National League play off

[Joe Totale]

Isn’t it time this became League 4, with 4 up and 4 down? It seems strange to have a bottleneck here with so many ex league aspirant clubs.

The Football League would never pass something like that, it'd basically be turkeys voting for Christmas.

 

[Martin Brock]

I'll be willing Grimsby up as my wife is a Mariners fan. Definitely not a division you want to drop into as it's a swine to get out. Looking at the composition for the season just gone, I've seen Argyle play at 10 of those grounds.

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[mervyn]

The Football League would never pass something like that, it'd basically be turkeys voting for Christmas.

I’m not so sure. If we were struggling back in league 2 to such an extent that relegation was a possibility, wouldn’t it be helpful to know that getting back up would be twice as easy?

 

[Carlo]

Non league is a mess for promotion and relegation all the way down to the South West Peninsula league.

Most leagues have one automatic promotion and occasionally one play off place - it’s ridiculous.

 

[Lundan Cabbie]

I agree, or at least 3 up-down and bring L1-L2 in line with Championship-L1

Having different numbers of promotion/relegation slots is not right.

The four up/four down between L1 and L2 is a legacy of the abolition of Third Divisions North and South. It was offered as a sweetener to get clubs to vote for the new FL set up with a fourth tier. It's 60+ years on now and probably time it was reviewed.

 

[mutley marvel]

Notts County's manager has been appointed Forest Green's new manager & FC Halifax Town's manager has been appointed Barrow's new manager- football moves in straight ways

Notts County & FC Halifax miss out on the National League playoff semis & their managers move on