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Matchman · 22/10/2017 5:08 PM

The regular league table shows Ilkeston in 4th place but the below league table based on points dropped shows us in joint 9th place having dropped 13 more points than Walsall Wood.

Points Dropped
1 Walsall Wood 5
2 Studley 7
3) Atherstone 10
3) Leicester Road 10
5 Hinckley AFC 13
6 Heather St Johns 14
7 Racing Club Warwick 15
8 Litchfield City 16
9) Littleton 18
9) Paget Rangers 18
9) Ilkeston Town 18
12 Brocton 19
13 Coventry Copsewood 20
14) Heath Hayes 21
14) Chelmsley 21
16) Bolehall Swifts 25
16) Nuneaton Griff 25
18) Cadbury Athletic 26
18) Pershore Town 26
20 Stafford Town 27
21 Uttoxeter 32
22 Coventry Alvis 36

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Matchman · 24/10/2017 9:47 AM

With only the top club in our division guaranteed automatic promotion, it's going to be really difficult to achieve our ambition. At this moment in time we are very much outsiders but there is still a long way to go and things can change dramatically. The Ilkeston team and performances have greatly improved since the beginning of the season and we have now started to see some consistency in displays if not results. We now need to go on a prolonged winning run and hope that our promotion rivals start to drop points. We have left ourselves with a mountain to climb but could still make a late challenge. Our main rivals appear to be Walsall Wood (who we have yet to play), Studley, Leicester Road, Atherstone and Hinckley and we probably need to take maximum points from the outstanding fixtures against each of them. If we can do that then we are still in with a chance, There's still a lot of games to be played but Ilkeston cannot afford to drop many more points. The next three games against Stafford Town, Heather St Johns and Paget Rangers need to yield maximum points. That would give us a five game winning run and may give us the confidence we need to go on and make a serious bid to win the league and that automatic promotion spot.

Matchman · 29/10/2017 12:15 PM

On the IFSG forum Red has started an excellent new thread called "Midland Football League Division One Title Race". It shows the all important points scored per game played for each of the top clubs.

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WhiteBallProject · 29/10/2017 1:06 PM

I looked at the stats as well and looked at who Walsall Wood have beaten this season and I found that hey have beat some of the contenders by good margins. For me they are the team to beat and we play them twice which means six points from those games will be a massive boost. I think other teams must be starting to fear us when they look at recent results. Things are looking good!!
PS Excellent match coverage by Mr Matchman!

Matchman · 07/11/2017 4:16 PM

Points Dropped League Table as at Tues 7th Nov 2017 (Top Teams)

_________________Played______Points Dropped

Walsall Wood________13____________05
Studley_____________16____________09
Atherstone__________13____________12
Leicester Road_______14____________15
Racing Club_________13____________15
Lichfield____________13____________16
Hinckley____________15____________16
Ilkeston_____________17____________18

Since my table as at 22 October; the leading teams have had the following results :

WALSALL WOOD : dropped no points ( wins against Coventry Alvis 7-0 and Hinckley 2-1)
STUDLEY : dropped 2 points ( drew with Atherstone 2-2 and wins against Cadbury 1-0 and Uttoxeter 4-2)
ILKESTON : dropped no points (wins against Paget 6-0, Heather SJ 4-2 and Stafford 2-0)
ATHERSTONE : dropped 2 points (drew with Studley 2-2 and won against Littleton 1-0.)
LEICESTER RD : dropped 5 points (lost against Hinckley 3-1, drew with Heath Hayes 3-3 and won against Brocton 2-1)
RACING CLUB : dropped no points (wins against Nuneaton Grif 5-0 and Paget 4-0)
LITCHFIELD : dropped no points (wins against Heather SJ 2-0 and Pershore 4-1)
HINCKLEY : dropped 3 points (Lost to Walsall Wood 2-1 and won against Leicester Rd)

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Matchman · 07/11/2017 10:48 PM

Results for Tues 7th Nov :

Heather SJ 2 Littleton 2
Litchfield 0 Stafford 1
Pershore 0 Atherstone 3

Updated Points dropped table including matches played Tue 7 Nov 2017 :

Played Points Dropped

1 WALSALL WOOD 13 5
2 STUDLEY 16 9
3 ATHERSTONE 14 12
4 LEICESTER RD 14 15
4 RACING CLUB 13 15
6 HINCKLEY 15 16
7 ILKESTON 17 18
8 LITCHFIELD 14 19

Ilkeston are on a roll after 5 cosecutive wins but Walsall Wood and Studley are still the teams to catch. Racing Club Warwick are another team with improved recent results. Before Ilkeston's game with Paget Rangers I asked one of their officials who he thought was the best team they had played against and he said Racing Club Warwick.

