Final league position

As it stands Town are in 12th position, but on the final day we could at best move up 2 positions above Swindon and Tranmere and finish 10th, and at worst, depending on Crewes result on Wednesday, could drop 3 places to 15th.

But Swindon,Tranmere, Grimsby, Sutton and Newport are all playing at home, so no real advantages for anyone. Crewe are away to Newport.

With our hit and miss home form I personally think we will have another wet lettuce day and drop a couple of places in the table, but saying that, if you had said early season that we would finish with mid-table mediocrity then for our first season back i would have snapped your hand off.

Anywhere between 10th and 15th is not too bad for us really.

Out of interest, does anyone know if our finishing position impacts us financially?

You regularly see the prize pots in the Premier League and how it can quite dramatically vary for different positions.

Is it the same case throughout the FL?

To get this close to achieving our best finish since 2006 and fall at the final hurdle would be disappointing.

Quoted from jamesgtfc

To get this close to achieving our best finish since 2006 and fall at the final hurdle would be disappointing.

We are 3 points and 10 GD better off than 15th placed Donny. If we don’t at least match our best finish in 17 years then something has gone very, very wrong.

Fortunately, Donny are not playing Scunny, so we should be ok.

Just shows how far the club has come under the new owners doesn't it.

Quoted from promotion plaice

Just shows how far the club has come under the new owners doesn't it.

Whilst there are some issues/worries about recent staff retention on the non-footballing side, I think their management and support of Hurst has been brilliant, and it's great to see a town manager looking so happy to be here.

Our biggest home win of the season in the league will come on Monday.

Anybody with a season ticket who won't be going will miss a 5. -  0. Win.

We’re on 58 points going into our final match and sat 12th. However that might be a bit deceptive.

Our first season under Russell Slade saw us finish on 58 points but in a lowly 18th place.

The 2006/07 season managed by Graham Rodger and Alan Buckley III saw us finish on 59 points in 15th.

Our first season back after our first spell in the National League was a chaotic season. Hurst dismantled his promotion winning side over the summer, then left in October. Bignot came in and brought in several new signings, before he was sacked in April. Russell Slade was then brought in and oversaw the final 5 matches. Despite all that we finished in 14th on 62 points- more than we can achieve this season.

So whereas we might sneak a top half finish this season let’s not kid ourselves that this season has been our best league season since dropping to this level in 2004 other than the 2005/06 season. It hasn’t. It’s very much more of the same.

It’s very nice that this season appears to offer a low points bar to achieve a top half finish, but let’s not pat ourselves on the back and think we’ve achieved something. The fact we’ve finished with less points than we did in 2016/17 should be a wake up call. We need to make a huge step forward over the summer.

We're in the football league and got to the quarter final of the fa Cup. Smile for once

Quoted from GollyGTFC

We’re on 58 points going into our final match and sat 12th. However that might be a bit deceptive.

Our first season under Russell Slade saw us finish on 58 points but in a lowly 18th place.

The 2006/07 season managed by Graham Rodger and Alan Buckley III saw us finish on 59 points in 15th.

Our first season back after our first spell in the National League was a chaotic season. Hurst dismantled his promotion winning side over the summer, then left in October. Bignot came in and brought in several new signings, before he was sacked in April. Russell Slade was then brought in and oversaw the final 5 matches. Despite all that we finished in 14th on 62 points- more than we can achieve this season.

So whereas we might sneak a top half finish this season let’s not kid ourselves that this season has been our best league season since dropping to this level in 2004 other than the 2005/06 season. It hasn’t. It’s very much more of the same.

It’s very nice that this season appears to offer a low points bar to achieve a top half finish, but let’s not pat ourselves on the back and think we’ve achieved something. The fact we’ve finished with less points than we did in 2016/17 should be a wake up call. We need to make a huge step forward over the summer.

I think nitpicking over points and history is irrelevant, we’re making progress, that’s the important part.