National League 2020/21

[doveranddover]

Article on our website with letter from the NL saying league will start behind closed doors
Unless something changes

 

[Aberstone]

Wealdstone FC Board update Sept 2020

Being crowned National League South champions and winning promotion to the National League was a dream come true for everyone involved in our club over the years.We have fought tooth and nail to keep this club alive and finally return to the highest level of non-league football after 32 years...

www.wealdstone-fc.com

Board update from Wealdstone - sounds like we're really caught in between a rock and a hard place, only the players and management will be paid members of staff from the end of the month.

The club will be streaming all home matches at a cost of £9.99.

Edit: Being able to watch the game inside the social club adjoining the ground and not outside in the fresh air makes a mockery of current government policy.

 

[chief]

Fear not, we have announced a streaming service. £10 per match but you can opt to pay £15 or £20.

Come and watch the famous Deadpool FC.

 

[ForzaCounty]

County announced we'll be streaming games (albeit in an indirect way) for £7.50

The Club is planning to stream all home games next season whilst these restrictions remain in place and all paying season ticket holders will receive complimentary streaming access (normally £7.50 per game).

Club Statement | Season Ticket Update - Stockport County

The National League announced last week that they were confident that the 20/21 season would start on 3rd October, but...

www.stockportcounty.com

That's still well below the price that your average ST works out per game; I presume they'll offer something else to up the value at a later date.

 

[Railway Blue]

here is the lowdown from apparent people in the know

It's a Tory Town now ~ care of the worst Labour leader in history!

 

[EnglishRed]

It's a Tory Town now ~ care of the worst Labour leader in history!

Doesn't stop it being blue collar.

 

[B2TF]

D

Doesn't stop it being blue collar.

Damn right, it was the working men and women who broke what Labour believed was THEIR red wall and turned it blue. Let the term "blue collar" now denote "Conservative".

 

[doveranddover]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1311209856238596096

 

[Stocky]

Predictions?

I'll go Notts County to win it.

Boreham Wood, Wrexham, Stockport and Solihull for Play Offs

I know nothing about anything though as I'm sure the forum is well aware of by now.

 

[Master D]

We're all playing for second place.

Can't see anyone stopping $tockport and their remorseless pursuit of the title. They'll stop at nothing.

 

[Stocky]

We're all playing for second place.

Can't see anyone stopping $tockport and their remorseless pursuit of the title. They'll stop at nothing.

You've made some good signings. I do think you'll be in the mix.

One of the shit clubs in and around London will have picked up 11 "ballerz" from Hackney Marshes too and that said club will also be up there.

 

[chief]

1. Stockport
2. Notts County
3. Boreham Wood
4. Yeovil
5. Hartlepool
6. Solihull
7. Barnet (on ppg despite being 28 points adrift)
8. Wrexham
9. Torquay
10. King’s Lynn
11. Dagenham & Redbridge
12. Bromley
13. Halifax
14. Sutton
15. Wealdstone
16. Chesterfield
17. Maidenhead
18. Aldershot
19. Eastleigh
20. Altrincham
21. Woking
22. Weymouth
23. Dover

 

[B2TF]

1. Stockport
2. Notts County
3. Boreham Wood
4. Yeovil
5. Hartlepool
6. Solihull
7. Barnet (on ppg despite being 28 points adrift)
8. Wrexham
9. Torquay
10. King’s Lynn
11. Dagenham & Redbridge
12. Bromley
13. Halifax
14. Sutton
15. Wealdstone
16. Chesterfield
17. Maidenhead
18. Aldershot
19. Eastleigh
20. Altrincham
21. Woking
22. Weymouth
23. Dover

You know by convention, you're supposed to predict us in the bottom 4, right?

 

[#Beebot]

1. Stockport
2. Notts County
3. Boreham Wood
4. Yeovil
5. Hartlepool
6. Solihull
7. Barnet (on ppg despite being 28 points adrift)
8. Wrexham
9. Torquay
10. King’s Lynn
11. Dagenham & Redbridge
12. Bromley
13. Halifax
14. Sutton
15. Wealdstone
16. Chesterfield
17. Maidenhead
18. Aldershot
19. Eastleigh
20. Altrincham
21. Woking
22. Weymouth
23. Dover

We haven't got the squad or the budget to make any kind of playoff challenge this season, more likely to finish 17th than 7th.