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Matchman · 12/11/2017 11:34 AM

Only one significant result for us yesterday but a good one :
Leicester Road 1 Studley 0
Personally I'm not overly concerned about Studley because of the way we outplayed them. It's becoming more obvious every week that Walsall Wood are the favourites to win the league. They just keep winning. We can only hope that they become victims of their own success. They are still in various cup competitions and this could create a backlog of league fixtures for them later in the season. Meanwhile we have to keep winning our games especially against our promotion rivals and hope that the other contenders have a few slip ups.

December 9th we play Walsall Wood at home. That is a match that we have to win to stand any chance of overhauling them.

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Matchman · 14/11/2017 10:31 AM

There are some important games coming up. Tonights fixtures include Walsall Wood, Hinckley and Leicester Road.
   Brocton v WALSALL WOOD
   Heath Hayes v HINCKLEY
   LEICESTER ROAD v Litchfield

Saturday's fixtures include :
   Cadbury v ATHERSTONE
   Heath Hayes v WALSALL WOOD
   HINCKLEY v Stafford
   ILKESTON v Litchfield
   LEICESTER ROAD v Coventry Alvis
   RACING CLUB v Bolehall
   STUDLEY v Brocton

Matchman · 14/11/2017 7:05 PM

Tonight's match updates:

Leicester Road off to a flyer 2-0 up against Litchfield after 7 minutes.

Hinckley 1-0 ahead against Heath Hayes after 25 minutes.
Walsall Wood still 0-0.

Half time scores :
   Leicester Road 2 Litchfield 0
   Brocton 0 Walsall Wood 0
   Heath Hayes 0 Hinckley 1

Heath Hayes equaliser 47 minutes - Heath Hayes 1 Hinckley 1
Leicester Road now 4-0 up after 51 minutes
Walsall Wood now 2-0 up after 55 minutes
Wallsall Wood now 3-0 after 60 minutes (Hattrick for Sullivan)
Goal then another two goals in a minute for Hinckley - now 4-1 up at Heath Hayes after 66 minutes.

4th goal for Walsall Wood on 67 minutes
Goal back for Litchfield but Leicester Road make it 5-1 on 77 minutes

5th goal for Walsall Wood on 80 minutes
6th goal for Walsall Wood on 84 minutes

Tonight's MFL Div One Final Scores :
Brocton 0 Walsall Wood 6
Heath Hayes 1 Hinckley 4
Heather St Johns 4 Coventry Alvis 0
Leicester Road 5 Litchfield 1
Paget Rangers 2 Pershore 2

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Matchman · 15/11/2017 4:31 PM

After Tues 14th November matches the Points dropped table looks like this (Top 10 teams)

Matches Points Points
Played Gained Dropped

1 Walsall Wood 14 37 5
2 Studley 17 39 12
3 Atherstone 14 30 12
4 Leicester Road 16 33 15
5 Racing Club Warwick 13 24 15
6 Hinckley AFC 16 32 16
7 Ilkeston Town 17 33 18
8 Coventry Copsewood 16 28 20
9 Lichfield City 15 23 22
10 Heather St Johns 14 20 22

Since the table on 22nd October the following points have been dropped by the top ten ;

Walsall Wood - No points dropped
Studley - 5 points dropped (Drew with Atherston, Lost to Leicester Road)
Atherstone - 2 points dropped (Drew with Studley)
Leicester Road - 5 points dropped (Lost to Hinckley, Drew with Heath Hayes)
Racing Club - No points dropped
Hinckley AFC - 3 points dropped (Lost to Walsall Wood )
Ilkeston - No points dropped
Coventry Copsewood - No points dropped
Lichfield City - 6 points dropped (Lost to Stafford and Leicester Road)
Heather St Johns - 8 points dropped (Lost to Ilkeston and Lichfield, Drew with Littleton)

