Opponents For Next Season?

[PSG55]

A bit previous, yes. But just been having a look at who our potential opponents might be for next season.

Obviously, we hope we'll be going up and it'll all be irrelevant. But on the basis of our current situation, there could be some interesting new grounds to visit in 26/27.

Cobham have won the CCL Premier South, so I guess they would come into the IL1SC as they're far enough west. Potentially Abbey Rangers, Tadley Calleva and Fleet Town fighting it out for the playoffs. I think Tooting & Mitcham would be too far east?

Burnham look a good bet for the title in the CCL Premier North. Pretty sure they'd come into the IL1SC. Potentially Ashford Town, Windsor & Eton and North Greenford United in the playoffs. Broadfields United perhaps a 50/50 given that Rayners Lane went into the Southern Central. But then Harrow are in with us. So I guess it depends on other divisions.

I suspect we may see a realignment with perhaps Marlow, Flackwell Heath and / or Beaconsfield Town coming across to the IL1SC. Perhaps one of the Channel Islands if Guernsey are promoted? They're currently in the playoffs of the Southern Combination and there are flights to Heathrow from Guernsey, so perhaps that might qualify them over Jersey who seems to be Gatwick-only.

It looks like we could potentially lose quite a few of the south coast teams this season. I see Steyning Town are top of the Southern Combination and they might just be far enough west to join the IL1SC. Also, AFC Stoneham are top of the Wessex Premier and are based right next to Southampton Airport. So that's another potential replacement.

[Surrey Missioner]

I've never been clear how they work out who plays in each league. I'd like to think there's an algorithm which works out the total travelling distance (or better still, travelling time) across all possible combinations, and then goes with whatever minimizes this (overall).

Some of our away fixtures feel excessively far away, given that we're in the eighth tier of English football....

It will also be interesting to see who comes down from step 3 ....

[Red army]

Largely depends on relegations and promotions the borders shift to accommodate the right amount of teams into each given league.

Replacing Beaconsfield and Rayners Lane with trips to Bognor, AFC Portchester and Fareham seems strange but ties in with Moneyfields and Horndean for those coastal clubs. I quite like the fact as a supporter that there always a chance of new grounds every season and ones you may not visit for seasons on end without a cup draw.

Players demanding higher wages for this level of football is mind boggling at times. Clubs playing budgets are through the roof these days. Non-league club attracting new ownership models, who are willing to invest huge sums to make them successful sets the bar for the rest!!!

Be interesting to see where we sit in regards of player budget in any given season.
Lot of talk of 3/5 year plans with promotion back to step 2 in the not too distant future!!
That’s some serious investment for a club that struggles to break 250 through the gate every home game.

[The idol]

Having looked at the possible projections which have not been updated for a while, this is possible, but would need a lot to go for it to get right our league could have over 75% of our games away from home as artifical pitches next season if everyone who has a plastic pitch fails to get promoted from this league, gets promoted from step 5 and or survives in the Isthmian South Central of course but it's an interesting list to look at.


AFC Portchester - Going 4G
AFC Stoneham - Already 4G
Ashford Town Middx - Already 4G
Ascot United - Already 4G
Bedfont Sports - Already 4G
Binfield - GRASS
Bognor Regis Town - Already 4G
Broadfields United - 4G @ Rayners Lane (Or Hendon which is already 4G)
Cobham - Already 4G
Egham Town - GRASS
Guernsey - Already 4G - New ground from before.
Hanworth Villa - Already 4G
Hanworthy Rec - Already 4G
Hartley Wintney - GRASS
Hayes & Yeading - GRASS
Horley Town - Already 4G
Kingstonian - Sharing @ Ashford Town
Moneyfields - Already 4G
Petersfield Town - GRASS
Raynes Park Vale - GRASS
South Park Reigate - Already 4G
Southall - Sharing @ Uxbridge - 4G