Stuart Fuller from the blog theballisround.
co.
uk takes a look at what is happening to attendances
at the lower levels in England.
"Twenty years ago automatic promotion from the Conference to the Football League structure
was introduced, with Scarborough...
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Stuart Fuller from the blog theballisround.
co.
uk takes a look at what is happening to attendances
at the lower levels in England.
"Twenty years ago automatic promotion from the Conference to the Football League structure
was introduced, with Scarborough becoming the first club to "step up to the big time" with Lincoln
City falling into the unknown of Non-League football.
For years many well run, well supported
non-league clubs had been denied their chance in the league thanks to an anarchaic process that
involved the chairman of the league clubs voting on who should stay in.
Wimbledon and Wigan Athletic were the last two teams voted into the league in the late
Seventies, replacing Workington and Southport respectively.
This decision was justified with both
teams going onto reach the Premier League and a major domestic cup final apiece, whilst the
teams they replaced are still knocking around in the Blue Square North.
Who is to stay what the
league structure would have looked lik
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