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What Might the<br />
Future Look Like<br />
You may have read recently that the West Midlands Regional League will<br />
not run a Premier Division from the 2020/21 season. So what is this<br />
likely to mean for our cub.<br />
Darlo new asked Chairman Neil Chambers to give his personal thoughts.<br />
Let me say that I know no more than anyone else. I have read what has<br />
been published and sough to interpret everything I have read. It is not<br />
easy to explain and the FA have not been entirely clear on their exact<br />
intentions. However here goes. I will confine most of my comments to<br />
how the changes are likely affect us and the West Midlands Regional<br />
League (WMRL) Premier Division.<br />
For the past two seasons the FA have indicated their intention to form<br />
what they call "The Perfect (non league) Pyramid" at Steps 1 to Step 6<br />
Nationally. Step 1 is the National League Conference and Step 6 is the<br />
equivalent of the West Midlands Regional League Premier Division. We<br />
are currently at Step 6.<br />
The move towards the "Perfect Pyramid" commenced at the end of the<br />
2018/19 season but the biggest impact will be at the start of the 2020/21<br />
season. So my interpretation of what it is likely to mean for us is as<br />
follows-<br />
"The FA has made it clear that Nationally they will introduce a new Step<br />
4 Division and 2 new Step 5 Divisions and that there will fewer<br />
Step 6 Divisions for the start of the 2020/21 season. To prepare 15
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