“”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 Manalso competing. The system has a hierarchical format with promotion and relegationbetween leagues at different levels, allowing even the smallest club the theoretical possibility of ultimately rising to the very top of the system, the Premier League. Below that are levels 2–4 organised by the English Football League, then the National League System from levels 5–10 administered by the FA, and thereafter Regional feeder leagues run by relevant county FAs on an ad hoc basis. …”
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YouTube: English Football Pyramid Explained – How Promotion, Relegation and Cup Competitions Work