Tuesday 21 January 2020

BETVICTOR SOUTHERN LEAGUE DIVISON ONE (CENTRAL) - RACE FOR THE TITLE AND PLAY-OFFS

POS TEAM P GD PTS WIN% P.P.G P.P.G* FORM
1.  CORBY TOWN  22 +31 50 72.70 2.27 2.10 WWWLWL
2.  BERKHAMSTED   22 +35 48 68.20 2.18 1.80 LWLWWW
3.  HALESOWEN TOWN 18 +37 44 77.80 2.44 2.60 WWDWDW
4. WELWYN GC   20 +23 40 60.00 2.00 2.20 LWLWWW
5. AYLESBURY UTD  23 +11 39 43.50 1.70 1.60 LDDWLW
6.  THAME UTD  21 +20 36 52.50 1.71 2.30 WDWLWW
7.  BEDWORTH UTD   21 0 33 47.60 1.57 1.90 LWLWWW
8.  BARTON ROVERS  21 +12 32 42.90 1.52 1.40 WDLLWW
9. COLESHILL TOWN  21 +7 30 42.90 1.43 1.70 WWDDWL
10. YAXLEY   21 0 30 42.90 1.43 1.40 DLLWWW
WIN% - PERCENTAGE OF GAMES WON 
PPG - POINTS PER GAME 
PPG* - POINTS PER GAME IN LAST TEN PLAYED
FORM - LAST SIX GAMES 

Corby Town, who finished in third place last season and eventually lost to Bromsgrove Sporting (2nd) in the play-off final, currently lead the way in the BetVictor Southern League Division One (Central) - they are closely followed by Berkhamsted who finished in sixth place last season and Halesowen Town who were relegated from Step Three at the end of the 2018/19 campaign. 



Halesowen Town are maybe best placed with four games in hand over their title rivals - they have fallen behind due to their successful FA Trophy run where they travel to Vanarama National League Maidenhead United in a second round replay tonight. They are without a defeat in thirteen league games with the last loss being at home to Corby Town on Saturday 14th September. It's a huge match on Saturday as they travel to Steel Park to face the league leaders in the return match. 
The Steelmen's two defeats (away at Barton Rovers and Coleshill Town) in their last three league games has put a dent in their Championship hopes and it makes Saturday's match a real must win one for them. 


TOP FOUR V TOP FOUR TABLE 
TEAM P W D L GF GA GD PTS
CORBY TOWN 3 3 0 0 6 3 +3 9
BERKHAMSTED 3 0 1 2 4 8 -4 1
HALESOWEN TOWN 2 0 0 2 1 4 -3 0
WELWYN GC  4 2 1 1 7 3 +4 7


Corby Town have the best record in the top 4 v top 4 table closely followed by Welwyn Garden City and somewhat surprinsgly Halesowen Town who have two defeats (the aforementioned at home to Corby Town and when WGC visited them in late August they came away with a 0-2 win). 

REMAINING FIXTURES FOR TOP FOUR v TOP FOUR 

Saturday 25th January
Corby Town v Halesowen Town 

Tuesday 3rd March 
Berkhamsted v Halesowen Town 

Saturday 14th March
Berkhamsted v Corby Town 

Saturday 28th March 
Welwyn GC v Halesowen Town 

Saturday 11th April 
Welwyn GC v Corby Town 

Saturday 18th April 
Halesowen Town v Berkhamsted 


At the bottom of the table it's already been a very long season for Wantage Town who have just one victory in their twenty-two games played which came at home on New Year's Day at home to North Leigh. The Oxfordshire club have yo-yo'ed between the Southern League and the Hellenic League in their recent history. They were Hellenic champions in 2014 and stayed at step four for three years finishing 20th, 20th and 21st before finishing 4th and then 1st in the Hellenic League in 2018/19 season. With an eleven point gap between them and St Neots Town it looks as though they'll be back at Step Five for the 2020/21 campaign. 

TOP GOALSCORERS 
LEWIS TOOMEY (BERKHAMSTED) - 20 
MONTEL GIBSON (HALESOWEN TOWN) - 15 
JORDAN CRAWFORD (CORBY TOWN) - 13 
JONATHAN LACEY (BERKHAMSTED) - 13 

In the top goalscorers list Berkhamsted have two players. Jonathan Lacey (formerly of Leverstock Green) has 13 goals and Lewis Toomey on 20 goals, He has played for a number of local clubs including Hemel Hempstead Town, Hendon, Kings Langley and Chesham United amongst others. Former Notts County player Montel Gibson is in second place with 15 goals for Halesowen Town. 

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