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Post by kingsway12 on Aug 10, 2024 13:23:49 GMT
Boro Rangers really strong set up behind the scenes, they will definitely for me be in the mix, and already beaten Shildon, thus two from Teesside (with Redcar Athletic) verses the two from Tyneside (Blyth Town & Blue Star), be another interesting season for sure.
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Post by sikirk on Aug 10, 2024 16:45:15 GMT
Boro Rangers really strong set up behind the scenes, they will definitely for me be in the mix, and already beaten Shildon, thus two from Teesside (with Redcar Athletic) verses the two from Tyneside (Blyth Town & Blue Star), be another interesting season for sure. And folk said compulsery promotion would weaken the league, mr amos was the most vocal. How wrong they all were |
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Post by Neil on Aug 10, 2024 19:11:17 GMT
Boro Rangers really strong set up behind the scenes, they will definitely for me be in the mix, and already beaten Shildon, thus two from Teesside (with Redcar Athletic) verses the two from Tyneside (Blyth Town & Blue Star), be another interesting season for sure. And folk said compulsery promotion would weaken the league, mr amos was the most vocal. How wrong they all were To be fair, it has. Nowhere near as strong as it was years ago, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. |
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Post by sikirk on Aug 11, 2024 3:02:16 GMT
And folk said compulsery promotion would weaken the league, mr amos was the most vocal. How wrong they all were To be fair, it has. Nowhere near as strong as it was years ago, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Was no suprise some teams were flying with league titles and vase success due to paying out wages that would not have looked out of place in conf north |
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Post by Neil on Aug 11, 2024 8:40:50 GMT
To be fair, it has. Nowhere near as strong as it was years ago, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Was no suprise some teams were flying with league titles and vase success due to paying out wages that would not have looked out of place in conf north I don't disagree, but at one point the only clubs in the NE between the Northern League and pro football were Blyth Spartans and Whitby. Promotion has been a good thing in my opinion, the league is now finding a more normal level within the pyramid. |
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Post by sikirk on Aug 11, 2024 9:10:23 GMT
Was no suprise some teams were flying with league titles and vase success due to paying out wages that would not have looked out of place in conf north I don't disagree, but at one point the only clubs in the NE between the Northern League and pro football were Blyth Spartans and Whitby. Promotion has been a good thing in my opinion, the league is now finding a more normal level within the pyramid. I think you right. I recall a few seasons with no north east teams were in the conf north or the northern premier division 1. Notice in recent years how the teams dont do much in vase but dominated it pre compulsory promotion. Its been a good call by the fa to me and as yet no club has gone to the wall as a result |
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Post by lovingnonleague on Aug 11, 2024 10:39:12 GMT
I don't disagree, but at one point the only clubs in the NE between the Northern League and pro football were Blyth Spartans and Whitby. Promotion has been a good thing in my opinion, the league is now finding a more normal level within the pyramid. I think you right. I recall a few seasons with no north east teams were in the conf north or the northern premier division 1. Notice in recent years how the teams dont do much in vase but dominated it pre compulsory promotion. Its been a good call by the fa to me and as yet no club has gone to the wall as a result Don't think any club will go to the wall. All you need to do is just accept relegation once you've done your dough or not bothered your behind to do ground improvements and start again in Northern league division 1. It's just one big game to some clubs. |
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Post by kingsway12 on Aug 11, 2024 11:33:19 GMT
Though Spennymoor United did fold part way through a season, Newcastle Blue Star folded at the end of a season and Marske United resigned part way through a season.
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Post by sikirk on Aug 11, 2024 13:02:55 GMT
Though Spennymoor United did fold part way through a season, Newcastle Blue Star folded at the end of a season and Marske United resigned part way through a season. Spennymoor and blue star folded before promotion was compulsory and the anti promotion brigade used what happened to those clubs as fear mongering for years. Marske probably resigned due to spending daft money on players |
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Post by windy1970 on Aug 11, 2024 15:36:21 GMT
Though Spennymoor United did fold part way through a season, Newcastle Blue Star folded at the end of a season and Marske United resigned part way through a season. Spennymoor and blue star folded before promotion was compulsory and the anti promotion brigade used what happened to those clubs as fear mongering for years. Marske probably resigned due to spending daft money on players The 2 previous NL chairmen were anti pyramid and very isolationist. The majority of the clubs, listened to the committee and were extremely loyal to the league. The chances of clubs making it at higher levels were slim because only a few chanced their hands and got burnt. I think the FALC should’ve promoted the top 7 in the first season of compulsory promotion. Instead they promoted 3 NL, 3 NCEL & 3 NWCL. The two other leagues had already promoted loads of clubs over the years and numerous extra clubs at each restructuring. So in my opinion it was the NL turn to lose a chunk of their clubs and if it had happened we’d have seen the southern boundary of the NPL1E somewhere around Sheffield. |
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Post by hoopy on Aug 12, 2024 6:29:21 GMT
Personally, I think the NL is both weaker and more competitive as a result.
