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[bxkid]

Class is in session for me today. Learning!!!

[lauz-imov]

Now that you understand the jeopardy of relegation and promotion and the league structure, it'd be great to watch the story of Leicester City winning the Premier League against 5000/1 odds. It's one of sport's great fairytales.

[lewi]

4th division isn't the lowest division as such. Sometimes it's the lowest 'professional' or 'semi-pro' division, but there are tiers all the way down to the average person's level.

[stuartjones]

Relegation is the bedrock of all football. You can’t have a closed shop

[alistairwalker]

lowest division is not the 4th division (or tier)
In England there are 13 tiers, 140 divisions and about 5, 000 teams
The top five tiers all have a single national division, Tier one is Premier League, Tier two is Championship etc etc
below the 5th tier they are regional, so for example there are two fifth tier divisions (one for the north and one for the south), there are 4 sixth tier divisions (one for the north, two for the midlands and one for the south) etc etc
Not all the teams enter the FA cup (the english cup competition) every year, for example this year (2021/2022 season) 729 teams entered the FA cup. This included teams from as low as tier 10. Those that do not enter usually do not do so because their ground (calling them a stadium is a bit of a stretch) do not meet the minimum requirements.

[C-en]

This is a good introductory video, where it could have added information is by saying that the UEFA Champions League is only 1 of the (now) 3 european cup tournaments open to all teams across europe. The second tournament is called the UEFA Europa league and is made up of not the best teams around europe but the good teams that couldnt quite qualify for the champions league. The newest tournament to be added is the Europa Conference League which is for teams another level below the top 2 competitions.

When he said that games last 90 mins (2 x 45 mins) and then the winner is awarded 3 pts and 1 for a draw etc, thats only the case in league matches or in group stage matches of cup tournaments. In knockout rounds one team has to win by the end of the tie and so if its still a draw after 90 mins, they'll play 30 mins of extra time and if its still a draw after that then they go to a penalty shootout to decide the winner.

I think that's enough for now 😅. Wait until you get into the UEFA Coefficient points and your head will likely explode 😆

[Harry-rrtk]

One of my favourite things about football is the FA Cup, despite the fact that its popularity and value among big clubs has been in decline in the last few years. I love seeing semi professional teams in stadiums only big enough for a few hundred people with staff who are mostly volunteers, with fans watching from their windows, going up against the biggest and best Premier League teams and sometimes even beating them. Also if you count semi-professional and amateur sunday leagues then there are over hundreds of them.

[CamcorderSteve]

The cup games in the UK are not played at night, but at the weekends, replays are generally played at night.

[kianolner]

My main “issue” with his video is the no play offs. He’s right that there are no play offs (American style play offs) in the top leagues. But in the lower leagues there are play offs. The play offs in lower divisions are the fight for the final promotion spot. So take England’s second tier, the championship, 1st and 2nd are automatically promoted. Then 3rd play 6th and 4th play 5th twice (scores combined to find an overall winner). The overall winners of both those fixtures go to the final and have one game to determine who gets that final promotion spot. Key fact is the amount of promoted teams is based off how many teams get relegated from the league above. So 3 are relegated from the premier league, 3 are promoted into the league from the championship (2 automatic 1 play off). 3 are relegated from the championship, 3 are promoted into the league from League 1 (2 automatic 1 play off). 4 are relegated out of league 1, 4 are promoted into the league from League 2 (3 automatic 1 play off). 2 are relegated out of league 2, 2 are promoted into the league from the National League (1 automatic 1 play off). And when you go below the national league it is very confusing to understand because they are all regional leagues. But unless you get really invested in the sport you won’t focus on anything below the premier league.

[barriehull]

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
QUALIFYING THIRD ROUND 3rd August

Malmö FF
18:00
Rangers
Sparta Prague
18:00
Monaco
CFR Cluj
19:00
Young Boys
KRC Genk
19:00
Shakhtar Donetsk
PSV Eindhoven
19:00
FC Midtjylland
Red Star Belgrade
19:30
Sheriff Tiraspol
Olympiakos
20:00
Ludogorets Razgrad

[MusicUniverseGermany]

4th divison is often referred to as the start of semi-professional leagues - down to like the 6th league in Germany and below that it starts to become amateur leagues - down to like the 11th or 12th league of whatever is the bottom end of the league system. usually for the cup games teams from the Bundesliga down to the 5th league managed to qualify, maybe through lower league cups one or two 6th league teams managed to qualify for the big cup, too - but that is really rare.

[yannicklaisne]

In France, all teams on all divisions are invited to play the French Cup. The 6 first rounds are played by amateur teams only. Teams of 4th and 3rd division enters the tournament on the 7th round as well as the teams who win the overseas championships. On the 8th round, teams of 2nd division enters. On the 9th, it's the round of 32 when the first division teams enters the tournament. All games are played on a single match on the field of the first team draw. Except when a team plays at least two divisions under the other, then it's that team who plays the game at home. All winners play on first division except two who played then on second division. But some teams on 4th division could manage to play the final.

[martinbynion]

There are a number of levels below 4th Division in England (and the other larger countries in Europe); over 700 teams are invited to play in the FA Cup each year.

[barriehull]

Norwich City were relegated to the Championship in 2020 but have come back to the Premiership in England for the new season starting on August 13th (A Friday btw) with the other 18 teams playing on Saturday 14th/Sunday 15th.

[jamesbraxton]

That is very simplified but kind of gets the jist of it. In England, below the top division, there are playoffs to establish the third team that goes up. So 1st and 2nd place go up automatically. In the play off 3rd plats 6th and 4th plays 5th (home and away) the winners play each other in a one off final. The winner of that game goes up a division along with the two automatically promoted teams. As for the champions league, there is also the Europa League (think B league to the champions league) and next year starts the Europa conference league (which would be like a C league with not as good teams in). Promotion and relegation are the cornerstones of the domestic leagues. Without them there is no competition, no risk and no reward.

[JavierHinojosa]

it missed one part, usually at the end of the season (or the first game of the new season in England) the winner of the League, plays against the winner of the Cup, for the "Supercup title", that one is a great game. I love to see that in NHL: The Stanley Cup winner (NHL) versus the Caulder Cup Winner (AHL).

[Londronable]

You missed the dots after 4th division.

I think in football manager you can mod the game till you have up to level 14.

Everything until 11th division is official, but the counties still create their own systems again internally. It's not official but more certain sport centra coming together to create something and such.

Remember also, it's not "14 leagues". It's 14 entire levels.

From the 6th(premier league, Championship, league 1, league 2, national league, being the first 5) on it splits into 2.

Vanorama North and Vanorama South.

Then those split of again.

And again,

and again.

There are about 7.000 teams in this system. This is excluding everything past the 11 level of play.

The FA cup last time had 736 teams participating for it.

This is why when you play for a small club you never have to go far. I did this in Belgium and our competition was all within a 15 minute drive.

[davidforman]

Some countries have 2 Cup competitions. One for the professional league clubs only and one open to pro and the semi pro and amateur teams.

[scottirvine]

The cup in England for example has 736 teams enter this year. That's more than 4 divisons yes. That's what gives it its magic. The highest level to the lowest level and essentially but highly unlikely anyone has the opportunity to win it

[bennyhana]

In Sweden every region has 6 divisions and some even have div 6a-b and c. the 2 highest leagues above these 6+ are called allsvenskan and superettan, so its top2 leagues for all of Sweden then regional leagues under (1-6).