Despite our winning run, Ilkeston are still 7th best in the Points Dropped Table but with the notable exception of Walsall Wood most of the other teams have recently dropped points. We haven't seen Walsall Wood yet but they seem unstoppable. Because of their incredible consistency we simply have to take six points off them and hope that some of the other top teams can take points off them too. Walsall Wood appear to be the outstanding team in this league and must be odds on favourites to win the automatic promotion spot. There is still a long way to go and the six other most likely title contenders appear to be : Studley, Ilkeston, Leicester Road, Atherstone and Hinckley. Any of these teams will be thinking that if they can put together a winning run then they still have a chance. Racing Club Warwick are possible outsiders having played only 13 matches.

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Matchman · 23/11/2017 8:20 AM

This Saturday 25th November sees every team in MFL Division One involved in a league game so I'll update the Points Dropped league after then. The key game for us is Atherstone at home to Walsall Wood.
We are desperate for Walsall Wood to drop points as they have only dropped 5 so far against our 18. Atherstone must still consider themselves in with a promotion chance as they have only dropped 12 points so far which is better than second placed Studley who have dropped 14 points. Racing Club Warwick have played the least number of matches but have only dropped 15 points so far. As well as playing Saturday at Stafford they play again on Monday at Chelmsley.

For us to catch Walsall Wood :
If Atherstone were to beat them on Saturday then they will have dropped 10 points less than us. If we were to beat Walsall Wood twice then we only need other teams to take 5 points off them for us to be in pole position. That's assuming that we keep winning of course,

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Matchman · 25/11/2017 9:50 PM

We got the result we needed today ; Atherstone 3 Walsall Wood 2. In the conventional League Table we've hit the top spot, if only for one week. In the Points Dropped Table our record compared to our rivals has improved but we're still in seventh position.

Matches Points Points
Played Gained Dropped

1 Walsall Wood 16 40 8
2 Atherstone 16 36 12
3 Studley 18 40 14
4 Leicester Road 19 42 15
5 Racing Club Warwick 15 30 15
6 Hinckley 18 38 16
7 ILKESTON 20 42 18
8 Coventry Copsewood 18 31 23
9 Littleton 17 28 23
10 Lichfield 17 26 25

No doubt each of the top seven will have hopes of finishing top and grabbing single the promotion spot. Walsall Wood are still best placed but their defeat ro Atherstone will have given a boost to their rivals. Ilkeston are looking stronger every week.and must now fancy their chances when they play Walsall Wood on 9th December. For what it's worth two of the Uttoxeter officials said Ilkeston were the best team in the league. Then again they have a grudge against Walsall Wood who pulled a fast one on them. They said Walsall Wood wanted 5 players from Hinckley but apparently league rules allow them to take 4, The other player Walsall Wood wanted signed for Uttoxeter. However after the required minimum 14 days at Uttoxeter, Walsall Wood then gave 7 days notice and signed him, Uttoxeter were not happy that they had been used.

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Matchman · 26/11/2017 7:14 AM

Walsall Wood still have to play Ilkeston twice, Studley twice, Leicester Road and Racing Club Warwick. (6 crucial matches)
Atherstone still have to play Studley, Racing Club (twice), Ilkeston, Hinckley, Leicester Road (twice) (7 crucial matches)
Studley still have to play Atherstone, Walsall Wood (twice), Racing Club, Hinckley (twice), Ilkeston (7 crucial matches)
Leicester Road still have to play Walsall Wood, Racing Club (twice), Ilkeston, Atherstone (twice), Hinckley. (7 crucial matches)
Racing Club still have to play Hinckley (twice), Atherstone (twice) , Studley, Leicester Road (twice), Ilkeston (twice) Walsall Wood. (10 cruciial matches)
Hinckley still have to play Atherstone, Studley (twice) , Ilkeston, Leicester Road, Racing Club (twice) (7 crucial matches)
Ilkeston still have to play Walsall Wood (twice), Atherstone, Leicester Road, Hinckley, Racing Club (twice), Studley. (8 crucial matches)

