retired_kris1971again

Ah! Billericay and their loyal Norwegian fan club. Have the whole lot come over for one game every year, quite a high attendance for that game seeming the stadiums a run down piece of junk with about a 3500 max capacity. Best defence in the South, non-league at least, shame their attacks hopeless.

retired_ravi

\o/ Bedford Town..... hometown team and the opportunity to manage some of the players who ran rings around me in under-15 football

:thup:

retired_pmetzger1

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Disco Stu:
\o/ Bedford Town..... hometown team and the opportunity to injure some of the players who ran rings around me in under-15 football

:thup: <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Fixed.

retired_sroch3032

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by mkus:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Disco Stu:
\o/ Bedford Town..... hometown team and the opportunity to _injure_ some of the players who ran rings around me in under-15 football

:thup: <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Fixed. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Love the sportsmanship!

retired_ravi

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by mkus:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Disco Stu:
\o/ Bedford Town..... hometown team and the opportunity to _injure_ some of the players who ran rings around me in under-15 football

:thup: <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Fixed. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Possibly that too with an intensive training plan applied to certain squad members!

retired_sandra

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mooski:
So if Team Bath only has University students in there team, the turnaround of players will be fantastic. And you won't be able to buy players as they wouldn't be students. You'd be doomed with this team.

:thup: <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

The thing with Team Bath is that they are not a University side in the traditional sense that Oxford University were when they won the FA Cup. Team Bath off sports scholarships to people who excell at sport, and this includes aging ex pros or players who have left various youth academies.
And whether 'old boys' (former students) are allowed to play, I don't know.

They were famous a couple of seasons ago for becoming the first university side since Oxford in the late 19th Century to qualify for the FA Cup.

retired_sandra

This final list comprises the teams from the three leagues who are considering small teams, or teams that have recently risen up the leagues to where they are now. These are the teams to watch out for the real challenge...

Yeading
Staines Town
Leyton
Eastleigh
Tonbridge Angels
Northwood
Burscough (despite winning the FA Trophy recently)
Prescot Cables
Bamber Bridge
Bridlington Town
Matlock Town
Farsley Celtic
Ossett Town
Lincoln United
Rugby United
Cirencester Town
Histon
Dunstable Town
Stamford
Banbury United
Hemel Hemstead Town
Team Bath (if the game is strict with who you can sign)
Solihull Borough


The rest are either larger teams or have enjoyed some recent success, for example Hednesford Town spent a couple of seasons in the Conference not long ago.

retired_abejamaya98

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> Hemel Hempstead Town <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

retired_fitmess101

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Cirencester Town <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Woohoo - where I'm currently living!!

retired_abejamaya98

The teams in the leagues directly below the Conference North / South are at 'step 3' in the Non League Pyramid.
Bedworth are in the Southern League (formerly Dr. Martens League) Western Division, which is 'step 4' in the pyramid. This is the same level as AFC Wimbledon and AFC Telford United, so it is possible that they may be playable at some point