We continue our look at every attendance of this week. For this part, it’s all those non league playoffs (level 6-8)…
NATIONAL LEAGUE NORTH:
Eliminator – Chorley 1-0 King’s Lynn Town – 2,665
Eliminator – AET – Chester (1) 2-1 (1) Buxton – 4,066
Semi final – Scunthorpe United (3) 4-2 (1) Chorley
Semi final – Kidderminster Harriers 1-2 Chester – 4,647
NATIONAL LEAGUE SOUTH:
Eliminator – Boreham Wood 4-3 Dorking Wanderers – 1,648
Eliminator – Worthing (0) 0-2 (1) Maidstone United – 2,983
Semi final – Torquay United (0) 0-1 (0) Boreham Wood – 5,721
Semi final – Eastbourne Borough 1-2 Maidstone United – 3,194
Northern Premier League – Premier Division
Semi final – Stockton Town (0) 1-0 (0) Guiseley – 2,125
Semi final – Worksop Town (1) 2-1 (0) Ashton United – 1,756
Final – Worksop Town 2-1 Guiseley – 2,032
*Stockton removed, Guiseley reinstated
Isthmian League – Premier Division
Semi final – AET – Billericay Town (0) 1-2 (0) Dover Athletic – 2,857
Semi final – AET – Dartford (0) 4-3 (1) Cray Valley PM – 2,002
Final – Dartford 0-2 Dover Athletic – 3,805
Southern League – Premier Central
Semi final – AFC Telford United(2) 3-2 (1) Halesowen Town – 3,204
Semi final – Kettering Town(0) 0-0 (4-3p) (0) Harborough Town – 2,764
Final – Kettering Town 2-4 AFC Telford United – 2,810
Southern League – Premier South
Semi final – (AET) AFC Totton (0) 4-3 (2) Dorchester Town – 2,001
Semi final – Walton & Hersham (2) 2-2 (3-5p) (1) Gloucester City – 2,097
Final – AFC Totton v Gloucester City – TBC
NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE – EAST DIVISION
Semi final – Dunston (0) 1-0 (0) Emley AFC – 903
Semi final – (AET) Stocksbridge Park Steels(1) 2-1 (0) Belper Town – 953
Final – Dunston (0) 0-0 (3-5p) (0) Stocksbridge Park Steels – 1,348
NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE – MIDLANDS DIVISION
Semi final – Anstey Nomads (0) 0-2 (2) Worcester City – 642
Semi final – Corby Town (0) 1-0 (0) Long Eaton United – 1,496
Final – Corby Town (0) 1-2 (0) Worcester City – 2,766
NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE – WEST DIVISION
Semi final – Congleton Town (0) 2-2 (4-3p) (0) Chasetown – 1,501
Semi final – Hednesford Town (2) 3-1 (1) Vauxhall Motors – 2,200
Final – Hednesford Town (1) 2-0 (0) Congleton Town – 4,701
ISTHMIAN LEAGUE – NORTH DIVISION
Semi final – Bury Town (1) 4-0 (0) Waltham Abbey – 1,315
Semi final – Felixstowe & Walton United (0) 1-3 (2) Brightlingsea Regent – 1,106
Final – Bury Town 1-0 Brightlingsea Regent – 2,139
ISTHMIAN LEAGUE – SOUTH CENTRAL DIVISION
Semi final – Hanworth Villa (1) 2-1 (0) Ascot United – 724
Semi final – Uxbridge (0) 2-2 (1) Kingstonian – 670
Final – Uxbridge 2-1 Hanworth Villa – 1,535
ISTHMIAN LEAGUE – SOUTH EAST DIVISION
Semi final – Burgess Hill Town (1) 2-0 (0) Margate – 1,439
Semi final – Sittingbourne (0) 4-2 (0) Merstham – 954
Final – Sittingbourne (1) 1-1 (2-3p) (0) Burgess Hill Town – 1,583
SOUTHERN LEAGUE – CENTRAL DIVISION
Semi final – Berkhamsted (3) 5-0 (0) Hadley – 892
Semi final – Flackwell Heath (1) 2-0 (0) Barton Rovers – 718
Final – Berkhamsted 5-0 Flackwell Heath – 1,963
SOUTHERN LEAGUE – SOUTH DIVISION
Semi final – Bishops Cleeve (2) 2-3 (1) Malvern Town – 1,140
Semi final – Evesham United (0) 4-1 (0) Exmouth Town – 561
Final – Evesham United 1-0 Malvern Town – 2,949
Football is…
Football is a wiggle of the hips
Football is a whistle to the lips
Football is an unfollowed script
Football is
Football is kickabouts in the park
Football is floodlights in the dark
Football is fans not oligarchs
Football is
Football is the dream of finishing top
Football is the fear of facing the drop
Football is an open book not a closed shop
Football is
Football is not a share price but a shared obsession
Football is more than just keeping possession
Football is freedom of expression
Football is
Football is the real thing not a rehearsal
Football is a language that’s universal
Football is drama not a corporate commercial
Football is
Football is a door to which we are the key
Football is nothing without you and me
Football is whatever we allow it to be
Football will be…
Poem by Brian Bilston
Expressions of hope from fans
Blackburn fan Callum Dunn-Broom
“Hope. It’s hoping for a team that fights for the badge. It’s hoping for a team that makes you proud. It’s hoping for the next Adam Wharton. It’s hoping for last minute winners, celebrating with strangers and losing your glasses in the process. It’s hoping this year’s the year. The year you walk down Wembley Way with your old man for the first time. It’s the hope that kills you. But we’ll be there. Week in. Week out. Hoping.”
Cambridge fan Connor O’Reilly
“Another season brings bouts of anxiety following our teams up and down the country. From the highest of highs of last minute victories and cup shocks, to the lowest of lows with derby day defeats and awful form with no end in sight, it’s never easy being a football fan.”
Wycombe fan Jonny King
The best bit of the season is just before kick off in the opening game. The moments before the first whistle is blown and the first ball is kicked, when everyone is equal and anything is possible. Both sets of fans united by the same hope. The tantalising prospect of what if? What will happen next is anyone’s guess. So all the more reason to enjoy the blissful pre-match ignorance of whatever madness, agony, heartbreak… or glory is about the come.
Crewe fan Jonny Tomlinson
In a town that many pass, but few ever stay, the passion here shines, in a special way. The hope of the Railwaymen, our hearts filled with pride, Crewe Alexandra, we’re always at your side. When passion meets hope, a magic ignites, something truly special, under our stadium lights. Through triumphs and trials, our spirit stays true. Crewe Alexandra, this season and every season were with you.
Salford fan Andrew Gordon
We trust in the process, we hope in the dream. With past high to inspire us, and past lows to drive us. We believe that this is our years! A belief we can be champions. A belief we will go up. You can call it blind loyalty. We call it true faith.
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