Billericay Town and AFC Hornchurch have been promoted to the Blue Square South so will need to be replaced by either two of three teams in the relegation places being Thurrock, Maidenhead United or Hampton & Richmond Borough. This could be wrong as teams could be moved sideways from the Evo-Stik Southern Premier to accommodate other teams and we need to take into account teams in the Blue Sqaure Divisions receiving reprieves which has a domino effect down the non-league ladder.
My money is on Hampton and Richmond Borough and Thurrock but I am a rubbish gambler so what do I know. If these two teams do join the Ryman League it'll probably see Maidenhead United and Hinckley United (bottom three of the Blue Square North) join the Evo Stik Southern Premier bearing in mind Stourbridge, Redditch United, Leamington and Barwell (local rivals to Hinckley) are already in that division.
So here's what TheColdEnd predicts will be the Ryman Premier Division next season -
| TEAM | POSN 11/12 | AVG CROWD | MILES* |
| BOGNOR REGIS TOWN | 2nd (D1S) | 509 | 75 |
| BURY TOWN | 5th | 420 | 65 |
| CANVEY ISLAND | 8th | 375 | 36 |
| CARSHALTON ATHLETIC | 16th | 251 | 22 |
| CONCORD RANGERS | 14th | 190 | 36 |
| CRAY WANDERERS | 9th | 191 | 25 |
| EAST THURROCK UNITED | 10th | 174 | 30 |
| ENFIELD TOWN | 2nd (D1N) | 330 | - |
| HAMPTON AND RICHMOND | 21st (BSS) | 501 | 25 |
| HARROW BOROUGH | 17th | 191 | 13 |
| HASTINGS UNITED | 18th | 378 | 72 |
| HENDON | 7th | 201 | 8 |
| KINGSTONIAN | 11th | 331 | 22 |
| LEISTON | 1st (D1N) | 193 | 92 |
| LEWES | 6th | 634 | 60 |
| LOWESTOFT TOWN | 3rd | 668 | 110 |
| MARGATE | 15th | 343 | 80 |
| MET POLICE | 12th | 176 | 25 |
| THURROCK | 22nd (BSS) | 292 | 22 |
| WEALDSTONE | 4th | 502 | 13 |
| WHITEHAWK | 1st (D1S) | 125 | 65 |
| WINGATE AND FINCHLEY | 13th | 139 | 7 |
*miles from Enfield - distances calculated via rac.co.uk/route-planner on 'quickest' route which showed as across London on most routes South... If you use the quickest route (probably around the M25) it'll be a few more miles!
The only problem with the league line up predicted is the Big Bumper Boxing Day and Bank Holiday local derby games. There are some good ones -
Canvey Island v Concord Rangers
East Thurrock United v Thurrock
Leiston v Lowestoft Town
Lewes v Whitehawk
Wealdstone v Harrow Borough
Hastings v Bognor
Kingstonian v Met Police
Cray v Carshalton Athletic
Hendon v Wingate and Finchley
which leaves Margate, Bury Town, Hampton and Richmond Borough and Enfield Town..........The Beveree is not a big distance from Enfield so it's not too bad but Margate having to trek to Bury or vice-versa seems a tad harsh...It may be that Cray play Margate in a Kent derby of sorts and Carshalton Athletic play Hampton and Richmond leaving Enfield Town and Bury Town paired together. I'd prefer to play a more local games against Hendon, Wingate, Wealdstone or Harrow but they, of course, have teams closer to them.
The line-ups for the respective leagues are expected to be be announced in the next few weeks.
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