heathen79 Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 Well, with the benefit of a couple more results to predict, I think the top four will be like this: 1 Stoke 2 Mildenhall 3 Scunthorpe/Sheffield I think 4th place will then be between Belle Vue and the Heathens. I know Dudley have been thumped on the road twice this weekend, but I wasn't banking on any league points from those matches, so the only change is the abject manner of defeat, which we will need to put out of our heads. I hope we can still pick up 10+ league points from our remaining four home matches, which would take us to 30 points. Much will then depend on whether we can pick anything up at the Isle of Wight. I know Hackney are up there at the moment, but I think they will drop out, down to 6th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilK Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 (edited) Things have moved on with the recent matches leaving the table tonight as 1 Stoke 13 matches 34 2 Mildenhall 15 matches 29 3 Scunfield 12 matches 26 4 Hackney 14 matches 24 5 Dudley 15 matches 22 6 Belle Vue 12 matches 20 Stoke look pretty much assured a Play Off berth as do Scunfield imo, leaving Mildenhall, Hackney, Belle Vue and Dudley to fight for the remaining two places. Mildenhall's fixtures - Home: Newport Away: Hackney / Scunfield Hackney's fixtures - Home: Mildenhall / Scunfield Away: Stoke / Belle Vue Dudley's fixtures - Home: Buxton / Kings Lynn Away: Isle of Wight Belle Vues fixtures - Home Hackney / Kings Lynn / Newport / Stoke Away: Sheffield / Newport Edited August 24, 2011 by PhilK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrystalCastles Posted August 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 Things have moved on with the recent matches leaving the table tonight as 1 Stoke 13 matches 34 2 Mildenhall 15 matches 29 3 Scunfield 12 matches 26 4 Hackney 14 matches 24 5 Dudley 15 matches 22 6 Belle Vue 12 matches 20 Stoke look pretty much assured a Play Off berth as do Scunfield imo, leaving Mildenhall, Hackney, Belle Vue and Dudley to fight for the remaining two places. Mildenhall's fixtures - Home: Newport Away: Hackney / Scunfield Hackney's fixtures - Home: Mildenhall / Scunfield Away: Stoke / Belle Vue Dudley's fixtures - Home: Buxton / Kings Lynn Away: Isle of Wight Belle Vues fixtures - Home Hackney / Kings Lynn / Newport / Stoke Away: Sheffield / Newport Cheers for the update, pretty much what i expected to happen after a big run of NL matches. Stoke & Scunfield look assured of places, i think Mildenhall will have enough but can see there being a 3 way battle for 4th spot now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilK Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 Cheers for the update, pretty much what i expected to happen after a big run of NL matches. Stoke & Scunfield look assured of places, i think Mildenhall will have enough but can see there being a 3 way battle for 4th spot now. No problems, hopefully Mildenhall will make it to the playoffs, something from Saturdays fixture at Hackney would certainly help. 33 points looks like the target to me! PS - Like the Atmosphere reference in your signature Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrystalCastles Posted August 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 No problems, hopefully Mildenhall will make it to the playoffs, something from Saturdays fixture at Hackney would certainly help. 33 points looks like the target to me! PS - Like the Atmosphere reference in your signature I hope you guys do, will be a good reward for the hard work put in this year. Yeah it certainly would. I think 30/31 might be enough. Cheers that's generally all that ever makes it to my signature song lyrics & quotes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montie Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 Still think this cut of date could be a factor in the play off,its looming up fast and with Saints visiting Hackney on the last day,and Still got arrange a date for Newport Away,and the the rain off we had v B.V,could get a bit tight Stoke to i think race on the cut off date and the night before Imagine if it came down to scunny having to win at Hackney to get into the play offs[to knock Hackney out of them] and a small shower of rain dropped at Rye,would Len dare go for an early call off??