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If the records of two or more Teams are still equal and it is necessary for any
reason to determine the position of each then the Teams affected shall play a
deciding match or matches under conditions as determined by the
Management Committee

The first 2 Clubs of the senior division may be promoted to Division 1 of the
Bristol Premier Combination League by the Gloucestershire Football
Association Pyramid system providing they meet the requirements of the
League and wish to be accepted.

(B) Automatic promotion may be applied to the first two teams in each of the
Divisions 1 to 5. Automatic the relegation may be applied the last 2 teams of
the Divisions Senior to 4 . Further promotion or relegation will be at the
discretion of the Management Committee. The exceptions in both promotion
and relegation are as follows.

(i) Should one or more withdraw from any one Division after the fixtures have
commenced an equal number to those withdrawing in that division may not
be relegated
(ii) Vacancies that occur at the conclusion of the season may be filled in any of
the following ways:
(a) Retention of otherwise relegated teams
(b) Additional promotion of the next ranked teams from the Division
below.
(iii) The last 2 teams in Division 5 will be eligible for re-election except as follows.

(iv) When a senior team is relegated to a lower division of which its reserve team is

a member or entitled to be a member such reserve team must accept relegation
to or retain its position in the next lower Division. Should the senior team
to the lowest division then its Reserve team automatically withdraw from the
competition.

(v) Should any team finishing in a promotion position have its senior team in the
next higher division then promotion will fall at the discretion of the Management
Committee to the next higher team or teams in the division concerned.

(C) In the event of a Team withdrawing from the Competition before completing
75% of its fixtures for the Playing Season all points obtained by or recorded against

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