Pershore Town

A look into the
future 2020/21
season and beyond
A week last Monday all West Midland (Regional) League Clubs (WMRL) were
invited to a meeting at Banksʼs Stadium Walsall with some members of the
Football Association Leagues Committee (FALC) with WMRL Management
Committee members in attendance. The FALC are responsible for the
restructuring of the Non League structure from Step 1 to Step 6.
The meeting was called to explain why the WMRL has lost its Step 6 (Premier
Division) status from the 2020/21 season and to explain in a little more detail
what is likely to happen at the end of this season. They also explained what
would happen to Division One and Division Two for seasonʼs 2020/21 et seq.
Much of what we were told at the meeting could be worked out from
information already published by the FA.
We were informed that both the Midland League and WMRL were invited to
run one Step 6 Division covering the “Birmingham and Black Country Area”
from the 2020/21 season onwards. Both Leagues were asked to submit a
Business Case and Financial Plan to the FA. Having considered both
applications the FALC came to the view that the Midland League presented a
much better case to run the Step 6 Division. In particular they came to the view
that the Club Development plans and Financial Plans of the Midland League
were much stronger than the WMRL and for these reasons the opportunity to
run the Step 6 Division for 2020/21 et seq was awarded to the Midland
League.
This means that the WMRL Premier Division will disappear from 2020/21.
Divisions One (Step 7) and Two (Step 7a - subject to sufficient club
numbers)
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