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Time to be confident
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We have just lost to the two form teams in the League. Both sides have good strikers. We should be able to beat Northampton Sileby and job done. We are capable of doing this come on Town. It’s all about confidence
Edited by bert's dad at 17:24:43 on 6th April 2026
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Even though we're in a slump, I'm confident we'll beat Northampton Sileby easily.
They are 4th from bottom and a poor side.
A nice fixture to get last game and wrap up the title. 👍🏆
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I didn’t attend yesterday so can’t comment on performances,but I can see that the ambition of another promotion is a burning issue for many. In my honest opinion,there should be a bit more thought about it. What does the club/fans want most ? An expensive leg up the pyramid ladder or a return to Nuneaton ? Both cannot be paid for from our present wallet. Let’s just go carefully here and have a good think the day after a disappointing result. The next step up will not be financed by gates of 550 paying a tenner.
Little by little.
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The next step up should not be expensive
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I see no reason, with prudent management, that an average gate of 550 would not sustain the club at Step 4. The average gate in the Northern League Midland Division this season is 289, and only three clubs have topped 400, which I believe is the figure the club is likely to budget for if promotion is achieved.
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Absolutely spot on
Even at step 4, even with ring fencing some income for back to Nuneaton, we’d still be one of the bigger clubs at that level with decent resources with a 400 budget
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a bit of perspective
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if we attain step four status , this would of been achieved on turnover of £330k in two seasons
next season we will be competing with CLUBS with turnover in excess of £1.3M
thats the reality of it but where we see ourselves eventually
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Re: a bit of perspective
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That’s actually crazy!
Which clubs at step 4 have that level of turnover? And how much profit are they actually making?
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Astonishing numbers I agree. 1.3m equates roughly to 25k a week, all year.
It would be interesting to know how much income we actually lose from being tenants.
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I think LH quoted that number recently as being £90k?
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Re: Time to be confident
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Appreciate people are trying to put the best gloss on things but it will set the Club back if we don’t go up. There is so much momentum and goodwill. An average crowd is 600 is fantastic and the last two games have shown the appetite.
But in terms of keeping people coming and season ticket sales I think step 4 is a lot safer. Some of the clubs we have played this season are tiny,
I have every faith we will still go up. I can’t see any benefit of staying at this level.
Edited by Gustavus at 09:53:49 on 7th April 2026
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Re: Time to be confident
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Paid football is marketed as "entertainment." We've seen our previous clubs die through lack of it and no business acumen from previous owners.
I gave up attending before the last meltdown. The season when I think we won twice? at home was just not worth the effort.
Curiosity and then entertainment lured me back via The Oval.
Yesterday and Saturday weren't entertaining. (Hoofball rarely is).
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Re: Time to be confident
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The real issue that Town's supporters need to appreciate is the length of time & the amount of fund-raising that will be needed to return the Club to Nuneaton.
The pressure on the Club's 'Back to Nuneaton' Fund will ramp up considerably in the coming months due to Planning demands, which have to be met to make a return home possible.
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Re: Time to be confident
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I’ve not met anybody who isn’t aware of any of this and LH carefully explains in his report each month!
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absolutely "THIS"
probably the most accurate and thoughtful post on here ive read for some considerable time
common sense / realism will at some point have to kick in.
if the club do go up that brick wall gets even closer
that is when the real challenge begins, (so many obvious major issues to address)
cant fault the sheer effort and hard work that has transpired to date.
hence i wish all involved the VERY BEST of luck... it will be needed for sure.
have i got the answers ?? in one short word NO.
and yes i know ive finally threw the towel in after supporting the club since 1952/3
its called LIFE.
UTB.
pps. to add do i still support the club financially ? yes.
via the 200 club
would i be prepared to up that if asked ? yes.
Edited by Joe at 09:35:34 on 7th April 2026
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I think they club are hoping to finance the move through grants,loans,lottery money etc, with a little of there own money. I dont know this for sure but its what has been said on here over many months. If we get promotion that will be funded as normal, gate receipts etc.