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Matchman · 03/12/2017 10:39 PM

Points dropped table as at Sunday 3rd December 2017 :

Matches Points Points   Position in
Played Gained Dropped   Conventional
  League Table

1 Walsall Wood _________ 16 40 8 ( 4th)
2 Atherstone____________ 17 39 12   ( 5th)
3 Studley_______________ 19 43 14   ( 2nd)
4 Leicester Road_________ 20 45 15   ( 1st)
5 Racing Club___________ 16 33 15   ( 7th)
6 Hinckley______________ 18 38 16   ( 6th)
7 Ilkeston ______________ 20 42 18   ( 3rd)
8 Littleton ______________ 17 28    23 ( 9th)
9 Coventry Copsewood____ 19 31 26 ( 8th)
10 Heather St Johns ______ 18 27 27   (10th)
11 Lichfield City __________ 18 26 28 (11th)
12 Heath Hayes __________ 18 21 33   (14th)
13 Paget Rangers_________ 19 22 35 (13th)
14 Chelmsley ____________ 20 23 37 (12th)
15 Brocton ______________ 17 13 38    (21st)
16 Cadbury Athletic _______ 19 18    39 (18th)
17 Bolehall Swifts_________ 20 20 40 (16th)
18 Pershore _____________ 20 19 41   (17th)
19 Nuneaton Griff_________ 19 14 43   (20th)
20 Uttoxeter _____________ 22 21 45   (15th)
21 Stafford ______________ 21 15 48 (19th)
22 Coventry Alvis_________ 21 10 53 (22nd)

Despite Ilkeston's eight match run of victories we are still only 7th best in terms of points dropped. This is because the other teams in the top seven are themselves dropping very few points. We are approaching the half way mark in the season and the Division One table has started to take shape with the top seven looking stronger than the rest. It has now become rare for a top seven side to drop points against teams outside the top seven. Therefore matches between top seven contenders look like deciding who will be champions.
Saturday 9th December sees Ilkeston host Walsall Wood. You can be sure that Leicester Road, Studley, Atherstone, Hinckley and Racing Club Warwick will be monitoring this game's progress as the result could have a massive bearing on their chances of winning the league. I guess most would want a draw so that both teams drop two points or if not a draw a win for Ilkeston. Walsall Wood are in pole position at the moment and a win for them would be a major blow to the aspirations of the other contenders.

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Matchman · 10/12/2017 1:43 PM

Points Dropped Table as at Sunday 10th Dec '17 (Top ten teams)

Matches Points Points
Played Gained Dropped

1 Walsall Wood____ 17 40 11
2 Studley_________ 19 43 14
3 Leicester Road___ 21 48 15
4 Atherstone ______ 18 39 15
5 Racing Club _____ 16 33 15
6 Hinckley ________ 19 41 16
7 Ilkeston_________ 21 45 18
8 Littleton_________ 18 31 23
9 Copsewood______ 19 31 26
10 Heather SJ______ 18 27 27

After Walsall Wood's two recent defeats by Ilkeston and Atherstone, there is now only a seven points dropped gap between the top seven. Any of the top seven will now think it possible that they could win the league if they can go on a winning run. Ilkeston have dropped the most points in the top seven but they are the current form team with nine consecutive wins.

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Matchman · 11/12/2017 6:23 PM

Weather permitting, next Saturday should see a further improvement of Ilkeston's standing in the Points Dropped Table. This is due to four of the top seven playing against each other. The big match is Walsall Wood at home to Leicester Road. Our best scenario is for Walsall Wood not to win. A draw would probably be ideal. The other pairing is Hinckley v Racing Club Warwick. Both these clubs may be viewed as slight outsiders but they're both well placed. Racing Club Warwick have so far only played twice against their top seven rivals so they could well influence the final positions. Racing Club have won their last six league games against Chelmsley, Stafford, Bolehall, Nuneaton Griff, Paget Rangers and Uttoxeter. A draw against Hinckley would be good for us meaning that both teams drop two points. Meanwhile Atherstone are home to Uttoxeter, Studley are away to Coventry Alvis and Ilkeston must not slip up at Cadbury.

