The FA Leagues Committee has released its provisional allocations for the first four levels of the non-league football pyramid, and Rugby Town look likely once more to remain within the Central Division of the Southern League.
By
Jon Venner
If the listings stay unchanged after ratification at the annual general meetings of the various competitions, Valley will face seven different teams in 2013-14 compared to the previous season.
With Burnham and Biggleswade both promoted to the Southern League Premier Division and Woodford relegated to Step Five of the pyramid, Fleet, Godalming, Guildford and Thatcham have all also been shifted over to the league’s South and West Division.
Replacing them all are Potters Bar – who transferred in from the Isthmian structure, relegated Kettering and a further five promoted sides – Aylesbury United, Dunstable, Egham, Marlow and St.Ives.
Aylesbury United, Dunstable & Marlow are all old foes for Rugby while there will be first competitive meetings against Egham, St Ives, Potters Bar & Kettering.
Due to the geographical oddities applied to the allocation, both of the other Warwickshire sides at Rugby’s level are assigned elsewhere, with relegated Bedworth transferred to the Northern League and promoted Stratford placed in the South and West Division.
Elsewhere in the county, Leamington will take their place in Football Conference North after winning the Southern League Premier title, and Nuneaton remain above them in Step One of the pyramid after a good end to the season saw them maintain their Blue Square Premier status
The
full line-up is provisionally as follows:
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Southern League Div 1 Central 13/14
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11/12 |
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AFC
Hayes |
Southern
League Div 1 Central |
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Ashford
Town (Mx) |
Southern
League Div 1 Central |
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Aylesbury
|
Southern
League Div 1 Central |
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Aylesbury United
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Promoted from South Midlands League |
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Barton
Rovers |
Southern
League Div 1 Central |
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Beaconsfield
SYCOB |
Southern
League Div 1 Central |
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Chalfont
St Peter |
Southern
League Div 1 Central |
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Chertsey |
Southern
League Div 1 Central |
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Daventry
Town |
Southern
League Div 1 Central |
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Dunstable
Town |
Promoted from South Midlands League |
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Egham Town |
Promoted from Combined Counties League |
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Kettering Town |
Relegated from Southern League Premier |
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Leighton
Town |
Southern
League Div 1 Central |
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Marlow |
Promoted from Hellenic League |
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North
Greenford United |
Southern
League Div 1 Central |
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Northwood |
Southern
League Div 1 Central |
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Potters Bar Town |
Transferred from Isthmian Div 1 North |
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Royston Town |
Southern
League Div 1 Central |
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Rugby
Town |
Southern
League Div 1 Central |
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Slough
Town |
Southern
League Div 1 Central |
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St Ives Town |
Promoted from United Counties League |
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Uxbridge
|
Southern
League Div 1 Central |
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