3spirit Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Interesting reading currently on the Southern League website, about changes to Step 3 and 4 leagues, and areas the teams will come from. Can anyone provide this link for the forum, as it's well worth a peruse? If Slough do miss out on promotion this season, looks like we will be playing a lot more teams from the South West, rather than in the Midlands, if these maps stay true to what they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebelbrewer Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Interesting reading currently on the Southern League website, about changes to Step 3 and 4 leagues, and areas the teams will come from. Can anyone provide this link for the forum, as it's well worth a peruse? If Slough do miss out on promotion this season, looks like we will be playing a lot more teams from the South West, rather than in the Midlands, if these maps stay true to what they are. http://www.evostikleaguesouthern.co.uk/step-3-and-4-league-boundaries-for-the-201819-seas-47185 Hopefully that works. Obviously we want to go up this year but if not we are likely to lose Kettering, Kings Lynn and Hereford (although Hereford will likely get promoted anyway.) Even Hitchin speculating on their forum that they would be in the "midland" band. Sent from my SM-J320FN using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epicrebel Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Interesting reading currently on the Southern League website, about changes to Step 3 and 4 leagues, and areas the teams will come from. Can anyone provide this link for the forum, as it's well worth a peruse? If Slough do miss out on promotion this season, looks like we will be playing a lot more teams from the South West, rather than in the Midlands, if these maps stay true to what they are. All you got to do is with the page open right click on URL (the bit with WWW, etc) copy then paste it on here.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epicrebel Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 This is it (I hope) but are we in the green just????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Rebel and a Saint Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Given that we're not within the boundaries of London, I'd say (going by that map) we'd be in the yellow as 3spirit said in his original post.From the predictions it also looks like it would transfer several clubs from the Isthmian to the Southern League which could mean more local games. Someone has had a go at making predictions about the allocations here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1inu6blXlaCuykULnRxHPFLMcCnAPU1NtmlM27JJ9nFE/edit#gid=0 Note that the changes will reduce the number of teams in a league at step 3 to 22 from 24. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebelbrewer Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Given that we're not within the boundaries of London, I'd say (going by that map) we'd be in the yellow as 3spirit said in his original post. From the predictions it also looks like it would transfer several clubs from the Isthmian to the Southern League which could mean more local games. I'm pretty sure we're in the yellow. The Hitchin forum has a version with location pins for clubs overlaid. We'd be in yellow but Hitchin, Kings Lynn, Kettering, Stratford, Banbury, Hereford and maybe Biggleswade and Hitchin wouldn't. The big downside is the extra playoff game so I suggest we go up this year to avoid that. [emoji4] Sent from my SM-J320FN using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlenSTFC Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Yes we’re definitely yellow (well amber!). We could see some long journeys going by that and a load more new clubs to get used to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Rebel and a Saint Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 In case anyone missed it, I added a link to a prediction spreadsheet in my other post above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3spirit Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 Yes we’re definitely yellow (well amber!). We could see some long journeys going by that and a load more new clubs to get used to. The ironic thing is, the cutting down of these long trips,in terms of mileage, is the main reason for the changes ! I'm surprised they haven't divided the yellow area in half by having Cornwall, Devon,Somerset,Wiltshire,Dorset and possibly Avon together and say a more regionalised area of say Berkshire, Buckinghamshire,Hampshire,Surrey,Oxon,South Hertfordshire and say a good few sides from inside the M25/ West London/Surrey fringes ie Harrow Borough, Kingstonian, Met Police, Staines, Leatherhead, and possibly Dorking,Gosport or Bognor Regis being the furthest flung places. Never easy to get everything right for every club but some of the decisions of club placement has been extreme and ludicrous in the past, so lets hope these new changes bring about some sensible solutions to travelling costs etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jafooly Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1_JqEhxDhFeRtQSkiAIz1qpBX3aU&ll=51.83728291298343%2C-2.158734526665171&z=5 A better visual representation of A Rebel and a Saints post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebelbrewer Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Yes we’re definitely yellow (well amber!). We could see some long journeys going by that and a load more new clubs to get used to. Plus some old foes/friends to get reacquainted with - Hendon, Harrow, Staines, Met Police Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3spirit Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 Just been looking at the predicted Conference South for next season, and the make up of the new Southern division that we will stay in, if we don't win the play off. Got to say, if we win promotion, there are some very good sides in the Conference South and it will be a great challenge pitting our wits against them. However, if we lose against Kings Lynn, the predicted Southern division,that Slough would be in, looks a lot weaker than what our division is now. It will still have a few quality teams but the strength in depth doesn't appear to be all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest route104 Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 The map has no sign of Kings Lynn on it,strange.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebellier Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 The map has no sign of Kings Lynn on it,strange.......... Which map? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reading Rebel Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Plus some old foes/friends to get reacquainted with - Hendon, Harrow, Staines, Met Police Hendon are in the yellow zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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