Bottom 3 is about right though, think Sutton will also struggle.

 

[Minstermen central]

1. Stockport
2. Notts County
3. Boreham Wood
4. Yeovil
5. Hartlepool
6. Solihull
7. Barnet (on ppg despite being 28 points adrift)
8. Wrexham
9. Torquay
10. King’s Lynn
11. Dagenham & Redbridge
12. Bromley
13. Halifax
14. Sutton
15. Wealdstone
16. Chesterfield
17. Maidenhead
18. Aldershot
19. Eastleigh
20. Altrincham
21. Woking
22. Weymouth
23. Dover

Not sure about new signings but Alty were a miles better team than Kings Lynn last season.

 

[#Beebot]

Not sure about new signings but Alty were a miles better team than Kings Lynn last season.

The league table suggests otherwise.

 

[doveranddover]

only thing that will save us is this is our 7th season this time around & having that experience.
or a good FA Cup run

 

[chief]

I swear Alty almost always finish towards the bottom end of the table when they're in this league, and there's always one team who have just come up who surprise everyone with a top half finish so I'm backing that to be King's Lynn this time round.

 

[Chief Rocka]

1. Project Stockport
2. Notts County
3. Boreham Wood
4. Solihull
5. Dagenham
6. Wrexham
7. Yeovil

The also rans...

21. Weymouth
22. Altrincham
23. Dover

 

[B2TF]

Not sure about new signings but Alty were a miles better team than Kings Lynn last season.

Lynn have King Cameron back.

 

[CFC91]

We could struggle based on the car crash that has been our pre season.

We will be slow starters for sure given how far behind everyone else we seem to be.

 

[TonyM]

Not sure about new signings but Alty were a miles better team than Kings Lynn last season.

Snapshots I guess and we only played Alty once (at the time when we were consistently letting in 2 and seeing how many we could get at the other end!) , maybe the wheels would have come off at the Walks in a full season, maybe not, as you could equally say we got knocked off our stride by the weather pre-lockdown rather than anything else (wins against Boston x2 and York post Christmas must have meant something was going OK).

That said, I would bite your hand off for 10th this season, we have added to the squad but whether it has strengthened us in the areas we needed or they are just players we could get (King = local) is open to debate. As in the past couple of years we still look like a side that will see goals at both ends of the pitch so much will hinge on whether we can still create and convert chances at a higher level.

 

[Martin Out]

We'll be down here next season, if we happen to survive our winding up order later this month.

 

[chief]

We'll be down here next season, if we happen to survive our winding up order later this month.

Nah, you're not allowed. The league is already 95% teams from the South East.

We'll take Oldham please.

 

[Alty Pieman]

I swear Alty almost always finish towards the bottom end of the table when they're in this league, and there's always one team who have just come up who surprise everyone with a top half finish so I'm backing that to be King's Lynn this time round.

I really dont know how we will do this season,.. we are usually poor starters plus a couple of keys players got injured pre-season so not expecting great things to start, ..but suspect once we find our feet we may surprise a few people.
I think Kings Lynn will do OK, they have decent manager and squad and plenty of money behind them too.

Apart from the obvious choices for top 5 teams, I wonder what effect covid will have this year, maybe some big surprises all round ?

 

[John Still]

Champs: Boreham Wood

Play offs any order: Stockport, Hartlepool, Solihull, Notts, Torquay, Yeovil

Relegated: Alty, Dover, Weymouth

 

[ForzaCounty]

Nah, you're not allowed. The league is already 95% teams from the South East.

We'll take Oldham please.

If that happened then we might end up saying goodbye to yet another club. Probably end up replaced by one of those non-descript cockney overflow teams. No thanks

 

[chief]

If that happened then we might end up saying goodbye to yet another club. Probably end up replaced by one of those non-descript cockney overflow teams. No thanks

Who made you commissioner?

 

[karlready]

Positive comments about Boreham Wood are strictly forbidden on this forum.

 

[rudebwoyben]

Nah, you're not allowed. The league is already 95% teams from the South East.

We'll take Oldham please.

Why does it matter if we’re not allowed into the grounds?