National League clubs want the EFL to introduce the "three-up, three-down" system between the fifth tier and League Two.

"Rick Parry has often said that ‘the EFL should look down as well as up’, so we’d now like that to happen,” said the National League chair.

The 3UP campaign aims to make advancement into the EFL a more achievable task for teams at the lower end of the English football pyramid

A month after a pair of intriguing first legs, the EFL Cup semifinals return this week as underdogs Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur hope to convert their respective advantages over Arsenal and Liverpool into a spot in the final on March 16.

Follow our football betting tips as Arsenal travel to Newcastle in the second leg of the League Cup semi-final

Arsenal have it all to do as they take on Newcastle United in the second-leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final at St James’ Park. The Gunners slumped to a 2-0 defeat in the first leg meeting at the Emirates in early January but the form book makes for very different reading this week.