I now realise how difficult it is to run a popular and well visited blog. You need the discipline to post every day nomatter what else is going on. I am returning from a number of family matters, visiting, holiday and a bad bout of flu that has lasted more than three days. Six weeks of phlegm is unpleasant and I am very glad that I am nearly through it.
As I write, the Masters golf is on TV after both Leicester and Tottenham won their matches at the top of the Premier League. My boys Arsenal drew 3-3 away at West Ham in a match that had so many chances the score could have been much higher and it could have gone either way. The chances of us winning the league diminish week by week but fans never stop believing until the mathematics leaves proof.
Brentford beat Ipswich Town 3-1 away and now sit firmly mid table in 13th place.
Southend United drew 2-2 at home to Fleetwood and still harbour play-off dreams. Yesterday saw those dreams fade somewhat as 59 points is a long way off the current requirement of 68 points.
Exeter won 2-0 away at Yeovil and sit 9th on 62 points. 69 points is the current requirement for a play-off place but that rises each week.
That concludes my football league selections and we move on now to the non league teams that somehow hold a greater fascination for me.
Torquay united lost 1-0 at home to Tranmere Rovers but sit safely in 18th place having flirted with relegation earlier in the season. 44 points is only 3 above the relegation places so there is still a chance that Helen Chamberlain's team could drop to the National League South.
Ebbsfleet sit top of the National League South with my pick Weston-super-Mare sitting in 17th place on 44 points. A 2-2 draw with bottom placed Basingstoke Town is not convincing me that relegation has been avoided. The relegation places start from 42 points down.
In the Southern League Premier Division Bideford were involved in a relegation clash with Bedworth and managed to come out 2-1 winners on the day. It looks like a lost cause though as 36 points have to become over 47 points to avoid the inevitable.
Tiverton Town are in 7th place in the Southern League South & West division. 67 points would have to become 80 points to reach the play-off places so I think they are safely in situe for another season.
A 9-0 drubbing of Bashley will not have done their spirits any harm though.
In the Western League Barnstaple Town are in 2nd place on 72 points behind leaders Odd Down who play in bath and are on 75 points having played one game fewer. I would love to see a name like Odd Down make progress up through the leagues. Barnstaple beat Cribbs 2-1 away to keep up the challenge.
In the South West Peninsula League Exmouth Town lost 2-0 away at St. Austell and now sit mid table in 11th on 42 points while St. Austell are run away leaders of the division.
I have not attended nearly enough football. Even my local team Exwick Villa, who are about 15 minutes walk away, have not had the pleasure of my presence.
As I write, the Masters golf is on TV after both Leicester and Tottenham won their matches at the top of the Premier League. My boys Arsenal drew 3-3 away at West Ham in a match that had so many chances the score could have been much higher and it could have gone either way. The chances of us winning the league diminish week by week but fans never stop believing until the mathematics leaves proof.
Brentford beat Ipswich Town 3-1 away and now sit firmly mid table in 13th place.
Southend United drew 2-2 at home to Fleetwood and still harbour play-off dreams. Yesterday saw those dreams fade somewhat as 59 points is a long way off the current requirement of 68 points.
Exeter won 2-0 away at Yeovil and sit 9th on 62 points. 69 points is the current requirement for a play-off place but that rises each week.
That concludes my football league selections and we move on now to the non league teams that somehow hold a greater fascination for me.
Torquay united lost 1-0 at home to Tranmere Rovers but sit safely in 18th place having flirted with relegation earlier in the season. 44 points is only 3 above the relegation places so there is still a chance that Helen Chamberlain's team could drop to the National League South.
Ebbsfleet sit top of the National League South with my pick Weston-super-Mare sitting in 17th place on 44 points. A 2-2 draw with bottom placed Basingstoke Town is not convincing me that relegation has been avoided. The relegation places start from 42 points down.
In the Southern League Premier Division Bideford were involved in a relegation clash with Bedworth and managed to come out 2-1 winners on the day. It looks like a lost cause though as 36 points have to become over 47 points to avoid the inevitable.
Tiverton Town are in 7th place in the Southern League South & West division. 67 points would have to become 80 points to reach the play-off places so I think they are safely in situe for another season.
A 9-0 drubbing of Bashley will not have done their spirits any harm though.
In the Western League Barnstaple Town are in 2nd place on 72 points behind leaders Odd Down who play in bath and are on 75 points having played one game fewer. I would love to see a name like Odd Down make progress up through the leagues. Barnstaple beat Cribbs 2-1 away to keep up the challenge.
In the South West Peninsula League Exmouth Town lost 2-0 away at St. Austell and now sit mid table in 11th on 42 points while St. Austell are run away leaders of the division.
I have not attended nearly enough football. Even my local team Exwick Villa, who are about 15 minutes walk away, have not had the pleasure of my presence.
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