Ups & Downs 2015

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Starting early this year, as we've had one "up" confirmed already:

Scottish Championship
Hearts are promoted with 7 games to spare after Rangers beat Hibs.

Next up could be Blackpool's relegation, as they're 17 points adrift of safety with only 7 games to go.

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Blackpool would have been relegated yesterday if Rotherham had won as they still have a match against Fulham.

How far down are you taking this? Poor old Hyde were nearly relegated from Conference N yesterday.

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Crook Town are already down from Northern League Division 1. They have 4 points.

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Mar 23, 2015 0:41:14 GMT 1 Panda said:

Crook Town are already down from Northern League Division 1. They have 4 points.

That's not good

I think it's fair to describe their record as atrocious

www.northernleague.org/view_team_results_table.php?type=7

I assume there is some reason why their record is so bad.

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Just a complete lack of funds and departures of key people, so they've had to play a conveyor belt of kids with no experience at that level and players who can't get a game elsewhere. They did manage to win one league game in September but then had the points deducted for fielding an ineligible player...

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Thanks. Do you know why Hyde have done so badly in the last two seasons? I assume it's the same sort of problem but I haven't seen anything definite. Their official Twitter feed has been entertaining.

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Yes, pretty much a similar thing I think. My mate who I go to games with started following them on Twitter earlier in the season, when they almost won a game and one of the updates said "HOLY SHITBALLS! Penalty to Hyde!!"

I've got great sympathy for anyone doing Twitter updates for a team that's losing week in, week out, having done them for Marske United for the last two seasons and experienced a wide variety of highs and lows.

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Mar 23, 2015 0:34:57 GMT 1 suedehead said:

Blackpool would have been relegated yesterday if Rotherham had won as they still have a match against Fulham.

How far down are you taking this? Poor old Hyde were nearly relegated from Conference N yesterday.

When I've done this in the past, I've taken it down to the English Conference and Scottish Div 3. It'll probably vary this season depending on how much time I have each week. Of course, I'd be very happy if others wanted to contribute non-league ups/downs.

We'll see how much time I have once it gets busy - I'm going to a conference in San Francisco at the end of April, so I'll either have a lot of time or none at all.

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Non-league ups and downs:

STEP 2

Conference North
Hyde are relegated - 16 points from safety with only 5 games remaining.



STEP 5

Hellenic Premier
Cheltenham Saracens and Shrivenham are both down, with two more teams to join them.

North West Counties Premier
Stockport Sports were suspended from the league last month and their record appears to have been expunged. Their long-term future is unclear at this stage.

Northern League Division 1
Crook Town were relegated at the end of February, having won just one game all season.

Sussex County League Division 1
Crawley Down Gatwick and Selsey are both down, with just one win each this season.



STEP 6

Sussex County League Division 2
Worthing United are guaranteed promotion to Division 1.

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Mar 23, 2015 2:07:42 GMT 1 Panda said:

Yes, pretty much a similar thing I think. My mate who I go to games with started following them on Twitter earlier in the season, when they almost won a game and one of the updates said "HOLY SHITBALLS! Penalty to Hyde!!"

I've got great sympathy for anyone doing Twitter updates for a team that's losing week in, week out, having done them for Marske United for the last two seasons and experienced a wide variety of highs and lows.

I've been following Hyde on Twitter since last season. The match updates are generally entertaining  At least they have had a better run of results recently, so they might be able to halt their slide next season.

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Saturday 29 March

Just one thing to look out for this weekend:

Conference Premier
Telford could go down this weekend if they lose ground on Alfreton (2 pts) and Southport, without gaining on Aldershot. It's unlikely though, because Alfreton would have to beat table-topping Barnet.

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Mar 25, 2015 23:53:16 GMT 1 frag said:

Saturday 29 March

Just one thing to look out for this weekend:

Conference Premier
Telford could go down this weekend if they lose ground on Alfreton (2 pts) and Southport, without gaining on Aldershot. It's unlikely though, because Alfreton would have to beat table-topping Barnet.

Telford live to fight another day, but they lost and Alfreton got a point, so they're now just one point away from the drop.

More on this weekend's permutations soon.

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Saturday 4 April
("Fri" after a team's name means that they play on Friday).

Championship
Blackpool will be relegated if they don't win and Rotherham (Fri) do.

Conference Premier
Telford will be relegated unless they win and Alfreton lose.
Dartford will also go down if they lose and Aldershot (Fri) and Alfreton both win.

Scottish League One
Stirling will be relegated if they don't win and Ayr and Stenhousmuir both do.

Scottish League Two
Montrose will face a play-off to stay in the SFL if they don't win and Clyde do.

The play-off, new for this season, will take place against the winners of a play-off between Brora Rangers and Edinburgh City, the winners of the Highland and Lowland leagues respectively.

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Non-league ups and downs:

STEP 2

Conference North
Hyde are relegated



STEP 3

Isthmian Premier
Bury Town are relegated

Northern Premier Premier
Belper Town are relegated

Southern Premier
Burnham are relegated



STEP 4

Isthmian Division 1 North
Burnham Ramblers are relegated

Isthmian Division 1 South
Burgess Hill Town are promoted as champions
Faversham Town, Folkestone Invicta and Merstham are in the playoffs

Northern Premier Division 1 North
Padiham are relegated

Northern Premier Division 1 South
Brigg Town are relegated

Southern Division 1 South & West
Bashley are relegated




STEP 5

Essex Senior League
Sporting Bengal United are relegated

Hellenic Premier
Cheltenham Saracens and Shrivenham are relegated

North West Counties Premier
Stockport Sports were suspended from the league last month and their record appears to have been expunged. Their long-term future is unclear at this stage.

