Quote ="nadera78"Any championship clubs need to meet five criteria just to apply for a licence.
1) Win the NR Cup or finalist in Championship in either 2008 or 2009.
2) No insolvency over previous 3 or 4 years.
3) Minimum capacity of 10,000.
4) Turnover of at least £1million in 2008 or 2009.
5) Average attendance of 2,500 in 2008 or 2009.
If they meet the above then they'll be put against the five criteria listed earlier by gutterfax and the best one will get a spot in SL. One of the current SL clubs will make way for them because it will stay at 14 teams.'"
Championship clubs will not be put up against SL clubs, one club is guaranteed to be successful and will be told March 2011 haing applied against a deadline of december 2010. SL clubs applications will have to be submitted by April 2011 and they will be told July 2011