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as the seasons coming to a close, noticed there's some great battles in the lower leagues

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simons and longman are battling it out for automatic promotion
there can't be three welsh teams in the championship, so cardiff have to go down
tis the rules
stockport and charlton, rank outsiders
playoffs should be interesting

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amazingly, wallsall in 3rd have gone 10 games without a win and still in the autoplaces, they were miles ahead and seemingly uncatchable..
our old pal grant mcann hot on their heels
good old grimsby in the final playoffspot

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i think it's about time national league/league 2 got 3 up/down
barnet miles ahead
york miles ahead even more
 
bradymk2 said:
as the seasons coming to a close, noticed there's some great battles in the lower leagues

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simons and longman are battling it out for automatic promotion
there can't be three welsh teams in the championship, so cardiff have to go down
tis the rules
stockport and charlton, rank outsiders
playoffs should be interesting

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amazingly, wallsall in 3rd have gone 10 games without a win and still in the autoplaces, they were miles ahead and seemingly uncatchable..
our old pal grant mcann hot on their heels
good old grimsby in the final playoffspot

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i think it's about time national league/league 2 got 3 up/down
barnet miles ahead
york miles ahead even more
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There's not many, if any, better non/lower league set ups than Barnet. Their cafe bar is also far better than the soulless Legends bar of ours, for some reason there's also a picture of Phil Brown on one of its walls. :emoticon-0138-think


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bradymk2 said:
as the seasons coming to a close, noticed there's some great battles in the lower leagues

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simons and longman are battling it out for automatic promotion
there can't be three welsh teams in the championship, so cardiff have to go down
tis the rules
stockport and charlton, rank outsiders
playoffs should be interesting

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amazingly, wallsall in 3rd have gone 10 games without a win and still in the autoplaces, they were miles ahead and seemingly uncatchable..
our old pal grant mcann hot on their heels
good old grimsby in the final playoffspot

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i think it's about time national league/league 2 got 3 up/down
barnet miles ahead
york miles ahead even more
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Top 10 of Conference - 8/10 are ex-FL

Would like to see Alty come up.
 
TwoWrights said:
There's not many, if any, better non/lower league set ups than Barnet. Their cafe bar is also far better than the soulless Legends bar of ours, for some reason there's also a picture of Phil Brown on one of its walls. :emoticon-0138-think


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Not been there since 93/84 opening day. Nice boozer near the ground and seem to remember the City fans on the pitch a lot throughout and after.

Potentially the first airing of Knees Up Linton Brown?

One of the two enjoyable seasons under Dolan where hope was provided with oxygen before being snuffed out as per.
 
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Leon T Trout AFC said:
Not been there since 93/84 opening day. Nice boozer near the ground and seem to remember the City fans on the pitch a lot throughout and after.

Potentially the first airing of Knees Up Linton Brown?

One of the two enjoyable seasons under Dolan where hope was provided with oxygen before being snuffed out as per.
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That was Underhill, they've moved to The Hive, as I said it's a very good set up there. :emoticon-0138-think


The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
 
Leon T Trout AFC said:
Top 10 of Conference - 8/10 are ex-FL

Would like to see Alty come up.
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People say this about the conference a lot, but why is it considered notable that many of the top sides have previously played at the level above? Why wouldn't they? 23 of 24 Championship teams have been in the first tier but that doesn't get mentioned in the same way the conference does.
 
PLT said:
People say this about the conference a lot, but why is it considered notable that many of the top sides have previously played at the level above? Why wouldn't they? 23 of 24 Championship teams have been in the first tier but that doesn't get mentioned in the same way the conference does.
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I think it's just the notion of established "football league clubs" now being "non league". Personally I don't see the likes of Oldham, Scunthorpe, Rochdale and Southend as non league clubs, but that's what they are now.
 
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HulltoHellandback said:
I think it's just the notion of established "football league clubs" now being "non league". Personally I don't see the likes of Oldham, Scunthorpe, Rochdale and Southend as non league clubs, but that's what they are now.
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I suppose the interesting thing is that those clubs and others were established league clubs for decades but then went down and haven't come back, rather than simply the number in the conference who are ex-FL, which is just inevitable in a promotion and relegation system which has been running for decades.
 
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I suppose the interesting thing is that those clubs and others were established league clubs for decades but then went down and haven't come back, rather than simply the number in the conference who are ex-FL, which is just inevitable in a promotion and relegation system which has been running for decades.
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I think it also shows the gap that's widening between the top tier of non-league and the regional leagues below. Most of the teams in it are professional (which makes Tamworth's achievements all the more impressive because they're still semi-pro) and most of the players and staff are full time professionals. I'll also credit Boston United (the ****s them) even though it pains me to do so, because at the end of January they were second bottom with four wins all season. They went on to win nine more, including four of their last six and are now five points clear of trouble.

10 years ago, the Conference North was mostly semi pro teams, and had teams like North Ferriby United, Gloucester City, Lowestoft Town and Colwyn Bay competing in it.

Now, there are seven former EFL sides, more professional sides and higher wages. The four teams relegated this season from that league are four semi pro sides (Needham Market, Rushall Olympic, Warrington Town and Farsley Celtic) with small budgets. One of those spots will go to Macclesfield, owned by Robbie Savage and a full time club. One of the others will go to either Worksop Town, Stockton Town, Guiseley (the ****s them), Ashton United or Ilkeston Town, none of which are full time and most likely will come straight back back down.

Even in non-league, money talks and unless you're a club like Macclesfield who can plough money in and sign ex league players from the clutches of teams two leagues above you, you're going to struggle. Which, in effect, was Ferriby's problems all those years ago.
 
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bradymk2 said:
as the seasons coming to a close, noticed there's some great battles in the lower leagues

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simons and longman are battling it out for automatic promotion
there can't be three welsh teams in the championship, so cardiff have to go down
tis the rules
stockport and charlton, rank outsiders
playoffs should be interesting

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amazingly, wallsall in 3rd have gone 10 games without a win and still in the autoplaces, they were miles ahead and seemingly uncatchable..
our old pal grant mcann hot on their heels
good old grimsby in the final playoffspot

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i think it's about time national league/league 2 got 3 up/down
barnet miles ahead
york miles ahead even more
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What's been going on around the leagues Brady?

Take our minds off the dirge we're serving up.
 
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wrexham draw 1-1 at home to bristol rovers who are in the relegation zone
xavier simons inspires wycombe to a huge away win and moves them back into the automatics

stevebruces blackpool have an outside chance of playoffs

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grant mcanns doncaster have a huge win to move back into the autos
wallsall winless again as they go 11 without a win and out of the autos
grimsby return to the norm
 
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carlisle win their third game in a row to give them a outside chance of a miracle survival great escape
 
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Scunny knocked off top of National League North with 2 games to go. They could end up in the play offs again
 
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