I'm off to Wembley tomorrow to watch
the Conference play off. This system of promotion has been in place
since 1979-80. Lucky Barnet won this year's Premier division fairly
comfortably and their reward is not to have the honour of playing at
the National Stadium.
Instead, the two teams that came
through the Conference play offs meet in North London tomorrow at
2pm. Bristol Rovers, relegated from the Football League last year
after a 94 year stay, meet Grimsby Town, relegated from the FL in
2010.
Barnet came first with 92 points during
their season whilst Rovers just came second with 91 points. Grimsby
were 5 points short in third. The difference was the result of a
number of draws earned by the Rovers, 16, compared to 11 by Grimsby
although in fact Grimsby scored 74 goals, one more than Rovers and
conceded 6 fewer.
The England “C” squad to play the
ROI in June in Galway in a friendly, was announced recently and
neither of these two Play Offs teams has a player on the list.
Grimsby is hoping to get 15,000 crowd
to the stadium, aiming to help beat the Play Off record of over
42600, which was the result of the York City v Oxford United game in
2010.
Watch out for the Robin Reliant and the Mariner down Wembley Way.
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