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So we now know we need a single point from our remaining games to secure promotion we can look at the countdown towards the title.

Three wins from our five games will do it, as Wisbech can only get 94 points maximum. We might also be OK with two wins and two draws if we make sure those two wins are pretty convincing.

POS P W D L GD PTS
1 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 35 27 5 3 75 86
2 Wisbech Town 35 25 4 6 58 79
3 Thurnby Nirvana 35 26 2 7 57 77

AFC R&D
Mon 06-Apr AFC Rushden & Diamonds v Long Buckby AFC
Sat 11-Apr AFC Rushden & Diamonds v Wellingborough Town
Tue 14-Apr Northampton Sileby Rangers v AFC Rushden & Diamonds
Sat 18-Apr AFC Rushden & Diamonds v Newport Pagnell Town
Sat 25-Apr AFC Rushden & Diamonds v Cogenhoe United

Wisbech Town
Mon 06-Apr Wisbech Town v Holbeach United
Sat 11-Apr Newport Pagnell Town v Wisbech Town
Tue 14-Apr Wisbech Town v Peterborough Northern Star
Sat 18-Apr Cogenhoe United v Wisbech Town
Sat 25-Apr Northampton Sileby Rangers v Wisbech Town

Thurnby Nirvana
Mon 06-Apr Thurnby Nirvana v Oadby Town (1pm KO)
Sat 11-Apr Peterborough Northern Star v Thurnby Nirvana
Wed 15-Apr Holbeach United v Thurnby Nirvana
Sat 18-Apr Thurnby Nirvana v Deeping Rangers
Sat 25-Apr Eynesbury Rovers v Thurnby Nirvana

So promotion is secured, and we know we need four points from our final four games to reach 93 points and seal the title, following Wisbech dropping two more points today.

POS P W D L GD PTS
1 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 36 28 5 3 77 89
2 Thurnby Nirvana 36 27 2 7 59 80
3 Wisbech Town 36 25 5 6 58 80

AFC R&D
Sat 11-Apr AFC Rushden & Diamonds v Wellingborough Town
Tue 14-Apr Northampton Sileby Rangers v AFC Rushden & Diamonds
Sat 18-Apr AFC Rushden & Diamonds v Newport Pagnell Town
Sat 25-Apr AFC Rushden & Diamonds v Cogenhoe United

Wisbech Town
Sat 11-Apr Newport Pagnell Town v Wisbech Town
Tue 14-Apr Wisbech Town v Peterborough Northern Star
Sat 18-Apr Cogenhoe United v Wisbech Town
Sat 25-Apr Northampton Sileby Rangers v Wisbech Town

Thurnby Nirvana
Sat 11-Apr Peterborough Northern Star v Thurnby Nirvana
Wed 15-Apr Holbeach United v Thurnby Nirvana
Sat 18-Apr Thurnby Nirvana v Deeping Rangers
Sat 25-Apr Eynesbury Rovers v Thurnby Nirvana

I've got to be honest, I'd stopped looking at what others are doing and have just been focusing on our results, until I read this thread I hadn't realised Wisbech had dropped points today :oops:

4 games left, I want 4 wins and to top 100 points - lets do it in style, especially now the pressure is off!!

We're 11 goals behind Thurnby in goals scored, looking at our respective fixtures it's quite possible we could turn that around in the last 4 games too which would be nice - don't want much do I? ;)

Pigman wrote:I've got to be honest, I'd stopped looking at what others are doing and have just been focusing on our results, until I read this thread I hadn't realised Wisbech had dropped points today :oops:

4 games left, I want 4 wins and to top 100 points - lets do it in style, especially now the pressure is off!!

We're 11 goals behind Thurnby in goals scored, looking at our respective fixtures it's quite possible we could turn that around in the last 4 games too which would be nice - don't want much do I? ;)

I think that would require, as a minimum, for us to be playing our best two strikers up front. Long Buckby have conceded 117 goals in the league this season, but you wouldn't have thought that today.

Pigman wrote:I've got to be honest, I'd stopped looking at what others are doing and have just been focusing on our results, until I read this thread I hadn't realised Wisbech had dropped points today :oops:

4 games left, I want 4 wins and to top 100 points - lets do it in style, especially now the pressure is off!!

We're 11 goals behind Thurnby in goals scored, looking at our respective fixtures it's quite possible we could turn that around in the last 4 games too which would be nice - don't want much do I? ;)

I 100% agree lets do it in style and get over 100 points. (4 wins out of 4)

Formic wrote:
I think that would require, as a minimum, for us to be playing our best two strikers up front.

But who are they? ;)

On current form Joseph and Lorraine.

BartonRaz wrote:

Formic wrote:
I think that would require, as a minimum, for us to be playing our best two strikers up front.

But who are they? ;)

On current form Joseph and Lorraine.

I would choose Dunkley and Lorraine up front, with Turner on the bench to be first replacement if either is unavailable or has to play in another role. The pairing yesterday didn't work together at all well, with quite a bit of bickering when they failed to link up with each other. They had shown promise in the early stages of the Wisbech cup game, but it really fell apart yesterday.

Formic wrote:

BartonRaz wrote:

Formic wrote:
I think that would require, as a minimum, for us to be playing our best two strikers up front.

But who are they? ;)

On current form Joseph and Lorraine.

I would choose Dunkley and Lorraine up front, with Turner on the bench to be first replacement if either is unavailable or has to play in another role. The pairing yesterday didn't work together at all well, with quite a bit of bickering when they failed to link up with each other. They had shown promise in the early stages of the Wisbech cup game, but it really fell apart yesterday.

Agreed. He has plenty of critics, but I'm firmly in the pro-Berwick camp, however he had an absolute mare yesterday. And Joseph, despite his goal and Man of the Match award, was only marginally better.

For me it's Lorraine and one other. Probably Berwick at the moment as I think he's technically more accomplished than the others

SouthRushdenJFC wrote:For me it's Lorraine and one other. Probably Berwick at the moment as I think he's technically more accomplished than the others

Possibly so, as his 5 assists might show, but his main job is to score goals, and in 13 games he's only managed to find the net when we already have four on the board.