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We are currently 15 points off the play offs. In 2008, at this point in the season, we were also 15 points off the play offs.

Whilst I'm not suggesting we will reach the play offs, I'd never say never. Things are looking up.

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You never know !!!!!!!!!! 31st Jan 2008

1 Kettering Town 26 18 5 3 55 22 10 1 2 33 10 8 4 1 22 12 +33 59
2 AFC Telford United 26 15 6 5 48 24 10 3 1 35 12 5 3 4 13 12 +24 51
3 Southport 25 15 6 4 46 23 8 4 1 27 11 7 2 3 19 12 +23 51
4 Harrogate Town 26 15 5 6 40 28 9 1 3 20 11 6 4 3 20 17 +12 50
5 Stalybridge Celtic 26 15 3 8 53 34 6 3 3 23 16 9 0 5 30 18 +19 48
6 Nuneaton Borough 26 13 7 6 39 24 8 3 2 24 12 5 4 4 15 12 +15 46
7 Hyde FC 26 14 2 10 56 37 8 1 5 31 22 6 1 5 25 15 +19 44
8 Burscough 27 12 5 10 37 36 5 5 2 15 13 7 0 8 22 23 +1 41
9 Worcester City 27 11 8 8 36 43 6 4 4 18 21 5 4 4 18 22 -7 41
10 Boston United 25 10 6 9 44 36 7 3 3 27 14 3 3 6 17 22 +8 36
11 Alfreton Town 26 10 5 11 38 39 6 1 7 22 23 4 4 4 16 16 -1 35
12 Gainsborough Trinity 28 9 8 11 43 49 6 5 4 28 20 3 3 7 15 29 -6 35
13 Barrow 25 8 9 8 41 33 6 2 4 24 14 2 7 4 17 19 +8 33
14 Redditch United 26 9 5 12 27 35 5 4 4 17 12 4 1 8 10 23 -8 32
15 Workington 24 8 7 9 34 35 4 2 3 12 10 4 5 6 22 25 -1 31
16 Tamworth 25 8 6 11 33 35 6 3 5 20 14 2 3 6 13 21 -2 30
17 Solihull Moors 27 7 6 14 32 52 3 2 8 16 27 4 4 6 16 25 -20 27
18 Hucknall Town 28 7 3 18 36 53 3 3 9 19 27 4 0 9 17 26 -17 24
19 Blyth Spartans 25 6 5 14 25 41 3 2 8 13 22 3 3 6 12 19 -16 23
20 Vauxhall Motors 26 6 4 16 31 63 4 3 4 18 22 2 1 12 13 41 -32 22
21 Hinckley United 26 4 8 14 25 45 2 4 7 11 17 2 4 7 14 28 -20 20
22 Leigh Genesis 26 4 5 17 26 58 3 3 7 16 26 1 2 10 10 32 -32 17

Only a fool would bet money on us reaching the play-offs. But only a bigger fool would bet against it.

And if we do get promoted again - what then?

We're on record as saying that our time in Conference National was a financial disaster and we still haven't recovered.

Don't wish to shatter the dream but let's just savour the current moment!

barrowfan wrote:And if we do get promoted again - what then?

We're on record as saying that our time in Conference National was a financial disaster and we still haven't recovered.

Cue the Potential Investor thread.

barrowfan wrote:And if we do get promoted again - what then?

We're on record as saying that our time in Conference National was a financial disaster and we still haven't recovered.

Don't wish to shatter the dream but let's just savour the current moment!

If we go up again, we will do it in a way that cuts our cloth accordingly, only spending what we have.

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Uncle Peter wrote:

barrowfan wrote:And if we do get promoted again - what then?

We're on record as saying that our time in Conference National was a financial disaster and we still haven't recovered.

Don't wish to shatter the dream but let's just savour the current moment!

If we go up again, we will do it in a way that cuts our cloth accordingly, only spending what we have.

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Wish we did that in the first place wouldn't be in as much of a mess as we are in now.

Do I trust the board to do as you say I very much doubt it.

What's to say we haven't learned our lesson ?
The bod seem more transparent thanks to Peter g
I respect and like our bod ! We've all made mistakes
I'm the master in my own life at that.
But the fact is thay do there best for our club 'Thank you'
I'm no arse kisser its just my own opinion

The reason the club is in the position it is today both on the football field and financially off it is because of what happened in 2008. We were unprepared then and we are unprepared now. Other than the cup runs it has been a backward spiral ever since. The simple reason the club is still here is because the noney generated from those two cup runs. Since Edmo came in we are enjoying a honeymoon period and going up to the top division will put pressure on our already empty bank accounts and without major investment could sea the end of this little club of ours. Let us enjoy a couple of seasons stability and have everything in order first, not jump out of the frying pan into the fire.

Another conundrum it would seem. Our steady progress is logically aspiring towards a league branded as a ‘killer’ by the club itself. Alongside the Keen Conundrum I’m calling this the Conference Conundrum. Its Catch 21 innit?

But of course the possibility of a new owner who may have wiped clean the slate might put yet another slant on matters!

Uncle Peter wrote:We are currently 15 points off the play offs. In 2008, at this point in the season, we were also 15 points off the play offs.

Whilst I'm not suggesting we will reach the play offs, I'd never say never. Things are looking up.

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This Is True.

We were as ready as we could be in 2008 for the unexpected promotion. We weren't ready in 2010-11. That's when it started to come undone after we stretched too far trying to get to the next step. We had a poor season going out the FA cup and Trophy first games.

If we found ourselves with a chance for promotion again we would have to go for it, learning from the previous experiences.

7 more wins on the bounce and I'll start thinking about it.

if we beat them tomorrow will we only be
15 point off the outright lead never mind the play offs

Only 9 points off play-offs now....and we are in a better position now than we were in 2008 !

Could it happen again ??????????.......surely not !!!!!!!!!!

Feb 22nd 2008

1Kettering Town 30 20 6 4 65 27 +38 66
2AFC Telford United 31 19 6 6 56 27 +29 63
3Harrogate Town 30 18 6 6 44 28 +16 60
4Southport 30 16 8 6 55 35 +20 56
5Hyde FC 31 17 3 11 67 45 +22 54
6Nuneaton Borough 31 15 9 7 46 30 +16 54
7Stalybridge Celtic 30 16 4 10 58 40 +18 52
8Burscough 30 14 6 10 41 37 +4 48
9Boston United 30 13 6 11 51 41 +10 45
10Worcester City 31 11 10 10 40 50 -10 43
11Barrow 29 10 11 8 46 35 +11 41
12Gainsborough T 32 10 9 13 48 54 -6 39