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The National League, officially known as Vanarama National League [1] for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in England.National League is the first division of the National Leagues and step 1 of the NLS and fifth-highest tier overall in the English football league system, after the Premier League and the EFL leagues and is contested by 24 clubs.
The National League was formed in 1979 from leading teams in the Northern Premier League and Southern League and was known originally as the Alliance Premier Football League and from 1986–87 as the Football Conference. Support for such a league came from Alan Hardaker, the long serving Secretary of the Football League.
With the transfer of sponsorship of the Conference to Blue Square for the start of the 2007–08 season two seasons later, the re-introduction of the competition was announced, scheduled to commence that year. [2] On 23 June 2009 the Conference League Cup's sponsor, Setanta's GB division went into administration [3] and ceased broadcasting. [4]
Reflecting the two teams' placing in the Premier League pecking order, Opta's live win predictor has Aston Villa as favourites to prevail as things stand, with a 61% chance of victory. Ipswich's ...
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1.2 League table. 1.3 Results. 1.4 Play-offs. 1.4.1 Semifinals. ... the Conference Premier was frequently referred to as the Blue Square Premier.
The 2008 Conference Premier play-off final, known as the 2008 Blue Square Premier play-off final for sponsorship purposes, took place on 18 May 2008 at Wembley Stadium, London. [1] It was contested between Cambridge United and Exeter City , with Exeter winning 1–0 and securing their return to the Football League after five years' absence.
The National League South, officially Vanarama National League South, is a professional Association football league in England. National League South is the second division of the National Leagues and step 2 of the NLS and sixth-highest tier overall in the English football league system, after the Premier League, the EFL leagues and the National League and is contested by 24 clubs.