Many Teams will compete in multiple Competitions each season. Unfortunately, over the course of a season fixture backlogs can occur as weekends get lost due to poor weather and rescheduled or replayed fixtures.
This can lead to conflict among Clubs, Leagues and Competitions over which games take precedence.
The following order of precedence is in effect across the National League System, Women’s Pyramid and grassroots game:
Men’s Football | Women’s Football |
FA Competitions | FA Competitions |
National League | Tier 1 – 4 Leagues |
Step 2 – 4 Leagues (weekend fixtures) | Women’s Senior County Cup |
County FA Senior Cup and/or Senior Trophy | Tier 5 – 6 Leagues |
Step 2 – 4 Leagues (midweek fixtures) | All other Women’s County Cups |
Step 5 – 6 Leagues (weekend fixtures) | Tier 7 Leagues |
All other County Cups | Standalone Qualifying Cup Competitions (including Invitational and Charity Cups) |
Step 5 – 6 Leagues (midweek fixtures) |
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Non-NLS Leagues |
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Standalone Cup Competitions (including Invitational and Charity Cups) |
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Where a Club’s First Team has a home fixture, this takes priority over a Reserve Team home fixture (and so forth).
Where a Club has multiple Teams in a single Competition, they must compete their fixtures in the following order of precedence: First Team, Reserve Team, “A” Team.
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