East Midlands Counties Football League
The East Midlands Counties Football League was an English football league that operated from 2008 to 2021, covering the counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands. The league had one division, which stood at the tenth level of the football pyramid. History. The league was formed in 2008, drawing clubs from the Northern Counties East League (2), Central Midlands League (8) and Leicestershire Senior League (8) to create a division at level 10 of the English football league system. On 15 May 2008 The FA Leagues Committee placed the new league at  Step 6 in the National League System. Eighteen clubs were invited to form the new league; The league provided a pathway for successful clubs to higher grade football, with clubs moving up to the Midland League Premier Division, Northern Counties East League Premier Division and United Counties League Premier Division - each at level 9 of the system. It was not until 2017 that clubs were relegated from the competition, into the Central Midlands League and Leicestershire Senior League. The competition had several feeder leagues at level 11 of the pyramid: Clubs were also liable to be transferred to other leagues  if the FA deemed it geographically suitable to do so. The East Midlands Counties League was disbanded at the end of the 2020–21 season, most of its remaining clubs were assigned to the Northern Counties East and United Counties leagues' Step 6 divisions, as part of reorganising the National League System where the United Counties League added an additional Step 5 division. League Cup. The league also ran the East Midlands Counties League Cup, which was contested by every club in the league.