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[Staines-upon-Thames Rebel]

Clubs will be notified of which leauge they are going into today and then this will be offically made public on Friday.

 

There will however be the oppertunity for a few changes to be made along the way due to appeals etc.

[Mr Rebel]

thanks for the info

 

fingers crossed huh

[GarySTFC]

Well I've not had anything through today, so maybe something tomorrow. On the TK forums it has been noted that four clubs have been moved from Southern to Ryman (one of which is Godalming).

 

Wivenhoe appear to have been placed into the Eastern Counties according to a separate post which would indicate the Northern League has not expanded to 22 teams, meaning we would be down a level.

 

However, none of this is confirmed so is pure speculation.

[Matt]

I've just heard that we'll be placed into the Unibond Division 1 South...

[A Rebel and a Saint]

Have found this on the hellenic league website, written today...

 

'Unfortunately the clubs that were relegated from Step 4 did not produce a relegation to the Sport Italia Hellenic League, as a consequence, Harrow Hill is also reprieved from relegation to Division One status, along with Fairford Town and Abingdon Town.

 

The possibility of clubs folding and possible relegations through clubs at the higher levels not resolving their financial position and ground grading requirements by designated date

[Mr Rebel]

TK claims this is the confirmed leagues: http://www.tonykempster.co.uk/maps08-09.htm#STEP%20FOUR%20-%206%20Divisions

 

Slough back in the same league we just went down from

[Matt]

The key bit being:

 

"Halifax Town have folded so Altrincham are reprieved at step 1, Hucknall Town at step 2, Borehamwood at step 3 and Slough Town at step 4"

[A Rebel and a Saint]

Interesting to see that we have benefitted from Halifax folding if this is true, a shame to see another club out of business but not an opportunity to be turned down.

[GarySTFC]

This is all dependant on the situation at Halifax.

 

This suggests that Halifax will not fold, but enter at Unibond 1 North:

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/halifax_town/7399940.stm

[Desarico]

super service on the update gary well done

bet marlow are happy,

[Matt]

It's a real shame about Halifax, or indeed any club. Just goes to show more and more that clubs need to be a lot more prudent.

 

That said, I think there should just be a straight swap between Slough and Halifax. After all, we were never relegated out of the Conference, so it's about time we were given another crack at it.

[Staines-upon-Thames Rebel]

Looks ok'ish if we are in the southern but now a few more games in the wild west!

 

 

[Amber Rebel]

and rushall olympic

[A Rebel and a Saint]

A couple more further north too, definately further to travel than last year.

[Mr Rebel]

being saved and staying at this level really saves us a season or a few that it would taken to get promotion back to step 4 so fingers crossed we do stay up

 

[Dominic]

If Halifax do move down to the Unibond, will we then still be relegated?

[A Rebel and a Saint]

As we are the team to benefit from their demise, I would guess that we would be relegated and they would reshuffle the leagues accordingly.

[Amber Rebel]

i might be wrong but i would think halifax would have to start further down the pyramid like scarborough did.

[Ian]

To be honest, if this is correct and we are reprieved I don't care how far we have to travel or what league we are in, just relieved that we've stayed up.

 

Kay

[Chris]

First of all IF this is confirmed we are very lucky and I do feel sorry for the likes of Halifax and Edgware.

 

But as Matt says after being chucked out of the Conference all those years back maybe we deserve it.

 

This is a fresh start now for the club. We have finally got a stable footing off the pitch in terms of management, Chairman and commitee and have learnt what a great club this can be if we all pull together (like at the end of the current season). That's been lost over the past few years as going to games was not too 'fun'.

 

Now here hoping Sweets can get plan 'B' into action and get some quality players into the club asap and tie them down now, so we can be competitive in this league next season and were not starting pre-season hunting around for players like we have done the last few seasons.