Lowestoft next season?

[robm99]

Just looking at Trainline - for you Lewesians, it's £90 train and 5 hours (plus or minus) each way!

Going?

[pj]

Been there several times by car. For me it usually involves a weekend B&B in Great Yarmouth with Mrs PJ, with Saturday night meal at the wonderful Yankee Traveller.
Fingers crossed for good weather.

[heathfieldrook]

Hopefully one of out early fixures

[stuartnoel]

Relax - very likely Lowestoft will go to the Southern League Central (where they were last season).

As it stands, we will welcome Dartford and Dover Athletic from Step 2, then Cray Valley Paper Mills, the winner of the SE Step 4 playoffs and then two from:-

Chertsey Town (likely to be going to Southern League), winner of SC Playoff if it’s Leatherhead, winner of North playoff if it’s Brentwood Town or Bowers & Pitsea.

It’s very unlikely that Bishop’s Stortford will come back to the Isthmian League but possible if the playoff winners are Marlow/Southall/Westside and Felixstowe/Bury Town

[tabby]

It's always interesting to see how the location of the playoff winners impact the make up of the leagues for the following season.

Could Bognor Regis be moved into the southern league? I would expect Havant and Waterlooville to be placed there too.

[pj]

I've never been to Dover or Cray Valley PM. So two new Stodge purveyors to locate.

[stuartnoel]

Apr 28, 2024 14:26:18 GMT tabby said:

It's always interesting to see how the location of the playoff winners impact the make up of the leagues for the following season.

Could Bognor Regis be moved into the southern league? I would expect Havant and Waterlooville to be placed there too.

It would be very unlikely that Bognor are moved - if Chichester overcome Ramsgate and then win the SE final then they may be moved to the Southern. Havant and Taunton will drop from step 2 to the Southern Premier South

[mjrw12345]

Apr 28, 2024 13:39:02 GMT stuartnoel said:

Relax - very likely Lowestoft will go to the Southern League Central (where they were last season).

As it stands, we will welcome Dartford and Dover Athletic from Step 2, then Cray Valley Paper Mills, the winner of the SE Step 4 playoffs and then two from:-

Chertsey Town (likely to be going to Southern League), winner of SC Playoff if it’s Leatherhead, winner of North playoff if it’s Brentwood Town or Bowers & Pitsea.

It’s very unlikely that Bishop’s Stortford will come back to the Isthmian League but possible if the playoff winners are Marlow/Southall/Westside and Felixstowe/Bury Town

Is there any possibility Hendon and/or Walton & Hersham will come across from the Southern?

[stuartnoel]

Apr 28, 2024 17:59:52 GMT mjrw12345 said:

Apr 28, 2024 13:39:02 GMT stuartnoel said:

Relax - very likely Lowestoft will go to the Southern League Central (where they were last season).

As it stands, we will welcome Dartford and Dover Athletic from Step 2, then Cray Valley Paper Mills, the winner of the SE Step 4 playoffs and then two from:-

Chertsey Town (likely to be going to Southern League), winner of SC Playoff if it’s Leatherhead, winner of North playoff if it’s Brentwood Town or Bowers & Pitsea.

It’s very unlikely that Bishop’s Stortford will come back to the Isthmian League but possible if the playoff winners are Marlow/Southall/Westside and Felixstowe/Bury Town

Is there any possibility Hendon and/or Walton & Hersham will come across from the Southern?

Unlikely I’d say. We already have too many sides potentially coming into the Isthmian.

[robm99]

Bowers or Brentwood coming up - good (local) - bad (been there!)

[rook99]

Chichester City with a comfortable 5-0 win v Three Bridges last night to win the ILSE playoffs. Hope we get them

[robm99]

Bowers and Pitsea anyway coming up.

[mjrw12345]

Now the playoffs are complete (and the fact I had a long, boring train journey today) we can have a good guess at what the Isthmian League Premier will be next season:

DEFINETES [20]
Club Last Season
Billericay Town 6th ILP
Bognor Regis Town 10th ILP
Bowers & Pitsea 4th ILN
Canvey Island 14th ILP
Carshalton Athletic 11th ILP
Chatham Town 2nd ILP
Cheshunt 18th ILP
Cray Valley PM 1st ILSE
Cray Wanderers 17th ILP
Dartford 21st NLS
Dover Athletic 24th NLS
Dulwich Hamlet 12th ILP
Folkestone Invicta 16th ILP
Hashtag United 13th ILP
Hastings United 7th ILP
Horsham 5th ILP
LEWES 8th ILP
Potters Bar Town 15th ILP
Whitehawk 9th ILP
Wingate & Finchley 4th ILP

POSSIBLES [2 from]
Club Last Season
Bishop's Stortford 24th NLN
Chertsey Town 1st ILSC
Chichester City 5th ILSE
Hanwell Town 17th SLPS
Hendon 10th SLPS
Walton & Hersham 7th SLPS

One thing is for certain: we'll start the season quite near the bottom on alphabetical order!

[stuartnoel]

May 7, 2024 19:59:09 GMT mjrw12345 said:

Now the playoffs are complete (and the fact I had a long, boring train journey today) we can have a good guess at what the Isthmian League Premier will be next season:

DEFINETES [20]
Club Last Season
Billericay Town 6th ILP
Bognor Regis Town 10th ILP
Bowers & Pitsea 4th ILN
Canvey Island 14th ILP
Carshalton Athletic 11th ILP
Chatham Town 2nd ILP
Cheshunt 18th ILP
Cray Valley PM 1st ILSE
Cray Wanderers 17th ILP
Dartford 21st NLS
Dover Athletic 24th NLS
Dulwich Hamlet 12th ILP
Folkestone Invicta 16th ILP
Hashtag United 13th ILP
Hastings United 7th ILP
Horsham 5th ILP
LEWES 8th ILP
Potters Bar Town 15th ILP
Whitehawk 9th ILP
Wingate & Finchley 4th ILP

POSSIBLES [2 from]
Club Last Season
Bishop's Stortford 24th NLN
Chertsey Town 1st ILSC
Chichester City 5th ILSE
Hanwell Town 17th SLPS
Hendon 10th SLPS
Walton & Hersham 7th SLPS

One thing is for certain: we'll start the season quite near the bottom on alphabetical order!

I don’t think Cheshunt are a definite…