The Penultimate Elite Division Season · Gameweek 48 of 48

144 years of football.
One season away from the last of its kind.

Liverpool Mariners are champions and the penultimate Elite Division / Alliance table is locked in. One more season remains after this before the whole pyramid changes — and nobody inside the game knows it yet.

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At a glance — gameweek 48 of 48, penultimate table

Elite Division — penultimate table

1Liverpool Mariners96
2Sheffield Blades84
3Manchester Wanderers82
4Birmingham Harriers79

Final matchday results

Manchester Wanderers3–4Liverpool Mariners
Plymouth Argonauts3–4Birmingham Harriers
Sunderland Miners1–0Leeds Tykes

The verdict

ChampionsLiverpool Mariners · 96pts
EuropeLiverpool, Sheffield, Manchester
RelegatedGlasgow Union, Middlesbrough

The arcs to watch

All storylines
Player

Danny Pearce: genius or liability?

Two wonder-goals and a training-ground bust-up in the same fortnight. His manager's patience is being tested in public.

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Ownership

A family divided over Spinnaker Park

An owner's death has left two siblings fighting over control of the club — and the fans caught in the middle.

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The wider game

The 75 turn on the 25

Boycotts and banners are spreading through the Alliance grounds. The Elite Division's grip has never looked shakier.

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One pyramid, 180 clubs

Elite Division · 25 clubs
Est. 1990 breakaway
Alliance Division Two · 25 clubs
Promotion play-off, 2nd–5th
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Promotion play-off, 2nd–5th
Alliance Division Four · 25 clubs
Promotion play-off, 2nd–5th
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Feeder tier since 1972

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Est. 1875

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A club from one of the league's smaller towns, holding a Division Two place that pure size would never have predicted — the modern-day heirs to football's great giant-killing tradition.

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