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Saturday 14th March matches and Coronavirus Update
The battle for the playoff positions continues this weekend
Matches to be played Sat 14th Mar ’20
Carlton Town v Glossop NE
Chasetown v Worksop Town
Frickley Ath v Kidsgrove Ath
Lincoln Utd v Leek Town
Loughborough D v Ilkeston Town
Newcastle Town v Belper Town
Sheffield v Sutton Coldfield
Stamford v Spalding Utd
Stocksbridge PS v Cleethorpes
Wisbech Town v Market Drayton
Matches involving the top ten :
Leaders Leek have an easy looking game at Lincoln United and second placed Stamford will be expected to beat Spalding.
Third placed Cleethorpes have to visit 5th placed Stocksbridge. Could be a setback for Stocksbridge's playoff ambitions
Belper in 4th place should be able to take the points at Newcastle.
Carlton will be lifted by their Tuesday night win and will expect another three points against Glossop.
7th placed Sutton Coldfield will want to erase the disappointment of their Tuesday night defeat at Stamford but their visit Sheffield will be another stern test.
Loughborough Dynamo will want to avenge an earlier 0-5 defeat at 8th placed Ilkeston. Ilkeston need to win to keep alive their slim playoff hopes alive.
9th placed Frickley face 10th placed Kidsgrove. Both teams are just on the fringe of the playoffs.
Top ten Current League table
P W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Leek Town 27 22 3 2 62 19 +43 69
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2 Stamford 28 21 4 3 69 26 +43 67
3 Cleethorpes Town 28 17 5 6 66 39 +27 56
4 Belper Town 25 13 7 5 42 29 +13 46
5 Stocksbridge PS 29 13 7 9 48 44 +4 46
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6 Carlton Town 25 13 6 6 48 33 +15 45
7 Sutton Coldfield 28 13 5 10 45 34 +11 44
8 Ilkeston Town 31 12 7 12 51 47 +4 43
9 Frickley Athletic (-3) 30 14 3 13 49 44 +5 42
10 Kidsgrove Athletic 26 11 5 10 42 31 +11 38
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Re: Saturday 14th March matches and Coronavirus Update
Can't see any shocks to be honest.
Kidsgrove need to win for a slim chance of making the play offs.
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Re: Saturday 14th March matches and Coronavirus Update
I don't wish to be alarmist but as the Coronavirus becomes more prevalent and restrictions on travel and attending events are tightened, is there a chance that the NPL football season might not be able to reach it's conclusion by 25th April? If a player is tested positive then, as things stand, the rest of the players in the team may have to self isolate for seven days meaning the team may not be able to fulfil their fixtures as they fall due.
With only six weeks until the last Saturday of the season, any more postponed matches will cause major problems especially to teams like Belper and Carlton who already have a backlog to catch up.
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Re: Saturday 14th March matches and Coronavirus Update
Alex wrote:
Can't see any shocks to be honest.
Kidsgrove need to win for a slim chance of making the play offs.
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These are the results predicted
by Football Web Pages : My opinion :
Carlton Town 1 Glossop NE 0 should be more emphatic win for Carlton................ 3-0
Chasetown 0 Worksop Town 1 I think Chasetown will win this one.......................... 2-1
Frickley Ath 0 Kidsgrove Ath 0 more likely to be a scoring draw...............................2-2
Lincoln Utd 0 Leek Town 2 should be a more emphatic win for Leek................. 0-5
Loughborough D 2 Ilkeston Town 0 definitely hope Web Pages prediction is wrong.......1-2
Newcastle Town 0 Belper Town 1 agree with this prediction.........................................0-1
Sheffield 1 Sutton Coldfield 0 Can't see Sutton Coldfield losing, maybe a draw.... 2-2
Stamford 3 Spalding Utd 0 agree with this prediction..........................................3-0
Stocksbridge PS 1 Cleethorpes 1 possibly a draw but more likely Cleethorpes win......2-3
Wisbech Town 1 Market Drayton 0 agree with this prediction..........................................1-0
We need to win at Loughborough. We then need Carlton, Frickley, Kidsgrove, Belper, Sutton Coldfield and Stocksbridge to start to drop points.
Frickley and Kidsgrove play each other so one or both will drop points
The other playoff hopefuls who may drop points this weekend are ; Sutton Coldfield and Stocksbridge
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The latest from the NPL following the COVID-19 outbreak.
The NPL together will all other Alliance leagues and representatives of Step 5-6 leagues met with the FA executive on Wednesday March 11.At this point there are no plans to cancel, postpone or to play games behind closed doors. Although the situation remains fluid and government guidance could change at any point, all games at Steps 1-4 will go ahead as planned unless external forces dictate otherwise.
The NPL will continue to liaise with the governing body to provide necessary leadership.
In the meantime, the NPL would reiterate the guidance issued through the Chief Medical Officer. For those hosting events:
• PHE guidance should be read and followed
• For those travelling to sporting events overseas or returning from overseas to sports events, the Foreign Office’s travel advice should be read and followed
• Promote best practice for hygiene, ensuring cleaning is effective and soaps are provided (and sanitiser where possible)
• Anyone with flu symptoms should avoid the risk of spreading their infection, whatever that infection may be, by staying at home and recovering
• Clubs are advised that if any spectator presents to a club member of staff with possible flu-like symptoms they should be encouraged to leave, return home and call NHS 111 for further advice
• For those hosting sporting events, whatever their size, attendees and participants should stay up to date on the government’s latest advice on how to avoid catching or spreading the virus
BREAKING NEWS :
Just heard on the news that all Premiership and EFL matches have been postponed until April
At the moment our match at Loughborough is still on.
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