Vanarama Golden Boot Award – The Goal machines in the Frame.

 Woking FC, Aldershot Town, Barnet FC, Southport FC, FC Halifax grumbling Grimsby Town and the Mighty Imps feature highly in the Vanarama Conference Premier goal machines chart early doors.  The Busy Bees and FC Halifax feature thrice , whilst Impdom’s there twice, with a double entry for the Fishy Foe ahead of the Derby at Sincil Bank.  Apparently Vanarama plan to award a golden boot to this season’s winner.  Well that will be down the local cash converters or pawn shop ‘sharpish’. In the People’s Premiership a hobnail boot sprayed with bronze lacquer and adorned with tinsel, with the laced tied mind, will do the trick along with a cheque of course!

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Goals are the life blood of the game and the Vanarama Conference poachers are no different.  We criticise them as selfish when they miss but when the ball comes anywhere near them you just know our heroes are going to have a crack.  With so little time and outnumbered by the oaktrees goal scorers are a breed apart that excite fans and blight foes, with banter the name of the game to a highly differing degree.

 

Scott Rendell is an old school centre-forward, big strong, he takes no prisoners and, at 27 he is at his and the Conference goal charts peak.  He is not everyone’s cup of tea with Luton  (his 5th parent club) shipping him out for the 8th loan club of his career.  But he doesn’t care, why should the lad who would score regularly in a convent.  Woking have him on loan at the moment and he is delivering handsomely on what is his stock and trade from the off.  Scott bagged a brace opening day away at Alfreton, then went on a four match barren spell before firing  four (every part of his body) against Dover.  Last week he got another against Wrexham, who are no mugs, so with 5 in 2 games you would fancy him to continue the hot-streak against Lincoln on Saturday.

 

Busy Barnet bee Lee Cook is the most lethal left winger in the Conference. His roasting rate…. steady children read this site….. would impress Hades himself, with six goals  plus  playing a key role in three more ( some choose to use the American term ‘Assist’).  The 32 year old ex-QPR star got a brace at Chester on his opening day debut, then hit a three game drought,  setting up a couple before coming into his own in the last couple of games.  Despite only doing a 44 minute stint he grabbed a hat-trick against Dartford after replacing Mekki ( clearly not quite the North London version of the Barcelona beau then) and beat them on his own. Last week lethal Lee grabbed one in the 2-0 win over Southport to take the buzzing bees top.

 

Brett Williams is a class apart even if he did not make the breakthrough at Premiership Reading.  He scored at every loan club and shone like a sixpence up a chimney sweep’s backside at Woking last year. A free transfer to Aldershot this year suggested  goals galore. Opening day he obliged at Aldershot, was unlucky against Eastleigh then got a goal against Telford and Forst Green. After failing to gut the Gulls (that’s going to be a tough trip for anyone) his brace battered the fishy foe all on his own in a 2-1 win.

 

Grimsby’s Scott Neilson has four so far this season as the Fishy Foe got 13 goals over the Bank Holiday. Barnet’s there again with Charlie MacDonald, at 33, still going strong. He has been instrumental in the Busy Bees free styling free-scoring assault on top-spot.  With four strikes so far and five assists, when he,  John Akinde (on three) and Lee Cook heat up those mouthwatering away-days or nights, the home groundsman probably thinks about turning out the lights .  Mind you I can think of 2 or three chairman in this League that would even have the 50p for the meter on a chain.

 

Talking of which, two Imps join yet another busy bee John Akinde, on three goals – someone needs to stop the queen bee breeding they are awash honey, money and goals!  Rock the Kazbah Hamza Bencherif, has been a rock all over the pitch this season and Tomlinson is doing what he does best. Well he is not quite getting as many cards as normal, although with the Imps awarded 3 reds in 3 games the refs are bound to turn to him some time soon. FC Halifax have three pedigree stallions in the chasing pack, also on three goals.  Peniket is unplayable on his day, Boden a real handful and consistent with it, but Roberts is the gamekeeper turned poacher supreme.

