Farsley v King's Lynn - Bank Holiday Monday 26 August

[westlynnmike]

90 minutes to Kick Off and this is the first mention of the Game 

Come On You Linnets 

My prediction is a 2 -0 Win for Lynn and a Bumper Crowd of 800+ (They don't usually have large attendances.)

[Les Smith]

1-0 to Lynn. They need to watch Jimmy Spencer - he has league experience and was NPL player of the year last season.

[KES80]

Don't think it will be one for the purists.
Shame we are missing Smith at the back.
If the grass is long and the pitch bobbly, we may have to be more direct than usual and of course it's hot !
COYL !

[macfleetwood1]

Another three great points!!!!!     

[Mallard]

One word to describe this start to the season.

A-MAZZZZ....ING

[m a hill]

We are sending shock waves though this league,but it’s still early days but we have to delighted with the way we have started

[Blue Moon]

Bastocks interview on Bevans channel on YouTube well worth a look

[Mallard]

Excellent from Bastock.  Interesting insight into the dressing room and comparison with other dressing rooms and Manager’s.   Surely IC can’t be up with Steve Evans 

[Dazzarugby65]

  That's 3 more points towards cementing a place in this league for next season, this has to be our first aim for this season. Anything above that is a major bonus, however I believe we are more than capable of the playoffs and possibly better. A long season lies ahead and players will get injured and suspended this is when we will find out if we have the squad numbers required. What a great start we have had however.

[KES80]

So thrilled and chuffed by this start to the campaign.

[Les Smith]

Not wishing to tempt fate but is the promotion process the same as the league we came from i.e. 1 automatic promotion + play-offs?

[Loughborough Linnet]

Not wishing to tempt fate but is the promotion process the same as the league we came from i.e. 1 automatic promotion + play-offs?

The champions are automatically promoted to the National League. A second promotion place goes to the winners of play-offs involving the teams finishing in second to seventh place (expanded from four to six teams in the 2017–18 season).


4th v 7th, winner playing 3rd
5th v 6th, winner playing 2nd

Then the two left play each other for the last spot.

I think.

And only the bottom team gets relegated this year, as it’s to go from a 22 to a 24 team league with the pyramid restructuring. From next season, there’ll be four relegation spots.

Though who knows how far Bolton/Bury shockwaves may go when it comes to promotions and relegations up and down the pyramid.

[Mallard]

Hopefully this season will see the last of the jiggling about on relegation, new Leagues coming in further down the pyramid and increases in League numbers further up the pyramid.

Gutted now that I’m away for a few weeks hols in The Algarve and going to miss a few games with the quality of football we are playing.  Would love to see us test ourselves in an FA cup tie against a step 1 side.  Fingers crossed for a little later in the season.

[LUFC1992KLFC]

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From a Farsley view