At the end of 2021 season and beyond up to 6 clubs could be promoted / relegated between divisions or there may be none.
This is dependent on clubs engagement with the league on ground development and improvement so if every club meets the requirements of the Grounds & Facilities document it will be 3 (or the allocated number for the respective divisions)
To determine who is promoted and who is relegated we will now use promotion pots and relegation pots and use the following template
In order to help determine this we have provided examples below
Higher Division Finishing Places
Team / Club | At Standard of this Division? |
Improvements Made? |
Relegation or Promotion Pot/Rank? |
Reason |
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1 Team A | Y | |||
2 Team B | Y | |||
3 Team C | N | Y | ||
4 Team D | N | N | Relegation Pot Rank 3 |
no improvement in standards, 3rd lowest place |
5 Team E | Y | |||
6 Team F | N | Y | ||
7 Team G | N | N | Relegation Pot Rank 2 |
no improvement in standards, 2nd lowest place |
8 Team H | Y | |||
9 Team I | Y | |||
10 Team J | Y | Relegation Pot Rank 5 |
2nd lowest in Relegation place after no improvements clubs |
|
11 Team K | N | N | Relegation Pot Rank 1 |
no improvement in standards, |
12 Team L | N | Y | Relegation Pot Rank 4 |
lowest in Relegation place after no improvements clubs |
Lower Division Finishing Places
Team / Club | At Standard of Division Above? |
Improvements Made? |
Relegation or Promotion Pot/Rank? |
Reason |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 Team M | Y | Promotion Pot Rank 1 |
Highest Club in Promotion Places meeting or improving to standard of Div above |
|
2 Team N | N | N | ||
3 Team O | N | Y | Promotion Pot Rank 2 |
2nd Highest Club in Promotion Places meeting or improving to standard of Div above |
4 Team P | N | N | ||
5 Team Q | Y | Promotion Pot Rank 3 |
Highest Club in "next 3" at standard of Division above |
|
6 Team R | Y | Promotion Pot Rank 4 |
2nd Highest Club in "next 3" at standard of Division above |
In this example, traditionally Teams J, K & L would be replaced by Teams M, N & O but this system is now replaced by Promotion & Relegation Pots, below
The new Relegation Pot |
The new Promotion pot |
The Result |
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The priority 1 relegation place is occupied by Team K who are the lowest placed club not to make the improvements needed | The priority 1 promotion place is occupied by Team M who are guaranteed promotion as a team in the top 3 with their club at the standard of the division above | Team M are promoted to replace Team K who have not made the required improvements |
The priority 2 relegation place is occupied by Team G who are the next lowest placed club not to make the improvements needed |
then, with Team N not making the necessary improvements towards the standard of the division above The priority 2 promotion place is occupied by Team O who are guaranteed promotion as a team in the top 3 and their club making improvements toward the standard of the division above |
Team O replace Team G who have not made the required improvements |
The priority 3 relegation place is occupied by Team D who are the next lowest placed club not to make the improvements needed |
then, the ranking moves to the "next 3" and the clubs who are already at the standard of the division above who can replace teams in the higher division who are not at standard and have not made improvements. The priority 3 promotion place is occupied by Team Q who are in the "next 3" and already meet the standard of the Division above |
Team Q replace Team D who have not made the required improvements |
then, with all other clubs at Standard or meeting improvements The priority 4 relegation place is occupied by Team L who are in the lowest placed pre-arranged relegation slot |
The priority 4 promotion place is occupied by Team R who are in the "next 3" and meet the standard of the Division above but because they were not in the "promotion places" they can only replace clubs who are not at standard and not making improvements. | because Team L have met improvement requirements Team R cannot be promoted. |
The priority 5 relegation place is occupied by Team J who are in the next lowest placed pre-arranged relegation slot not already in the pot | because there are no other teams in the promotion pot Teams L and J are not relegated. |
Points to Note
If Team D had made the required steps to improve then they would have not have been relegated and Team Q would not have been promoted
If all the teams in the higher division had been at Standard or made improvements as required then only Teams M and O would have been promoted to replace Teams L and K
If all the teams in both divisions had been at Standard or made improvements as required then Teams M, N and O would have been promoted to replace Teams L, K and J.
