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The Race For League Status
Topic Started: 5 Apr 2016, 11:18 AM (182 Views)
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It is getting close to the end of the season as promotion and relegation starts to really hot up.

Down in the conference the battle is on now to come up and get league status.

Currently in top spot are Cheltenham Town and after last weekend they are now guaranteed a play off spot at the very least. In face the lowest they could finish is fourth spot and 1 point more and it becomes 3rd. There are around 4 to 6 games left for most teams now and another 4 points sees off Grimsby in third for the battle for the auto spot. That then just leaves second placed Forest Green to snatch that golden spot from Cheltenham Town. Forest Green are 4 points behind the leaders and both teams have 4 games left. It really looks like its Cheltenham or Forest Green to come up and probably Cheltenham's to lose.

This weekend Cheltenham visit 18th placed Guiseley whilst Forest Green go to 6th placed Braintree.
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yep, I look out for this table every week Darlo

I honestly think it should be TWO straight up - the number of Conference seasons it's a two-horse race, so unfair on 2nd team when maybe they're 20 points ahead of 5th yet not get the touch of the green in the play-offs ...
yep, I'd have two straight up - with or without play-offs for next teams
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Cheltenham Town sealed promotion back to the Football League at the first attempt after beating FC Halifax Town to clinch the National League title

Dan Holman also leaped to the top of the division's goalscoring charts with a first-half brace to take him to 28. His first was a curled effort from the edge of the box after a good through ball by Asa Hall and then the striker slotted home a penalty from a handball.

Promotion was confirmed by Forest Green Rovers' loss at home to Woking. A 22-match unbeaten league run through the winter did the damage for Gary Johnson's men.

Cheltenham return to League Two after just one season away and have won promotion with two games still to play.

"It's a magnificent achievement by the club - everybody has played their part in the success, supporters, the players, the board of directors and my staff, and I am very proud of them all. (After last season) we had to change our thoughts, we had to change our attitude and we had to change our players and when we did that and when we got the right characters in, this is what happens. The chairman put us under a little bit of pressure by saying that we had to bounce back straight away, so we had to do everything we possibly could to do that on a small-ish budget."


Top of table today:

Pl - Points

1. Cheltenham 44 95
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2. Forest Green 44 86

3. Dover 44 79

4. Grimsby 43 77

5. Braintree 44 75
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6. Eastleigh 43 74

7. Tranmere 44 72

8. Wrexham 44 69



Edited by daib0, 17 Apr 2016, 12:01 PM.
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