EFL ANNOUNCES COMPETITION RESTRUCTURE

The EFL Board on Monday night endorsed a restructure of the EFL senior football competition to five divisions from season 2019.

The five competitions will be named: Premier, Division 1, Division 2, Division 3 and Division 4, and consist of 10, 10, eight, eight and eight teams respectively.

EFL Chairman Graham Halbish thanked clubs for their responses.

“Feedback was received from nearly all clubs and the response from clubs showed a high level of thought and detail went into their feedback on the proposed restructure,” Halbish said.

“We thank clubs for the time and effort put into responses, which were overwhelmingly in favour of a shift to a five-division structure which will be implemented in season 2019, the timing of which was also the preference of most clubs”.

More details on the restructure, such as the exact implementation process and season length in eight team competitions, will be communicated to clubs in the coming months.

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