The race for the play-offs & league title

Greensnet Editor
Sun 08 Apr 2018, 15:43

Only 8 teams can now finish in the top five this season, Billericay Town, Dulwich Hamlet, Folkestone Invicta, Leatherhead, Leiston, Margate, Staines Town and of course ourselves. Whilst we know Leatherhead potentially have a points deduction heading their way that may well take them out of contention, we can't discount them at the moment.

Wingate & Finchley could do it mathematically, but have a goal difference of -11, compared to that of Margate which is +27, or ourselves which is +33, and it would need Wingate to win all their remaining games, and Margate or ourselves to lose all ours, plenty of other results involving Staines and Leiston to go the way of Wingate, and for our neighbours to overturn those huge goal differences.

The remaining fixtures for the eight clubs chasing the top five places is as follows - with clashes between two play off chasers in capitals. Just this coming week, Staines have three games against fellow play off chasing clubs, and the final two Saturday's of the campaign each have three fixtures with a clash between two top eight clubs, all of whom could yet win the league title.

Monday 9th April - BILLERICAY TOWN v STAINES TOWN

Tuesday 10th April - Brightlingsea Regent v Leatherhead, Dulwich Hamlet v Tonbridge Angels, Leiston v Harrow Borough, Lowestoft Town v Hendon, Margate v Kingstonian

Thursday 12th April - Burgess Hill Town v Leatherhead, Dulwich Hamlet v Dorking Wanderers, STAINES TOWN v FOLKESTONE INVICTA

Saturday 14th April - Billericay Town v Wingate & Finchley, Dorking Wanderers v Folkestone Invicta, Dulwich Hamlet v Thurrock, Kingstonian v Hendon, Leiston v Burgess Hill Town, Merstham v Leatherhead, STAINES TOWN v MARGATE

Tuesday 17th April - Dorking Wanderers v Billericay Town, Thurrock v Folkestone Invicta

Wednesday 18th April - LEATHERHEAD v DULWICH HAMLET

Thursday 19th April - Billericay Town v Needham Market, Metropolitan Police v Staines Town

Saturday 21st April - Burgess Hill Town v Staines Town, FOLKESTONE INVICTA v DULWICH HAMLET, Hendon v Merstham, LEATHERHEAD v LEISTON, MARGATE v BILLERICAY TOWN

Monday 23rd April - Kingstonian v Staines Town

Tuesday 24th April - Billericay Town v Harlow Town, Leiston v Needham Market

Wednesday 25th April - LEATHERHEAD v HENDON

Thursday 26th April - Kingstonian v Dulwich Hamlet

Saturday 28th April - BILLERICAY TOWN v FOLKESTONE INVICTA, DULWICH HAMLET v MARGATE, LEISTON v HENDON, Staines Town v Thurrock, Tonbridge Angels v Leatherhead

There is a huge amount to play for over the next 20 days, and we'll be following it closely all the way.