	Goal machine	Team	Goals
1	Scott Rendell	Woking	7
2	Lee Cook	Barnet	6
3	Brett Williams	Aldershot Town	5
4	Charlie MacDonald	Barnet	4
4	Scott Neilson	Grimsby Town	4
5	John Akinde	Barnet	3
5	Hamza Bencherif	Lincoln City	3
5	Ben Tomlinson	Lincoln City	3
5	Richard Brodie	Southport	3
5	Jamie Chandler	Gateshead	3
5	Kenny Davis	Braintree Town	3
5	Cheyenne Dunkley	Kidderminster Harriers	3
5	Waide Fairhurst	Macclesfield Town	3
5	Lee Hughes	Forest Green Rovers	3
5	Lenell John-Lewis	Grimsby Town	3
5	Louis Moult	Wrexham	3
5	Richard Peniket	FC Halifax Town	3
5	Damian Reeves	Altrincham	3
5	Marc Roberts	FC Halifax Town	3
5	Giuseppe Sole	Woking	3
5	Scott Boden	FC Halifax	3

Conference Wrap: Barnet leapfrog Halifax As Bristol Rovers & Hard Up Harriers Profit.

Barnet FC overtook FC Halifax with Gateshead FC, Woking FC and Kidderminster Harriers all climbing a place as Forest Green Rovers, Eastleigh Lincoln and Wrexham FC all lost ground on the play-off chasing pack.

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Barnet’s unstoppable away form continued at Southport one of the most inhospitable places in the Division both on and off the pitch.  Lee Cook scored a goal that would grace any Premiership stadium, leaving two in his wake before unleashing an unstoppable world class dipping drive. Not to be upstaged Akinde doubled the lead before the break curling a cute one into the top corner to have the Bees buzzing in the aisles.  Barnet go top on goal difference, boast more clean sheets than a kleto matron and fear no one away from home.

FC Halifax dropped to second as the wheels flew off the promotion cart.  Bristol Rovers, roared on by 5,394 fans who continued to keep the faith through relegation and a faultering start to non-league life.  Cunnington the scurge of the Conference Premier these last two seasons headed home an inviting cross from White. On the hour Boden roasted three Rovers players before thundering a hay-maker between Mildenhall and the near post.  Boss Clarke lit the spark by sending on Sinclair and Harrison to ensure a profitable rebate for the Division’s highest gate. Rovers upped the gas but still had to wait until a minute before time when Sinclair duly despatched a difficult but decisive delivery that Harrison forced home at the far post to lift the roof. Five thousand faithful will be cooking on gas in Bristol tonight then!

Craig Hobson exploited some shocking defending to give Chester an early lead at the Heed then hit the post to allow the hosts to keep a foothold in the game.  Shaw got a penalty in the 67th minute and then Gateshead piled on the style with Shaw close to grabbing two more.  Guy played in Chandler who cracked a crisp right footer into the top left corner.  Gateshead move up one to third.

Woking won at Wrexham to move fourth.  The Welsh wizards, aka the passing princes of the People’s Premiership, had the best of things until  Rendell got a 25-yard worldie into the top corner,  against the run of play.    A typical flowing move evened things before the interval when Durrel gave Moult  the opportunity to cannon one inside the far corner from twenty yards.  It could have been 3-3 before Morgan twisted and turned before drilling inside the near post with twenty-five minutes still on the clock.  Clarke should have made it three when he almost broke the cross-bar in half after connecting with a Morgan cross.

Kidderminster could well be losing the talented squad that has seen the Harriers jump to fifth.  Host’s Dover paid the price of missed opportunities when Byrne converted Storers centre with a glorious volley from ten yards.  The visitors then got into gear but were denied by two stunning Walkers saves. First he parried Johnson’s drive and then palmed Nicholsons twenty-yard free-kick for a corner.

Forest Green and Lincoln fell from the play-offs after disappointing results.  FGR had to come from behind at winless Welling when Norwood headed home just before the break to equalise Fagan’s scrambled lead.  They say money doesn’t grow on trees but he definately picked a pocket or two at the far post after Hudson cross created havoc in the Green machine’s defence.

