The Vanarama Conference will be known
under a different title next season, namely the Vanarama National
League. Vanarama will continue to sponsor the competition and BT will
renew its 3 year TV broadcasting deal. Chairman Brian Barwick supports
the new 3 year deal and the 5th tier, now entitled the
Vanarama National League Premier will be supported by the National
League North and South making the 6th tier in football.
The League will have its own TV channel, NLTV, a great addition to
English football supporters from the 68 clubs. The outgoing Chairman,
Brian Lee, once of Wycombe Wanderers, when they were pre-Football
League, hopes that this move will excite the football world. Certainly Wycombe took their chance when it came and made the most of promotion to the top tiers.
So who will be in the 68 next year
enjoying this new venture?
Hyde from the north and Staines Town
from the south look to be destined for the trap door with Brackley,
Stalybridge Celtic and Farnborough Town on the cusp. The bottom three
teams in each of these tables are relegated to the Northern Premier
League, the Isthmian or the Southern League.
The top team from the Conference
Premier will join the Football League along with play off winners.
Barnet, Bristol Rovers, Grimsby Town, Macclesfield Town and Woking
are in the hunt.
From FL Division Two, Cheltenham Town, Tranmere Rovers and
Hartlepool are looking the other way; IT'S TWO OUT OF THREE and a dog fight for the next handful of games.
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