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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 Southern 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 Hallmark Security North West Counties League Premier,
6 Macron Southern Combination Premier, 7 Southern Counties East League Premier (Canterbury
City, Deal Town), 8 Spartan South Midlands League Premier, 9 Sydenhams Wessex League Premier, 10
Thurlow 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 East-
ern 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 eligible 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 promotion 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 (Burgess Hodgson,Thanet Sports)
Kent County League Division 2 Central & East (Deal Town Rangers, Sturry,
Whitstable Town Reserves)
Kent County League Division 3 Central &East (Canterbury City University, Cinque Ports FC,
Lokomotiv Canterbury, Minster, Woodnesborough)

Deal Seafood Stall
Beach Street, (Near the Roayal Hotel)
Fresh Fish Caught From Our Own
Boats, Operating From Walmer Beach
We Gut Out The Middle Man

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