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Post by Tom Bowen on May 2, 2022 17:08:34 GMT
Not all games, let alone playoffs, have been completed in the National South yet. But as of today, these are the CONFIRMED teams competing in the division next year and the format.
Format
The top team in the division gains automatic promotion to the National League (this year it is Maidstone).
The second and third placed teams gain entry to the playoff semi finals, with the four teams below in fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh gaining entry to the playoff quarter finals.
The bottom four teams are relegated. This is year is just one (Billericay) but the league is expanding each division to 24 teams next season.
Teams
The confirmed teams so far are:
Bath City, Braintree Town, Chelmsford City, Cheshunt, Dover Athletic, Dulwich Hamlet, Farnborough, Hampton & Richmond Borough, Hemel Hempstead Town, Hungerford Town, Slough Town, St Albans City, Taunton Town, Tonbridge Angels, Welling United, Weymouth, Worthing.
The rest are TBD as far as I am aware due to not knowing playoff statuses yet:
Chippenham Town (Currently outside of the playoffs but could gain entry on the final day - typically v H&W)
Dartford
Dorking Wanderers
Ebbsfleet United
Eastbourne Borough
Havant & Waterloovile
Oxford City
Other info
Teams closest to us (at the moment) are Slough and Hampton & Richmond.
Note that Taunton and Dover will have to travel to each other next season!
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Post by Tom Bowen on May 21, 2022 17:38:18 GMT
All 24 teams are listed below:
Bath City
Braintree Town
Chelmsford City
Cheshunt
Chippenham Town
Concord Rangers
Dartford
Dover Athletic
Dulwich Hamlet
Eastbourne Borough
Ebbsfleet
Farnborough
Hampton & Richmond Borough
Havant & Waterloovile
Hemel Hempstead Town
Hungerford Town
Oxford City
Slough Town
St Albans Town
Taunton Town
Tonbridge Angels
Welling United
Weymouth
Worthing
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Post by markhardy on May 24, 2022 20:07:17 GMT
Possible Christmas / New Years Day Fixtures.
Bath City v Chippenham Town
Chelmsford City v Concord Rangers
Cheshunt v Braintree Town
Ebbsfleet United v Dover Athletic
Farnborough v Slough Town
Hampton & RB v Dulwich Hamlet
Havant & Waterlooville v Worthing
Hemel Hempstead Town v St Albans City
Hungerford Town v Oxford City
Taunton Town v Weymouth
Tonbridge Angels v Eastbourne Borough
Welling United v Dartford
Looking at the map, we may be travelling midweek in a westerly direction. There are only 6 clubs further west than Farnborough.
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Post by Admin on May 24, 2022 22:23:43 GMT
Bath away, midweek, will be nailed on, I suspect.  Saturdays in Bath are so much better. Great pubs serving great beer, get tonked (well, more often than not), more great pubbage and then catch the train home. Even better if the rugger buggers are also at home. Great atmosphere. |
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Post by borobob on May 25, 2022 8:28:47 GMT
If I recall, the last time we went to Bath midweek it got called off just before kick off, Grrr!
Could equally be Hungerford or Chippenham mid week, neither too difficult to get to!
Only Taunton, Weymouth and Dover would cause problems midweek.
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Post by markhardy on May 25, 2022 16:18:05 GMT
Looking through the calendar for next season. If we start on August 6th then there are 38 Saturday and Bank Holiday dates that will be scheduled, which includes August , Boxing Day, New Year BH, Good Friday and Easter Monday.
I have taken out the three dates for FA Cup and Trophy, which leaves 8 fixtures to be inserted in midweek.
Bob, I doubt Dover will be away midweek, but Weymouth and Taunton are both possiblities as you have to look at the map and see how many clubs they can play midweek. If Taunton v Weymouth is Boxing / NYD game then I would expect them to play midweek games against Bath, Chippenham, Farnborough and Havant.
Likewise for Dover, Ebbsfleet on BD & NYD and then midweek with the likes of Tonbridge, Welling, Dartford and Eastbourne
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Post by borobob on May 25, 2022 17:18:02 GMT
Depends how the fixtures gurus work it out I suppose Mark!
We even went to Truro on a Tuesday once, and got a right spanking 8 -2!!!, that might have been re-arranged fixture though, can't remember!
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Post by markhardy on May 25, 2022 19:45:12 GMT
That was Conference South in 2011/12 when we went to Truro midweek and it was schediuled, but somebody has to. Again taking into consideration that Truro v Weston Super Mare would have been BD & NYD, there aren't many more to choose from.
There is no point in the league having midweek fixtures that could send Dartford to Bath and Farnborough to Dover.
It happened with the allocations a few years back when ourselves and Staines were put in the South Eastern Isthmian league with many trips to Essex. Histon & Cambridge City were put in the Southern League. On one Tuesday night, we made a trip to East Thurrock for a league game and Poole town went to Histon. These were scheduled games somehow, but would have made more sense to place the four clubs in the others league.
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Post by superman on May 26, 2022 10:48:27 GMT
This is really interesting seeing all those teams back again which we played in our Conference days, a nice set of clubs.
Any idea when the fixtures are likely to come out from the fixture gurus this year ?
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Post by borobob on May 26, 2022 11:29:20 GMT
Usually after the League AGM in late June/Early July.
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Post by superman on May 26, 2022 15:43:34 GMT
Thanks, Bob
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Post by Admin on Jun 1, 2022 11:01:22 GMT
Now confirmed that National League South will start on 6 August.
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