Lincoln – down to ten men as ever – had to play 80 minutes with ten and then another ten with 9 players until Robinson was glued together and sent back on.  The Gulls conceded the lead despite the advantage when Tomlinson was bundled over before recovering to thump home the spot- kick.  Acheampong equalised from close range before cometh tte hour, cometh the man, Richards, hit a glorious twenty-five yarder to give Townsend no chance. Acheampong was then teed up by Young to convert his brace with 18 minutes to go.  It was not surprising that the Gulls had more shots than a flock of pigeons bombing tourists at Trafalgar Square – 30 apparentl. The real stains on the copy book have to go the officials again they ruined a great game for both sides.

 The Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	PTS
1	Barnet	6	5	0	1	16	2	+14	15
2	FC Halifax Town	6	5	0	1	14	5	+9	15
3	Gateshead	6	4	1	1	12	10	+2	13
4	Woking	6	3	3	0	13	5	+8	12
5	Kidderminster Harriers	6	3	3	0	7	2	+5	12
6	Forest Green Rovers	6	3	3	0	8	4	+4	12
7	Macclesfield Town	6	3	3	0	8	4	+4	12
8	Aldershot Town	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4	11
9	Eastleigh	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3	10
10	Lincoln City	6	3	1	2	10	10	0	10
11	Wrexham	6	3	1	2	9	10	-1	10
12	Grimsby Town	6	2	3	1	15	4	+11	9
13	Braintree Town	6	3	0	3	10	7	+3	9
14	Torquay United	6	2	3	1	8	5	+3	9
15	Bristol Rovers	6	2	2	2	5	6	-1	8
16	Southport	6	1	2	3	6	10	-4	5
17	Dartford	6	1	2	3	4	9	-5	5
18	Nuneaton Town	6	1	1	4	2	9	-7	4
19	Chester	6	1	1	4	7	15	-8	4
20	Dover Athletic	6	1	1	4	4	13	-9	4
21	Altrincham	6	1	0	5	6	11	-5	3
22	Welling United	6	0	3	3	4	12	-8	3
23	AFC Telford United	6	0	2	4	7	12	-5	2
24	Alfreton Town	6	0	0	6	3	20	-17	0

 

Skrill Premier Home Crowd Stats

Luton Town, Wrexham FC, Grimsby Town and Cambridge United all top 3,000 with Lincoln, Chester FC, Aldershot and Kidderminster Harriers all  averaging over 2,000 home gates in the Skrill Premier League so far this season.

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The Luton Town effect has seen them not only pitch in with a seventh of the total turnstile clicks for the SPL (just under 352,000 with an 1826 average), but also feature in seven of their counterparts seasonal highs (we will cover the away crowds separately later today).  Lincoln City have featured in four, which is incredible given our mid-table position.

Home stats (to Oct 31 3013)

	Team	Turnstile Clicks	Average	Highest
1	Luton Town	51,620	6,452	7517
2	Wrexham	28,258	3,532	6037
3	Grimsby Town	27,150	3,393	4386
4	Cambridge United	24,586	3,073	3740
5	Lincoln City	19,473	2,434	2748
6	Chester City	18,714	2,339	2900
7	Aldershot Town	19,248	2,138	3138
8	Kidderminster Harriers	16,965	2,120	2866
9	Hereford United	14,274	1,784	2386
10	Barnet	12,453	1,779	2543
11	Halifax	13,515	1,501	1805
12	Woking	11,961	1,495	1955
13	Macclesfield Town	11,055	1,381	1720
14	Nuneaton Town	11,017	1,224	1634
15	Forest Green Rovers	8,397	1,199	1858
16	Tamworth	8,846	1,105	2066
17	Dartford	8,806	1,100	1386
18	Southport	7,579	1,082	2210
19	Braintree Town	8,395	1,049	1480
20	Salisbury City	7,409	926	1313
21	Welling	6,562	820	1017
22	Gateshead	5,632	704	944
23	Alfreton Town	5,392	674	783
24	Hyde	4,455	556	786

Skrill Premier Arrests & Bans League Tables

Nuneaton Town, Lincoln, Grimsby Town, Luton Town and Wrexham FC  make up the top 5 in the Skrill Premier league which has seen arrests double last season (then the BSP), largely as a result of the Nuneaton V Lincoln and Luton V Lincoln City fixtures.