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Matchman · 16/12/2017 7:52 PM

Today the weather robbed us of improving our position due to the Walsall Wood v Leicester Road and the Hinckley v R C Warwick matches being called off, Atherstone were the only top seven side to play and they improved their position with a ridiculous 13-1 win against Uttoxeter. Maybe Uttoxeter owe the other teams in the league an explanation of such a poor performance. Meanwhile Ilkeston's postponement today means we now have a three week period without a match.

Matchman · 23/12/2017 5:09 PM

Points Dropped Table as at 23rd Dec 17 (Top Ten)

   Matches Points Points
   Played Gained Dropped

   1 Walsall Wood__________18 43 11
   2 Atherstone___________ _20 45 15
   3 R C Warwick __________ 17 36 15
   4 Studley ______________ 20 43 17
   5 Leicester Road ________ 22 48 18
6 Ilkeston ______________ 21 45 18
7 Hinckley______________ 20 42 18
   8 Littleton _____________ _20 37 23
9 Heather St Johns ______ 20 33 27
  10 Coventry Copsewood____ 20 31 29

In today's big game affecting the top, Studley were beaten by Atherstone therefore dropping 3 points. Leicester Road were surprisingly beaten at home by Nuneaton Griff so they dropped 3 points too. Hinckley only drew with Lichfield so they dropped 2 points. These results have helped Ilkeston to close the gap in the Points Dropped Table. It is now in our own hands to catch every team with the exception of Walsall Wood. We need to beat Walsall Wood in our return game and hope that they drop a further 5 points.

Ilkeston are again without a game on Boxing Day giving the other top seven teams the opportunity to improve their position. These are the fixtures:

Coventry Alvis v Atherstone
Pershore v R C Warwick
Brocton v Chelmsley
Heath Hayes v Leicester Road
Hinckley v Heather St Johns
Nuneaton Griff v Lichfield
Paget Rangers v Cadbury
Studley v Littleton
Uttoxeter v Bolehall
Walsall Wood v Stafford

All of our top seven rivals should pick up three points. If that happens then Ilkeston could drop to sixth in the conventional League Table as their rivals catch up with their games in hand.

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Matchman · 26/12/2017 5:46 PM

Boxing day results :

Brocton 1 Chelmsley 2
Coventry Alvis v Atherstone - Postponed
Heath Hayes 2 Leicester Road 4
Hinckley 3 Heather St Johns 4
Nineaton Griff 0 Lichfield 1
Pager Rangers 4 Cadbury Dairy Milk 0
Pershore 0 Racing Club Warwick 5
Studley 0 Littleton 2
Uttoxeter 1 Bolehall Swifts 0
Walsall Wood 6 Stafford 0

Two good results for Ilkeston today but Walsall Wood march relentlessly towards the title. Well done to Heather St Johns who scored a late winner to beat Hinckley. After trailing 0-1 at half time they went 3-1 up before Hinckley levelled it at 3-3. Also well done to Littleton who won at Studley. Littleton are on a great run winning their last six league games including beating Atherstone as well as Studley.

Points Dropped Table as at 26th Dec 2017 (Top ten)

Matches Points Points
Played Gained Dropped

1 Walsall Wood____________19 46 11
2 Atherstone______________20 45 15
3 R C Warwick ____________18 39 15
4 Leicester Road __________ 23 51 18
5 Ilkeston ________________21 45 18
6 Studley ________________ 21 43 20
7 Hinckley AFC ___________ 21 42 21
8 Littleton ________________ 21 40 23
9 Heather St John _________ 21 36 27
10 Coventry Copsewood _____20 31 29

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WhiteBallProject · 26/12/2017 6:34 PM

It's difficult to see who apart from ourselves are going to take points off Walsall Wood. I'm still hoping that at the end of the season the reorganisation of the leagues might open up another promotion spot. If not I am sure we will be transferred to the East Midland Counties League and to be honest I can't see anybody challenging us in that league. I went to watch Kimberley MW play Belper United a few weeks ago and although both teams sit near the top of the table and Kimberley won easily I did not see anything to worry Ilkeston. If we do go up we will probably go into the Midlands Football League Premier which includes Heanor, Long Eaton and Worcester City. Definitely more local games than we got now next season.

