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It's Down To The Wire- Logan Rankin

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It's the end relegation confirmed, but the playoffs and title winner not quite the yet this is all you need to know about what will happen on a big day for 5 different clubs. Starting with the top 3, Billericay Town, Horsham, and Dartford. Billericay Town | 1st place | 84 pts Horsham | 2nd place | 84 pts Dartford | 3rd place | 84 pts Cray Valley | 4th place | 79 pts Dover Athletic | 5th place | 73 pts Chichester City | 6th place | 73 points Billericay Town | 1st place | 84 points After a large summer haul last year, Billericay have compiled a very strong squad, including the likes of Jack Paxman, Matt Johnson, and Sam Donkin. After their 3-0 victory at the start of the season, the tempo in the camp dropped with 3 straight 1-1 draws. The FA Cup didn't seem to work out for The Blues- as they were knocked out directly against Bowers and Pitsea in the Fourth Qualifying Round. Despite that major upset, Billericay went on a 10 game unbeaten streak until Saravia, of Carshalton Athelti...

The Royal Real Bedford, a Club Doing The Unthinkable- Logan Rankin

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A team in the Southern Football League, Division One are making the financial side of football a different      place. Real Bedford are a team in the English Non-League pyramid who have absolutely flown through their respective league, with 98 points already mounted with 38 games already played. Real Bedford are a team with aspirations of the top flight of English football, and could well make their dream a reality, they are the first ever club to be run off of crypto currency. There are many risks in football in the financial sector, but who is the man who orchestrated this financial overtake?  Peter McCormack purchased the club back in 2021, and changed the name and badge, to fit his idea of a crypto run club, and in his words "I thought it'd be quite funny to be Real Bedford, because if you think of the Bernabeu and that's quite funny. Quite like the idea, one day in the FA Cup people draw Real Bedford, it's like a five-a-side team name". The club's origin...

Match Preview- Canvey Island vs Billericay Town- Logan Rankin

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With an Essex derby just behind the horizon, Billericay visit rivals Canvey Island, looking to bring the title race to the last game of the season, which is set to be played next Saturday. With Billericay tasked with battling for promotion to the Vanarama National League South and Canvey requested with a mid-table finish, both teams are still looking for the finish they do so truly so desire.  Billericay Town   It has seems that The Blues have had a good season boasting an impressive 81 points- but placed 2nd in the standings, The Blues go into the game with a 3 game unbeaten streak, after Frankie Merrifield netted a brace against Folkstone Invicta back at The New Lodge. Billericay are welcomed to Park Lane with high hopes after they won the Velocity Cup, and wont have any ideas of slowing down anytime soon. They are still with the best and outstanding defensive record, only conceding 40 goals. Femi Akinwande has taken the Isthmian by storm, scoring  14 goals, and being t...

Bottom Four Run Out of Time in The Isthmian Premier- Logan Rankin

 It is now confirmed after 40 games in the Isthmian Premier League that the bottom four will be relegated, with 2 at the first time of asking.  Bowers and Pitsea, who were confirmed to be the first relegation cursed side a number of weeks ago, every Bowers and neutral fan alike could agree, this has been a disaster of a season. It looked to be a season of struggles in their first 5 league games, where they only managed to salvage 1 point. However, it seemed to be an FA Cup dream for Bowers and Pitsea, when they beat Isthmian title contenders, Billericay Town, 1-2 in the Fourth Qualifying Round of the FA Cup. It would take a couple of games longer to get The Bowers their first league win against- current league leaders- Dartford. Regardless, they managed to win another 6 times. But hope already had faded for the red and white club a while ago. When there was 4 more league games left to play, Bowers showed glimpses of what they wanted to produce at the Len Salmon Stadium, as the...