The Championship is the second tier of English soccer. / PA Images/IMAGO The English football league system consists of seven main stages, with Stage 1 representing the top level—the Premier League.

Elizabeth Earle's life almost sounds like the stuff of fiction. The author and illustrator from Warwickshire, England, has lived on a 70-foot narrowboat that traverses the country's canal system ...

The English football league system, or soccer pyramid, is one of the most comprehensive in the world, spanning every corner of the country and even further.