TODAYS RESULTS

First Division
2 1 Almondsbury UWE v Keynsham Town
The Field
3:00 PM
Attendance 50 P. Mountgarret R. Connolly T. Ganfield


1 2 Bridport v Gillingham Town
St Marys Field
3:00 PM
Attendance 195 R. Morris C. Brokenshaw R. Cody


1 1 Cadbury Heath v Roman Glass St George
Springfield
3:00 PM
Attendance 65 J. Bishop M. Chown C. Skyrme


1 3 Elmore v Chard Town
Horsdon Park
3:00 PM
Attendance 47 G. Barter G. Stonham I. Knauer


0 3 Hengrove Athletic v Oldland Abbotonians
Norton Lane
3:00 PM
Attendance 50 R. Lawrence J. Farrant M. Farrant

A: M.Huxley(2) M.Pocock M.Pocock
2 2 Melksham Town v Bradford Town
The Conigre
1:00 PM
Attendance 245 J. Madaras J. Davies S. Fearnly


1 4 Portishead Town v Merthyr Town
Bristol Road
3:00 PM
Attendance 207 A. Salter D. Hoareau P. Mawhood


1 5 Shrewton United v Calne Town
Shrewton Recreation Ground
1:00 PM
Attendance 63

19 Teams Games
Played Games
Won Games
Drawn Games
Lost Goals
For Goals
Against Goal
Difference Points
Merthyr Town 35 29 2 4 116 31 +85 89
Oldland Abbotonians 34 21 9 4 88 45 +43 72
Bridport 35 23 2 10 72 42 +30 71
Cadbury Heath 35 19 9 7 84 47 +37 65
Devizes Town 35 20 2 13 60 64 -4 62
Bradford Town 36 18 7 11 84 62 +22 61
Gillingham Town 36 18 6 12 73 57 +16 60
Melksham Town 35 14 12 9 63 51 +12 54
Shrewton United 35 14 6 15 68 78 -10 48
Hengrove Athletic 35 13 7 15 51 55 -4 46
Calne Town 35 14 6 15 72 53 +19 44
Almondsbury UWE 36 11 11 14 55 64 -9 44
Chard Town 36 11 8 17 57 68 -11 41
Keynsham Town 36 9 8 19 45 61 -16 35
Shepton Mallet 35 10 5 20 45 75 -30 35
Roman Glass St George 34 9 6 19 39 74 -35 33
Westbury United 35 9 3 23 43 78 -35 30
Portishead Town 36 6 11 19 48 84 -36 29
Elmore 34 5 2 27 45 119 -74 17

Saturday, 07 August 2010: [-3 points] Calne Town 3 v 1 Cadbury Heath

Don't know if Bridport already know they are going up as Oldland's ground does not meet the standard for the Toolstation Premier?

cliffyboy wrote:Don't know if Bridport already know they are going up as Oldland's ground does not meet the standard for the Toolstation Premier?

Maybe not necessarily. Have to wait and see. I've copied below what someone who went to Oldland's match on Friday has to say on the following forum:

http://nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?post=320429;search_string=Oldland;guest=35928770#320429

'Stood near a home official and despite the lack of lights, he was confident a top 2 finish would mean promotion'

From what I understand Oldland have already been told they cannot go up due to no floodlights. It is also my understanding that if they finish 2nd it will save the team who finishes 2nd from bottom in the Toolstation Premier.. But knowing this league anything can happen

My source had told me the club had been inormed but (chosen?) not to relay to the players...

Whoever wrote the latest match report on Oldland's website thinks they can be promoted:-

http://www.oldlandfootball.com/74034/club_news.pl?news=521845

And so does the person who wrote the report on Bridport's latest match on their website - 'Today's results mean that Bridport need to win at Champions Merthyr on Saturday to have any chance of being promoted. Even then Oldland would win promotion by gaining two points in their last two games as they have a superior goal difference':-

http://www.webteams.co.uk/MatchReport.aspx?team=bridportfc&mid=match65.xml

This newspaper report thinks so too - '... if the Bees fail to beat champions Merthyr Town this Saturday, Oldland will be promoted irrespective of their fortunes because of their superior goal difference. ':-

http://www.thisishampshire.net/sport/hampshiresport/8992876.Bees__derby_disaster/

But I seem to remember earlier in the season when Devizes were on their long unbeaten run and moving towards the top of the table, that I read something where their manager was saying they were aiming at a top three spot as Oldland would not be allowed to go up.

It all seems very unclear at the moment. It would be better for everyone's sake going into Saturday's matches if there was some definite information - preferably coming from the Western League. There's no mention of anything in their latest weekly bulletin.

I agree - the league should make it crystal clear what the outcome will be. It's only fair to the 2 clubs involved.

When are Oldland playing their game in hand, then?

Oldlands last game with elmore is on next monday

At home as well should be no problem there

Oldland play their last game at home to Elmore next Monday afternoon when everyone else has finished - apart from one other game in the division to be fitted in that day - Roman Glass v Shepton Mallet.

Six teams in the division have already finished their league programmes - on Easter Monday, so it's all a bit uneven.

On 1st April it was reported on
nonleaguematters.co.uk that Oldland Abbotonians will have floodlights next season
See 'Restructuring' - Step 6 non floodlighters

So I guess promotion is not a problem

Far be it from me to say anything to defend the FU, sorry, FA; however suspect we are viewing this through the "professional" eyes of the Southern League...

jeffh wrote:Oldlands last game with elmore is on next monday

Yes, but they host Melksham Town tomorrow first 3.00pm K.O.

Some more news from the Bridport FC and Dorset Echo websites:

'No decision will be taken by the league until all the games are played'

http://www.webteams.co.uk/NewsItems.aspx?team=bridportfc

http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/sport/9000036.No_pressure_as_Bees_face_Merthyr_crunch/

There seems to be something more definite from the Oldland area:

'League officials want a written undertaking from the club that they will upgrade their ground to the requisite specifications by June 7, the week before the league's annual meeting.'

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/football/Oldland-final-bid-nail-second-position/article-3501566-detail/article.html