from 2015....

[roughyedspud]

 

 

How will the new structure work for League 1?

The 14 League 1 clubs will each play 22 games – 11 home and 11 away, playing each other once and nine teams twice with fixtures scheduled on a geographical basis. At the end of the regular season 1^st will play 2^nd with the winner promoted to the Championship as champions. The loser of that match will join the teams which finished 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th in a play-offs series as follows: loser of the promotion decider v 5^th, and 3^rd v 4^th. The winners of those semi-finals will contest a play-off final to determine the second promotion place.

In addition, a League 1 Cup competition will be reintroduced in 2015 consisting of 16 teams – the 14 League 1 clubs plus the 2014 National Conference League Grand Final winners and the 2014 RFL Conference Challenge Cup winners. The competition will be a straight knockout with the early rounds played at the start of the season. The first round will be an open draw grouped by geography with a straight open draw thereafter. It is proposed that the final will be played at the ‘home team’ venue rather than a neutral venue but this is still to be confirmed.

 

 

looks great imo

[Tony Mac]

^{Hi RYS}

 

^{The new structure is certainly a vast improvement on some of the previous structures conjoured up.  Think it would have been nice to have a straight 26 games of each team playing each other home and away, although I do understand the geographical add in.  Think this would then be a completely fair and open competition.}

 

^{Still, as said previously, this is a vast improvement on previous structures "trialled" in the name of progress.}