 It was essentially dominated by representatives of the top-flight clubs, who had a constitutional advantage in numbers and whose views were soon to conflict with the reps from the burgeoning mainstream section who believed in integration and equality.Ongoingly turbulent times became inevitable because both sets of clubs were looking in different cricketing directions.The improvement of facilities gradually increased along with pressure for unification at the top level, especially after the Border Counties League clubs (who had set up their own league many years earlier in protest at the closed shop) joined the League virtually en bloc in 1992.