Vic Erzantarz is on the case

Please find below two tables, the first details the number of arrests per club in 2012/13, while the second details banning orders currently in place against fans. The Mariners head that by a country mile.

Arrests 2012/13 season

Nuneaton Town	87
Lincoln City	20
Grimsby Town	16
Luton Town	16
Wrexham	14
Mansfield Town	12
Newport County	10
Stockport County	9
Hereford United	8
Barnet	7
Macclesfield Town	7
Aldershot Town	5
Woking	3
Kidderminster Harriers	1
Alfreton Town	1
Others	0

Banning Orders

Grimsby Town,	41
Luton Town,	21
Lincoln City,	19
Stockport County,	15
Mansfield Town,	11
Newport County,	11
Hereford United,	10
Wrexham,	9
Aldershot Town,	8
Darlington,	8
Alfreton Town,	7
Chester City,	7
Halifax Town,	7
Kidderminster Harriers,	4
Nuneaton Town,	4
Macclesfield Town,	3
Barnet,	2
Salisbury City,	1
Others	0

BSP Away Support 12/13 Hatters, Mariners Stags & Imps deserve Medals!

The belated away support stats 2012/13 for Luton Town, Grimsby, Wrexham, Stockport, Mansfield, Newport, Cambridge, Kidderminster, Hereford, Dartford, Lincoln, Macclesfield, Nuneaton, Telford, Woking, Southport, Tamworth, Ebbsfleet, Alfreton, Forest Green, Hyde, Barrow, Braintree and Gateshead. Outstanding support as ever from the Hatters – Luton that is and Stockport who have both had another shocker given their fabulous support ……but there is always next Saturday.

apologies for the delay, been writing a book in memory of Richard Butcher for charity and the broken heel has had me hanging like a bat at times! thanks as ever for stopping by and reading Neil Gentleman-Hobbs 

As usual we give both the average and the total turnstile clicks of the travelling fans. Once again you were loud and should be rightly proud considering the prices and the climate. The average taken away in the BSP was 195 plus the shrapnel down by 15 on the previous season. The Mighty Imps recovered from 183 to 228 after another shocker.

Team	Ave	Total	Games
Luton	496	11,399	23
Stockport	479	11,019	23
Grimsby	429	9,869	23
Wrexham	363	9,678	23
Mansfield	396	9,103	23
Newport	263	6044	23
Kidderminster	241	5,549	23
Cambridge	230	5,306	23
Lincoln	228	5,253	23
Hereford	214	4933.5	23
Dartford	151	3,475	23
Macclesfield	147	3,374	23
Nuneaton	130	2,999	23
Woking	102	2,337	23
Telford	91	2,102	23
Southport	90	2,082	23
Tamworth	88	2,022	23
Alfreton	77	1,769	23
Forest Green	71	1,644	23
Ebbsfleet	70	1,592	23
Barrow	68	1,407	23
Hyde	60	1,362	23
Gateshead	40	913	23
Braintree	39	722	23

Wrexham Deserve 3 Promotion Places For Conference Clubs

For 3 promotion places to have any chance, Luton, Grimsby, Wrexham, Alfreton,  Braintree,  Cambridge,  Chester FC,  Dartford, Forest Green, Gateshead, Grimsby,  Hereford,  Hyde, Kidderminster, Lincoln,  Macclesfield, Nuneaton, Southport, Tamworth, Welling United and Woking fans need to act now.  Wrexham have for the second year failed to go up, something their flowing football deserved.  Luton have a budget League 2 & 1 clubs would envy, yet they too are marooned.  STMI urge all BSP, Championship and League 1 teams to back us, surely asking League 2 clubs would be like asking Turkeys to vote for Christmas. Please sign our petition  here and copy and paste this article onto your forums – we have 1250 we need 10k so ask your clubs to put it on their official sites. This is a call to arms, a fair and just fight for the right, nothing more, nothing less from, one fan to every other (and any League fans too, if you have a sporting sense of right and wrong)

