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Conference North

Countries	England
Founded	2004
Number of teams	21
Promotion to	Conference National
Relegation to	Northern Premier League Premier Division Southern League Premier Division
Levels on pyramid	6
Domestic cup(s)	FA Cup FA Trophy Conference League Cup
Current champions	Tamworth (2009–10)
Website	Conference
Football Conference 2009–10

The Conference North (currently billed as Blue Square North for sponsorship reasons) is a division of the Football Conference in England, taking its place immediately below the Conference National. Along with Conference South it is at Step 2 of the National League System and the sixth overall tier of the English football league system. It consists of teams located in northern England and the English Midlands.

Conference North was introduced in 2004 as part of a major restructuring of English non-League football. The champions are automatically promoted to Conference National. A second promotion place goes to the winners of play-offs involving the teams finishing in second to fifth place. The winners of the play-offs are also promoted to Conference National. The three bottom clubs are relegated to Step 3 leagues. Teams from this division, as well as from the Conference South, enter the FA Cup at the Second Qualifying Round.

From 2007-08, and for the next three years, it has been known officially as the Blue Square North.

Conference North clubs, 2009-10

Past Conference North winners

Records

• Highest home score: 8 - Fleetwood Town FC 8 Redditch United 0, 14.11.2009
• Highest away score: 7 - Stalybridge Celtic 3 Hyde United 7, 01.01.2007
• Highest aggregate: 10 - Stalybridge Celtic 3 Hyde United 7, 01.01.2007

External links

• Football Conference official site
• Conference North clubs' locations (2006-07 Season's Teams only)

References