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Re: Provisional Playoffs
« Reply #15 on: June 18, 2020, 12:52:54 PM »

The Conference body should just play fair here and foot the bill for everybody, enabling 2 teams to be promoted in the way they should be (one as champions and one as play off winners). How hard would that be for them?

Not privy to the finances but 360k (18 teams at 20k) seeks a lot for the league to fund
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Re: Provisional Playoffs
« Reply #16 on: June 18, 2020, 01:15:01 PM »


Teams: York, Boston, Brackley, Altrincham, Chester, Gateshead.

Need a minimum of four teams willing to take part.

🔸6 clubs participate - playoffs as normal with 2 ‘eliminator’ fixtures & then semis
🔸5 clubs participate - the 2 lowest ranked clubs play the eliminator
🔸4 clubs participate - all clubs straight into semis
🔸3 or less participate - playoffs cancelled

Quarter Final and Semi Final at high-placed club
Final at neutral ground.

Games to take place between Saturday 18th July and Friday 31st July.

Is it fact or rumour that the final will be at a neutral venue?
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« Reply #17 on: June 18, 2020, 01:17:40 PM »

I know some of this was tongue-in-cheek, but any external involvement from other clubs would surely be seen as bringing the game into disrepute and bring with it tough sanctions

So do I have this right

4th v 7th and 5th v 6th................presume 2nd (York) play winners of 5/6 and not 4/7

I believe that York would play the lowest ranked team still standing, therefore whilst they couldn't play 4, they could play 7.
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Re: Provisional Playoffs
« Reply #18 on: June 18, 2020, 01:30:40 PM »


Teams: York, Boston, Brackley, Altrincham, Chester, Gateshead.

Need a minimum of four teams willing to take part.

🔸6 clubs participate - playoffs as normal with 2 ‘eliminator’ fixtures & then semis
🔸5 clubs participate - the 2 lowest ranked clubs play the eliminator
🔸4 clubs participate - all clubs straight into semis
🔸3 or less participate - playoffs cancelled

Quarter Final and Semi Final at high-placed club
Final at neutral ground.

Games to take place between Saturday 18th July and Friday 31st July.

Is it fact or rumour that the final will be at a neutral venue?

Ollie Bayliss suggests the step 1 final is at a neutral venue and the step 2 final will be at the home of the highest placed side
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« Reply #19 on: June 18, 2020, 01:38:19 PM »

I would be surprised if they didn't just stick to the usual routine of neutral venue for Step 1 (no point in Wembley being used I suppose), and home ground of highest team for Step 2 - in fact, they should make life easier for themselves and just hold the Step 1 final at the home of the highest placed team too, I doubt many would be too aggrieved by that.

Assuming all competitors take part, ours would be:

Brackley v Gateshead
Alty v Chester

York v (Alty or Chester)
Boston v (Brackley or Gateshead)

...and then if Gateshead win both their games, we're at home for the final  ;)

Shame for the fans really, because we've definitely got the two biggest crowd draws there to begin with.
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« Reply #20 on: June 18, 2020, 01:45:49 PM »

I would be surprised if they didn't just stick to the usual routine of neutral venue for Step 1 (no point in Wembley being used I suppose), and home ground of highest team for Step 2 - in fact, they should make life easier for themselves and just hold the Step 1 final at the home of the highest placed team too, I doubt many would be too aggrieved by that.

Assuming all competitors take part, ours would be:

Brackley v Gateshead
Alty v Chester

York v (Alty or Chester)
Boston v (Brackley or Gateshead)

...and then if Gateshead win both their games, we're at home for the final  ;)

Shame for the fans really, because we've definitely got the two biggest crowd draws there to begin with.

Such a shame its behind closed doors as we'd have had a packed Moss Lane for Chester, and York is very accessible compared to Gateshead, Brackley and Boston (should we have progressed).
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« Reply #21 on: June 18, 2020, 04:34:03 PM »

Starting away to any of the other three would have been soul destroying to be honest - let's just hope we can recoup a lot through streaming revenue
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« Reply #22 on: June 18, 2020, 04:56:37 PM »

You'd hope if they don't show all games Alty v Chester would be a bigger pull for BT than Brackley v Gateshead. Probably a better infrastructure to film at with two gantries.

Likewise; York v Alty (if we were to get through ) or Chester would be a bigger draw and an easier logistical challenge than Boston v (Brackley or Gateshead)
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« Reply #23 on: June 18, 2020, 06:18:23 PM »

Am I correct in assuming that if only Brackley duck the play offs (and they might do as I believe they've only got ten players left on the books and work on their ground to pay for) the two lowest placed teams (Chester and gateshead) would play off in the eliminator round and we'd go straight to the semi finals?
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« Reply #24 on: June 18, 2020, 08:26:35 PM »

In that scenario, it would be a semi-final at Boston...
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« Reply #25 on: June 18, 2020, 08:29:46 PM »

We could handle that 😉
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« Reply #26 on: June 18, 2020, 09:30:03 PM »

In that scenario, it would be a semi-final at Boston...

Chance to put August right.
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