FA Handbook for 2020-21 now available

The FA have released their 2020-21 Handbook, the tome that guides you through the rules and regulations of our national game.

There are a few bits still to be updated, but perhaps the most important section for us is that which deals with the National League System- i.e. the Non League game. Promotion and relegation will be as follows:

• Our four divisions will each promote their champions and their Playoff winners, and the bottom two from the Premier Division will be relegated.
• The third bottom club in the Premier Division might go down too- this is dependent on points per game, as two of the third bottom clubs from across the four Step Three divisions will find themselves relegated.
• The bottom placed clubs in the North, South Central and South East Divisions will not necessarily go down. Instead they will host a one-off match against a second placed side from a Step Five League for the right to stay up!

You can read the whole handbook- we suggest you dip into it as and when required, otherwise you're likely to suffer from word blindness- by heading here.