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilK Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 (edited) After the weekends and todays meetings we have 1 Stoke 13 matches 34 2 Mildenhall 17 matches 32 3 Scunfield 14 matches 29 4 Hackney 15 matches 24 5 Kings Lynn 15 matches 23 5 Dudley 15 matches 22 6 Belle Vue 12 matches 20 Apologies for missing KL off last time! Stoke and Scunfield look assured a Play Off berth, leaving Mildenhall, Hackney, Belle Vue, Kings Lynn and Dudley to fight for the remaining two places. Mildenhall's fixtures - Home: Newport MAX POINTS 35 Hackney's fixtures - Home: Scunfield Away: Stoke / Belle Vue MAX POINTS 35 Kings Lynn - Away: Newport / Dudley / Belle Vue MAX POINTS 34 Dudley's fixtures - Home: Buxton / Kings Lynn Away: Isle of Wight MAX POINTS 32 Belle Vues fixtures - Home Hackney / Kings Lynn / Newport / Stoke Away: Sheffield / Newport MAX POINTS 40 13 days to the cut off and plenty of meetings still to be raced. Hopefully the weather won't play a part Edited August 29, 2011 by PhilK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heathen79 Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 Are Belle Vue likely to fit in all their remaining fixtures now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilK Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 Home to Hackney on wednesday Double header home to Stoke and Kings Lynn on Sunday Home to Newport Wednesday 7th September Away to Newport Sunday 11th September Away to Scunfield ?? Cannot see that one on BSPA site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Leslie Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 Why does the NL have to have a Sep 11 cut-off? It's not televised. Seems stupid to cram so many meetings into such a short time and then leave a whole 7 weeks for play-offs which are a maximum of 2 home and 2 away matches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montie Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 (edited) Away to Scunfield ?? Cannot see that one on BSPA site Saints V Belle Vue is this friday night at the EWR,and its a FREE meeting Edited August 29, 2011 by montie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilK Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 Why does the NL have to have a Sep 11 cut-off? It's not televised. Seems stupid to cram so many meetings into such a short time and then leave a whole 7 weeks for play-offs which are a maximum of 2 home and 2 away matches. I'd agree to a certain extent, but the league season is nearly five months old and teams only have 9 home meetings to run. I suppose it is more difficult if you run a EL/PL side as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Central Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 Belle Vue Colts Wed 31st Belle Vue v Hacney Fri 2nd Scunthorpe v Belle Vue Sun 4th (Double Header) Belle Vue v Kings Lynn Belle Vue v Stoke Wed 7th Belle Vue v Newport Sun 11th Newport v Belle Vue ........and then off for a lie down in a very dark room Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilK Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 UPDATED AFTER TONIGHTS MATCH 1 Stoke 13 matches 34 2 Mildenhall 17 matches 32 3 Scunfield 14 matches 29 4 Hackney 15 matches 24 5 Kings Lynn 15 matches 23 5 Dudley 16 matches 22 6 Belle Vue 12 matches 20 Apologies for missing KL off last time! Stoke and Scunfield look assured a Play Off berth, leaving Mildenhall, Hackney, Belle Vue, Kings Lynn and Dudley to fight for the remaining two places. Mildenhall's fixtures - Home: Newport MAX POINTS 35 Hackney's fixtures - Home: Scunfield Away: Stoke / Belle Vue MAX POINTS 35 Kings Lynn - Away: Newport / Dudley / Belle Vue MAX POINTS 34 Dudley's fixtures - Home: Kings Lynn Away: Isle of Wight MAX POINTS 29 Belle Vues fixtures - Home Hackney / Kings Lynn / Newport / Stoke Away: Sheffield / Newport MAX POINTS 40 Another bad result for Dudley tonight, nothing seems to have gone right since Kyle Newman left when Adam Roynon returned briefly from injury. They now look rank outsiders for the play offs sadly/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Central Posted September 3, 2011 Report Share Posted September 3, 2011 With the league table showing that Newport still have 7 fixtures to ride before the cut off date of 11th September, and only three arranged so far (Mildenhall away tomorrow, Belle Vue away on Wednesday, and Belle Vue at home next Sunday), it looks impossible for them to fufill their fixtures so what will the outcome be for those teams that haven't met them yet, or for the teams that have and have gained points against them. Extend the cut off point?? Run two double headers on Friday and