Matchman · 30/12/2017 7:07 PM

30th December '17 Results :

Atherstone 3 Nuneaton Griff 1
Chelmsley 2 Heath Hayes 2
Heather St Johns 2 Studley 3
Leicester Road 3 Uttoxeter 3
Lichfield 1 Walsall Wood 5
Stafford 1 Paget Rangers 4
Postponed : Bolehall v Brocton
   Cadbury v Littleton
   Coventry Copsewood v Ilkeston
   R C Warwick v Coventry Alvis

Points Dropped Table after today's matches: (Top ten teams)

   Matches Points Points
   Played Gained Dropped

1 Walsall Wood 20 49 11
2 Atherstone 21 48 15
3 R C Warwick 18 39 15
4 Ilkeston 21 45 18
5 Leicester Road 24 52 20
6 Studley 22 46 20
7 Hinckley 21 42 21
8 Littleton 21 40 23
9 Coventry Copsewood 20 31 29
10 Heather S J 22 36 30

Leicester Road, Studley and Hinckley have now dropped more points than Ilkeston having lost or drawn matches recently. Consistent Walsall Wood are still best placed with Atherstone being their closest challengers. Third placed Racing Club Warwick have only played two matches against the other six of the top seven sides in the league ie Walsall Wood (lost 4-0) and Studley (drew 1-1) so have yet to prove themselves as serious contenders. Their ten remaining matches against the other top seven teams will be crucial in deciding the outcome of the promotion race.

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Matchman · 06/1/2018 7:27 PM

Results for Sat 6th Jan 2018 :

Chelmsley 1 Stafford 1
Coventry Alvis 0 Ilkeston 4
Nuneeaton Griff 1 Pershore 1
Paget 2 Walsall Wood 3
R C Warwick 1 Atherstone 0
Studley 2 Lichfield 3

Despite a valiant effort by Paget Rangers, Walsall Wood won again. Paget equalised five minutes from time but Wood got the winner in the 93rd minute. There was better news for Ilkeston in two of the other games . Lichfield scored a late winner against Studley and in the promotion contenders clash at Warwick, Racing Club beat Atherstone.

The Points Dropped Table now looks like this :

Matches Points Points
Played Gained Dropped

1 Walsall Wood _______________ 21 52 11
2 R C Warwick _______________ 19 42 15
3 Atherstone __________________ 22 48 18
4 Ilkeston ___________________ 22 48 18
5 Leicester Road ______________ 24 52 20
6 Hinckley __________________ 21 42 21
7 Studley ____________________ 23 46 23
8 Littleton ___________________ 21 40 23
9 Heather S J _________________ 22 36 30
10 Lichfield ____________________ 23 36 33

After their win today R C Warwick are the best placed team behind Walsall Wood.

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Matchman · 17/1/2018 12:18 PM

Results for Sat 13th January '18

Cadbury 1 RC Warwick 1
Cov. Alvis 0 Brocton 5
Cov. Copsewood 2 Heath Hayes 2
Heather SJ 5 Uttoxeter 3
Ilkeston 1 Atherstone 2
Lichfield 3 Pershore 1
Littleton 2 Chelmsley 0
Nuneaton Griff 3 Bolehall 1
Walsall Wood 7 Studley 0

Points Droped Table as at 17th January '18 (Top ten teams)

   Matches Points Points
   Played Gained Dropped

1 Walsall Wood 22 55 11
  2 R C Warwick 20 43 17
  3 Atherstone 23 51 18
4 Leicester Road 24 52 20
  5 Ilkeston 23 48 21
  6 Hinckley 21 42 21
  7 Littleton 22 43 23
8 Studley 24 46 26
  9 Heather S J 23 39 30
10 Lichfield 24 39 33

If Walsall Wood beat Ilkeston this Saturday then Ilkeston's chances of finishing top are as good as over. But if we win then there is still hope.

