The influx of a number of Step 5 clubs not only strengthens an already competitive division, but also opens the number of contenders for a promotion place.
Parkway will compete in the Southern League Division One South from August after being awarded promotion due to having the best points-per-game return over the last two seasons in the Western League Premier.
Hebburn Town manager Kevin Bolam has called for patience as he looks to add to his squad ahead of the new Northern Premier League East Division season.
In just the last three years he has overseen the club’s rise from the Step 7 Cheshire League to, next season, Step 4 in the Northern Premier League West by virtue of the recent restructure.
The North Tyneside club saw their four-year absence from the league’s top tier officially end on Tuesday when the FA revealed their restructure of the Non-League system.
Goals in both halves from Kane Drummond and an Elliott Nevitt penalty put the North West Counties League side in dreamland, although Tom Tonks’ superb stoppage-time reply made for a nervy final few minutes.
Nevitt’s fine 62nd-minute strike was enough to end the five-day defence of the 2019-20 title which the Hornets clinched in a dramtic finale against Consett at Wembley on Monday.
Hebburn are in line for promotion to the Northern Premier League’s new Step 4 division and added to their success with a dramatic FA Vase final victory last Monday.