Chairman Peter Smurthwaite has confirmed Bridlington Town have accepted their invite to apply to go up to the Northern Premier League.
Brett Agnew’s side finished third in the points-per-game combined tables for the ill-fated 2019/20 and 2020/21 seasons.
Mr Smurthwaite said last week he had financial and workforce concerns if Brid went back into the NPL for the first time since 2007.
However, he is now satisfied Brid can join Yorkshire Amateur and Liversedge in moving up from the NCEL Premier Division.
Mr Smurthwaite said in a statement: “Further to my recent statement about the possible upward movement of our club to Step 4 after meetings with club officials we have decided to accept the offer to move up. This is obviously subject to the official invitation and decisions by the FA to accept our application.
“My main reservation is that we are applying to move up but don’t know what clubs will be in the new Northern Premier Division but hope that it will be a sensible geographical allocation for the division.
“In view of the above we won’t be holding a “Fans Forum” until we know more and we are in the next stage of the “Roadmap” to lift more restrictions to allow us to hold meetings in our new clubhouse. No doubt there will be plenty of discussion and comments on Social Media and as most people who know me realise being the original ‘Luddite’ I don’t really bother with these sites.
“What I would say is obviously there will be a reasonable increase in the costs of moving to a higher level of football and this means the club will require more income. I would ask that people keep up the recent upward trend of support for the club and if you feel the need to be negative with comments on Social Media come down to the club, have a pint and talk to me about your concerns face to face as someone once said, ‘It’s good to talk’.“