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Matchman · 28/1/2018 8:47 PM

Five points dropped in our last two games seems to have extinguished our hopes of catching Walsall Wood. However we must keep going as even if we don't catch them it's still worth trying to finish as runner up as it would set us up for another promotion push next season. Where ever we finish, it's still been an exceptional season for supporters results wise after last season's struggles.

While the other leading sides have been dropping points Littleton have been on a terrific winning run and they are now level with Ilkeston in terms of points dropped.

Here is the latest table showing points gained and dropped. With the exception of Racing Club Warwick there is now not a big difference in the number of matches played by each team. So I have left the teams in the same order as in the conventional league table

Played Points Points Position in terms
Gained Dropped of points dropped

1 Walsall Wood 23 58 11 1st
2 Atherstone 24 52 20 3rd
3 Leicester Road 24 52 20 4th
4 Ilkeston Town 24 49 23 6th
5 Studley 24 46 26 8th
6 R C Warwick 20 43 17 2nd
7 Littleton 22 43 23 7th
8 Hinckley 21 42 21 5th

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Matchman · 06/2/2018 8:52 PM

Points Dropped Table as at Tue 6th Feb 2018 (Top teams)

Played Points Points
Gained Dropped

1 Walsall Wood 23 58 11
2 R C Warwick 20 43 17
3 Leicester Road 25 55 20
4 Hinckley 23 48 21
5 Atherstone 25 53 22
6 Ilkeston 25 52 23
7 Littleton 22 43 23
8 Studley 25 46 29
9 Heather SJ 25 43 32

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Matchman · 21/2/2018 9:34 PM

Points Dropped Table as at Wed 21st Feb 2018 (TopTeams)

     Played Points Points
   Gained Dropped

1 Walsall Wood 24 61 11
2 R C Warwick 21 46 17
3 Atherstone 27 59 22
4 Ilkeston Town 27 58 23
5 Hinckley AFC 24 49 23
6 Leicester Road 27 55 26
7 Littleton 24 46 26
8 Studley 26 47 31

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Matchman · 08/3/2018 9:29 PM

This is how the Points Dropped Table looks tonight after Racing Club Warwick's defeat at Heather St Johns :

Played Points Points
Gained Dropped

1 Walsall Wood 27 68 13
2 R C Warwick 24 50 22
3 Hinckley AFC 26 55 23
4 Ilkeston Town 28 58 26
5) Atherstone Town 29 59 28
5) Leicester Road 29 59 28

The five teams below Walsall Wood are now bunched much more closely together in terms of points dropped .
Walsall Wood look certain to be champions but any of the chasing pack could take the runner up spot.

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Matchman · 23/3/2018 11:41 AM

here is the latest Points Dropped Table as at Friday 23rd March

   Played Points Points
   Gained Dropped

  1 Walsall Wood 29 74 13
  2 R C Warwick 27 59 22
  3 Hinckley AFC 28 61 23
  4 Ilkeston Town 31 67 26
  5 Atherstone Town 30 62 28
  6 Leicester Road 33 66 33

Matchman · 25/3/2018 5:01 AM

Here is the latest Points Dropped Table as at Sunday 25th March after Ilkeston's win over R C Warwick

   Played Points Points
   Gained Dropped

  1 Walsall Wood 30 77 13
2 Hinckley AFC 29 64 23
3 R C Warwick 28 59 25
  4 Ilkeston Town 32 70 26
  5 Atherstone Town 31 65 28
  6 Leicester Road 33 66 33

Hinckley AFC are now second but only three points separate Hinckley R C Warwick and Ilkeston with Atherstone only two points behind, After a difficult run of games Leicester Road have fallen away slightly but remain in the frame.

Matchman · 28/3/2018 10:19 AM

Here is the latest Points Dropped Table for the top six as at Tues 27th March after Hinckley's defeat against Uttoxeter.

   Played Points Points
Gained Dropped

1 Walsall Wood 31 80 13
2 R C Warwick 28 59 25
3 Ilkeston Town 32 70 26
3 Hinckley AFC 30 64 26
5 Atherstone Town 31   65 28
6 Leicester Road 34 69     33

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