Play offs

[Reading Rebel]

Sounded like a cracking game at Hitchin, who led 2-0.

[staines_rebel_Jr]

Leamington win penalty shoot out

 

Final

Hungerford vs Leamington

[Curtis]

Leamington won 2-1 at Hungerford in mid February.

[Bernie Gogan]

Hungerford would be punching miles above their weight if they get promoted. Will gates exceed 150? What's the seating requirement in Conf Sth? Good luck to them whatever.

 

Shame we've got the usual 6 point loss to Redditch to contend with next season again......... if we don't get shunted across to Isthmian!!

[Reading Rebel]

Hungerford would be punching miles above their weight if they get promoted. Will gates exceed 150? What's the seating requirement in Conf Sth? Good luck to them whatever.

 

Shame we've got the usual 6 point loss to Redditch to contend with next season again......... if we don't get shunted across to Isthmian!!

 

 

Now now Bernie, I don't want to hear that defeatest attitude, every dog has it's day  

[Curtis]

We're getting closer each time we play them, 1-7, 0-4, 0-2, and 0-1.

 

Next season I think we'll get at least 1 point against them.

[Reading Rebel]

If Hungerford do go on to win the final their ground will certainly be a bit of a culture shock to away supporters from the Conference South next season.

[Bernie Gogan]

Whitehawk's isn't great nor Concord by all accounts, so they would be in good company. Will Hungerford allow the bloke with the viewing platform in his garden to continue watching over the fence?

[staines_rebel_Jr]

Half time scores

 

Leamington 1-0 Hungerford

Banbury 1-0 Taunton

St Ives 0-0 AFC Rushden and diamonds

[staines_rebel_Jr]

Full time

 

Leamington 1-2 Hungergord (leamington were 1-0 up)

 

Banbury 2-0 Taunton (unfortunately)

 

St Ives 1-1 AFC Rushden goes to extra time

[Matt]

Hungerford were the home side SRJ.

[staines_rebel_Jr]

St Ives won in extra time.

 

Either way Matt, Hungerford still won.

[A Rebel and a Saint]

So with kings langley, Cinderford, Banbury, St Ives, Basingstoke, Havant, Hayes and potentially Corby and lowestoft all suited to the Southern premier catchment....what we do reckon of the chances of being moved to the Ryman league with our move back to Slough?

[staines_rebel_Jr]

H&Y and Lowestoft will go into Ryman and Corby go into the Northern League

 

Kings Langley, Cinderford, Banbury, St Ives, Basingstoke and H&W go in Southern league.

[Graham Cox]

Lets wait and see what the clever clogs of the Non League arena decide...................

[Norton]

Or in short why were Burnham, Marlow and Flackwell Heath placed in Southern League S&W last season just finished whereas Petersfield were placed in Southern Central?

They weren't to begin with. Burnham, Marlow and Flackwell Heath were initially Central and Petersfield (and Fleet) S&W but when Clevedon were expelled, all were swapped (Redbridge were reprieved in the IL and Ware moved from IL1N to SLC).

 

Flackwell then rejected their place and were replaced by Winchester.

[David Carpenter]

Still doesn't make sense that Petersfield were placed in the Central league and Burnham in the S&W.

[Irishadrian]

Hartleys victory over Camberley means that Ashford Town(middx) gain promotion

[Norton]

Still doesn't make sense that Petersfield were placed in the Central league and Burnham in the S&W.

I don't have a hotline to the FA so I can only guess.

 

Having to replace a Somerset club with one from Essex meant moving others east to west. Ware went from IL1N to SLC from which someone had to go to SLSW. Burnham, Marlow and Flackwell were the most westerly clubs in the Central and all close together in a little group. The FA presumably wanted to keep them together geographically and moved them all as one. That meant two going the other way: Petersfield and Fleet. Flackwell then refused their place. The FA didn't want to send the others back again so the allocations stayed as they were.

 

It would certainly have been easier to move just Flackwell. Four clubs were messed about by being moved three weeks after the line-ups were announced.

[David Carpenter]

Norton thanks for the detailed explanation. I understand the difficulties that occur with ground allocations each close season but am still perplexed by the decisions under discussion. You mention that it would have been easier in the first place just to move Flackwell Heath. Another option on first allocation would have been to move Goldalming to S&W and place Flackwell Heath in the Central. Flackwell Heath would have probably stayed then although of course Goldalming would have probably objected despite having played in the S&W previously. Certainly at last years' Southern League AGM which I attended the general consensus seemed to be that the decisions taken were wrong.