the seven levels just below the premier league and english football league are called the national league system. the football association (fa) is the authority for these leagues. the system has changed over many years. the biggest change recently was when there were two new leagues at level six. these were the conference north and conference south (now national league north and south). this meant that the top divisions of the southern league, isthmian league and northern premier league went down to level seven. in may 2014 the fa announced provisional plans for a new division between the english football league and the national league. this would include "b" teams (second teams) of higher-level clubs (for example, manchester city f.c. b team, or liverpool f.c. b team) . however, they changed this idea later. this meant that premier league "b" teams could not play in the new division. soon after this, they gave up the idea.