The Football League Paper  |  22nd May 2016
EXPANSION FIGHT ON
The Football League face a battle to get their controversial expansion plans off the ground meaning a new League Three may not happen. From 2019-20, the Football League want to expand their membership from seventy two to eighty teams, with four divisions of twenty sides. The proposed changes would see the introduction of a ‘League Three’, with the aim to reduce fixture congestion by cutting the number of midweek games. Members will decide on the issue at next year’s AGM, with sixty five of the seventy two clubs required to vote in favour. However, clubs fear they will lose out financially from having only nineteen home games instead of the current twenty three.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in The Football League Paper 22nd May 2016.