Play-offs

[K_BFC]

Not that it matters but Chorley only KO at 2000

Kick-off put back 15mins due to congestion delaying supporters.

[Matty]

Bristol Rovers down to 10.

[boyliegladbach]

General football

[Si_Nichols]

It'd be interesting to see how the CN compared with the CS in terms of footballing quality. Any of you southern exiles ever popped to an odd game?

CN better league in terms of size of clubs and fanbases.

I don't think the quality of football is much different from what little I have seen and also judging from how teams do who go into the Conference. Only one recent ex Conference club finished in the top 10 of the Conference South last season (Ebbsfleet) whereas there were a number of sides languishing further down like Eastbourne, Bath, Hayes& Yeading.

Where a lot of them really struggle is for crowds due to the amount of bigger clubs close by (the majority are within 40 miles of London apart from a smattering on the South coast and in the South West. Only champions Bromley averaged over 1000 and that was due to a final home crowd of 2938 but they also had a home crowd of 292 in December (4 teams averaged over 1000 in North - Us, Stockport, Boston & Chorley). The other teams in play-offs don't have great average attendances, Boreham Wood (313), Basingstoke (603), Whitehawk (259) and Havant & Watelooville (629). The average crowd for every team in the South was 517 with similar in the North as 682 (though take out Stockport and this difference would be a lot closer)

In terms of established clubs with history you haven't really got the same in the South as the likes of Barrow, Stockport, Boston with the nearest things being ex big non-league clubs like Wealdstone and Sutton Utd. Wealdstone are still fairly well followed but as we know from our Trophy fiasco there a few years ago they now play quite a few miles from their best seasons in the early days of the Alliance Premier.

It will be interesting to see how Bromley and whoever joins them does in the Conference next year but I don't think they should be teams we should be fearing.

[Matty]

Cheers for that Si, probably sums it up well.

Eastleigh seem to be the only side from the CS who are progressed and made a promotion challenge.

[barrowfan]

Full time 1 nil to Guiseley.

[walney rock]

ft Guiseley 1 - 0 Fylde

[Matty]

Bristol Rovers beat Forest Green 1-0

[McMark]

Certainly not over yet, finely poised and it could be another game when the away support outnumber the home!

[spirit of 1990]

ft Guiseley 1 - 0 Fylde

Lovely, job half done

[barrowfan]

Bristol Rovers beat Forest Green 1-0

And Bristol only had 10 men.

[K_BFC]

Bristol Rovers beat Forest Green 1-0

And Bristol only had 10 men.

They were already 1-0 up when their man get a 2nd yellow. FGR's shots off target went up after the sending off, and few efforts from Bristol after that with 10 men behind the ball. Suspect Bristol will win the return game as well.

Conference South 2nd place team Boreham Wood looking good for the play-off final...
Havent & W 0-2 Boreham Wood
Whitehawk 1-1 Basingstoke

[Steelworks End]

Havent & W 0-2 Boreham Wood
Whitehawk 1-1 Basingstoke

Any of those four would do me; somewhere new to go to next season.

[Jo am back]

Watched Bristol v FG R , Bristol played good football.Has anyone been to FG R ? Strange how there's no barrier between people sat in the stand and the pitch. I hope Fylde go up personally, they deserve it after a fantastic season,pushing us all the way and finishing 13 points ahead of 3rd place.

[spirit of 1990]

Watched Bristol v FG R , Bristol played good football.Has anyone been to FG R ? Strange how there's no barrier between people sat in the stand and the pitch. I hope Fylde go up personally, they deserve it after a fantastic season,pushing us all the way and finishing 13 points ahead of 3rd place.

Not interested in them going up because they ended up second, I don't think any of us would've wanted the second placed team to go up in 2008 when we were 5th but ended up getting promotion.

Can't have it all ways!