Ignorant New Member

[mlg]

Being from USA, I am really ignorant about British Football. Would anyone be able to explain the league system to me? Thanks

[Bitch]

Imagine Eygpt, imagine a pyramid. Our system goes up in tiers i.e pyramid system.

 

[Greg_Dyke]

Imagine a 3 legged sausage dog.

 

Each leg represents a section of the non-leagues..

 

Ryman/Isthmian

British Gas Southern League

Unibond

 

They link to the dogs belly, and "undercarriage", which can be seen as the Blue Square Conference (N+S)

 

The guts, is the Blue Square Conference Premier....

 

This feeds the lungs of the dog....the Leagues 1 + 2

 

The Neck, is the championship..sticking out hoping for glory !

 

and the Head is the Premiership..always sniffing for more money/dog food/other dogs bottoms..

 

The bumhole of the dog is Fulham FC

 

[mlg]

Thanks for the responses.

Where does Ebbsfleet FC fit in the hotdog/pyramid? How many wins are required to get up the greasy pole?

[Bitch]

Ebbsfleet are in the Conference Premier, so in theory they could gain promotion to the Football league which is made up of 3 divisions before the Premier Barclays league.

 

[Big J R]

Didn't John Lennon record 'Imagine' ??

 

[Greg_Dyke]

Originally Posted By: mlg

Thanks for the responses.
Where does Ebbsfleet FC fit in the hotdog/pyramid? How many wins are required to get up the greasy pole?

It is not a greasy pole, it's a short haired dog leg...

They are 1 promotion away from league 2
4 successive promotions will mean Premiership football

John Lennon did record Imagine, and Instant Karma

[Big J R]

Originally Posted By: Greg_Dyke

Originally Posted By: mlg

Thanks for the responses.
Where does Ebbsfleet FC fit in the hotdog/pyramid? How many wins are required to get up the greasy pole?

It is not a greasy pole, it's a short haired dog leg...

They are 1 promotion away from league 2
4 successive promotions will mean Premiership football

John Lennon did record Imagine, and Instant Karma

Isn't that a pot-noodle type curry snack ?

[mlg]

Can you compare the leagues to Americam football? Are the leagues like our conferences such as the Big Ten, The Big East, or the Atlantic Athletic conference or is more like the NCAA ratings of the college teams such as Division 1AA or Division 111?

[Greg_Dyke]

no

 

[Eastside Urchin]

the first 5 leagues in english football are non regional,and have a promotion/relegation system.

the premier league obviously only has relegation (3 go down)

the championship,next one down has 3 up,3 down (2 automatically go up and one through the play offs (for teams finishing 3-6th)

division 1 & 2 are the same ( with play offs at the end of season as above)

after league two is the conference national which has two up (only two go down from league two),one automatically and one from the play offs (2-5 placed teams)

After the conference national it gets regionalised to the conference north & conference south (two go up to the conference national from each league,one automatically and one from the play offs)

After that there are 3 league systems

Unibond(north)

BGB (midlands & s.west)

Ryman (south & south east)

Each of these leagues gives two teams to the conference north/south depending on where the teams fit in to ie north/south

After that there are many other leagues going further down like ryman one north & ryman one south

BGB Midlands 1 & bgb south west

Unibond 1 & 2

they keep going down like that until you get county leagues like the Essex senior league,kent league etc etc(bit like states of the usa!)

after that there are still more leagues,basically thousands of people play football every saturday and hundreds of thousands,if not millions watch the beautiful game

[American FLEET FAN No1]

Originally Posted By: mlg

Being from USA, I am really ignorant about British Football. Would anyone be able to explain the league system to me? Thanks

These are the people that have taken over Ebbsfleet!



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[Eastside Urchin]

did you not think that my reasoning was v cool

[Greg_Dyke]

mine was better

[Bluegatefan]

Yes but that explains only England. What happens in Scotland, Northern Ireland, The Republic of Ireland and the Principality of Wales not forgetting the Isle of Man.

[Bitch]

Originally Posted By: urchin_mentalist

did you not think that my reasoning was v cool

I gave up after the first half baked sentance

[Bitch]

Originally Posted By: Greg_Dyke

mine was better

Had the 'ignorant' one bothered to read the link i'd provided in the first place, he'd be able to compare for himself. I can't spend all my time wet nursing all and sundry on here!

[Bitch]

Originally Posted By: Hengist

Yes but that explains only England. What happens in Scotland, Northern Ireland, The Republic of Ireland and the Principality of Wales not forgetting the Isle of Man.

Hengist, your debauching interests lay in Kent

[cantos]

Oi! New Member

 

Fulham Won

[Bitch]

Originally Posted By: cantos

Oi! New Member

Fulham Won

Another corner shop?