English football division
Football league
The National League, known as the Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest grade of the National League System and fifth-highest of the overall English football league system. While all of the clubs in the top four divisions of English football are professional, the National League has a mixture of master and semi-professional clubs. The National League is the lowest division in the English football pyramid organised on a countrywide basis, and the lowest where professional clubs are represented. once the Conference National, the league was renamed the National League from the 2015–16 season. [ 1 ] The longest tenure team presently competing in the National League is Wrexham A.F.C., having been in the National League since the 2008–09 season.

history [edit ]

The league was formed as the Alliance Premier League in 1979, coming into force for the 1979–80 season. The league drew its clubs from the Northern League and the Southern League. It greatly improved the quality of football at this lower level, adenine well as improving the fiscal condition of the top clubhouse. This was reflected in 1986–87, when the Football League began accepting direct forwarding and delegating between the Conference and the bottom division of the Football League, which at that time was known as the Football League Fourth Division and is now EFL League Two. The first base team to be promoted by this method was Scarborough, and the first team relegated was Lincoln City, who regained their Football League condition a class late as Conference champions. Since 2002–03, the league has been granted a second promotion place, with a play-off decide who joins the champions in League Two. previously, no promotion from the Conference would occur if the winners did not have adequate stadium facilities. As of the begin of the 2002–03 season, if a baseball club achieves the automatic rifle promotion or the play-off places but does not have an adequate stadium, their station will be re-allocated to the adjacent highest placed club that has the required facilities. In 2004–05, the Conference increased its size by adding two lower divisions, the Conference North and Conference South respectively, with the original division being renamed Conference National. For the 2006–07 temper, the Conference National expanded from 22 to 24 teams by promoting four teams while relegating two teams and introduced a “ four up and four down ” system between itself and the Conference North and Conference South .
The league ‘s beginning presenter was Gola, which sponsored it during the 1984–85 and 1985–86 seasons. When Gola ‘s sponsorship ceased, car manufacturer Vauxhall Motors —then the british auxiliary of General Motors —took over and sponsored the league until the end of the 1997–98 season. The 1998–99 Conference crusade began without sponsors for the Conference, but equitable before the end of the season a sponsorship was agreed with Nationwide Building Society. This lasted until the goal of the 2006–07 temper, after which Blue Square took over. This would besides prompt the leagues being renamed, with the Conference National becoming the Blue Square Premier, the Conference North becoming Blue Square North and the Conference South becoming Blue Square South. [ 2 ] In April 2010, Blue Square announced a farther three-year sponsorship cope. From the start of the 2010–11 season the divisions were renamed, with the addition of the give voice “ Bet ” after “ Blue Square ”. In July 2013 the Conference agreed a sponsorship deal with on-line requital fast Skrill. [ 3 ] This lasted for only one year and the come July the Conference announced a brand-new three-year deal with Vanarama, [ 4 ] belated extended by two more years. In 2015, the Football Conference was renamed the National League. The acme division was besides officially renamed the National League and the lower divisions renamed as National League North and National League South. In January 2019 the League signed a three-year deal with Motorama, [ 5 ] Vanarama ‘s baby company. Because of the newly sponsorship, the three divisions will be known as the Motorama National League, Motorama National League North and Motorama National League South .

Media coverage [edit ]

In August 2006 Setanta Sports signed a five-year deal with the Conference. Under the softwood, Setanta Sports started showing bouncy matches in the 2007–08 season, with 79 live matches each season. Included in the cover were the annual play-off matches a well as the Conference League Cup, a cup competition for the three Football Conference divisions. [ 6 ] Setanta showed two bouncy matches a week, with one on Thursday even and one at the weekend. [ 7 ] In Australia the Conference National was broadcast by Setanta Sports Australia. Setanta Sports suffered fiscal problems and ceased air in the United Kingdom on 23 June 2009. [ 8 ] Sky Sports broadcast the Conference play-off final 2010 at Wembley Stadium.

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On 19 August 2010, Premier Sports announced that it bought the live and single UK television rights to 30 matches per season from the Conference Premier for a total of three seasons. [ 9 ] The 30 matches selected for air included all five Conference Premier play-offs. [ 10 ] The cope with the Football Conference was a gross sharing arrangement whereby clubs received 50 % of tax income from subscriptions, on peak of the normal rights fee paid by the broadcaster, once the costs of production were met. The Conference besides earned 50 % from all internet tax income associated with the deal and allow them to retain advertise rights allied to those adverts shown with their matches. During the 2010–11 temper, Premier Sports failed to attract enough viewers to its Conference football broadcasts to contribution any tax income with the clubs beyond the £5,000 broadcast fee paid to home clubs and £1,000 to aside clubs. In July 2013, BT Sport announced a biennial deal to broadcast 30 alive games per temper including all five play-off matches. [ 11 ] In 2015 the National League announced that it renewed a three-year bargain with BT Sport. [ 1 ] The following 23 clubs compete in the National League during the 2021–22 season .

past winners [edit ]

Numbers in parentheses indicate wins up to that date .

Play-off results [edit ]

  1. ^ Play-Offs eliminator beat was first introduced for 2017–18 season

Records [edit ]

References [edit ]

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