6 games to go...

[The Crowing Cockerel]

    16    Slough Town                                  40    12    12    16    61    63    -2    48      Weymouth (A),     Aveley (H),      Torquay United (A),      Boreham Wood (H),      Chesham United (A),      Hampton & Richmond Borough (H)           
    17    Hampton & Richmond Borough     40    13    9    18    51    54    -3    48       Worthing (A),      Bath City (H),      Welling United (H),      Dorking Wanderers (A),      Farnborough (H),      Slough Town (A)
    18    Bath City                                         40    13    9    18    36    43    -7    48       Hemel Hempstead Town (H),      Hampton & Richmond Borough (A),      Dorking Wanderers (H),      Farnborough (A),      Chippenham Town (H),      Aveley (A)
    19    Enfield Town                                  40    12    6    22    43    76   -33   42      Chippenham Town (H),      Hemel Hempstead Town (A),      Chelmsford City (A),      St Albans City (H),      Boreham Wood (A),      Worthing (H)
    20   Salisbury                                        40    9    14    17    51    60      -9    41       Tonbridge Angels (H),      Boreham Wood (A),      Aveley (H),      Weymouth (A),      Eastbourne Borough (H),      Welling United (A)
    21    St Albans City                                40    7    16    17    41    56     -15   37       Farnborough (H),      Dorking Wanderers (H),      Eastbourne Borough (H),      Enfield Town (A),      Hemel Hempstead Town (H),      Truro City (A)
    22    Welling United                              40    10    6    24    44    72   -28   36       Chesham United (A),      Hornchurch (H),      Hampton & Richmond Borough (A),      Maidstone United (H),      Chelmsford City (A),      Salisbury (H)
    23    Weymouth                                    40    5    13    22    35    62    -27   28
    24    Aveley                                           40    6    7    27     40    73    -33    25

With Weymouth and Aveley effectively down and out, it currently looks like 2 out of the next 7 sides who could join them in Step 3 next season. Slough, Hampton and Bath are probably one win (at most) away from safety. You'd have to fancy Slough and Bath to avoid the trap-door. Hampton, however, have 3 points from the last 30 available and looking at their remaining fixtures you could see a situation in which they acquire no further points.

ETFC. Unless Town steamroll Chippenham, Hemel and Chelmsford, the home fixture against St Albans looks like being an absolute blockbuster - surely a capacity 2,500 crowd? 

Salisbury have looked good enough of late to beat the drop. If they can pick up 3 points against Tonbridge on Saturday then you've got to fancy them to reach the mythical 50 points with games against Aveley and Weymouth to come.

St Albans. Saturday's fixture against Farnborough is huge. Anything but 3 points and they will be under massive pressure for the visits of Dorking and Eastbourne. I think they'll probably have enough about them to pick up the points against a depleted Farnborough.

Welling. With their new manager 'bounce' very much in progress and some winnable fixtures, I can see the Wings picking up at least 12 points which would see them up to 48 points.