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Re: Time to be confident
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So what you are saying is that it is in the clubs interest to stay at this level until we have moved back to Nuneaton on our own ground? If that is the case then the club might just as well fold now. Because, if we do not want to be competitive and just maintain the status quo, we may as well ,as supporters , go and watch park football.
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Re: Time to be confident
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The Town will be playing at the Oval for at least another 3 years.
I would suggest that they should be planning for a 10-year stay at the Oval, with any improvement on that being a real bonus.
To being playing at Level 9/Step 5 during that time, would IMO be very damaging to the Club's ambitions.
Again, IMO, playing at Level 8/Step 4 during that time should serve to keep the supporters interested & maintain the attendance numbers, while the return to Nuneaton is progressed.
Just my thoughts!
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Re: Time to be confident
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I think on this occasion your thoughts are pretty much spot on
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I think most Town supporters would accept a long stay at Level 8/Step 4 while a return home is progressed.
I don't think that remaining at Level 9/Step 5 for any length of time would be a financially viable option for very long?
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Re: Time to be confident
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Hi VoR i have to admit all these different levels that are banded around on here
do nothing for me !!!! dont even know what level they actually attain to ?
all i know is... conference, SL premier SL midland etc etc
when you dip into the glorified amateur game im all at sea.
cus i dont have an effin clue. if we do go up what lge do we actually go into ????
apologies on my part if it offends some.
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Re: Time to be confident
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It would likely be the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands.
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Re: Time to be confident
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If promoted we’d go into step 4 of non league, northern premier league midlands most likely. Tier 8
Premier league
Championship
League One
League two
National league (conference)
National League (conference north)
Southern/northern premier
Northern premier division 1 midlands (step 4/tier 8)
Currently in step 5/tier 9
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ok i'll believe you cheers. ( cough )
still sounds somewhat effin complicated to me though ;-)
it used to be all so simple.
just looked on my mobile...... its Tuesday
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Re: Time to be confident
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Agree, i for one wouldnt mind if we stayed at step 4 for many years to come and stabilised there.
I really dont think the back to nuneaton plans would be hindered by a move up to step 4 either.
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A stay at Level 8/Step 4 for a period of time while the Club progresses their return home, would add stability & also allow enough preparation time for what happens after the return home.
The Oval is a good venue for playing at that level & Bedworth United FC appear to be very welcoming & so the thought of staying there for the foreseeable future should be comforting for most Town supporters.
IMO, Town should be looking to stay at the Oval for 10 years, targeting a return home after 8 years.
That will give the Town Board enough time to properly progress the funding to pay for the Planning costs & also to pay for the construction of a basic Stadium, suitable for Level 8/Step 4 football for starters, to make for a smooth transition from Bedworth back to Nuneaton.
Just my thoughts!
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Re: Time to be confident
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Said we lose these 2 and go to the last game. It’s got to be a massive improvement on what we have saw the last 6 to 8 games. It defence need to step up one last time. Been following this club since I was 9. First season was 1997. I’ve always wanted the club to be successful but I’ve also never see it just through boro tinted glasses and I say what I think positive and negative
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They all need to step up. Saturday’s game is a cup final
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Re: Time to be confident
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Young lad Ben didn't seem to want to know I hope Carsley is with us on Saturday what as gone wrong teams have found us out slow back four and also marking Eesa out of the game seems to have 2 or 3 with him all the time not getting the second ball and we can't shoot outside the area if we do not beat Northampton Saturday we will not go through the play offs
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It’s another huge game. Should have a good following. It’s time to put in one last effort. Got to leave it all on the pitch. A good start would be trying to get back to passing instead of hoof ball which doesn’t suit our front 3
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True it's not just hoofing it up to Jardine we are doing it to Eesa 5ft something against defenders who are nearly 6ft easy pickings play it through teams like we did start if the season I just do not get it
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Its almost like we are throwing this league to stay down in this tin pot shit for some reason.