Saturday?? Expunge all of the points as if they have withdrawn from the league or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilK Posted September 3, 2011 Report Share Posted September 3, 2011 (edited) After last nights fixtures Stoke are officially the first side into the play offs 1 Stoke 14 matches 37 points 2 Scunthorpe/ Sheffield 15 matches 32 points 3 Mildenhall 17 matches 32 points 4 Hackney 16 matches 25 points 5 King's Lynn 15 matches 23 points 6 Belle Vue 14 matches 22 points Scunfield look safe then it is two of four below Mildenhall's fixtures - Home: Newport MAX POINTS 35 Hackney's fixtures - Home: Scunfield Away: Stoke MAX POINTS 32 Kings Lynn - Away: Newport / Dudley / Belle Vue MAX POINTS 35 Belle Vues fixtures - Home Kings Lynn / Newport / Stoke Away: Newport MAX POINTS 35 Edited September 3, 2011 by PhilK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 With the league table showing that Newport still have 7 fixtures to ride before the cut off date of 11th September, and only three arranged so far (Mildenhall away tomorrow, Belle Vue away on Wednesday, and Belle Vue at home next Sunday), it looks impossible for them to fufill their fixtures so what will the outcome be for those teams that haven't met them yet, or for the teams that have and have gained points against them. Extend the cut off point?? Run two double headers on Friday and Saturday?? Expunge all of the points as if they have withdrawn from the league or what? Play off deadlines are just that - a a deadline after which fixtures do count in terms of league position but obviously not in terms of the P/Os which indeed may or may not have started or even finished before the outstanding fixtures are raced.. To expunge Newport's fixtures because they'll have some outstanding would mean having to do likewise with all teams who had a match or two not raced... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimmo Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 Play off deadlines are just that - a a deadline after which fixtures do count in terms of league position but obviously not in terms of the P/Os which indeed may or may not have started or even finished before the outstanding fixtures are raced.. To expunge Newport's fixtures because they'll have some outstanding would mean having to do likewise with all teams who had a match or two not raced... To some extent I concur with what you say Parsloes, but in other ways I don't. Newport should have entertained King's Lynn (who need that meeting to be run as they still have a play-off chance)on Bank Holiday Monday, but decided to call it off at very late notice, without to the best of my knowledge, any official statement as to why. It's been rumoured that they couldn't arrange medical cover, but I don't know that for a fact. If that postponement, which is so close to the cut-off date, involves ANY club that is reliant on it taking place, so as to aid their chances of progression, then there should be a way around it. If in this case King's Lynn miss out due to the non-running of that meeting, then that's not fair, because it's not their fault that it didn't take place, they were eager for it to do so. Goodness knows what the answer is, but what looks like happening ain't it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilK Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 (edited) After Sundays fixtures 1 Stoke 15 matches 37 points 2 Mildenhall 18 matches 35 points 3 Scunthorpe/ Sheffield 15 matches 32 points 4 Belle Vue 16 matches 28 points 5 Hackney 16 matches 25 points 6 King's Lynn 16 matches 23 points STOKE/ MILDENHALL into the PLAY OFFS Edited September 4, 2011 by PhilK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vog Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 The race for top spot could be quite close as well. Scunthorpe/Shef have 2 meetings before the cut off date, both away (Hackney and IoW) while Stoke also have 2 (Home to Hackne, away at Buxton) If Shefthorpe secure all 8 points, it would leave Stoke needing to win at home to Hackney and take a point off Buxton to confirm their place at the top of the league. Ironically, the one outstanding fixture for each team would be Newport (At Stoke and Sheffthorpe being visitors to Newport) Given the performance today, I think Stoke would probably choose Mildenhall, but it has the potential to be a very interesting play-offs for all teams involved! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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