Northern League Division 1
Crook Town are relegated

Sussex County League Division 1
Crawley Down Gatwick and Selsey are relegated

United Counties Premier
Long Buckby are relegated

Western Premier
Bishop Sutton are relegated




STEP 6

Combined Counties Division 1
Sandhurst Town are relegated*

East Midlands Counties League
Greenwood Meadows are relegated*

Hellenic Division 1 East
Chalfont Wasps are relegated*

Midland League Division 1
Pelsall Villa are relegated*

North West Counties Division 1
Cammell Laird are promoted

Northern League Division 2
Seaham Red Star are promoted as champions

South West Peninsula Premier
Bovey Tracey are relegated

Sussex County League Division 2
Worthing United are promoted
Seaford Town and Storrington are relegated

United Counties Division 1
Northampton Spencer are promoted
Stewarts & Lloyds Corby are relegated*

Wessex League Division 1
East Cowes Victoria Athletic are relegated*

West Midlands Regional Premier
Sporting Khalsa are promoted as champions




* = subject to suitable promotion candidate being available

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Apr 1, 2015 12:37:54 GMT 1 frag said:

Saturday 4 April
("Fri" after a team's name means that they play on Friday).

Championship
Blackpool will be relegated if they don't win and Rotherham (Fri) do.

Conference Premier
Telford will be relegated unless they win and Alfreton lose.
Dartford will also go down if they lose and Aldershot (Fri) and Alfreton both win.

Scottish League One
Stirling will be relegated if they don't win and Ayr and Stenhousmuir both do.

Scottish League Two
Montrose will face a play-off to stay in the SFL if they don't win and Clyde do.

The play-off, new for this season, will take place against the winners of a play-off between Brora Rangers and Edinburgh City, the winners of the Highland and Lowland leagues respectively.

Conference Premier
Telford are relegated - they could only draw with Kidderminster.

Blackpool, Dartford and Stirling live to fight another day, but none of them won so they're likely to drop within the next week.

Montrose are all but mathematically bottom; they're now 12 points behind Berwick with 4 games to go and a far inferior goal difference.

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Easter Monday, 6 April

Championship
Blackpool will be relegated without playing is Rotherham win at home to fellow strugglers Brighton. They'll still go down on Tuesday (home to Reading) if they don't better Rotherham's result.

Conference Premier
Dartford will go down if they lose further ground on Alfreton. Both are at home to top three clubs.

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Apr 5, 2015 17:22:32 GMT 1 frag said:

Easter Monday, 6 April

Championship
Blackpool will be relegated without playing is Rotherham win at home to fellow strugglers Brighton. They'll still go down on Tuesday (home to Reading) if they don't better Rotherham's result.

Conference Premier
Dartford will go down if they lose further ground on Alfreton. Both are at home to top three clubs.

Blackpool[/color] went down on Monday after Rotherham beat Brighton. Their fans protested against the "leadership" of the club during Tuesday's match, throwing fireworks and eggs at directors' boxes.

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Saturday 11 April

Premier League
Chelsea (Sun) will qualify for the Champions League if they win, Liverpool (Mon) and Spurs both lose, and Southampton drop points.

League One
Bristol City will be promoted if they win, MK Dons lose and Swindon don't win.
Yeovil will be relegated if they fail to win (since Crewe and Leyton Orient, straddling the drop zone, play each other, so one of them has to not lose).

Conference Premier
Dartford will be relegated unless they win (against fellow strugglers Nuneaton) and Alfreton lose (at play-off chasing Eastleigh).
Nuneaton will go down if their result is worse than Alfreton's.

Scottish League One
Stirling will be relegated unless they win and one of Ayr and Stenhousmuir drop points.

Scottish League Two
Montrose are all but mathematically certain to finish bottom (4 games left, 12 points adrift, goal difference 43 behind), but their play-off place will be sealed unless they win and Berwick lose. Oddly, Berwick still have hopes of promotion play-offs - they're just fix points behind fourth-placed East Fife, who they play in two weeks.

There are more football league matches on Tuesday, so there will probably be a midweek edition of Ups+Downs.

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Apr 11, 2015 10:17:59 GMT 1 frag said:

Saturday 11 April

Premier League
Chelsea (Sun) will qualify for the Champions League if they win, Liverpool (Mon) and Spurs both lose, and Southampton drop points.

League One
Bristol City will be promoted if they win, MK Dons lose and Swindon don't win.
Yeovil will be relegated if they fail to win (since Crewe and Leyton Orient, straddling the drop zone, play each other, so one of them has to not lose).

Conference Premier
Dartford will be relegated unless they win (against fellow strugglers Nuneaton) and Alfreton lose (at play-off chasing Eastleigh).
Nuneaton will go down if their result is worse than Alfreton's.

Scottish League One
Stirling will be relegated unless they win and one of Ayr and Stenhousmuir drop points.

Scottish League Two
Montrose are all but mathematically certain to finish bottom (4 games left, 12 points adrift, goal difference 43 behind), but their play-off place will be sealed unless they win and Berwick lose. Oddly, Berwick still have hopes of promotion play-offs - they're just fix points behind fourth-placed East Fife, who they play in two weeks.

There are more football league matches on Tuesday, so there will probably be a midweek edition of Ups+Downs.

From these permutations...

League One
Yeovil are relegated after only drawing.

Conference
Nuneaton lost, and will soon be deducted points for fielding an ineligible player, which would send them down.

Scottish League One
Stirling are relegated.

Scottish League Two
Montrose's relegation play-off place was mathematically confirmed today.

Bristol City could become the first Football League side to be promoted on Tuesday - join us then for another exciting edition of Ups & Downs.

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Will update the non-league tomorrow if I have time but Celtic Nation and Billingham Synthonia were both relegated from Northern League Division 1 today.