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The English Football Association - Non-League Structure

The National Pyramid (Showing how the CT postcode clubs are situated)
STEP 1 - The National League (1 league)
(Dover Athletic)
STEP 2 - National League North & South (2 leagues)

STEP 3 - 1 Evo-Stik Northern Premier , 2 Evo-Stik Southern Central Premier,
3 Evo-Stik Southern South Premier, 4 Bostik League Premier, (4 leagues).
(Folkestone Invicta, Margate)

STEP 4 - 1 Evo-Stik Northern East, 2 Evo-Stik Northern West, 3 Evo-Stik South-
ern Division 1 Central, 4 Evo-Stik Southern Division 1 South, 5 Bostik League
North,
6 Bostik League South Central, 7 Bostik League South East, (7 leagues).
(Herne Bay, Hythe Town, Ramsgate, Whitstable Town)

STEP 5 - 1 Cherry Red Combined Counties Premier, 2 EBAC Northern League,
3 Essex Senior League, 4 Future Lions United Counties League Premier, 5 Hall-
mark Security North West Counties League Premier, 6 Macron Southern Com-
bination Premier, 7 Southern Counties East League Premier, 8 Spartan
South Midlands League Premier, 9 Sydenhams Wessex League Premier, 10 Thur-
low Nunn Eastern Counties League Premier, 11 Toolstation Northern Counties
East League Premier, 12 Toolstation Western League Premier, 13 Total Motion
Midland League Premier, 14 Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier, (14 leagues)
(Canterbury City, Deal Town)

STEP 6 - 1 Combined Counties Div 1, 2 East Midland Counties Prem, 3 Eastern
Counties Div 1, 4 Eastern Counties East Senior, 5 Hellenic Div 1 East, 6 Hellenic
Div 1 West, 7 Midlands Div 1, 8 North East Counties Div 1 North, 9 North East
Counties Div 1 South 10 Northern Counties East Div 1, 11 Northern Div 1, 12
South East Peninsula Prem, 13 Southern Combination Div 1, 14 Southern
Counties East Div 1, 15 Spartan South Midlands Div 1, 16 United Counties Div
1, 17 Wessex Div 1, 18 Western Prem, 19 West Midlands Prem, (19 leagues).

STEP 7 - Step 6 and 7. At the end of the Regular Playing Season the Clubs in the bot-
tom two positions of each of the nineteen Step 6 divisions will be liable to relegation.
No more than 38 Clubs will be promoted from Step 7. Where the eligi-
ble Clubs count does not reach 38 in number, reprieves of Step 6 Clubs
shall come into effect on a points per game basis. Clubs seeking promo-
tion to Step 6 will have to comply to the FAs Ground Grading requirements.
Kent County League Premier (Hawkinge Town)
STEP 7a -Kent County League Div 1 Central & East (Margate Sports)
Kent County League Division 2 Central & East (Margate Sports Reserves)

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