Please help, please sign and thanks for reading Neil Gentleman-Hobbs

Ahead of a scheduled Football League full vote this summer, this is Football’s chance to be seen as a shining light in an unfair world – to be fair and willing to share. Give that right to fans and teams who dare to dream. You, the fans and the Football League, are the gateway and the custodians of the people’s game in so many ways. Please, surely there has to be at least one more set of golden keys?

Urge your members to give the Conference one more promotion spot. Is it so much so ask with the new TV deal just about to shower your members with even more cash? We are not asking for the cash handout, just give our teams the right to play our way onto the table.

BSP fans, believe we can do this together and rest assured The Football League will get an email every time someone signs.

*****

Please sign our petition  here

*****

Akin to the economy, we are starting to become stale and starved down here, through a two up two down system that blights – is that fair in the peoples game?  No its Feudalism football, an increasing reflection of life designed to stop the dream, kill the passion. Once again the enterprise dies. That may be shaping up to be Modern Britain but surely Football can be seen to send out the right message? We are not asking for your money just the right for 3 teams to join the party each season. Let us increase the natural flow of money through the game for the benefit of all, especially grass roots football. Its like quantitative easing  but without the inflation, it wont affect the nation because those who aspire can achieve higher.

*****

Please sign our petition  here

*****

The more noise we fans make the more they will listen. The football League vote is laden towards the top and it will cost them nothing. 5 Leagues plus two regional feeders could see dreams fulfilled, enticing investors into the game.

Let us force the League and the Blue Square Premier around a table and do what is fair.  In the current climate the last thing we need is to perpetuate ‘Feudalism Football’ – because that is what it is when the few shut out the millions who try to play the game on every park and pitch throughout the land.

Please sign our petition  here

3 up 3 down from League 2 to the BSP would allow passage up and down the pyramid, which could put more of an incentive into lads wanting to play the game now we are in a depression with £400 a week and the chance of getting spotted even though you slipped through the net at 16.

A more affordable football experience, the chance to have a friendly beer with other fans.  That extra place, or two would really fire the imagination fuelled by ambition and local pride and allow people to dare to dream without the fear of failure. 2 up 2 down is not fair is it Mr Clegg and it is most certainly not  British.  Everybody deserves a second chance. 3 up and 3 down will give us a sporting one at least.

BSP 3 Up 3 Down Petition – Have you signed Yet?

For 3 Up 3 Down Luton, Grimsby, Wrexham, Stockport, Mansfield, Newport, Cambridge, Kidderminster, Hereford, Dartford, Lincoln, Macclesfield, Nuneaton, Telford, Woking, Southport, Tamworth, Ebbsfleet, Alfreton, Forest Green, Hyde, Barrow, Braintree and Gateshead fans must unite and act now.   Please sign our petition  here and copy and paste this article onto your forums – even ask your clubs to put it on their official sites. This is a call to arms, a fair and just fight for the right, nothing more nothing less from one fan to every other (and League fans too, if you have a sporting sense of right and wrong.

Massive thanks to  News Now, Red Passion, Luton Outlaws, Bulls News, BAFC + HSN, Stagsnet and Harriers on-line, for already coming on board.  

To cut to the chase

Ahead of a scheduled Football League full vote this summer, this is Football’s chance to be seen as a shining light in an unfair world – to be fair and willing to share. Give that right to fans and teams who dare to dream. You, the fans and the Football League, are the gateway and the custodians of the people’s game in so many ways. Please, surely there has to be at least one more set of golden keys?

Urge your members to give the Conference one more promotion spot. Is it so much so ask with the new TV deal just about to shower your members with even more cash? We are not asking for the cash handout, just give our teams the right to play our way onto the table.

