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With Holbeach losing again tonight, they can now only get 91 points as a maximum.

Diamonds currently have 79, so four wins and a draw from our eight remaining games would give us 92 points and guarantee the key "ahead of Holbeach and in at least third position in the league" condition. With 92 points neither Holbeach nor Yaxley could finish ahead of us, only Wisbech and Thurnby.

http://www.afcdiamonds.com/key-dates-an ... the-season

(Table showing current points in blue, and maximum points in bold)
Pos Team PL W D L GD Pts Max Pts
1 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 32 25 4 3 73 79 103
2 Wisbech Town 32 24 3 5 59 75 99
3 Thurnby Nirvana 32 23 2 7 46 71 95
4 Yaxley 33 21 3 9 28 66 87
5 Holbeach United 31 20 4 7 40 64 91
6 Cogenhoe United 32 18 5 9 15 59 83
7 Peterborough Northern Star 33 17 6 10 21 57 78
8 AFC Kempston Rovers 32 18 5 9 23 56 80
9 Deeping Rangers 31 16 4 11 25 52 79

Formic wrote:With Holbeach losing again tonight, they can now only get 91 points as a maximum.

Diamonds currently have 79, so four wins and a draw from our eight remaining games would give us 92 points and guarantee the key "ahead of Holbeach and in at least third position in the league" condition. With 92 points neither Holbeach nor Yaxley could finish ahead of us, only Wisbech and Thurnby.

http://www.afcdiamonds.com/key-dates-an ... the-season

The wheels have right come off Holbeach, with another lost tonight, 4 more wins and a draw, will do promotion,

Start with a win over Wisbech on Saturday,

Get closer to that magic 92 points. 8-)

Absolutely perfect, this all points to a CHAMPIONS elect match at home to our hosts. We have got to win it on that day. We must make sure it happens, it would be perfect.

Am I right in thinking we could clinch promotion at home to Deeping on 28th March (if a whole host of results went our way)?

So our promotion target is now four wins from our 7 remaining games to reach 92 points and guarantee we are ahead of Holbeach after they beat the Doughboys today. They don't have a midweek match, hosting Oadby next weekend.

(Table showing current points in blue, and maximum points in bold)

POS P W D L GD PTS Max Pts
1 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 33 25 5 3 73 80 101
2 Wisbech Town 33 24 4 5 59 76 97
3 Thurnby Nirvana 33 24 2 7 49 74 95
4 Holbeach United 32 21 4 7 42 67 91
5 Yaxley 34 21 4 9 28 67 85
6 Cogenhoe United 33 19 5 9 19 62 83
7 Peterborough Northern Star 34 17 6 11 17 57 75
8 AFC Kempston Rovers 32 18 5 9 23 56 80

Imagine the worry if it came down to the last game of the season and you had to beat Long Buckby to go up!!

Woodford Dad wrote:Imagine the worry if it came down to the last game of the season and you had to beat Long Buckby to go up!!

I can't imagine it...... we are playing Cogenhoe last game of the season!

Woodford Dad wrote:Imagine the worry if it came down to the last game of the season and you had to beat Long Buckby to go up!!

Yea i'd certainly be more worried about any of the other 19 teams!

davealbon wrote:I can't imagine it...... we are playing Cogenhoe last game of the season!

Oh yeah!! Well at least you've got Buckby as a big crowd-puller for Easter Monday. We should bring at east 5 along!!

Woodford Dad wrote:

davealbon wrote:I can't imagine it...... we are playing Cogenhoe last game of the season!

Oh yeah!! Well at least you've got Buckby as a big crowd-puller for Easter Monday. We should bring at east 5 along!!

Gates have increased then since the slight upturn in form then:lol:

Predict no home gates under 600 from now on in, except the Cup Semi, as another performance from them like Sat would mean the game ending after most people should have started work on the Wed morning. 1000+ for the Welly game due to human nature being what it is and a few will come along for a pay what you want and claim they were at the original fixture and cop a freebie. If all goes to plan and the big party is V Cogenhoe on 25th 1,200 + for that.