Valley have been moved into the Northern Premier League Division One South for the 2015/16 after the FA released their league allocations.
The listings are still subject to ratification at the annual general meetings of the various competitions.
A similar move was touted in the 2011/12 season for Rugby but ended up continuing in the Southern League, where Valley have played in straight seasons since joining the league in 1983.
Local rivals Daventry have been moved along with Rugby from the Southern League into a league with a number of unfamiliar faces.
Valley have come up against the likes of Chasetown, Kidsgrove, Market Drayton, Romulus, Stafford Rangers and Stocksbridge Park Steels in recent years in cup competitions.
Historically Rugby have met some of the teams including Tividale back in the West Midlands League days and Leek in the Southern League during the mid 1990's meanwhile sides such as Basford, Carlton, Lincoln United, Sheffield and Shaw Lane Aquaforce will be entirely new challenges.
The
full line-up is provisionally as follows:
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Northern Premier League Division One South 15/16
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14/15 |
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Basford United |
Midland Football League Premier (Champions) |
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Belper Town
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Relegated from Northern Premier League Premier Div (24th) |
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Carlton Town |
Northern Premier League Div 1 South (18th) |
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Chasetown |
Northern Premier League Div 1 South (13th) |
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Coalville Town |
Northern Premier League Div 1 South (10th) |
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Daventry Town |
Transferred from Southern League Div 1 Central (19th) |
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Goole |
Northern Premier League Div 1 South (16th) |
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Gresley |
Northern Premier League Div 1 South (5th, Play off Semi Final) |
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Kidsgrove Athletic |
Northern Premier League Div 1 South (20th) |
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Leek Town |
Northern Premier League Div 1 South (2nd, Play Off Finalist) |
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Lincoln United |
Northern Premier League Div 1 South (9th) |
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Loughborough Dynamo |
Northern Premier League Div 1 South (14th) |
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Market Drayton Town |
Northern Premier League Div 1 South (19th) |
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Newcastle Town |
Northern Premier League Div 1 South (3rd) |
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Romulus |
Northern Premier League Div 1 South (12th) |
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Rugby Town |
Transferred from Southern League Div 1 Central (6th) |
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Shaw Lane Aquaforce |
Northern Counties East League Premier (Champions) |
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Sheffield |
Northern Premier League Div 1 South (15th) |
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Spalding United |
Northern Premier League Div 1 South (7th) |
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Stafford Rangers |
Northern Premier League Div 1 South (6th) |
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Stocksbridge Park Steels |
Northern Premier League Div 1 South (17th) |
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Tividale |
Northern Premier League Div 1 South (8th) |
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