Organisation and structure of football

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Leisure and recreation unit 3

Assignment 3.2

Following on from my first assignment, this is the second part of my investigation on football and tennis. This assignment will be in three parts. First I will look at the organisation and structures of both sports and will include information about the different levels, for example local, regional and national. Second I will look at the funding and commercialisation within football and tennis. To the end of the assignment I will conclude by saying how each sport is affected by the sports industry as a whole. I will also include tables and statistics and will have a bibliography.

Organisation and structure of football

Current structure of the English football league.

The English football league structure is now organised into four leagues, the foremost being the premiership, the lowest being league two. At the end of the season, a few teams in each league are either promoted or relegated depending upon their proximity to the top or bottom of the table. As a further incentive to teams to avoid the comfort zone of mid-table mediocrity, play-offs have been instituted for teams from the championship league and league one and two finishing within four positions of the automatic qualifiers in their respective leagues. The winner of each set of play-offs is promoted.

The rewards for premiership teams are place in European competitions such as the champion’s league and represent a considerable financial incentive for teams. From the season 2002/03 the two-up two-down was introduced so two teams were promoted and two were relegated. There is no system of play-offs for the top teams in a league the league winner is determined solely based on the best record. The record is evaluation primarily on wins or losses, with three points for a win and one point for a draw, with goal difference serving as a tie-breaker however if the teams are entirely equal, a play of would be held at a neutral venue, the league-wide league cup and the FA cup that is dominated by the top teams uses a single elimination format to determine a champion.

 

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The above diagram is a pyramid to show the current structure of the men’s English football at a national level. These are levels 1 to 9. The numbers next to the leagues is the amount of teams in each league.

The above diagram shows the current structure of the men’s English football league at my local level. The Sussex county football league. Levels 9 to 21.

The above diagram shows the current structure of the women’s football league at all levels. From levels 1 to 7.

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