Two clubs from the Isthmian & Southern Lges won through from the play-offs to take their place in the expanded Conference yet only one club from the Northern Prem was allowed to qualify from their play-offs. Now a place has become available due to Northwich's reprieve it would now seem the ideal opportunity to correct that disparity and promote Burscough who were runners-up in the Northern Prem play-offs.
We might not like play-offs, play-offs may not be fair, but they end up taking precedence over league position if you don't get automatic promotion.