Summary
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Promotion and relegation across two divisions removed
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All 26 Category One Academies compete in a single league
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Teams will be seeded based on multi-year performance
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Fixtures drawn from five pots based on seeding
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A minimum of 20 games will be played against all sides in the same pot and some in other pots
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The top 16 sides at the end of the initial 20-game run will qualify for the play-off positions
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Teams finishing inside the top 12 will also be invited to the 2024/25 Premier League International Cup
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Palace finished in ninth place after the end of the initial 20-game season
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Palace will face Liverpool in their first game of the 16-team play-off to decide the title winner
Darren Powell's Eagles finished the regular campaign strongly, rounding off a ninth place finish with a resounding 5-0 win over table-topping Tottenham Hotspur at the VBS Community Stadium.
The ninth place finish means that the side have not only qualified for the play-off stage, where they will take on Liverpool in the round of 16, but also qualified for next season's Premier League International Cup.
The play-off stage itself will be contested as 1st place v 16th place, 2nd v 15th and so on. Palace finished in ninth place, hence the clash against eigth place Liverpool. Should Powell's side overcome the red half of Merseyside, they will go on to face either Spurs or Aston Villa in the quarter-final, with a potential semi-final clash against one of Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea or Brighton & Hove Albion.