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Arthur Horsfield wrote:Capricorn with all due respect what has that got to do with the national league south. Surely you should post that under a new thread.

Seriously!? My word.

DAMikey please read previous posts then you will see why that tongue in cheek comment was written.

So Woking win!

Woking up to old tricks. Most diving I’ve seen a long time. Thier fans running on pitch goading welling fans at the end. A few scuffles. A few handcuffs went on. Police filming.
They really are an awful lot and as usual it’s the little imbreds who all have school in the morning.
Security did very little.
Same old disgusting Woking glad there up so we don’t play that lot again.

Kentc wrote:Woking up to old tricks. Most diving I’ve seen a long time. Thier fans running on pitch goading welling fans at the end. A few scuffles. A few handcuffs went on. Police filming.
They really are an awful lot and as usual it’s the little imbreds who all have school in the morning.
Security did very little.
Same old disgusting Woking glad there up so we don’t play that lot again.

A leopard never changes its spots

The below has been taken from the Non League Football Pages

Gloucester City and Oxford City have been placed back in the National League North with the Football Association releasing the provisional National League System Club Allocations for 2019-20.

There are four reprieves at Step 4 while there has been a slight adjustment to the footprint of the two Northern Premier League Division Ones after club feedback.

The new North Ferriby, formed following the demise of North Ferriby United, will start at Step 6 in the Northern Counties East League Division One and Jersey Bulls kick-off life in the NLS in the Combined Counties League Division One.

Clubs from Steps 1 to 6 have seven days to appeal where they’ve been placed and the allocations are only final when confirmed at next month’s league AGMs.

Gloucester recently survived in their second season in the National League South after eight years in Step 2’s northern section.

Oxford had three years in the North between 2012 and 2015, including a sixth-place finish, but have spent the last four campaigns in the South.

Their lateral movement is the consequence of Maidstone United, Havant & Waterlooville. Aldershot Town and Braintree Town being relegated out of Non-League’s top flight.

There are still question marks over the future of Gateshead with Aldershot Town first in line for a reprieve.

At Step 3, Hednesford Town have been shifted into the Southern League Premier Central from the NPL Premier and are set to be joined by Kings Langley, who narrowly missed out on the Southern League Premier South play-offs.

North Ferriby United’s demise has created a vacancy at Step 4, which has been taken by Romford.

Colwyn Bay’s decision to enter into the Welsh system has reprieved Kendal Town, AFC Mansfield’s resignation saves Carlton Town and Barnstaple Town are the beneficiaries of Street opting to drop down.

There is lateral movement in the Step 4 NPL divisions with the leagues shifting from West and East to North West and South East – although they are more titles than the specific areas of the country the leagues cover.

From 2020-21, there will be an eighth division at Step 4 that will encompass the north-east area as the FA continues the transition to a pure Pyramid.

As revealed by The NLP last month, it means a number of different end-of-season scenarios to make up the increase in numbers at Step 4.

Fourteen Step 5 champions will be promoted along with the second and third placed clubs in the Northern League, North West Counties and Northern Counties East.

The four highest points per game from the remaining 11 runners-up will go up and the remaining seven will take part in a one-season-only play-off with the seven bottom-placed sides at Step 4.

This season’s Super Play-offs at Step 3 have been dropped and the controversial PPG method that saw just five of this season’s Step 4 play-off winners promoted also scrapped.

From 2020-21, the National League North and South will increase to 24 clubs so next season eight Step 3 teams – four champions and four play-off winners – will go up and only two will be relegated from each Step 2 division.

Next season the bottom two clubs in each Step 3 division will be relegated along with two more third-bottom clubs based on PPG.

The Hellenic League’s Division One East and Division One West will run with 15 and 14 clubs respectively, but discussions are ongoing with a view to increase the membership of both to 16.

Well, that's good news then.

I wonder if Oxford will appeal against the move to the National League North considering that Braintree is geographically further north than Oxford.

Doubt it.

Besides, Braintree might be further north than Oxford, but the travelling would probably be longer since they would have to travel west out of Essex before reaching the northbound motorways (for which Oxford is handily placed). I've no doubt that this is something that had already been taken into account by the league.