Note to self, 'be careful what you wish for'
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There must be a reason for the way we have been playing the last five or six weeks. Like many of us have said, results have plastered over the cracks in performance. I can't believe the difference from early season to the hoof ball of late. We have beaten Cov twice this season, not by hoofing it forward, but playing through them on the ground. We have the players to match the likes of Atherstone and Cov , and we have shown that we can get goals as our goal difference, compared with others ,shows. Get back to basics, as we only have the one chance left to prevent wasting all the good work we put in earlier in the season.
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Re: Time to be confident
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No. We needed a goal against Atherstone to change the game - it didn’t happen. We were the better team second half.
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I have to agree there. We overran teams in the first half of the season by playing quality football on the ground and feeding quality balls to Kyle. Recently we seem to have abandoned that in favour of lumping the ball forward and chasing it.
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Panic has set in. We need leadership on the pitch
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Time to show some interest
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Woeful. Again. Shameful to see players stop running, pull up and stand motionless with their arms by their sides sulking, after 55 minutes with the ball still in play.
It's the same for everyone. Form doesn't come into it. Everyone has had a long season. We are all tired. Neither Atherstone or Cov Utd are that better than we are. It is us who have changed. Not them.
Something else is happening. Lost the dressing room? Transfer talk? Some other agenda?
Farnborough, anyone?
Based on the last two games only Eesa and Hesson are worth retaining whichever league we are in next season.
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Re: Time to show some interest
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It’s about confidence.
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Re: Time to show some interest
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It's difficult to assess whether Jardine is pulling his weight. To score, which is his main function, he needs to be in or around the area. The rest of the team then need to conspire to give him the ball. If they fail in that, he looks uninvolved. I couldn't make it today, but on Saturday I don't think he was given the ball in a potential scoring position once.
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Re: Time to show some interest
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He’s done very well for us but he’s not as good as Lewis Collins.
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Didn't we offer him something a few months back and he wanted more money ?
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Re: Time to show some interest
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Yes. We also had a striker at the start of the season but he wanted to leave and never played any games.
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The Adders striker wasn’t given the ball. He tracked back and worked his socks off. He was the difference. If we are lucky we end up champions, Adders lose to Cov in the playoffs and we sign Lewis Collins.
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Lewis Collins and Ronnie Morley head and shoulders above Jardine imo.
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We are running out of heroes
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jardine: last two games: insignificant. Felt a bit sorry for him tbh.
Quite a few visitors I have introduced to Boro games recently have said things like "Who is that bloke?" or "What does the tubby lad do?"
-Which is unbelievably cruel given what you and I and many others have already seen him do this season. However, now we have changed our style of play lately to Hoofball, he has no chance. Pointless even playing him today.
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"What does the tubby lad do" lol!! 🤣🤣🤣
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Re: We are running out of heroes
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Told all weeks back .... he doesn't like the high ball, but thats all he's getting at the minute.
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Re: Time to show some interest
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We have been found out dink it over the 2 centre valves fast forwards easy pickings Today and Saturday proves that all of our heads are not at the right place Eesa and James run their hearts out each game
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They do. Both
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They are currently making the rest of the squad look nondescript.
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Re: Time to be confident
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Careful now Greg we can’t be agreeing on things lol :) We Just have to get back to basics for one game. I’m hopefully we’ve got enough quality to beat Northampton on Saturday. We just need to show it now
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Useless management again, they should be ashamed.
Note to self, 'be careful what you wish for'
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The management weren’t on the pitch.
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Management
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I saw very little today. Not much on Saturday.
Perhaps they've fallen out? Had a better offer? Been told their services are no longer required? Been reading a Thomas Tuchel training manual? Jones and Hesson should have started. Bringing them on late was a gift to the opposition. One of many gifts to the opposition. Sudden inexplicable switch to Hoofball is unfathomable.
The way CU scored their three goals was frankly embarrassing.
Going up in this disarray could be disastrous anyway.
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Re: Management
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"Perhaps they've fallen out? Had a better offer? Been told their services are no longer required?"
or
Been told that the Club is not ready for the League above?
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Re: Management
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Any number of things and yeah that's a possibility I guess. Until they tell us what is going on instead of putting Justin and Trevor up for interview instead, we won't know, will we?
