I think Oxford will be placed in the North along with Brackley and Kettering.
Also think that either Chelmsford City or Billericay Town will suffer the same fate. At the moment we will have 24 teams who could be Blue Square Bet South including the play off runners up.
Can't see the Conference doing a 24/20 split so no other way around it.
I think Oxford will be placed in the North along with Brackley and Kettering.
Also think that either Chelmsford City or Billericay Town will suffer the same fate.
I have to say I can't see the logic of what you say.
Nine clubs will go from BSS and BSN with Hinckley looking certain to be reprieved due to Darlington being demoted to one of the Evostik divisions. Of the nine vacancies, four will be in BSN and five in BSS. The four North ones will be filled by Chester, Bradford PA, Kettering and Brackley and four of the South ones by Hayes and Yeading, Bath, Billericay and Hornchurch.
Unless the Leagues Committee favour Bishops Stortford and move them to South at the expense of the more southerly Oxford City, City will fill the fifth place so there is no reason for any teams to be transferred from BSS to BSN. So only if any clubs at Blue Square level or above upset the applecart by going bust or otherwise upsetting the league before the AGM should Chelmsford or Billericay have any concerns about league matches at Workington. Stortford must be gutted that Lowestoft, Bury Town and Cambridge City all failed in the play offs as any one of them succeeding would have given them a place in BSS next season.
Talking of Oxford City, I'm pleased that they have got promotion. I went to a game there about four years ago when in Oxford for the day and found them to be a really friendly bunch. The ground at that time was fairly basic but there were plans on the clubhouse wall showing a number of proposed ground improvements. If we don't make the Promised Land of the BSP, I look forward to returning there to see how much progress they have made.