You no longer have one team who dominates due to having much more resources than the rest. The 'bigger' clubs have all more or less gone up, meaning that there's less of a gap from the best to the worst and the league is no longer artificially strong like it was during the Vase dominance period.
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Post by windy1970 on Aug 18, 2024 5:16:33 GMT
Although it’s very early days in the NL, it isn’t in the NWCL step 6. Those two divisions only have 18 clubs apiece and a majority of the clubs have played 7 games(a couple of games away from a 1/4 of the season gone. Which leads me to the link to the NL, top of the NWCL1N after 7 games is Holker Old Boys and they’re the final Cumbrian club in the NWCL. With the NWCL Prem having 24 clubs and the fact that most NPL1W clubs are relegated into that league. It’s not beyond the realms of possibility that they could follow their Cumbrian neighbours and be placed into the NL1 if promoted. I know it’s still early day's and a lot can happen. But you read it here first if it happens.
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Post by minty on Aug 18, 2024 8:55:26 GMT
Although it’s very early days in the NL, it isn’t in the NWCL step 6. Those two divisions only have 18 clubs apiece and a majority of the clubs have played 7 games(a couple of games away from a 1/4 of the season gone. Which leads me to the link to the NL, top of the NWCL1N after 7 games is Holker Old Boys and they’re the final Cumbrian club in the NWCL. With the NWCL Prem having 24 clubs and the fact that most NPL1W clubs are relegated into that league. It’s not beyond the realms of possibility that they could follow their Cumbrian neighbours and be placed into the NL1 if promoted. I know it’s still early day's and a lot can happen. But you read it here first if it happens. That would give you guys another 45 minutes onto your journey further than to Kendal (probably more than that during tourist season). |
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Post by windy1970 on Aug 18, 2024 11:31:40 GMT
Although it’s very early days in the NL, it isn’t in the NWCL step 6. Those two divisions only have 18 clubs apiece and a majority of the clubs have played 7 games(a couple of games away from a 1/4 of the season gone. Which leads me to the link to the NL, top of the NWCL1N after 7 games is Holker Old Boys and they’re the final Cumbrian club in the NWCL. With the NWCL Prem having 24 clubs and the fact that most NPL1W clubs are relegated into that league. It’s not beyond the realms of possibility that they could follow their Cumbrian neighbours and be placed into the NL1 if promoted. I know it’s still early day's and a lot can happen. But you read it here first if it happens. That would give you guys another 45 minutes onto your journey further than to Kendal (probably more than that during tourist season). Unfortunately some clubs are basically in the middle of nowhere or miles from every other club. Louth Town in the NCEL1, all of the Cornish clubs in the Western Prem, all the Cumbrian clubs in either the NWCL or NL. All the clubs from around Peterborough that have been dumped into the Eastern Counties League 1 North have to travel across some of the worst road networks in England to play clubs across Norfolk & Suffolk. |
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Post by bigcbeat1 on Aug 18, 2024 23:19:52 GMT
Although it’s very early days in the NL, it isn’t in the NWCL step 6. Those two divisions only have 18 clubs apiece and a majority of the clubs have played 7 games(a couple of games away from a 1/4 of the season gone. Which leads me to the link to the NL, top of the NWCL1N after 7 games is Holker Old Boys and they’re the final Cumbrian club in the NWCL. With the NWCL Prem having 24 clubs and the fact that most NPL1W clubs are relegated into that league. It’s not beyond the realms of possibility that they could follow their Cumbrian neighbours and be placed into the NL1 if promoted. I know it’s still early day's and a lot can happen. But you read it here first if it happens. How many promotions and relegations are there from Stps 4/5/6 at the of this season Windy? |
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