BSP fans, believe we can do this together and rest assured The Football League will get an email every time someone signs.

*****

Please sign our petition  here

*****

Akin to the economy, we are starting to become stale and starved down here, through a two up two down system that blights – is that fair in the peoples game?  No its Feudalism football, an increasing reflection of life designed to stop the dream, kill the passion. Once again the enterprise dies. That may be shaping up to be Modern Britain but surely Football can be seen to send out the right message? We are not asking for your money just the right for 3 teams to join the party each season. Let us increase the natural flow of money through the game for the benefit of all, especially grass roots football. Its like quantitative easing  but without the inflation, it wont affect the nation because those who aspire can achieve higher.

*****

Please sign our petition  here

*****

The more noise we fans make the more they will listen. The football League vote is laden towards the top and it will cost them nothing. 5 Leagues plus two regional feeders could see dreams fulfilled, enticing investors into the game.

Let us force the League and the Blue Square Premier around a table and do what is fair.  In the current climate the last thing we need is to perpetuate ‘Feudalism Football’ – because that is what it is when the few shut out the millions who try to play the game on every park and pitch throughout the land.

Please sign our petition  here

3 up 3 down from League 2 to the BSP would allow passage up and down the pyramid, which could put more of an incentive into lads wanting to play the game now we are in a depression with £400 a week and the chance of getting spotted even though you slipped through the net at 16.

A more affordable football experience, the chance to have a friendly beer with other fans.  That extra place, or two would really fire the imagination fuelled by ambition and local pride and allow people to dare to dream without the fear of failure. 2 up 2 down is not fair is it Mr Clegg and it is most certainly not  British.  Everybody deserves a second chance. 3 up and 3 down will give us a sporting one at least.

BSP 3 Up 3 Down Petition – 985 & rising

For 3 Up 3 Down Luton, Grimsby, Wrexham, Stockport, Mansfield, Newport, Cambridge, Kidderminster, Hereford, Dartford, Lincoln, Macclesfield, Nuneaton, Telford, Woking, Southport, Tamworth, Ebbsfleet, Alfreton, Forest Green, Hyde, Barrow, Braintree and Gateshead fans need to act now.   Please sign our petition  here and copy and paste this article onto your forums – even ask your clubs to put it on their official sites. This is a call to arms, a fair and just fight for the right, nothing more nothing less from one fan to every other (and League fans too, if you have a sporting sense of right and wrong.

Massive thanks to  News Now for their RSS assistance as ever, without them my blog would be a gin palace without a road….  I Neil Gentleman-Hobbs am proud to write about the Imps & BSP either side of the realities of minimum wage working and time demands.

Ahead of a scheduled Football League full vote this summer, this is Football’s chance to be seen as a shining light in an unfair world – to be fair and willing to share. Give that right to fans and teams who dare to dream. You, the fans and the Football League, are the gateway and the custodians of the people’s game in so many ways. Please, surely there has to be at least one more set of golden keys?

Urge your members to give the Conference one more promotion spot. Is it so much so ask with the new TV deal just about to shower your members with even more cash? We are not asking for the cash handout, just give our teams the right to play our way onto the table.

BSP fans, believe we can do this together and rest assured The Football League will get an email every time someone signs.

*****

Please sign our petition  here

*****

Akin to the economy, we are starting to become stale and starved down here, through a two up two down system that blights – is that fair in the peoples game?  No its Feudalism football, an increasing reflection of life designed to stop the dream, kill the passion. Once again the enterprise dies. That may be shaping up to be Modern Britain but surely Football can be seen to send out the right message? We are not asking for your money just the right for 3 teams to join the party each season. Let us increase the natural flow of money through the game for the benefit of all, especially grass roots football. Its like quantitative easing  but without the inflation, it wont affect the nation because those who aspire can achieve higher.

*****

Please sign our petition  here

*****

The more noise we fans make the more they will listen. The football League vote is laden towards the top and it will cost them nothing. 5 Leagues plus two regional feeders could see dreams fulfilled, enticing investors into the game.