Definitely a change in mindset going on. Team selections, style of play and use of subs has all changed.
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Re: Management
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Do you really believe the team are told to play like that. Basically they lose confidence when a goal down, panic and resort to long balls. I have total faith in the management.
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Re: Management
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I dont have total faith but they've got a few things wrong lately.
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Re: Management
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It’s easy to make mistakes. We struggle without Carsley. We also lack the depth we had last season because players don’t want to sit on the bench.
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Re: Management
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Absolutely not the case.
We are in a difficult patch at the mo after playing quite a few in form play off chasing sides and not playing at our best.
One game to go.
UTB
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Hope is not a plan.
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Re: Management
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I Wont be going again at this level, I have better things to do at home
Note to self, 'be careful what you wish for'
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Hopefully none of us will be going again at this level ever.
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Over the top reaction a bit perhaps?...
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Hope is not a plan.
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Re: Management
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Yes it was over the top, emotions were running high at the time. Went yesterday and glad I didn't miss out due to saying stupid things. Thought NSR were a friendly well run club BTW.
Note to self, 'be careful what you wish for'
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Re: Management
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It was an excellent setup and some top class staff/volunteers
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Re: Management
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you made comments because you cared
we've all at some point gone OTT. on here with our emotions
i would have been really surprised if we had not wrapped it up.....from our position.
but never say never when it comes to predicting.
as far as im concerned i retain an interest in events. passions die. its called life.
still a long long way to go on and off the field to get back
to where this once renowned non league club should be.
so far all concerned have done a sterling job. cant fault. in todays football £££££££ talks.
hence a mountain to climb.... on and even more so off the field... stadia etc etc
i really do wish all concerned the very best.
as that mountain looks a BIG one to me.
but it can be conquered
cheers pod.
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The biggest single achievement
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(Of many) is to get this club (whichever one you support) back to where certain individuals left us at the time of the Death Plunge.
Must admit after that, it took a lot to draw me back to The Oval but I know most of the current organisers and I trusted them. The football was for (most of the time) astonishing. Also I was mightily encouraged by the Old Faces also returning. So it wasn't just me, then.
I got re-hooked all over again.
Onward and Upward.
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yep you have to applaud the effort, time, vision needed
cant knock what is the result of concerted efforts by all involved.
its so easy to just knock people involved
and yes i dont get these days but that doesn't mean i criticize for the sake of it.
we all have our viewpoint and like to have our ten pen- uth of input
i retain the interest and who knows one day ;-)
very doubtful though. being realistic
again wish all involved the very best for the future and a BIG well done to-date.
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Re: Management
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I hope for a mid table season next season, we might need time to stabilise .One more promotion and we are back where we were.
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Northern Premier League
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Out of interest, I’ve been looking at how last season’s promoted teams have got on in the three NPL Regional Divisions this season. Of the 12 promoted teams, Redcar (already promoted) and Bury are top of their divisions, with Lower Breck in the playoff places. Bourne, St Neots and Blyth Town look like being relegated. Rugby Borough are close to the drop zone, as are Silsden. Shifnal, Lincoln Utd. Litchfield and Hallam are all mid-table. Lincoln, Bourne, St Neots and Rugby Borough were the promoted teams from the United Counties League last season. This indicates how difficult next season might be without significant additions to the squad. Incidentally, none of the sides likely to drop down from the Premier Div are midlands based. (You can tell it’s been a wet afternoon here! 😁)
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Re: Northern Premier League
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It will be tricky but we'll still be one of the best supported teams. Hopefully we can do ok.
Note to self, 'be careful what you wish for'
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Re: Northern Premier League
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Barwell will come down from the Southern Premier League. Could get St Ives too. Possible Lichfield could go to the West division to join Stafford and Chasetown.
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Re: Northern Premier League
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Ah, yes. I hadn’t factored in those possibilities. It’ll be interesting to see how the league allocations pan out.
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Nor me
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Mr. Irony.
I have another commitment next Saturday so that's my season done until the home friendly against a Leicester/Cov XI in August.
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