How Long it takes a New Team to reach the Premier League👀🤯…

[Danxxz]

I’ve always wanted to own a football team but 10-19 years to become a pro team is crazy

[jamiefussell]

Clubs like Wimbledon who were founded with a strong foundation of fans and comparative financial strength were placed by the FA much higher up to begin with. This example is taking a team from ROCK BOTTOM up to the very top

[paulineedwards]

Man city taking notes on how long it will take them to make it back to the prem 💀😭

[jamiefussell]

It also depends on your clubs location AND financial strength when you register with the FA. This example is just for a team with hypothetically ZERO money starting in the most competitive region of the UK, Devon, the only county to have 9 regional divisions. Some have far less

[SincereDoper]

The leagues aren't designed for team growth, they are designed for player growth.

[NanobanaKinako]

Instruction Cleared: Leverkusen a relegation team is about to win a treble.

- Xabi Alonso

[JamesPerSecond]

The fact Devon has 9 tiers of football is insane. I haven't played in about 15 years and I feel like I could get a game for a midtable side in the Devon League 2.

[michaelfarrow]

Conceivably, you're right. If you started out with no infrastructure and no plan beyond being a local football team, you'd start out at the bottom of your local county/district league. Dorking Wanderers are the best example of a team who started out in a local league and rose through the county ranks in neighbouring Sussex. Dorking FC went bankrupt and they moved into their ground, which helped them rise further.

However, there is a difference between intermediate and senior football, though they don't really call them that anymore. Intermediate is Step 7 (level 11) downwards and senior football is Step 5 (level 9) upwards, with 6 being an uneasy buffer between the two. The discretionary element allows teams who are geared up for senior football to drop in at Step 6 or maybe even at Step 8.

If you're a phoenix club and you have the stadium, they won't put you below Step 5. Macclesfield went in at Step 5, Chester and Halifax at Step 4. If you can guarantee fans and have a reasonable stadium (either own or have a long lease), they'll probably drop you in at Step 6, which is where a lot of these protest clubs have gone (FC United, AFC Liverpool, AFC Wimbledon).

Good video though.

[balf]

I live near a team called Redhill. Very low in the leagues but because they was an FA founded club they get invited to play in the FA cup every year.
Stuff like this needs to stay in football.

[Meepmeep]

Amazing how thoroughly connected and tiered out the entire football league system is in England. As an American soccer (football) fan, this is something I want to scream at fellow Americans to understand. This, this, this is how you organize a sport. Relegation and promotion bring a passion and fight like no other to clubs

[literalpotato]

A town in England has multiple league system
Meanwhile my country can't even organize their own league

[gabrielbickers]

It would take Winkleigh FC 18 years to be Champions of Europe

[pedrinhobit]

The amount of divisions in England always impresses me. And the fact that people care about their local teams and that games in lower divisions even have a crowd sometimes.

[sebastianlopez]

Thats why the championship is as good as any league in europe

[mendo]

League 2 isnt necessarily the professional league. Most national league teams are pro and even some step 6 teams as well

[kieranalmeida]

Chelsea taking notes for future reference 📝

[jimmytheshadowleviathan]

Fun fact: the worst team in all of England is called “racing mouse first”. They are at the bottom of their league in the Bristol downs football league. If they promoted every season it would take 24 years to get to the premier league

[finnmacleod]

Nobody ever talks about our county so this feels like a personal shout out lmao

[MrQuoteShorts]

That depends on a number of factors:
1. The team's location
2. Financial strength
3. Whether the team was formed to replace a recently defunct team or not.
Some teams can start directly from the National Team or League Two.

There are teams in Germany, Italy, and Spain which started from the 3rd tier league.

[bharathsf]

Just shows how good those professional football players are .