Promotion
and Relegation at the end of 2003/04
March/April
2004 - Following the January letter sent to clubs the Constitution Committee
received 69 replies from clubs. All clubs who replied are happy with the
proposed promotion and relegation plans and those clubs who did not reply have
been fined.
The
letter included a question regarding the regionalisation of football in the
lower Senior Divisions and 22 clubs said yes, 11 said no, 4 would like more
information, and the remaining 32 made no comment or were happy to go along with
the Committee’s plans.
The
Committee has discussed this issue and then further proposed that the
regionalisation of Senior 3 and Senior 4 should take place in time for next
season, 2004/05. This effectively means Senior 3 and Senior 4 would be merged to
form Senior 3 North and Senior 3 South.
The
tier of divisions below Senior 3 North and South will continue to be referred to
as Intermediate.
This
was circulated to clubs who were mainly in agreement, so this proposal
will now be put to the AGM. The revised League structure would
therefore be as follows:-
|
Premier |
|
2003/04 |
2004/05 |
|
1 |
Premier |
|
2 |
Premier |
|
3 |
Premier |
|
4 |
Premier |
|
5 |
Premier |
|
6 |
Premier |
|
7 |
Premier |
|
8 |
Premier |
|
9 |
Senior 1 |
|
10 |
Senior 1 |
|
11 |
Senior 1 |
|
|
Senior One |
|
2003/04 |
2004/05 |
|
1 |
Premier |
|
2 |
Premier |
|
3 |
Senior 1 |
|
4 |
Senior 1 |
|
5 |
Senior 1 |
|
6 |
Senior 1 |
|
7 |
Senior 1 |
|
8 |
Senior 2 |
|
9 |
Senior 2 |
|
|
Senior Two |
|
2003/04 |
2004/05 |
|
1 |
Senior 1 |
|
2 |
Senior 1 |
|
3 |
Senior 2 |
|
4 |
Senior 2 |
|
5 |
Senior 2 |
|
6 |
Senior 2 |
|
7 |
Senior 2 |
|
8 |
Senior 2 |
|
9 |
Senior 3 NS |
|
10 |
Senior 3 NS |
|
|
Senior Three |
|
2003/04 |
2004/05 |
|
1 |
Senior 2 |
|
2 |
Senior 2 |
|
3 |
Senior 3 NS |
|
4 |
Senior 3 NS |
|
5 |
Senior 3 NS |
|
6 |
Senior 3 NS |
|
7 |
Senior 3 NS |
|
8 |
Senior 3 NS |
|
9 |
Senior 3 NS |
|
10 |
Senior 3 NS |
|
|
Senior Four |
|
2003/04 |
2004/05 |
|
1 |
Senior 3 NS |
|
2 |
Senior 3 NS |
|
3 |
Senior 3 NS |
|
4 |
Senior 3 NS |
|
5 |
Senior 3 NS |
|
6 |
Senior 3 NS |
|
7 |
Senior 3 NS |
|
8 |
Senior
3 NS |
|
9 |
Inter N/S/W |
|
|
|
Inter North |
|
2003/04 |
2004/05 |
|
1 |
Senior
3 NS |
|
2 |
Senior 3 NS |
|
3 |
Inter N/S/W |
|
4 |
Inter N/S/W |
|
5 |
Inter N/S/W |
|
6 |
Inter N/S/W |
|
7 |
Inter N/S/W |
|
8 |
Inter N/S/W |
|
9 |
Inter N/S/W |
|
10 |
Inter N/S/W |
|
11 |
Inter
N/S/W |
|
|
Inter South |
|
2003/04 |
2004/05 |
|
1 |
Senior 3 NS |
|
2 |
Senior
3 NS |
|
3 |
Inter N/S/W |
|
4 |
Inter N/S/W |
|
5 |
Inter N/S/W |
|
6 |
Inter N/S/W |
|
7 |
Inter N/S/W |
|
8 |
Inter N/S/W |
|
9 |
Inter N/S/W |
|
10 |
Inter N/S/W |
|
11 |
Inter
N/S/W |
|
12 |
Inter
N/S/W |
|
|
|
One North |
|
2003/04 |
2004/05 |
|
1 |
Inter
N/S/W |
|
2 |
Inter N/S/W |
|
3 |
Inter
N/S/W |
|
4 |
1
North |
|
5 |
1 North
|
|
6 |
1 North
|
|
7 |
1 North
|
|
8 |
1 North
|
|
9 |
1 North
|
|
10 |
1 North
|
|
|
One West |
|
2003/04 |
2004/05 |
|
1 |
Inter N/S/W |
|
2 |
Inter N/S/W |
|
3 |
Inter
N/S/W |
|
4 |
1
West |
|
5 |
1 West
|
|
6 |
1 West
|
|
7 |
1 West
|
|
8 |
1 West
|
|
9 |
1 West
|
|
10 |
1 West
|
|
|
One South |
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2003/04 |
2004/05 |
|
1 |
Inter N/S/W |
|
2 |
Inter N/S/W |
|
3 |
Inter
N/S/W |
|
4 |
1
South |
|
5 |
1 South
|
|
6 |
1 South
|
|
7 |
1 South
|
|
8 |
1 South
|
|
9 |
1
South
|
|
10 |
1
South
|
|
Please
note that these changes will be subject to some adjustment, as new clubs may be
applying to join the league and so forth.
The
present two Intermediate Divisions would then be split into three regional
divisions and can be called either Intermediate North, West and South
or 1 North, West and South. We will then move teams up from the regions
to fill in the gaps caused by the introduction of the additional division at
this level.
Promotion
and relegation in future years would be based on 2 up and 2 down, except that 4
teams will be relegated from Senior 2; and 3 teams from each of the two Senior 3
divisions.
We
would wish to make the following points: -
- We can assure all Clubs that none of
their teams will suffer due to this proposal. By moving up the regionalised
tier of divisions a number of sides will be higher placed in the league next
season than previously proposed, and none lower.
- The top three divisions will remain
Non-regionalised.
- The League wishes to keep 5 Senior
Divisions so that no team loses its senior status due to this proposal.
- The jump from regional football to
Non-Regional Senior Football can be quite daunting for some Clubs and teams.
The introduction of regional senior football will go some way to alleviate
that problem.
- The creation of Senior 3 North and
South actually makes the pyramid smaller. A club trying to move from
regionalised football to the Premier Division has one less step to take to
get there.
