The clubs unanimously agreed last week to throw their support behind one of the most significant changes to English football’s structure in recent history, and have written to the EFL requesting the organisation puts it to a vote at its end-of-season annual general meeting.
Clubs outside the EFL believe it puts them at an unfair disadvantage when attempting to climb the pyramid and gain access to lucrative rewards.
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Senior National League officials say that its EFL counterparts have long supported the prospect of adding a third spot to level the playing field, but they have grown frustrated with delays.
But talks have already dragged on for years and there are concerns it will take several more before anything is resolved.
“Whilst we recognise and respect the EFL’s verbal support for the National League on three promotions, our clubs have now made it abundantly clear that they see no reason for a further delay on the official process,” Pearce added.
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Those who work outside the professional game have rarely seen this many clubs come together so unanimously since the Conference, the name of the original league that offered promotion into League Two, formed in 1979.
For an extra place to happen, it will require the majority of the EFL clubs to vote in favour.
For a start, while it would increase the odds of relegation out of the EFL, it will also increase the odds of promotion back into it.
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“It will give more opportunity to clubs relegated from League Two to bounce back.
There are now almost an entire league of clubs who have been in the National League in the past decade or so who are, it is thought, supportive of the prospect.
It is understood that it will likely come down to a vote of either League One and Two clubs, or just those in League Two, and that the Championship, which is less impacted by the change, will support the majority decision.
Many self-made multi-millionaires, who once upon a time would have owned a top-flight club but can no longer compete with nation states and US hedge funds financially, are seeing potential and value at that level to grow organically.
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“The National League has had two promotional places since 2003, which have helped transform the fortunes of countless local football clubs and enabled fairytale stories such as Luton Town’s ascent from the National League – through the football pyramid – into the Premier League in 2023,” National League chief executive Mark Ives said.
“The National League currently has 15 clubs that are former EFL clubs. These 15 clubs, along with the other clubs in the league, are being disadvantaged by this unfair structure. They are being prevented promotion on sporting merit that they would otherwise deserve and benefit from under 3UP.”
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