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The month ahead
By the end of February we should know if Walsall Wood are going to be champions. If that becomes clear then the race for second place is wide open with possibly seven teams in with a shout. The following are games this month which could have a bearing on final positions
Sat Feb 3rd : Heather St Johns v Atherstone
Sat Feb 10th : Leicester Road v R C Warwick
Studley v Walsall Wood
Wed Feb 14th : Atherstone v R C Warwick
Sat Feb 17th : Hinckley AFC v Studley
Ilkeston v Heather St John
Tue Feb 20th : Leicester Road v Ilkeston
Sat Feb 24th : Atherstone v Leicester Road
Hinckley AFC v Ilkeston
R C Warwick v Littleton
Tue Feb 27th : Heather St Johns v R C Warwick
Walsall Wood v Leicester Road
Wed Feb 28th : Littleton v Studley
Leicester Road (currently 3rd) ) have four games against promotion rivals whilst Studley (5th) and RC Warwick (7th) have three games against promotion rivals . Each of the top teams have to play at least two matches against their top eight rivals this month so results of these games will have a big influence on final positions. Leicester Road have a particularly tough set of fixtures this month.
February fixtures for the leading teams are as follows :
Walsall Wood (Currently top - Played 23 - Points 58 )
Feb 3 : Coventry Copsewood (Home)
Feb 10 : Studley (Away)
Feb 17 : Chelmsley Town (Home)
Feb 24 : Coventry Copsewood (Away)
Feb 27 : Leicester Road (Home)
Atherstone (Currently 2nd - Played 24 - Points 52 )
Feb 3 : Heather St Johns (Away)
Feb 10 : Nuneaton Griff (Away)
Feb 14 : R C Warwick (Home)
Feb 17 : Lichfield City (Away)
Feb 24 : Leicester Road (Home)
Leicester Road (Currently 3rd - Played 24 - Points 52 )
Feb 2 : Chelmsley (Away)
Feb 10 : R C Warwick (Home)
Feb 17 : Uttoxeter (Away)
Feb 20 : Ilkeston (Home)
Feb 24 : Atherstone (Away)
Feb 27 : Walsall Wood (Away)
Ilkeston Town (Currently 4th - Played24 - Points 49 )
Feb 3 : Nuneaton Griff (Home)
Feb 10 : Coventry Copsewood (Away)
Feb 17 : Heather St Johns (Home)
Feb 20 : Leicester Road (Away)
Feb 24 : Hinckley AFC (Away)
Studley (Currently 5th - Played 24 - Points 46 )
Feb 3 : Lichfield (Away)
Feb 6 : Heath Hayes (Away)
Feb 10 : Walsall Wood (Home)
Feb 13 : Chelmsley (Home)
Feb 17 : Hinckley AFC (Away)
Feb 24 : Coventry Alvis (Away)
Feb 28 : Littleton (Away )
Hinckley AFC (Currently 6th - Played 22 - Points 45 )
Feb 3 : Pershore (Away)
Feb 6 : Cadbury (Home)
Feb 10 : Bolehall (Away)
Feb 17 : Studley (Home)
Feb 24 : Ilkeston (Home)
Racing Club Warwick (Currently 7th - Played 20 - Points 43 )
Feb 3 : Cadbury (Home)
Feb 10 : Leicester Road (Away)
Feb 14 : Atherstone (Away)
Feb 17 : Coventry Copsewood (Away)
Feb 24 : Littleton (Home)
Feb 27 : Heather St Johns (Away)
Littleton (Currently 8th - Played 22 - Points 43 )
Feb 3 : Paget Rangers (Home)
Feb 10 : Pershore (Away)
Feb 17 : Stafford (Away)
Feb 24 : R C Warwick (Away)
Feb 28 : Studley (Home)
Last edited by Matchman (02/2/2018 8:04 PM)
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Re: The month ahead
We need a massive collapse in form for Walsall Wood ifs we are to have any chance of catching them. I know a lot of pundits moan about the size of their budget but they are beatable as we proved a while ago. They still have to win game even if they are being paid a fortune and the wage bill will just put extra pressure on them. Looking at their results you have to say in almost all their they have been just far too good for the opposition. I think we are playing for second place now and hopefully with all the reorganisation we might sneak up to the MFL Prem other wise I think we end up n the East Midlands Counties League.