Relegation
28. Subject to Rule B.29, the bottom 3 Clubs in the table at the end of the Season shall be
relegated to the Football League.
29. If any Club ceases during the Season to be a member of the League, the record of the League
Matches in which it has participated that Season shall be expunged from the table and the
number of Clubs to be relegated at the end of that Season shall be reduced so as to maintain
at 20 (or, if less, as near thereto as may be) the number of Clubs in membership of the League
at the beginning of the next Season.
30. If any Club ceases to be a member of the League other than by reason of relegation after the
end of the Season but before the Board has fixed the dates of League Matches for the next
Season, the Board may invite the relegated club which attained the highest position in the
table referred to in Rule B.20 at the end of the previous Season to rejoin the League.
Play-offs