FOOTBALL LEAGUE - BATTLE TO BEAT THE DROP UPDATE

League Two Bottom four 

(As of 8/1/11)                       (As of today)
                P   GD PTS REL   SA                 P   GD PTS REL  SA
21 Stockport    23 -23 23  6/4   21   Macc  Town    23 -13 27  9/2  17 
22 Lincoln City 20 -14 19  3/1   25   Burton Albion 22 -1  25  14/1 19
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23 Hereford     22 -17 19  6/4   25   Barnet        28 -18 25  4/7  19     
24 Barnet       23 -18 19  11/10 25   Stockport     29 -35 25  2/9  19

REL denotes relegation odds 
SA denotes possible points required to be safe based on the average of 44 over past eight seasons.

In the battle to beat the drop from the football league it's been a bad month for Stockport County with only two points gained from a possible eighteen on offer from the six games they have played which has caused them to sink to the bottom of the table. Barnet are still stuck in the drop zone despite picking up points and have been joined in the bottom four by Burton Albion and Macclesfield Town who both have a big number of games in hand over the bottom two.

Just nine points cover bottom of the table Stockport County up to current 12th placed Stevenage so all is not lost for any team at present.

Hereford United and Lincoln City who were in the bottom four a month ago now are placed just above in 20th and 19th place respectively.

Today's games featuring the bottom four -

Torquay United v Stockport County
Northampton Town v Barnet
Bury v Burton Albion - OFF due to waterlogged pitch at Gigg Lane.
Macclesfield Town v Bradford City

All tough games for Barnet, Stockport County and Macclesfield Town today. The cold end predicts a loss for The Bees by at least two goals as the Cobblers are strong at Sixfields (unbeaten in seven league games), Stockport County to lose narrowly at Plainmoor and Macclesfield Town to maybe get a draw at home to Bradford City who themselves are down in eighteenth place and not out of the relegation fight yet.

It's exciting for neutral fans to see which teams are going to go down and which are going to scrape in and keep their league status but the cold end is sure fan's of the club's at the wrong end of the table would trade their current place for boring mid-table mediocrity any day of the week.