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| Our local sides in the Thames Valley; Especially Basingstoke & Maidenhead | |
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| Topic Started: 16 Apr 2012, 09:49 PM (1,080 Views) | |
| daib0 | 16 Apr 2012, 09:49 PM Post #1 |
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It's a tale of two completely different aspirations for our local teams in the Conference South in the final run-in this season. Whilst Basingstoke are very much eyeing up a play-off spot - indeed they are only two points off with a game in hand (and they won tonight but I'm not sure it's been added yet to the BBC table as you see below) Top of table (Pl - Pts) - total games played = 42 1 Woking 40 93 --------------- 2 Dartford 40 86 3 Welling 40 77 4 Sutton Utd 40 71 5 Chelmsford 40 66 --------------- 6 Dover 40 64 7 Basingstoke 39 64 8 Boreham Wood 40 57 ONE team promoted automatically to the Blue Square Premier, and ANOTHER via the play-offs. unfortunately ... at the other end it's a second season in a row that Maidenhead United have to pull off an escape act if they can continue in this league level ... 18 Farnborough 40 43 19 Havant and Waterlooville 40 41 ---------------- 20 Hampton & Richmond 38 39 21 Maidenhead Utd 40 39 22 Thurrock 40 25 Three straight get relegated ... Just so you know - and anyone know a bit more about these two teams? |
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| Bahamoth | 16 Apr 2012, 10:07 PM Post #2 |
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I would love Blazin'joke to get promoted to the league. That would be just a boost to the area! |
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| Deleted User | 16 Apr 2012, 11:47 PM Post #3 |
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Woking are up to the blue square premier next season replacing hayes and Yeading who currently groundshare with Woking. I watch Woking occasionally. |
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| Foxxinator | 17 Apr 2012, 10:12 AM Post #4 |
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Woking are reasonably local too - I know it's in Surrey but they're not a million miles away. But then it is the Conference South.. So all teams are going to be in the same region.. I surprise myself sometimes... |
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| Deleted User | 17 Apr 2012, 10:41 AM Post #5 |
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Lets hope Chelmsford City go down next season - stealing our cityship / pre-empting the decision for them to be made a city in by 74 years (1938). 'mon the Cards/Dragons/Magpies. |
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| daib0 | 17 Apr 2012, 12:01 PM Post #6 |
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Farnborough pretty local too ... Of course, we're talking of the Conference South level UNDER the Blue Square Premier - no-one is coming up straight into the league just yet. Biggest success story of late has probably been Fleetwood - came up from the Conference North Division, and only 2nd season in BSP get automatic promotion to league. Southport and Newport are also in 2nd season in BSP, and Southport still have hopes of getting into play-offs ... I remember both of these at Elm Park ... 
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| Deleted User | 17 Apr 2012, 12:07 PM Post #7 |
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I'd say Southport are not going to make it now, they've dipped in form just at the end. Still, for a team relegated next season they've done amazingly well. Fleetwood have thrown money at it, successfully. Their chairman, Andy Pilley, is fairly notorious has basically brought them the league, a la Crawley. Don't be shocked to see them go straight up again. |
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| Hayes | 17 Apr 2012, 04:15 PM Post #8 |
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Maff,have you any idea what happened to Hayes old ground? |
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| Royal Crisp | 17 Apr 2012, 06:05 PM Post #9 |
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I've got a friend who's a big Woking fan, goes to every game and congratulations to them. £2 a ticket apparently, great value for money. Hope they do well in the Conference next year. and Basingstoke still in the hunt for a play off spot. Shame about Hayes mind, we'll never be in the Premier League together  |
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| Hayes | 18 Apr 2012, 07:25 PM Post #10 |
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Go past Wokings ground quite a lot,its lower league standard at least. |
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