Step 5 — County Premier Clubs
1,140 clubs · Level 9 of the English football pyramid
Leagues at This Level
Combined Counties League Eastern Counties Football League Essex Senior League Hellenic League Midland Football League North West Counties Football League Northern Counties East League Northern League South West Peninsula League Southern Combination Football League Southern Counties East League Spartan South Midlands Football League United Counties League Division One | United Counties League Premier Division North United Counties League Premier Division South Wessex League Western Football League
1874 Northwich
Northwich
Abbey Hey
Manchester
Abbey Hulton United
Abbey Rangers
Liverpool
Abingdon United
Vale of White Horse
AEK Boco
AFC Aldermaston
AFC Blackpool
AFC Bridgnorth
East Suffolk
AFC Croydon Athletic
Croydon
AFC Dunstable
Dunstable
AFC Knowsley
AFC Liverpool
Liverpool
AFC Mansfield
Mansfield
AFC Mansfield FC
Mansfield
AFC Newbiggin
Northumberland
AFC Newbury
AFC North Kilworth
AFC Stoneham
Eastleigh, Hampshire
AFC Sudbury
Babergh
AFC Sudbury Reserves
AFC Totton
Southampton
AFC Uckfield Town
AFC Varndeanians
Brighton, East Sussex
AFC Walcountians
Reigate and Banstead
AFC Welwyn
AFC Whyteleafe
Whyteleafe
AFC Wolverhampton City
Wolverhampton
Albion Sports
Bradford
Alcester Town
Aldershot Town
Rushmoor
Alfold
All Stars London
Allexton And New Parks
Allscott Heath
Almondsbury
Alnwick Town
Alresford Town
Alsager Town
Alton
Alton
Women's
Altrincham
Trafford
Alvis Sporting Club
Amersham Town
Amersham
Amesbury Town
Amesbury Town FC
Ampthill Town
Andover
Andover New Street
Andover, Hampshire
Angmering Village
Appleby Frodingham
Scunthorpe
Women's
Ardley United
Ardley, Oxfordshire
Arlesey Town
Arlesey
Armthorpe Welfare
Doncaster
Arundel
Barnstaple
As London
Asc Brighton Rangers
Ascot United
Ascot, Berkshire
Ash United
Ashford Town (Middlesex)
Stanwell
Ashford Town (Middx)
Spelthorne
Ashford Town (Mx)
Canterbury
Ashford United
Ashford
Ashton And Backwell United
Ashton Athletic
Ashton-under-Lyne
Ashton Athletic (R)
Ashton Town
Ashville
Aston Clinton
Athersley Recreation
Barnsley
Atherstone Town
Sheepy Road
Atherton Laburnum Rovers
Atherton LR
Athletic Newham
Barking and Dagenham
Aveley
Thurrock
Aveley U23s
Avonmouth
Axminster Town
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Aylestone Park
Leicester, Leicestershire
Aylestone Park FC
Bacup Borough
Badshot Lea
Wrecclesham
Baffins Milton Rovers
Bagshot
CAMBERLEY
Baldock Town
Arlesey
Balham
Merton
Banstead Athletic
Barking
Barking and Dagenham
Barking & East Ham United
Barking U23s
Barkingside
ILFORD
Barkingside FC
Barnoldswick Town
Barnoldswick, Lancashire
Barnstaple Town
Barnstaple
Barnstaple Town FC
Barnstaple
Barnton
Barton Rovers
Barton-Le-Clay
Barton Town
North Lincolnshire
Bashley
New Forest
Basildon Town
Basildon
Basildon United
Basildon
Basingstoke Town
Basingstoke and Deane
Beaconsfield SYCOB
Portsmouth
Bearsted
Maidstone
Beckenham Town
Eden Park Avenue
Bedfont
London
Bedfont Sports
Hounslow
Bedford
Bedlington Terriers
Northumberland
Bedworth United
Nuneaton and Bedworth
Belper United
Belstone
Hertsmere
Bemerton Heath Harlequins
Benfleet
Canvey Island
Berinsfield
Berkhamsted
Dacorum
Berkhamsted Town
Berks County
Wrexham
Bethnal Green United FC
Beverley Town
Beverley, East Yorkshire
Bewdley Town
Bexhill United
Eastbourne, East Sussex
Biggleswade United
Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
Billericay Town
Billericay
Billericay Town Reserves
Billingham Synthonia
Stockton-on-Tees
Billingham Town
Billingshurst
Billingshurst
Bilston Town
Binfield
Bracknell Forest
Birmingham Ojm
Birstall United
Birtley Town
Birtley, Tyne and Wear
Bishop Auckland
County Durham
Bishop Auckland College F.C.
Bishop Auckland College Men's 1
Bishop Sutton
Bishop's Stortford
East Hertfordshire
Bishops Lydeard
Bitton
Bitton F.C.
Blackfield & Langley
Blackstones
South Kesteven
Blackwood
Blyth Town
Blyth
Bodmin Town
Bognor Regis Town
Arun
Boldmere St Michaels
Sutton Coldfield
Boldon Ca
South Tyneside
Boldon Community Association
South Tyneside
Bolehall Swifts
Boreham Wood
Hertsmere
Boro Rangers
Middlesbrough
Bosham
Boston Town
Boston, Lincolnshire
Boston United
Boston
Bottesford Town
North Lincolnshire
Bourne Town
Bourne, Lincolnshire
Bournemouth
HEREFORD
Bournemouth Poppies
HEREFORD
Bovey Tracey
Bovingdon
Hemel Hempstead
Bowers & Pitsea
Basildon
Bowers & Pitsea FC
Bowers & Pitsea FC Reserves
Brackley Town
Brackley
Brackley Town Saints
Bracknell Town
Bracknell Forest
Bradford Town
Bradford, West Yorkshire
Braintree Town
Braintree
Brantham Athletic
Brantham, Suffolk
Brentwood Town
Brentwood
Brentwood Town U23s
Brereton Social
Bridgwater United
Bridgwater, Somerset
Bridon Ropes
Greenwich
Bridport
Bridport FC
Brigg Town
West Bromwich
Brightlingsea Regent
Brightlingsea
Brighton Electricity
Brimscombe & Thrupp
Stroud, Gloucestershire
Brimsdown
Brislington
Brislington, Bristol
Bristol Telephones
British Airways
London
Brixham AFC
Brixham, Devonshire
Broadbridge Heath
Horsham
Broadfields United
Harrow
Brockenhurst
Brockenhurst, Hampshire
Brocton
Brocton, Staffordshire
Bromsgrove Rovers
Bromsgrove Sporting
Bromsgrove
Bromyard Town
Herefordshire, County of
Brook House
HAYES
Buckhurst Hill
Buckhurst Hill, Essex
Buckingham
Buckingham Town
Buckland Athletic
Newton Abbot, Devon
Bude Town
About Step 5 (County Premier)
Step 5 (Level 9) is the lowest level of the National League System, acting as the bridge between the NLS pyramid and purely local county leagues. These are county-level premier divisions where clubs compete for promotion into Step 4. Football at this level is amateur, with fixtures played primarily on Saturdays. Many Step 5 clubs have rich histories dating back well over a century.
Step 5 (County Premier) — Common Questions
Step 5 is the lowest rung of the National League System (Level 9 of the English pyramid). It consists of county-level premier divisions that feed into Step 4 above.
Step 5 clubs are already in the NLS. Champions can be promoted to Step 4 provided they meet the FA's ground-grading criteria for that level.
Many do, but ground requirements at Step 5 are less strict than higher levels. Some clubs share facilities or play at council-owned venues.