Hi there Penny27!
I will list the national competitions first, then international.
I've also listed the teams which will be starting in the league next
season, because the current season ended about last month.
National - League
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- Barclaycard Premiership
The top of the English football league.
Teams:
Man United
Arsenal
Newcastle
Chelsea
Liverpool
Blackburn
Everton
Soton
Man City
Tottenham
Middlesbro
Charlton
Birmingham
Fulham
Leeds
A Villa
Bolton
Leicester
Portsmouth
Wolverhampton
Basic Rules:
The team that finishes top of the table will automatically win the
Premiership cup.
The last few teams are relegated.
- Nationwide Division One
Teams:
West Ham
West Brom
Sunderland
Bradford
Burnley
Cardiff
Coventry
Crewe
Crystal Palace
Derby
Gillingham
Ipswich
Millwall
Norwich
Nottm Forest
Preston
Reading
Rotherham
Sheff Utd
Stoke
Walsall
Watford
Wigan
Wimbledon
Basic Rules:
The team that finishes top of the table will automatically win
promotion to the Premiership.
The other top 4 teams will play each other for one other promotion
spot in the playoffs.
The last few teams are relegated.
- Nationwide Division Two
Teams:
Sheff Wed
Grimsby
Brighton
Barnsley
Blackpool
Brentford
Bristol City
Chesterfield
Colchester
Luton
Notts County
Oldham
Peterborough
Plymouth
Port Vale
QPR
Stockport
Swindon
Tranmere
Wycombe
Wrexham
Rushden & D
Hartlepool
Bournemouth
Basic Rules:
The team that finishes top of the table will automatically win
promotion to Division One.
The other top 4 teams will play each other for one other promotion
spot in the playoffs.
The last few teams are relegated.
- Nationwide Division Three
Teams:
Cheltenham
Huddersfield
Mansfield
Northampton
Boston
Bristol Rovers
Bury
Cambridge
Carlisle
Darlington
Hull City
Kidderminster
Leyton Orient
Lincoln
Macclesfield
Oxford
Rochdale
Scunthorpe
Southend
Swansea
Torquay
York
Yeovil
Doncaster
Basic Rules:
The team that finishes top of the table will automatically win
promotion to Division Two.
The other top 4 teams will play each other for one other promotion
spot in the playoffs.
The last few teams are relegated.
- Nationwide Conference
The Nationwide Conference is not really regarded as being in the
professional league but I included it anyway because clubs can go up
from here to Division Three.
Teams:
Barnet
Burton
Chester
Dagenham
Farnborough
Forest Green
Gravesend
Halifax
Hereford
Leigh
Margate
Morecambe
Northwich
Scarborough
Stevenage
Telford
Woking
Shrewsbury
Exeter
+ 3 other teams from amateur league below this.
Basic Rules:
The team that finishes top of the table will automatically win
promotion to Division Three.
The other top 4 teams will play each other for one other promotion
spot in the playoffs.
The last few teams are relegated to the amateur league.
National - Competition
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- FA Community Shield
Basic Rules:
One match played before the National League season starts.
Teams that compete are the winners of the Premiership and the FA Cup
(two teams).
A penalty shoot-out if held if the score is a draw after full time.
More Info:
http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/football/asp/FB_shield.asp
- FA Cup
Basic Rules:
Any club in the league can enter.
However, they must have a certain standard of playing ability and
ground (stadium) quality.
"The Competition begins with an Extra-Preliminary Round in August.
There is then a Preliminary Round, four Qualfying Rounds, followed by
six Rounds in the Competition Proper, a Semi-Final and a Final.
Currently, the Football Conference Clubs are exempted to the Fourth
Qualifying Round, the Football League Second and Third Division Clubs
are exempted to the First Round Proper and the F.A. Premier League
Clubs and Football League First Division Clubs are exempted to the
Third Round Proper stage. All matches, except the Semi-Final and Final
ties are replayed if drawn after 90 minutes. The Semi-Finals and Final
tie are played to a finish on the day."
