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Here at Guardian Towers, we like to please. Away from the glitz and glamour of the top leagues around Europe, the National League South has made headlines this week, where as many as six teams can still win the title. The league has confirmed that the trophy will have to be presented at a later date because, well, where the hell would they have it on standby? I’m not sure they could afford to rent a helicopter to fly the silverware in. The league table really is a sight to behold.
Here’s how Simon Burnton teed up the six-way title tussle:
The final day dawns for National League South with fully 25% of its teams capable of winning it. Truro City go into it above Torquay at the top because their goal difference is better by two (they have scored one more goal), Eastbourne Borough and Worthing are a further point back, and Boreham Wood and Dorking Wanderers are two behind them (with the division’s best and second-best goal difference respectively). Disappointingly none of the teams play any of the others on the last day, with the pick of the fixtures Truro’s against St Albans City, who need to do better than Salisbury (the two are level on points but Salisbury’s goal difference is better by one) to stay up. A few weeks ago it looked as if the title was Worthing’s to win: on 15 March they had won their past five, led the league by four and had a game in hand on every other side in the top 10. “We’re very hard to play against at the moment and I think we’re improving, we’re getting better,” their manager, Chris Agutter, said after they beat Hemel Hempstead Town that day. “We’re becoming more ruthless as well. We just need to keep working hard, and the results touch wood should keep going in the right direction.” Since then: two wins, two draws, three defeats. They end their season at Enfield, who could go down if Salisbury and St Albans win.
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