Isthmian League Premier Division	Unibond British Gas Business Ryman
4	Northern Premier League Division One Southern League Midlands Division Southern League South & West Division Isthmian League Division One North Isthmian League Division One South	Unibond British Gas Business British Gas Business Ryman Ryman
5	Northern League Division 1 Northern Counties East Premier Division North West Counties League Division 1 Midland Football Alliance United Counties League Premier Division Hellenic League Premier Division Eastern Counties League Division 1 Wessex League Premier Division Western League Premier Division Spartan South Midlands League Premier Div Combined Counties League Premier Division Sussex County League Division 1 Essex Senior League Kent League	Arngrove - Polymac Services Ltd Eagle Bitter Sporta Italia Ridgeons Sydenhams Toolstation Molten Cherry Red Records Badger Ales
6	Northern League Division 2 Northern Counties East Division 1 North West Counties League Division 2 United Counties League Division 1 Hellenic League Division 1 West Hellenic League Division 1 East Eastern Counties League Division 2 Western League Division 1 Wessex League Division 1 Spartan South Midlands League Division 1 Combined Counties League Division 1 Sussex County League Division 2 Midland Combination Premier Division West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Div	Arngrove - Moore & Co. Solicitors Eagle Bitter Sporta Italia Sporta Italia Ridgeons Toolstation Sydenhams Molten Cherry Red Records Badger Ales
7	Anglian Combination Bedford & District League Brighton & Hove District League Cambridgeshire County League Crawley & District League Central Midlands League Devon League Dorset Premier League East Berkshire League East Sussex League Essex Olympian League Essex & Suffolk Border League Gloucestershire County League Hertfordshire Senior County League Kent County League Leicestershire Senior League Liverpool County Premier League Manchester League Mid Cheshire League Mid Sussex League Middlesex County League Midland Combination Division 1 North Berkshire League Northampton Town League Northamptonshire Combination Northern Football Alliance Oxfordshire Senior League Peterborough & District League Reading League Somerset County League South Western League Spartan South Midlands League Division 2 Staffordshire County Senior League Suffolk & Ipswich League Sussex County League Division 3 Wearside League Wessex League Division 2 West Cheshire League West Lancashire League West Midlands (Regional) League Division 1 West Sussex League Wiltshire Football League Worthing & District League	Dolphin Autos Abacus Axworthy’s K&P Motoring World British Energy Everard’s Brewery Air Miles Cheshire Building Soc Cherry Red Records Wades Associates Marshall Carlsberg Badger Ales Sydenhams Carlsberg Aegon UK Covers