Only a few days left until the first Stratford Town Independent Supporters Association quiz. We’ve had a great response so far but we still have room for a few more teams. To be part of it and reserve a place for your team please email stratfordtownISA@gmail.com
……or which 4 teams will get the chop ? “To be or not to be, that is the question”
All supporters, aficionados, pundits, reporters, “twitterers” – and all true Stratford Town supporters – will not need telling that, after the lads’ fine victory (and double) over Biggleswade on Saturday (and with most other “bottom 8” contenders losing or drawing), our league position does look much better than a few weeks ago ! We could, in fact, overtake Redditch, who are sinking like a stone at present, which would be a lovely bonus indeed !
The commonly-held thought is that 47-50 is the required points haul to stay up. So Carl’s recent assessment that 2 more wins should do it for us is probably about right. A win on Saturday at Kings Lynn (smarting from a 5-0 thrashing at Hitchin last time out) would be a great start obviously.
The points we have (41) see us 10 points above the highest relegation-threatened team, with a far healthier goal difference than all other contending teams. With teams having between 9-13 games remaining, the last 2 months of the season will see the “dog fight” of a contest really hot up as most of the contenders have to play one or another on 4-6 occasions. Town, in fact,have to travel to 4 of them and face 1 at home on the last day of the season !
The form guide over the last 6 league games shows Town 4th= in the bunch, but – as we all know – stats and form really do mean nothing in regard to any prediction one could make. However, we all do like to ponder over Town’s prospects (and those of our close rivals) so here is a statistical look at “what’s what” – as at Monday 27 February..
Town
Points – 41
Games left – 10
Home – Chesham, Banbury, Kettering, Dorchester
Away – Kings Lynn, Dunstable, Kings Langley, St. Neots, Hayes & Yeading, Cirencester
Current success rates – Home 40%/Away 35%
Form (last 6) – 33%
Dorchester
Points – 38
Games left – 11
Home – Hayes & Yeading, Kings Langley, Hitchin, Kings Lynn, Basingstoke
Away – Redditch, St. Ives, Biggleswade, Cambridge, TOWN
Current success rates – Home 44%/Away 26%
Form (last 6) – 33%
Kings Langley
Points – 34
Games left – 9
Home – Cambridge, TOWN, Merthyr, Basingstoke, Cirencester
Away – Dorchester, Weymouth, Leamington, Redditch, Hayes & Yeading
Current success rates – Home 28%/Away 33%
Form (last 6) – 11%
St. Neots
Points – 34
Games left – 11
Home – Redditch, Slough, TOWN, Merthyr, Dunstable
Away – Leamington, Cirencester, Kings Lynn, Hayes & Yeading, Chippenham, Cambridge
Current success rates – Home 42%/Away 33%
Form (last 6) – 50%
Cambridge
Points – 31
Games left – 10
Home – Frome, Cinderford, Dorchester, St. Neots
Away – Kings Langley, Cinderford, Weymouth, Merthyr, Cirencester, Kettering
Current success rates – Home 32%/Away 25%
Form (last 6) – 44%
Cirencester
Points – 30
Games left – 10
Home – Hayes & Yeading, St. Neots, Redditch, Cambridge, Chippenham
Away – Hitchin, Banbury, Kettering, Slough, Kings Langley
Current success rates – Home 28%/Away 28%
Form (last 6) – 33%
Hayes & Yeading
Points – 28
Games left – 12
Home – Cinderford, Chippenham, Weymouth, St. Neots, Banbury, TOWN, Kings Langley
Away – Cirencester, Dorchester, Biggleswade, Dunstable, Merthyr
Current success rates – Home 31%/Away 24%
Form (last 6) – 33%
Cinderford
Points – 21
Games left – 13
Home – Frome, Cambridge, Kings Lynn, Kettering, Leamington, Banbury, TOWN
Away – Hayes & Yeading, Chesham, Slough, Cambridge, Basingstoke, Dunstable
Current success rates – Home 35%/Away 8%
Form (last 6) – 55%
So, in the words of the car advert …….. “you do the maths”
It’s in Town’s hands. Hold on to your hats, folks !
Up the Town !
Photo’s kindly provided by Steve Wood
Jamie Spencer’s first Town goal after only 12 minutes propelled Carl Adams’ side to a quickfire double over the Waders as they followed up their win at Biggleswade ten days earlier with another hard earned three points at a breezy DCS.
A full report is now available under the First Team Match Reports Section.
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We’re sorry to announce that due to unforeseen circumstances the gig night scheduled for Saturday March 11th has been postponed. We hope to confirm a new date for the gig shortly.
The Quiz night on Friday 3rd March goes ahead as planned and we’re looking forward to kicking off the first of our fund raising socials in style. We’ve already had a good take up of teams entering but there’s still room for more. Please email stratfordtownISA@gmail.com to book a place for your team. Remember the winning team walks off with £60 so it’s a prize not to be sniffed at.
Photo’s kindly provided by Steve Wood
An Andy Sandell penalty six minutes from time decided a closely fought encounter after Town had matched the League leaders for most of the game.
A full report is now available under the First Team Match Reports Section.
Congratulations to the Town winners at last night’s Awards Evening : –
Community Sports Award – Patrick Halton – STFC Colts
Coach/PE Teacher of the Year – Martyn Brookhouse – Stratford Specials
Senior Team of the Year – Stratford Specials
In addition Steve Tunnicliffe was nominated in the Volunteer of the Year Category
During the evening there was also a standing ovation in memory of Town’s under 12’s player Enzo Buquet who tragically lost his battle with lymphoma late last year after it was announced that he was to be posthumously given a Special Recognition Award.
The away game at Dunstable which was called off last Saturday because of a frozen pitch has been rearranged for Tuesday March 14th with a 7.45 pm kick off.
