RYMAN LEAGUE LINE UP FOR 2015/16

The Football Association have recently announced the line-up's for the non-league step's 1 to 4 which include the Ryman League as below


PREMIER DIVISION

BILLERICAY TOWN 
BOGNOR REGIS TOWN
BRENTWOOD TOWN - promoted from R1N
BURGESS HILL TOWN - promoted from R1S
CANVEY ISLAND 
DULWICH HAMLET 
EAST THURROCK UNITED 
ENFIELD TOWN
FARNBOROUGH - relegated from Conference South 
GRAYS ATHLETIC
HAMPTON AND RICHMOND BOROUGH
HARROW BOROUGH
KINGSTONIAN 
LEATHERHEAD 
LEISTON
LEWES
MERTSHAM - promoted from R1S
MET POLICE 
NEEDHAM MARKET - promoted from R1N 
STAINES TOWN - relegated from Conference South
TONBRIDGE ANGELS
VCD ATHLETIC
WINGATE AND FINCHLEY 
+ either HENDON or MARGATE 

New clubs in the Premier Division are Needham Market, Brentwood, Mertsham and Burgess Hill Town all of whom will play at Step Three of the non-league ladder for the first time in their history. Farnborough and Staines Town return to Step Four after spending five and six seasons respectively in the Conference South. Either Hendon or Margate will be promoted with the play-off final being played on Sunday afternoon.

DIVISION ONE (NORTH)

AFC HORNCHURCH - relegated from Premier Division 
AFC SUDBURY 
AVELEY 
BARKINGSIDE - reprieved 
BRIGHTLINGSEA REGENT 
BURY TOWN - relegated from Premier Division 
CHESHUNT 
CRAY WANDERERS 
DEREHAM TOWN 
GREAT WAKERING ROVERS 
HARINGEY BOROUGH - promoted from Essex Senior League 
HARLOW TOWN 
HEYBRIDGE SWIFTS 
MALDON & TIPTREE 
PHOENIX SPORTS - promoted from Southern Counties East League 
ROMFORD 
SOHAM TOWN RANGERS 
THAMESMEAD TOWN 
THURROCK 
TILBURY 
WALTHAM ABBEY 
WARE 
WITHAM TOWN - relegated from Premier Division 
WROXHAM 

AFC Hornchurch, Bury Town and Witham Town join Division One (North) after relegation from the Premier Division and are joined by Essex Senior League Champion's Haringey Borough alone with Southern Counties East League Champion's Phoenix Sports who are based in Barnehurst which is in-between Bexleyheath and Dartford. Barkingside (who finished 22nd) received a reprieve from relegation.  Phoenix have risen through the pyramid over the past few years - They won the Kent County League Division Two (West) in 2004/05, Division One (West) in 2007/08, the Kent Invicta League in 2012/13 and then the Southern Counties East League last season.

DIVISION ONE (SOUTH)

CARSHALTON ATHLETIC
CHATHAM TOWN - transferred from Division One (North)
CHIPSTEAD
CORINTHIAN CASUALS
DORKING WANDERERS - promoted from Sussex County League
EAST GRINSTEAD TOWN - reprieved
FAVERSHAM TOWN
FOLKESTONE INVICTA
GUERNSEY
HASTINGS UNITED
HERNE BAY
HYTHE TOWN
MOLESEY - promoted from Combined Counties League
PEACEHAVEN & TELSCOMBE - relegated from Premier Division
RAMSGATE
SITTINGBOURNE
SOUTH PARK
THREE BRIDGES
TOOTING & MITCHAM UNITED
WALTON CASUALS
WALTON & HERSHAM
WHITSTABLE TOWN
WHYTELEAFE
WORTHING

Peacehaven and Telscombe will play Division One (South) football for 2015/16 after spending one season in the Premier Division. East Grinstead Town (22nd place) receive a repirve with Chatham Town moving across from Division One (North). Molesey (Champions of the Combined Counties League) return to the Isthmian League after spending seven seasons at Step 5. Dorking Wanderers (runner's up in the Sussex County League) were only formed in 1999 and will play at Step 4 for the first time in their history - They have climbed from spending one season in the Crawley and District Football League when they were formed to joining the West Sussex Football League Division Four in 2000/01.