Football League Proposes Creating Extra Division in 2019-20 Season

The Football League has revealed plans to create a new division by the 2019-20 season, bringing the total number of teams in England up to 100 across five divisions, instead of 92 in four.

According to BBC Sport, both the Premier League and the Football Association have already backed the proposal “in principle,” with the remaining 72 Football League clubs set to debate the idea at their annual meeting in June 2017.

The Championship, League One and League Two currently have 24 teams in them, leading to scheduling difficulties and congestion. If the proposal is successful, every division would have 20 teams.

Football League chief executive Shaun Harvey provided more information, via Sky Sports News HQ:

WATCH: English @Football_League faces revamp under radical proposals. More here: https://t.co/FX060LDSpy #SSNHQ https://t.co/hClXsxsAap

— Sky Sports News HQ (@SkySportsNewsHQ) May 19, 2016

According to Darren Lewis of the Daily Mirror, the proposal …

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