Let us force the League and the Blue Square Premier around a table and do what is fair.  In the current climate the last thing we need is to perpetuate ‘Feudalism Football’ – because that is what it is when the few shut out the millions who try to play the game on every park and pitch throughout the land.

Please sign our petition  here

3 up 3 down from League 2 to the BSP would allow passage up and down the pyramid, which could put more of an incentive into lads wanting to play the game now we are in a depression with £400 a week and the chance of getting spotted even though you slipped through the net at 16.

A more affordable football experience, the chance to have a friendly beer with other fans.  That extra place, or two would really fire the imagination fuelled by ambition and local pride and allow people to dare to dream without the fear of failure. 2 up 2 down is not fair is it Mr Clegg and it is most certainly not  British.  Everybody deserves a second chance. 3 up and 3 down will give us a sporting one at least.

Can 500 Imps Witness 3rd Win In 3

‘Tis on a knife edge then, just five points divide Hyde, Tamworth, Alfreton, Gateshead, Lincoln, Southport, Stockport, Nuneaton and Barrow. Two wins separate 14th and 22nd in the most exciting BSP basement battle ever.  The Imps have found form at just the right time,  but all could be undone with everyone capable of beating anyone in this League.

A warm welcome to Alfreton fans visiting the site for the first time, thank you for reading the Form of the Foe courtesy of Neil Gentleman-Hobbs 

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Saturday  30th March K.O 3pm

GROUND GUIDE

Away Fans Prices

Adults £18

Cons £11

U16 £11

Alma Terrace (Cap 1200)

After the heroics of Tuesday night our Imp heroes  go into this weekend knowing both games to be pivotal, given our tough April.  Confidence is high however and, this can be another big step in the right direction with another fantastic following of 4-500 set to travel.

The Reds sit 16th, by virtue of goal difference, just behind Tamworth and in-form Hyde, whilst the Imps sit 18th.

Pos		Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1		Kidderminster Harriers	41	23	9	9	69	37	32	78
14		Hyde FC	40	14	6	20	56	64	-8	48
15		Tamworth	39	13	9	17	47	55	-8	48
16		Alfreton Town	39	12	12	15	56	66	-10	48
17		Gateshead	39	11	13	15	47	50	-3	46
18		Lincoln City	40	12	10	18	57	65	-8	46
19		Southport	40	12	10	18	63	76	-13	46
20		Stockport County	40	12	9	19	51	65	-14	45
21		Nuneaton	40	10	14	16	44	59	-15	44
22		Barrow	39	11	10	18	42	70	-28	43
23		Ebbsfleet United	37	8	12	17	50	73	-23	36
24		AFC Telford United	41	5	16	20	49	69	-20	31

Likely Team & scheme

Law favours 4-4-2

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13 Pickford

2 Law 16 Rose 5 Quinn 3 Franklin

7 Brown 10 Bradley 8 Soares 18 Hewitt

21 Tomlinson 9 Clayton

  Alfreton’s Form

Alfreton’s home record is the 22nd worst in the division, although that has improved to 6th on current form.   Then again overall the Reds are the 6th most in-form side in the BSP, despite 3 postponements in a busy March that could still see them sucked into a dogfight if they suffer a second defeat on the trot. Not as unlikely as it seems given the form of the sides around the relegation trapdoor. It’s so tight an agents bank notes would blink if they were lucky enough to see sunlight. 

Recent Results (last game 1st)			Results breakdown
Braintree	2
Alfreton	1		G	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Position
Alfreton	3	Home	18	6	5	7	30	33	-3	23	20
Gateshead	2	Away	21	6	7	8	26	33	-7	26	7
Alfreton	3	Overall	39	12	12	15	56	66	-10	48	16
Ebbsfleet	0	The last 5′s
Tamworth	1		G	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Position
Alfreton	1	Overall	5	2	2	1	9	6	3	8	6
Wrexham	1	Home	5	2	2	1	12	8	4	9	6
Alfreton	1	Away	5	0	2	3	4	8	-4	2	21
Alfreton	5	Form By Month
Hyde	1		G	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Position
Kidderminster	3	January	5	1	2	2	7	10	-3	5	14
Alfreton	1	February	7	2	0	5	12	14	-2	6	15
		March	5	2	2	1	9	6	3	8	12

