|
|
Post by spennyfanchris on May 14, 2023 17:25:42 GMT
After all 3 of the Final's have taken place, the National League looks like this :
1 AFC Fylde (Promoted From NL North As Champions)
2 Aldershot Town
3 Altrincham FC
4 Barnet FC
5 Boreham Wood
6 Bromley FC
7 Chesterfield FC
8 Dagenham & Redbridge
9 Dorking Wanderers
10 Eastleigh FC
11 Ebbsfleet United (Promoted From NL South As Champions)
12 FC Halifax Town
13 Gateshead FC
14 Hartlepool United (Relegated From League 2)
15 Kidderminster Harriers (Promoted From NL North As Play Off Winners)
16 Maidenhead United
17 Oldham Athletic
18 Oxford City (Promoted From NL South As Play Off Winners)
19 Rochdale AFC (Relegated From League 2)
20 Solihull Moors
21 Southend United
22 Wealdstone FC
23 Woking FC
24 York City
Wrexham AFC (Champions) and Notts County (Play-Off Winners) have been promoted to League 2
|
|
|
|
Post by spennyfanchris on May 14, 2023 17:49:02 GMT
National League North
1 Alfreton Town
2 Banbury United
3 Bishop's Stortford (Promoted From Isthmian League Premier As Champions)
4 Blyth Spartans
5 Boston United
6 Brackley Town
7 Buxton FC
8 Chester FC
9 Chorley FC
10 Curzon Ashton
11 Darlington FC
12 Farsley Celtic
13 Gloucester City
14 Hereford FC
15 King's Lynn Town
16 Peterborough Sports
17 Rushall Olympic (Promoted From SL Central Division As Play Off Winners)
18 Scarborough Athletic
19 Scunthorpe United (Relegated From National League)
20 South Shields (Promoted From NPL Premier Division As Champions)
21 Southport FC
22 Spennymoor Town
23 Tamworth FC (Promoted From Southern League Central PD As Champions)
24 Warrington Town (Promoted From NPL Premier Division As Play Off Winners)
AFC Fylde (Champions) and Kidderminster Harriers (Play Off Winners) have been promoted to the National League
National League South
1 Aveley FC (Promoted From Isthmian League Premier As Play Off Winners
2 Bath City
3 Braintree Town
4 Chelmsford City
5 Chippenham Town
6 Dartford FC
7 Dover Athletic
8 Eastbourne Borough
9 Farnborough FC
10 Hampton & Richmond Borough
11 Havant & Waterlooville
12 Hemel Hempstead Town
13 Maidstone United (Relegated From National League)
14 Slough Town
15 St Albans City
16 Taunton Town
17 Tonbridge Angels
18 Torquay United (Relegated From National League)
19 Truro City (Promoted From Southern League South As Play Off Winners)
20 Welling United
21 Weston Super Mare AFC (Promoted From Southern League South As Champions)
22 Weymouth FC
23 Worthing FC
24 Yeovil Town (Relegated From National League)
Ebbsfleet United (Champions) and Oxford City (Play Off Winners) have been promoted to the National League
|
|
|
|
Post by pooliehopper on May 15, 2023 11:35:42 GMT
Bishops Stortford in the NL North. Blimey, hope their coach driver likes long drives!
|
|
|
|
Post by sikirk on May 15, 2023 12:30:04 GMT
Bishops Stortford in the NL North. Blimey, hope their coach driver likes long drives! Yeah its a hike but if it was not them im sure it would be another southern team due to there only been 1 team form the north relegated from the national league. |
|
|
|
Post by tiptop on May 15, 2023 14:31:01 GMT
How many teams in National League North and South are running full time?
|
|
|
|
Post by sikirk on May 15, 2023 16:00:23 GMT
How many teams in National League North and South are running full time? Im going to go with: North -scunthorpe -south shields South -maidstone -torquay -yeovil Not as many as previous seasons |
|
|
|
Post by spennyfanchris on May 15, 2023 17:24:21 GMT
Updated After the Allocations today
|
|
|
|
Post by kentrebel on May 15, 2023 21:44:14 GMT
How many teams in National League North and South are running full time? Im going to go with: North -scunthorpe -south shields South -maidstone -torquay -yeovil Not as many as previous seasons Havant were full time last year though Director of Football Paul Doswell(was manager till he got a 12 week ban) has left and was rumoured to be providing a fair bit of their money. Eastbourne have had a recent fair bit of investment and Gloucester were full time but seem to be going part time next season |
|
|
|
Post by kentrebel on May 15, 2023 21:51:18 GMT
Bishops Stortford in the NL North. Blimey, hope their coach driver likes long drives! Yeah its a hike but if it was not them im sure it would be another southern team due to there only been 1 team form the north relegated from the national league. If Stortford had stayed south they would be having to go to Truro (playing in Plymouth again this year), Yeovil, Taunton, Torquay, Weymouth, Bath, Chippenham and Weston-Super-Mare. I'm not sure that there will be a great difference in the mileage overall but I could be wrong. Stortford to Spenny 236 miles, Stortford to Plymouth Parkway 257 miles for example. By the way, you'll love playing on the Stortford sandpit (not!!!) |
|
|
|
Post by tiptop on May 16, 2023 8:34:00 GMT
Bishop Stortford-Blyth 270 miles
Bishop Stortford-South Shields 257 miles
Throw Spennymoor, Darlington, Warrington and Southport in the mix, and a lot of travelling.
|
|
|
|
Post by sikirk on May 16, 2023 10:22:39 GMT
If it was not bishop stortford it would have been hemel hempstead or st albans, maybe oxford had they not gone up. On the plus side the travelling in the national league has gone down
|
|
|
|
Post by kentrebel on May 16, 2023 17:59:48 GMT
I think it would have been Braintree which is marginally further north than Stotford but doesn't have the same proximity to the M11
|
|
|
|
Post by spennyfanchris on May 17, 2023 20:26:03 GMT
Bishop's Stortford have appealed against the decision to be placed in the National League North
|
|
|
|
Post by tiptop on Jun 9, 2023 20:10:55 GMT
Maybe the answer could have been when the Pyramid System was set up, perhaps there could have been 3 National Leagues- South, North, and a Midlands section, with 3 relegations per season from the Conference?
|
|
|
|
Post by handifan on Jun 10, 2023 16:22:35 GMT
Maybe the answer could have been when the Pyramid System was set up, perhaps there could have been 3 National Leagues- South, North, and a Midlands section, with 3 relegations per season from the Conference? That would have been the obvious thing to do but it wouldn’t fit a pyramid shape. Imo it should be League 3 (pro) then semi pro 3-3- then whatever for regional leagues. Also have much more relegation and promotion. It’s counter intuitive but increasing promotion and relegation spots means clubs are far less likely to go to the wall overspending either to win 1 or 2 precious promotion spots or to avoid relegation because getting back up is so difficult. Most of the financial difficulties in the sport are down to dumbass initiatives like having a perfectly shaped pyramid then individual clubs in leagues voting to keep or reduce relegation spots thinking that will protect them. It won’t. One bad season and you could be at the step below for 5-6 years because you voted to only have a small number of relegation / promotion spots. Imagine the premier league down to league 3 having 6 up 6 down…quality, TV money etc would flood down the leagues from the top. Premier league clubs won’t mind getting relegated because it will be relatively easy to go back up. Quality and money would flood through the leagues and risk to all clubs reduce. Nah, they’d rather pull up the drawbridge. |
|
