Talk:National League (English football)

message: The Nationwide Conference is the highest level of non-league football (i.e. outside of the FA Premier League and the Football League) in the United Kingdom.  -- sorry, make that "in England" :) The rest of us may take some issue if you leave it as "UK"! Admittedly the name of the current sponsors causes a bit of confusion.... Arwel 13:40, 29 Aug 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: Someone along the way deleted my reference to the Conference's unsponsored official/legal name being "Conference League".This may no longer be the case,but I'm pretty sure it has been the case at some point up until recently,and should be stuck in somwhere.--L.E./12.144.5.2/le@put.com
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.144.5.2 (talk • contribs) 03:58, 18 April 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Legal name issue

message: Something I'd like to know and what I think would be good on the article is a explanation of how having automatic promotions from lower leagues works with regards to north/south premier and the conferance.
I know that its flexible who goes where but how is it decided when teams are moved, i.e. WI 2 south coast teams are promoted but 2 far north teams are relegated- do they move borderline teams about that finished mid table, force the northern teams to play in the southern league, etc...?--Josquius 20:15, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  How does the system work? 

message: In the 'History' section, the article says that only two teams (Kidderminster Harriers and Macclesfield Town) that have won the Conference twice have been promoted to the Football League. There are actually three, Maidstone United won the Conference twice and on the second occastion this led to promotion to the Football League.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.138.115.208 (talk • contribs) 12:16, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Correction to the number of teams that have won the Conference twice and been promoted to the Football League 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:BlueSquare Leagues.gif

message: A while ago I created an article on conference player Jack Midson. This was deleted on the grounds that the conf is not a fully professional league. There is no doubt that the conference this season is not fully professional. However, in recent seasons all the teams in it have been professional. Surely then, for those seasons, the conf was, to the letter of the law, a professional league. It is my belief that some serious consideration should be given to the notability guidelines regarding conference players. This is, i can assure everyone not just because my artice was deleted but an issue I think needs some discussion. I await the usual backlash.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ferdinand4321 (talk • contribs) 20:55, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: why is/was this particular player notable?  There must be many hundreds of professional players/ex-players in the Conference, I don't image anyone is going to write up all of them.  As a rule of thumb I would suggest that a player needs to have been (a) professional (b) have done something notable at club level, e.g. most appearances/goals Chrismorey (talk) 01:48, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, the above simply isn't true. The Conference has never been fully-professional. Number 57 23:20, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Professional League? 

message: I created a redirect from The Football Conference to Football Conference. This is similar for the redirect from The Premier League to Premier League. phreakydancin (talk) 16:41, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair use rationale added 09:29, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirect 

message: The Conference has had a number of sponsors in its history, including to my recollection GM Vauxhall and Blue Square.  Could someone knowledgeable please cover this, otherwise it gives the misleading impression that Skrill has always sponsored it? I suggest a new section Chrismorey (talk) 01:45, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sponsors 

message: The History section gives the impression that promotion from the Isthmian League did not begin until 2004. In fact it began in 1985, when Wycombe Wanderers were promoted and Yeovil Town were relegated. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 08:07, 24 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Isthmian League 

message: Currently the See also section's entire content is:
:"List of attendance figures at domestic professional sports leagues — the National League's attendance in a worldwide context".
However, the linked article does not contain the relevant statistics (its 'lowest' English Association Football entry being EFL League Two), nor are they given anywhere in this article. If anyone can add them in either article it would be welcome, but if not this section needs to be revised.
One source for some of the figures for 2017–18 is here, but I'm not sure if this is a Reliable source, or if the additional calculations required to give all the data used in the "List . . ." would be classed as Original research. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.221.81.75 (talk) 10:27, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Attendance figures 

message: Hello! I noticed the lack of Darlington in the “Former EFL Clubs” section of the article, and want to add them, but I’m wondering- do Darlington count as the same club that competed in the EFL, or are they more suited to the “Phoenix Clubs” section? The distinction between the old and new Darlington isn’t all that clear, as a matter of fact the Wikipedia page on the club appears to list them as the same beast. Just wondering where they might be best suited to. 2A00:23C5:D083:DC01:71A6:B9FB:EEC2:A9FC (talk) 11:01, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Darlington 

message: The section about the promotion and relegation structure is a disgrace, written as if meant for people who already know well that subject. Exactly who gets promoted and who gets relegated needs to be stated at the beginning, absolutely clearly, and in as few words as possible. -The Gnome (talk) 22:08, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Promotion & relegation: lack of clarity