"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.

Non-league clubs point to notable success stories, such as Luton reaching the Premier League in 2023, nine years after promotion from the fifth tier. Wrexham – owned by Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney – are aiming to secure a third straight promotion to the Championship after winning the National League title in 2023.

The EFL board will meet on Thursday amid renewed pressure from the entire National League to increase the number of promotion places from two to three. All 72 National League clubs, which represent the fifth and sixth tiers of English football,

The EFL are sympathetic to the National League's new "three-up" campaign which wants to introduce an extra promotion place into League Two from next season

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

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