Table 1.

The characteristics of the leagues participating in the FootyFirst evaluation according to the year and level of implementation support they received

	Region 1 FootyFirst+S* Year 1 and year 2	Region 2 FootyFirst+NS† Year 1 and year 2	Region 3 FootyFirst+S* Year 2 only
No. of governing/administrative bodies	1	1	1
No. of clubs and competitions	22 clubs in two competitions	25 clubs in two competitions	31 clubs in three divisions
	No promotion/relegation between competitions	No promotion/relegation between competitions	Promotion/relegation between divisions
No. of teams per club	2 (seniors and reserves)	2 (seniors and reserves)	2 (seniors and reserves)
Approximate no. of registered players‡	1100	1250	1510

*FootyFirst with implementation support.

†FootyFirst without implementation support.

‡Based on 25 registered players per team.