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what a silly idea

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 10 June 2004 15:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Chesterfield are a first division side. You can't take that away from me now

― chris (chris), Thursday, 10 June 2004 15:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Ahh, leave the damn names alone. I hate this.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 10 June 2004 15:17 (twenty-two years ago)

DB's thoughts on this from a while back: http://www.freakytrigger.co.uk/sport/2004_05_01_tmfd_archive.html#108447013604285466

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 10 June 2004 15:26 (twenty-two years ago)

is the Conference still called the Conference or is it now The Ultimate Battle For Glorious Supremacy And Passage To The Echelons Of The Financially Divine?

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 10 June 2004 15:27 (twenty-two years ago)

As I undersatand it the Conference now consists of three leagues, the Nationwide Conference, plus the Conference 2(North) and the Conference 2 (South), below which the pyramid spreads out like a cornetto dropped top-down on the pavement on a hot day.

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 10 June 2004 15:29 (twenty-two years ago)

ooh the Minerva Spartan (or whatever it is now) being the gravelled saucy bit

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 10 June 2004 15:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Tim OTM. Although this means that AFC Wimbledon are still, despite promotion, at the 8th level of the football pyramid, the 6 best clubs from the league we're now in (the Rymans League First Divison South) were promoted to the Rymans Premier to make up for the teams from the Rymans Premier who were moved into the new Conference South.

Hope that's clear.

(x-post - and the Premiership being the baffling lump of chocolate at the bottom of the cone)

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 10 June 2004 15:32 (twenty-two years ago)

[non league] football pyramid with groovy maps
http://www.tonykempster.btinternet.co.uk/maps.htm

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 10 June 2004 15:35 (twenty-two years ago)

that's Branding for you "The Coke-a-Cola Championship"

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 10 June 2004 15:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Why not "Premier League - The Contenders"?

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 10 June 2004 15:44 (twenty-two years ago)

wouldn't work "Premier League" have exclusive branding rights for the elite 20 clubs.

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 10 June 2004 15:45 (twenty-two years ago)

This is the most ridiculous thing ever. And I say that knowing absolutely bugger all about football compared to you lot.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 10 June 2004 16:19 (twenty-two years ago)

okay, okay, how about we rename the bottom half of the premiership "The survivor series"?

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 10 June 2004 16:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Funny how the French, Italian, German and Spanish leagues don't have this shit - or do they? Are La Liga, Serie A or the Bundesliga branded this way too - most of us refer to the Premiership as 'THE LEAGUE' in general convo so maybe it's the same thing.

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 10 June 2004 16:38 (twenty-two years ago)

The Spanish second tier is known as the Segunda (second). 2A sits above 2B. Below are regional feeder leagues.

Serie A is followed by B and C1 and C2, then splits by regional feeders.

Don't know about France, Germany.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Friday, 11 June 2004 09:41 (twenty-two years ago)

C1 and C2 are regional - C1A is north, C1B is south; I think C2 has three regional splits.

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 11 June 2004 10:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Cheers.

So it looks like it's just England with the silly marketing. Scotland too I guess, although we've left them behind now.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Friday, 11 June 2004 10:22 (twenty-two years ago)

France has similar, they have a second division and then (un-aptly)titled National divisions which are regional

― chris (chris), Friday, 11 June 2004 10:27 (twenty-two years ago)

so they don't add fancy corporate monikers to jazz them up then?

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 11 June 2004 11:06 (twenty-two years ago)

nope, although the Dutch may, I know it used to

― chris (chris), Friday, 11 June 2004 11:07 (twenty-two years ago)

martian, that is possibly the best link ever :)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 11 June 2004 11:38 (twenty-two years ago)

I reckon the FA have been using Tony Kempster's site to work out what reoorganisation was going on such was its complexity. The guy performed a servcie and a half.

Tony kempster's unique visitors stats would pretty much be also 'those people who give a shit about non-league matters and have net access' - the most indispensable site over the laast year for working out what league your team was likely to be in.

― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 11 June 2004 13:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Every time I go to that site it eats up hours of my life. The man's a god.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 11 June 2004 13:10 (twenty-two years ago)

He is indeed. Don't forget you can donate.

Just occurred to me - if QPR were to win Div 1 we'd say they won the championship anyway.

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 11 June 2004 13:15 (twenty-two years ago)

and how many football matches have you been to ever ricky? :)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 11 June 2004 13:15 (twenty-two years ago)

The football is purely incidental to the organisation, my dear boy.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 11 June 2004 13:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh my, it has proper maps now.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 11 June 2004 13:55 (twenty-two years ago)

A far far better thing the League did yesterday...

x-post - Admit it Ricky - you just like the fact that he's also got a news feed with the weather in York there

― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 11 June 2004 13:56 (twenty-two years ago)

hehehe. i can fully understand the fascination :)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 11 June 2004 13:56 (twenty-two years ago)

blimey, hurrah for the league. this does apply to all current directors doesn't it?

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 11 June 2004 13:58 (twenty-two years ago)

why do so many blokes have a fetish for maps? [e.g gareth/1471 and Ricardo] also the band Wire Map Ref. 41 N 93 W

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Friday, 11 June 2004 14:01 (twenty-two years ago)

AFC Wimbledon - The success story continues

xpost

― holojames (holojames), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:47 (twenty-two years ago)

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