Higher Division Finishing Places
Team / Club | At Standard of this Division? |
Improvements Made? |
Relegation or Promotion Pot/Rank? |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
1 Team A | Y | |||
2 Team B | Y | |||
3 Team C | N | Y | ||
4 Team D | N | Y | ||
5 Team E | Y | |||
6 Team F | N | Y | ||
7 Team G | N | N | Relegation Pot Rank 3 |
no improvement in standards, 3rd lowest place |
8 Team H | Y | |||
9 Team I | Y | |||
10 Team J | N | N | Relegation Pot Rank 2 |
no improvement in standards, 2nd lowest place |
11 Team K | N | N | Relegation Pot Rank 1 |
no improvement in standards, lowest place |
12 Team L | N | Y | Relegation Pot Rank 4 |
lowest in Relegation place after no improvements clubs |
Lower Divisions Finishing Places (two divisions on equal footing)
Team / Club | At Standard of Division Above? |
Improvements Made? |
Relegation or Promotion Pot/Rank? |
Team / Club | At Standard of Division Above? |
Improvements Made? |
Relegation or Promotion Pot/Rank? |
|
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1 Team M | Y | P1 | 1 Team S | Y | P2 | |||
2 Team N | N | N | 2 Team T | N | N | |||
3 Team O | N | Y | 3 Team U | Y | P3 | |||
4 Team P | N | N | 4 Team V | N | N | |||
5 Team Q | Y | 5 Team W | Y | |||||
6 Team R | Y | 6 Team X | Y |
In this example, normally Teams J, K & L would be replaced by Teams M, S & T (T as the highest point scoring 2nd place) but this system is now replaced by Promotion & Relegation Pots
The new Relegation Pot |
The new Promotion Pot |
The Result |
The priority 1 relegation place is occupied by Team K who are the lowest placed club not to make the improvements needed |
The pre-agreed promotion places here are the top of each division plus the highest point scoring 2nd place The priority 1 promotion place is occupied by Team M who are guaranteed promotion as a team in the pre-agreed places with their club at the standard of the division above |
Team M are promoted to replace Team K who have not made the required improvements |
The priority 2 relegation place is occupied by Team J who are the next lowest placed club not to make the improvements needed | The priority 2 promotion place is occupied by Team S who are guaranteed promotion as a team in the pre-agreed places with their club at the standard of the division above | Team S replace Team J who have not made the required improvements |
The priority 3 relegation place is occupied by Team G who are the next lowest placed club not to make the improvements needed |
Team T are the highest point scoring second place but do not qualify because they have not met the standard so then, the "next 3" are considered (places only down to 3rd place in each division) in this case that is Team U, N & O in point scoring order. The priority 3 promotion place is occupied by Team U who are in the "next 3" and meet the standard of the Division above |
Team U replace Team G who have not made the required improvements |
then, with all other clubs at Standard or meeting improvements The priority 4 relegation place is occupied by Team L who are in the lowest placed pre-arranged relegation slot |
Teams N and O are not at the standard of the Division above so do not qualify. |
because there are no other teams in the promotion pot Team L is not relegated. |
so with all other teams meeting the requirements or outside the the relegation places no other clubs are in the relegation pot. |
Points to Note
If Team T had made the required steps to improve then they would have been promoted over Team G and Team U could not have been promoted
If all the teams in the higher division had been at Standard or made improvements as required then Teams M and S would have been promoted to replace Teams L and K
If all the teams in both divisions had been at Standard or made improvements as required then Teams M, S and T would have been promoted to replace Teams L, K and J.