Will North Ferriby play a weak side against Radcliffe tomorrow? They are already certain to finish in 4th place which means they will be away to the team that finishes 3rd (Spenny/Radcliffe). Just wondering if they think it might be in their interests to let Radcliffe win and put the pressure on Spennymoor who must also win to finish second/possibly first. I'm not suggesting that they will do this but it throws up some interesting questions doesn't it?

Can I just say well done to Spennymoor for being involved in the championship race on the last day after being well behind on fixtures all season, its a real achievement when you are playing catch up for so long.

Good Luck to all the teams battling it out tomorrow and hopefully us Tigers can spoil the party at the Crown Ground and finish off the bottom.

p.s. Stanley: please don't score more than 2!

I just posted the following on the Radclife site:-

"Well, for us the main season is finally over! Spennymoor's result last night confirmed our fourth place in the league and also left your fate in their hands.
We won the East Riding Senior Cup last night for a record 7th successive year and picked up one or two injuries which may not recover in time for Saturday.
Spennymoor/Witton should be a cracker with Witton needing to win to cement 5th place and the play offs and Spennymoor needing a win to ensure promotion.
The fat lady must be ready to sing soon, and I suspect it will be next Tuesday for us back at your place.
See you all tomorrow."

We will not be playing a weakened side from choice, Paul Farley, Graham Botham and Gavin Knight all picked up injuries in last night's game and must be doubtful for tomorrow. We will still be trying to win, we never do any other, and it would be very negative for Tuesday (if we play Radcliffe)if we had been comprehensively beaten by them the previous Saturday.

With all matches kicking off simultaneously, I don't think their will be any additional pressure on either Spennymoor or Radcliffe.

I just hope that the Gateshead ground situation is sorted out very soon, it would be nice to finish the season without contoversy for once!

maybe finishing 5th is the place to be!

sometimes its better to play a team who has struggled all season, ie gateshead, than a team who's battled all season!

what do you reckon Alan P??

spennymoor to win ( 88min pen ) blood bath at matlock 1-0 home win chorley romp it at stocksbridge. gateshead lose to chorley a cracker as feriby win a 4-3 at radcliffe . a poor 0-0 final chorley 3-2 on pens. been some season!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ps i am hopeless at predictions

It's all up in the air, with 7 teams in with a chance of promotion (and Alfreton already up) on the final day of the season. Hopefully we will see big crowds all around the league. Much as I dislike the unfairness of playoffs, this has been the most exciting season for us since we won the Prem in 1988.

And remember Alfreton has to get a point, in reality, to secure the championship tomorrow,so it is down to the wire for that. We should win though.

Well we have Chorley. They seem to think they are playing us on Tuesday but I doubt that will happen now. We have appealed to the FA and the UniBond have threatened to relegate us for thinking we're are bigger than the league. It would be typical of the UniBond to move the goal posts to relegate another North East club. Remember what happened to Bishops? The UniBond don't want any North East clubs in the Northern League because its really the Manchester/Liverpool/Yorkshire league. Blyth and Whitby have been threatened with relegation because of ground standards and they're making it impossible for Gateshead saying that we needed 20 stewards at Filtrona Park!!! Anyone who went to the Worksop and Whitby game will know that you don't need 20 stewards for 180 people. It was described by me as a school trip. One steward for every 20 supporters. Stupid!

Odd as it may seem mr Percival Chorley are not part of Manchester ,Yorkshire or liverpool,we are part of Lancashire,hope to see you all soon and may the best team win,regards and good luck,EC

If the play-off match is delayed between Chorley and Gateshead, it is only going to cause the winner of the tie problems when it comes to preparing for the final.

Radcliffe or North Ferriby will have one or two day more to recover after their semi-final, while our match could go to extra-time and penalties to exaggerate the situation. Tired legs will not help either sides chances.

Gateshead were told well over a week ago about the problems regarding their "home" venue in the play-offs, so why wait until after the regular season ends to complain. All this could have been sorted out by now, and either Gateshead could have been travelling to Manchester/Liverpool to play Chorley, or we could have been on our way to Scotland! I hear the Open University does a great Geography course and you can do it without leaving your front door and so there is no risk of getting lost!

As for 20 stewards for 180 people, that might be the gate for a normal relegation battle for Gateshead. But if Chorley do have to travel (and there is sufficient time for supporters to get organised) then I can see us taking around 100 fans north, similar to the numbers we took to Stocksbridge on Saturday, so you might need 30 stewards!

there will end up being more stewards than fans..... can i come? lol