Applications for promotion from Step 7 Leagues - update

Sun 8th January 2017 | Announcements | By Ian Templeman

The FA has circulated the full list of applicants for promotion from Step 7 to Step 6 leagues.

As far as our League is concerned, two clubs from our feeder Step 7 Leagues have applied:

Wythenshawe Town (Cheshire League)
Abbey Hulton United (Staffordshire County Senior League)

The clubs concerned now have to meet the required ground grading by the 31st March 2017, in order to be eligible for promotion in the event they finish in a promotion position.

At the moment, Wythenshawe Town sit in second place in the Cheshire League, three points behind league leaders Whaley Bridge, and Abbey Hulton United are ten points clear at the top of the Staffordshire County Senior League.

League Secretary John Deal said:  "We are encouraged that two clubs from our feeder leagues have applied for promotion, and it now means that there is an increased likelihood that we will be relegating one or two clubs at the end of the season from Division One.

"All clubs must therefore be aware that if they do not need the required ground grading standard by 31st March, they will automatically be placed in a relegation position irrespective of their points total, and will therefore run the risk of being relegated to a Step 7 league given that we have a full complement of clubs and two applications from new clubs wishing to join us".

In all, 44 clubs from Step 7 Leagues across the country applied for promtion and the full list is as follows.

Anglian Combination

Spixworth FC

Bedfordshire County League

AFC Kempston Town & Bedford College

Cambridgeshire County League

Chatteris Town FC

Central Midlands League (North)

Clay Cross Town FC

FC Bolsover

Harworth Colliery FC

Newark Town FC

Retford FC

Central Midlands League (South) Eastwood Community FC

Hucknall Town FC

Selston FC

Sherwood Colliery FC

Cheshire League

Wythenshawe Town FC

Dorset Premier League

Swanage Town & Herston FC

Essex & Suffolk Border League Harwich & Parkeston FC

Little Oakley FC

Gloucestershire County League Bristol Telephones FC

Stonehouse Town FC

Thornbury Town FC

Humber Premier League

East Yorkshire Carnegie FC

Kent County League

Punjab United FC

Leicestershire Senior League

Bardon Hill FC

Coalville Town FC (Reserves)

Friar Lane & Epworth FC

Lutterworth Town FC

Middlesex County League

Cricklewood Wanderers FC

FC Deportivo Galicia

Kensington Dragons FC

Northern Football Alliance

Birtley Town FC

Newcastle University FC

Nottinghamshire Senior League

Clifton All Whites FC

Peterborough & District League

Netherton United FC

Pinchbeck United FC

Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League

Swallownest FC

Staffordshire County Senior League

Abbey Hulton United FC

Surrey Elite Intermediate League

Tooting Bec FC

Virginia Water FC

Westside FC

Wearside League

Boldon Community Association FC

Jarrow FC

Redcar Athletic FC

Richmond Town FC

Stokesly Sports Club FC

West Yorkshire League

Shelley Community FC