The Northern Premier League is an FA Charter Standard competition comprising 62 semi-professional football clubs covering Northern England and the Midlands.
What level is the Northern Premier League?
The Northern Premier League is an English football league that was founded in 1968. It has four divisions: the Premier Division (which stands at level 7 of the English football league system), Division One East, Division One West and Division One Midlands (which stand at level 8).
How many tiers of English football are professional?
Below the Premier League is the English Football League (EFL) (formerly '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). There are four professional tiers in English football: Premier League (level 1, 20 teams).
What is the lowest professional football league?
The National League
What is the 7th tier of English football?
The seventh tier is made up of brace yourselves the Northern Premier League Premier Division, the Southern Football League Premier Division, and the Isthmian League Premier Division.
What tier is Northern League?
Division One sits on the ninth tier of the English football league system, five divisions below the Football League. These leagues cover the historic counties of Durham, Northumberland, Cumberland and Yorkshire's North Riding.
What is the league below the Northern Premier League?
English Football League
What are the 7 tiers of English football?
- Level 1: Premier League.
- Level 2: English Football League Championship.
- Level 3: English Football League One.
- Level 4: English Football League Two.
- Level 5: National League.
- Step 6: National League South and North.
- Step 7 and below.
- Cup Competitions.
How many leagues down is the Northern Premier League?
Founded 1968
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Level on pyramid 7 and 8
Promotion to National League North
What is the lowest tier of English football?
The lowest officially recognised level/tier of the Football pyramid is 11, although there are structured leagues that operate right down to level 20, the Bristol and Avon Association Football League being one example. To truly appreciate English Football I'm going to watch a game from each level of the pyramid.19 Jan 2020