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is in the catchment area of the League. Dan-
Combined Counties Air were then based at Gatwick and operat-
Football League ed out of that airport as well as Heathrow;
both airports being on the extremities of the
League’s area.
amid system of football under the Isthmian-
Football League. Further, the formation of The summer of 1988 saw another of the
the Surrey County Premier League led to the League’s objectives achieved when the arriv-
completion of the Surrey County Football al of Steyning Town from Sussex meant that
Association pyramid extending down to the the League was required to formally affiliate
most junior of park clubs. Under this pyra- directly to the Football Association.
mid, any club affiliated to the Surrey Coun-
ty Football Association could then progress Dan-Air Scheduled Services Limited in-
through their various Leagues to the Com- creased its sponsorship in 1989 with the in-
bined Counties Football League, subject to troduction of the Dan-Air Class Elite Cup
certain requirements relating to facilities and which advertised the company’s business ex-
the granting of senior status by the County ecutive class on the airline.
Football Association, under a promotion/
relegation agreement between the Surrey The position of the League in the nation-
County Premier League and this League. al pyramid was strengthened in 1990 when
This agreement did not apply to clubs affili- the admittance of Sandhurst Town extend-
ated to other County Football Associations, ed the area of the League into a fifth county,
who could apply for membership in the usual Berkshire, and the Annual General Meeting
manner. The decision to join the pyramid, in agreed the introduction of yet another com-
effect, strengthened the League enabling it to petition, the Youth Cup, for member clubs.
become a force in senior non-league football Another club gained promotion into the
and develop to a level equal to that of other Isthmian League when Cove moved up at the
Leagues of similar status. end of the season.
n 1985, the League became the first feeder During 1990 the Isthmian Pyramid was ex-
ILeague in the Isthmian pyramid to provide panded to include a level of Lower Feeder
a club with suitable facilities, Southwick, ac- Leagues which included the Surrey County
ceptable for promotion to the Isthmian Foot- Premier League, now known as the Surrey
ball League, Division Two (South). The fol- County Senior League. This enlarged the
lowing season Chertsey Town were similarly area from which Clubs could be promoted
promoted having finished as runners-up in into the League and promotion & relegation
the Premier Division. issues at both ends of the League will now be
decided by the Isthmian Joint Liaison Com-
1987 saw a further change in the name of mittee.
the League. An agreement was reached with
Dan-Air Scheduled Services Limited to pro- The 1991-92 season, saw the League expand
vide sponsorship in the form of a five-figure once more with new arrivals Viking Sports,
sum over a four year period, with annual from the Hellenic League and Ditton pro-
options. Part of that agreement changed the moted from the Surrey Premier League. The
League title to the ‘Dan-Air Football League’ League also introduced a new competition
and introduced a League representative for the third season running, the Dan-Air
team. The sponsorship of the League by Dan- Youth League, open to youth teams from
Air Scheduled Services Limited was most ap- member clubs. However, the Youth League
propriate since the company were originally failed to achieve its aims only attracting sev-
based as Blackbushe Airport, Yateley, which en teams in its first season. With few of the