Non-league football

Or not, Chorley got an away win today, only their 2nd of the season. Still last though.

Chorley beat Torquay on Saturday, and are now level with Sutton and Ebbsfleet, though still last.

Chorley drew in midweek and won again today, so Wrexham are now at the foot of that table.

Ebbsfleet got a win last night. Chorley are 15 points from safety with 11 games left. I think they're done now.

Fylde 9 points off with 13 games, so they could make it, though I suspect they won't.

All English leagues lower than the National League N&S will have their season results annulled, it seems. Bit harsh, but then perhaps still being alive for a new season in August might have to be the trade-off.

I think it is probably the best thing, but very harsh, but safety is probably the key thing. Be very interesting to see how promotion and relegation is handled by lower league clubs.

The 3 Nat League divisions have been decided as finished, although the tricky promotion/relegation ideas have been postponed. Fylde and Chorley were in the bottom 2 so should expect to get dropped. Barrow should go up, in fact they should put 2 up, what with the Bury debacle to resolve.

Therein lies the problem. It is entirely possible that only Barrow could go up because the League 2 clubs could vote to allow only 1 up and bring the league back up to 92 clubs. Whatever the plan was after Bury went under has now clearly been thrown out of the window by the virus, & the longer that this situation goes on I fear many more clubs in the lower parts of the pyramid will not even make it to the opening day of next season. Sooner or later, you will probably have the FA asking the government for a bailout to help those clubs out, but in reality, I would say this has to be the biggest single crisis to affect our national game for a very long time and will continue to do so for a few years after it.

It would be more logical that 2 should go up and 1 down (I'd obviously hope Morecambe cling on in the League!)

Play offs are a stupid bloody joke anyway, always have been.

(23-04-2020 07:06 )Doddle Wrote:  Play offs are a stupid bloody joke anyway, always have been.

Sure enough, they're starting this week , NL, NLN & NLS.