Quote from:
http://www.thefa.com/application?origin=template.jsp&event=bea.portal.framework.internal.refresh&pageid=maximise&pageName=facup_thefacup&pillar=facup&navMax=true
More Info:
http://www.thefa.com/application?origin=template.jsp&event=bea.portal.framework.internal.refresh&pageid=maximise&pageName=facup_thefacup_aboutthefacup&pillar=facup&navMax=true
- Worthington Cup
Basic Rules:
Matches are played over two legs.
All teams in the league can enter.
More Info:
http://www.worthington-cupfinal.premiumtv.co.uk/home/view/home_page/0,,11995,00.html
International - England
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- European Chamionship - Euro 2004
Basic Rules:
"Fifty of UEFA’s 51 member associations were included in the draw for
EURO 2004™, with hosts Portugal qualifying automatically. Fifteen
teams will qualify to join Portugal in the finals.
- Ten groups
UEFA has decided that the qualifying competition shall be staged in
ten groups of five teams, with the qualifying matches to be played on
the ten allocated international matchdays between September 2002 and
October 2003.
- Five play-offs
The ten group winners will qualify automatically for the final
tournament. The ten runners-up will take part in five play-off matches
on a home-and-away basis in November 2003, with the five winners
progressing to the finals.
- Final tournament
In the final tournament, which will take place between 12 June and 4
July 2004, the 16 teams will be divided into four groups of four. The
top two teams in each group will advance to the quarter-finals, with a
knockout system in force from that stage."
Quote from:
http://www.euro2004.com/Competitions/Euro/CompetitionInfo/index.html
- FIFA World Cup
Basic Rules:
"The qualifying rounds for the 2002 FIFA World Cup TM run from March
2000 to November 2001. With the 32 finalists confirmed, the draw for
the finals will take place in Korea in December 2001.
The opening round, starting on 31 May, 2002, consists of eight groups
of four teams each, and will be played in a league format.
Two teams from each group qualify for the last 16, from which point
the tournament is played on an elimination basis."
Quote from:
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/fwc/fwc-13.html
International - League Teams
=============================
- UEFA Champions League
Basic Rules:
"The UEFA Champions League is UEFA's most prestigious club
competition. Originally created as the European Champion Clubs' Cup
prior to the 1955/56 season, the competition changed format and name
in time for the 1992/93 season.
- Eligibility
The UEFA Champions League is open to each national association's
domestic champions, as well as clubs who finish just behind them in
the domestic championship table. The number of clubs that can be
entered by an association and their entry point in the competition
depends on the association's position in UEFA's coefficient ranking
list."
Quote from:
http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/CompetitionInfo/index.html
- UEFA Cup
Basic Rules:
"The UEFA Cup, which was introduced for the 1971/72 season, comprises
a wide range of clubs across Europe that have qualified for the
competition from a selection of differing routes.
- Eligibility
The competition is open to each national association's domestic cup
winners and clubs that finish directly below clubs that participate in
the UEFA Champions League according to the UEFA coefficient ranking
list. In addition, three Fair Play representatives, three UEFA
Intertoto Cup 'winners', some domestic league cup winners, the 16
clubs eliminated from the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round
and the eight clubs that are ranked in third position in the UEFA
Champions League first group stage contest the competition. As with
other club competitions, the number of clubs that can be entered by an
association and their entry point in the competition depends on the
association's position in UEFA's coefficient ranking list."
Quote from:
http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/CompetitionInfo/index.html
Related Links
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UEFA
http://www.uefa.com
FIFA World Cup
http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
FIFA
http://www.fifa.com
Barclaycard Premiership
http://www.4thegame.com
Nationwide Football League
http://www.nationwide.co.uk/football/default.asp?W=0
Football Association
http://www.thefa.com
BBC Football
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/default.stm
Football League Structure
http://www.footballpyramid.co.uk
I hope this helps!
Kind regards,
errol-ga.
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