THE VANARAMA NATIONAL LEAGUE - PLAY-OFFs UPDATE

POS	TEAM	P	GD	PTS	PP	FORM	#
1.	STOCKPORT COUNTY	41	+49	88	97	WLWLLW	2010/11
2.	WREXHAM	42	+45	85	91	DWLWWD	2007/08
3.	FC HALIFAX TOWN	42	+29	83	89	WDWLWW	2001/02*
4.	SOLIHULL MOORS	42	+33	81	87	WDLWWW	-
5.	NOTTS COUNTY	42	+25	76	82	LWWWLW	2018/19
6.	GRIMSBY TOWN	41	+23	73	82	WDWWWD	2020/21
7	CHESTERFIELD	42	+20	73	79	LWLWLL	2017/18
8.	DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE	42	+26	70	76	WWWDWD	2015/16
9.	BOREHAM WOOD	41	+13	66	75	LLWLWD	-

BOLD denotes champions and promoted to football league 

denotes qualification for end of season play-offs
# denotes season last in football league 

* FC Halifax Town formed after the demise of Halifax Town

With a game in hand it's Stockport County who are the 1/50 favourites for the title over Wrexham who are rated at 14/1 with FC Halifax Town the only other team who could finish top at 250/1. 

What a game there is this Sunday as Wrexham host Stockport County at The Racecourse Ground where a win for the visitors would win them the title! 

In the race for a play-off place The Daggers who are unbeaten in seven games and Boreham Wood still have a chance. The Hertfordshire side were in the title race up until their FA Cup Fifth Round game with Everton in March but since then have lost eight of fourteen league games played but have shown a return to form in their last two matches beating Stockport County 1-2 away from home and drawing 1-1 at home to Wrexham on Bank Holiday Monday. Could they scrape into the play-offs? 

At the bottom of the table Kings Lynn Town, Weymouth and Dover Athletic are all confirmed as relegated to Step Two for the 2022/23 season - they will be replaced by the South and North champion's Maidstone United and Gateshead + the two play-off winners. 

With just three of the current top twelve not being a former football league member I think it's time for three up and three down. 

My idea would be for the either the top two to go up and then a third via play-offs from the teams who finish between 3rd and 8th position or, 

Top to go up, runner's up to play off against the team who finish third bottom of the football league over two legs home and away and then play-offs as above. At this current time it would probably see Wrexham play either Barrow or Stevenage.

FORTHCOMING FIXTURES

Saturday 7th May 

Bromley v Dover Athletic 

FC Halifax Town v Aldershot Town 

Grimsby Town v Maidenhead United 

Notts County v Altrincham 

Solihull Moors v Dagenham & Redbridge 

Torquay United v Chesterfield 

Wealdstone v King's Lynn Town

Weymouth v Barnet 

Woking v Eastleigh

Yeovil Town v Boreham Wood 

Sunday 8th May

Wrexham v Stockport County 

Tuesday 10th May

Bromley v Altrincham 

Grimsby Town v Boreham Wood 

Wednesday 11th May 

Stockport County v Torquay United 

Sunday 15th May 

Aldershot Town v Wealdstone

Altrincham v Yeovil Town

Barnet v Bromley 

Boreham Wood v Solihull Moors 

Chesterfield v Woking 

Dagenham & Redbridge v Wrexham 

Dover Athletic v Weymouth

Eastleigh v Grimsby Town 

Maidenhead United v Notts County 

Southend United v Torquay United

Stockport County v FC Halifax Town