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Relegation contenders
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The clashes between the relegation threatened teams could decide who gets relegated
Leek (12th) have to play 5 relegation rivals (2 home, 3 away)
Morpeth (A), Stocksbridge (A), Prescot (H), Whitby (H) Workington (A)
Ilkeston (14th) have to play 3 relegation rivals (all 3 away):
Prescot (A),Rushall (A), Stocksbridge (A)
Rushall (15th) have to play 5 relegation rivals (3 home, 2 away):
Workington (A), Whitby (H), Prescot (A), Ilkeston (H), Morpeth (H)
Prescot (16th) have to play 5 relegation rivals (2 home, 3 away)
Stocksbridge (A), Hyde (A), Rushall (H), Ilkeston (H), Leek (A)
Whitby(17th) have to play 4 relegation rivals (1 home, 3 away)
Rushall (A), Morpeth (A), Hyde (H), Leek (A)
Hyde (18th) have to play 4 relegation rivals (2 home, 2 away)
Prescot, (H), Morpeth (A) Workington (H), Whitby (A)
Morpeth (19th) have to play 6 relegation rivals (3 home, 3 away)
Workington (A), Stocksbridge (A), Hyde (H), Leek (H), Whitby (H), Rushall( A)
Stocksbridge (20th) have to play 5 relegation rivals (4 home, 1 away)
Prescot (H), Morpeth (H), Workington (A),Leek (H), Ilkeston (H)
Workington (21st) have to play 5 relegation rivals (4 home, 1 away)
Morpeth (H), Rushall (H), Stocksbridge (H), Hyde (A), Leek (H)
So Morpeth with the most matches against relegation rivals (6) have avoiding relegation in their own hands
The most endangered clubs (Stocksbridge and Workington) have 4 of their 5 matches against relegation rivals at home
Ilkeston have the least matches against relegation rivals indicating that most of their remaining fixtures are against top half of the table teams.
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Points in last
6 matches
Leek (12th) 10 3 wins and a draw in their last 6 matches
Rushall (15th) 9 3 wins in last 6 matches
Stocksbridge (20th) 8 only 2 defeats in last 6 matches
Workington (21st) 7 only 1 defeat in last 6 matches
Prescot (16th) 7 2 wins and a draw in last 6 matches
Ilkeston (14th) 7 lost last 2 matches
Morpeth (19th) 6 2 wins , 4 losses in last 6
Whitby (17th) 5 their only win in last 6 was against Ilkeston
Hyde (18th) 4 no wins in last 10 matches
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Re: Relegation contenders
The FootballWebPages website suggests in their predicted final table that Ilkeston will finish fourteenth. They also predict that forty points will be enough to avoid relegation meaning the Robins will only need another two wins to be safe! Mmm if only!
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I'm going 46 points and you will be safe.
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Our win against Guiseley combined with Morpeth’s defeat gives us a healthy nine point cushion although Morpeth currently in the final relegation position have two games in hand.
Workington, Stocksbridge and Morpeth are now looking favourites for the drop after Hyde United’s astonishing win against Hednesford.
Morpeth play at Workington next Saturday and both sides desperately need the 3 points to keep their survival hopes alive. The other team in the bottom three, Stocksbridge Park Steels are home to Prescot Cables and anything but a win will leave Steels survival hopes teetering on the edge.
Played Points
16th Prescot 29 32
17th Whitby 26 32
18th Hyde 28 32
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19th Morpeth 28 28
20th Stocksbridge 28 27
21st Workington 29 23
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The mood at Morpeth Town is very downbeat at the moment. The manager Craig Lynch was apologising to the fans on Saturday. I feel they appear doomed! To be fair they have had some good results this including an early season win over Hednesford. I can't help feeling the players are losing the fight!
Its a shame really as they are my closest step three club and other local clubs at step four have been struggling badly and at one point there were three Northumberland yeams in the bottom four of the Northern Premier League East Division. Heaton Stannington are the only Northumberland team that are doing themselves justice this season and they are really North Tyneside!
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Another defeat for Whitby last night. Over the last nine matches they have picked up just 6 points, the worst in the league. Even Workington have picked up 8 points. Most people were thinking Whitby were in a false position because of their games in hand. They have 4 points more than Morpeth but that could be down to 1 point next Saturday if Morpeth win at bottom placed Workington and Whitby lose at Bamber Bridge.
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Points in last 4 matches - as at 22nd Feb 2026 bottom half of league table teams
Ranked in order of most points scored
Points
21st Workington. DWDW 8
18th Hyde WWLD 7
13th Leek WWLD 7
19th Stocksbridge. LDDW 5
14th Cleethorpes DLWD 5
15th Rushall LWDD 5
20th Morpeth WLLL 3
12th Ilkeston LLWL 3
16h. Whitby LDLD 2
17th Prescot DLLL 1
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Can Workington pull off the great escape?
At the end of January, Workington were 9 points adrift of safety.
A brilliant February month of results has seen them pick up 10 points from 4 matches, beating Ilkeston, Morpeth and Rushall and drawing at Gainsborough.
They are now only 3 points adrift.
Workington last 4 matches
Sat 07 Feb Ilkeston. (H) Won 1-0
Sat 14 Feb Gainsborough (A) Draw 3-3
Sat 21 Feb Morpeth (H) Won 1-0
Sat 28 Feb Rushall (H) Won 1-0
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Sat 7th March results affecting relegation
Ashton 0 Leek 1
Guiseley 1 Workington 1
* Hyde 2 Prescot 2
* Rushall 2 Whitby 2
* Stocksbridge 1 Morpeth 1
All 3 of the “ *six pointers” : Hyde v Prescot and Stocksbridge v Morpeth and Rushall v Whitby ended in draws so for those 6 teams it’s “as you were” and a chance to climb the table was lost.
Leek picked up precious win and the Workington revival continued with a good point at Guiseley.
P. W. D. L F. A GD Pts
10 Ilkeston Town 32 12 04 16 44 47 -03 40
11 Guiseley 32 11 07 14 36 42 -06 40
12 Leek Town 33 11 07 15 39 46 -07 40
13 Ashton United 31 11 07 13 35 42 -07 40
14 Cleethorpes Town 29 10 08 11 40 34 +06 38
15 Whitby Town 31 09 11 11 35 38 -03 38
16 Rushall Olympic 32 09 09 14 37 50 -13 36
17 Hyde United 31 07 12 12 48 56 -08 33
18 Prescot Cables 32 07 12 13 32 40 -08 33
19 Stocksbridge P S 32 07 10 15 32 53 -21 31
20 Morpeth Town 31 08 06 17 29 42 -13 30
21 Workington 32 06 12 14 32 49 -17 30
Last updated: Sunday 8th March 2026 (includes Rushall v Leek result corrected to Rushall 2 Whitby 2)
Whitby and Leek have edged away from the trap door leaving the above bottom six in most relegation danger now.
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So looking into what john has posted it was a good week for us
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Another three relegation “six pointers” next Saturday 14th March
Morpeth (30 pts) v Hyde United (33pts)
Prescot Cables (33pts) v Rushall (36pts)
Workington (30pts). v Stocksbridge (31 pts)
Current positions:
P. W. D. L. F A GD Pts
16 Rushall Olympic 32 09 09 14 37 50 -13 36
17 Hyde United 31 07 12 12 48 56 -08 33
18 Prescot Cables 32 07 12 13 32 40 -08 33
19 Stocksbridge P S 32 07 10 15 32 53 -21 31
20 Morpeth Town 31 08 06 17 29 42 -13 30
21 Workington 32 06 12 14 32 49 -17 30
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