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TheIncognitoKid wrote:Skegness town in the Ucl? That would have been a trek in the first Season!

Good weekender though!

This has not been updated yet with some of the play-off results so far but with Corby coming down and PNS coming up from the UCL, it is looking increasingly likely we will get transferred again to the Southern League.

Rushdenjim wrote:This has not been updated yet with some of the play-off results so far but with Corby coming down and PNS coming up from the UCL, it is looking increasingly likely we will get transferred again to the Southern League.

It is also possible that 4 Northern teams will be relegated from the National League and that would filter down in our favour.
Southport and N Ferriby already relegated. York in bottom four and Guisley fifth from bottom.

Bottom 8 all played 45

Chester 52 GD -6
Woking 52 GD-14
Torquay 50 GD -9
Guiseley 50 GD - 17
___________
York 49 GD -15
Braintree 48 GD -23
N Ferriby 39
Southport 38

sussexdiamond wrote:

Rushdenjim wrote:This has not been updated yet with some of the play-off results so far but with Corby coming down and PNS coming up from the UCL, it is looking increasingly likely we will get transferred again to the Southern League.

It is also possible that 4 Northern teams will be relegated from the National League and that would filter down in our favour.
Southport and N Ferriby already relegated. York in bottom four and Guisley fifth from bottom.

Bottom 8 all played 45

Chester 52 GD -6
Woking 52 GD-14
Torquay 50 GD -9
Guiseley 50 GD - 17
___________
York 49 GD -15
Braintree 48 GD -23
N Ferriby 39
Southport 38

A nice bit of karma seeing Southport get relegated!! Since their chairman was so instrumental in getting the original R&D expelled from the conference to save his own club from getting relegated!!

diamondgeezer1 wrote:
A nice bit of karma seeing Southport get relegated!! Since their chairman was so instrumental in getting the original R&D expelled from the conference to save his own club from getting relegated!!

I also noted that Charlie Clapham and the majority of his fellow directors resigned last week and I thought Charlie had decided he would not be able to 'weave his magic' a second time at the National AGM to get the Sandgrounders a second reprieve.

Best possible scenario then after a Farnborough win over Barton Rovers this afternoon. That's Farnborough and Royston promoted.

Looking at the projections the SLD1C is looking particularly weak next season IMO. I think any serious competition is likely to come from an unknown quantity such as Harrow Borough or Moneyfields.

From a personal point of view I did rather hope Farnborough would stay down as I have friends there and it would have been a nice weekend away.
But on the other hand Barton does give us another local game

Moneyfields did not win their league, they had points deducted after playing their final game. Anyway Moneyfields is in Portsmouth so they would go into Southern S & W.

We should be welcoming Cambridge City and probably Hayes and Yeading (Ritchie Hanlon !!) who were relegated from Southern Prem

Who will be promoted is anybodies guess. London Colney and Thame maybe?

As things stand at the moment I would not mind Egham and Fleet being moved from Southern Central as they are the furthest trips we would make.

Does anyone know which of the Step 5 teams passed the ground grading and won their league.

Looking at the map, Moneyfields must surely be a prime candidate for either the South and West or Isthmian South.

Bob's Bitch wrote:Looking at the map, Moneyfields must surely be a prime candidate for either the South and West or Isthmian South.

Petersfield have been in the southern central for the past 2 seasons and they're not far from Portsmouth either.

If as expected Ilkeston go bust, that will mean a reprieve for Ware, with us staying North won't it?