  Ker-ching £££

Highest Home Gate	1537	Mansfield
Lowest home gate	459	Ebbsfleet
Average Home Gate	726
Total Turnstile Clicks	12,346

 Heroes & Villains

Heroes	Goals		Assists
Clayton	14	Law	9
Tomlinson	11	Arnold	9
Bradley	4	Bradley	4
3 lads on	3	Clayton	4
Villains	Yellows		Reds
Tomlinson	8	Streete	2
Kempson	8	Denton	1
Franks	8
Streete	7
YELLOWS	66	REDS	3

Keeper corner – Jordan Pickford

The 19 year-old has grasped the his first team opportunity and made the position his own for the last 6 games.  A good away following could unsettle the tall yet sleight lad who has one clean sheet to his name but relatively little experience.

Games	Sub	Conceded	Saves	Mins Played	Clean sheets	Mins per goal	Yc’s	Rc’s
6	0	7	29	540	1	77	0	0

BSP Home Support – 2012/13 &, 2011/12

Welcome to the BSP home support for Luton, Grimsby, Wrexham, Stockport, Mansfield, Newport, Cambridge, Kidderminster, Hereford, Dartford, Lincoln, Macclesfield, Nuneaton, Telford, Woking, Southport, Tamworth, Ebbsfleet, Alfreton, Forest Green, Hyde, Barrow, Braintree and Gateshead.  Luton look likely to break the 100,000 barrier again this season, but even they are, 1400 down on last season.  The need for 3 up 3 down has never been greater you feel ahead of the League vote at the end of the season, with the average attendance in the BSP standing at 1,905 compared to 2693 last term. Write to your MP and quick!

Thanks as ever for stopping by and reading Neil Gentleman-Hobbs 

As usual we give both the average and the total turnstile clicks for this season, as well as the number of games. For those inquisitive minds who wish a comparison with last season that is here to.   We have omitted last season’s crowds for those in League 2, The BSS and BSN last season. AWAY STATS  HERE

	Team	Games	Total Turnstile Clicks	Average Gate	2011/12 Total	2011/12 Ave
1	Luton Town	16	91,299	6,086	188,837	7553
2	Grimsby Town	19	72,323	3,806	76,085	3308
3	Wrexham	17	56,431	3,526	96.636	4,026
4	Stockport County	19	58,336	3,431	84,567	3,676
5	Mansfield Town	19	47,488*	2,499*	68,980	2,874
6	Newport County	18	41,904	2,464	31,042	1,349
7	Cambridge United	19	37,246	2,190	55,956	2,432
8	Lincoln City	20	42,550	2,127	53,990	2,347
9	Kidderminster Harriers	18	35,066	1,948	48,191	2,095
10	Hereford United	17	32,044	1,884	n/a	L2
11	AFC Telford United	19	31,547	1,752	52,066	2,263
12	Woking	18	27,142	1,596	n/a	BSS
13	Macclesfield Town	18	23,024	1,534	n/a	L2
14	Dartford	17	23,157	1,447	n/a	BSS
15	Forest Green Rovers	18	19,548	1,221	23,796	1,034
16	Tamworth	19	16,890	993	25,237	1,097
17	Nuneaton Town	18	16,694	982	n/a	BSN
18	Southport	19	17,427	968	29,669	1,289
19	Ebbsfleet United	18	16,348	961	23,396	1,017
20	Barrow	18	16,045	943	29,015	1,261
21	Hyde	17	12,481	832	n/a	BSN
22	Alfreton Town	17	11,780	736	24,454	1,063
23	Braintree Town	16	8,752	673	19,739	897
24	Gateshead	15	7,420	570	19,381	842

* Thanks to Martin Shaw Editor of  Stagsnet the no 1 independent forum and news site for Mansfield Town FC.