Weather looks messy but I think we will be alright as long as the pitch is flat. Anyway it can't be called we have printed a 32page Xmas Special programme! Still only £2! Definitely MFL Programme of the Year contender.

At this stage of the season Walsall Wood look to be the likely winners of the League. They have lost only 3 matches so far against Ilkeston 2-3, Atherstone 2-3 and Leicester Road 0-2.  They drew at Nuneaton Griff 0-0  which is their only slip up against the lower teams. They consistently crush the inferior teams so the only realistic way that their rivals can catch up with them is if they lose at least three times in the five matches before the end of the season against Ilkeston (home), Studley (home and away), Leicester Road (home) and R C Warwick (home)  Even that would probably not be enough. Walsall do have a small backlog of fixtures and the winter weather and injuries could affect their results but they are definitely in pole position.  

 

Today, weather permitting, we meet red hot favourites to win the league Walsall Wood. Of the 22 games they have played so far, 14 have been played away and only 8 have been played at home.  In other words 13 of their remaining remaining 20 matches are home matches. And they currently have a 100% home record. That is why it will be so difficult for any other team to finish above them. Walsall Wood have only lost 3 matches and they have been against leading sides Leicester Road, Atherstone and Ilkeston. They do not lose when playing the lesser sides.
Even if Ilkeston were to win today, Walsall Wood will still be almost uncatchable. However let us go all out for the win. Let us be the first team to win on their ground and let us be the team to take six points off them.