by Peter Scherer
Back in March the 2019/20 was abandoned with South Shields 12 points clear at the top and Mickleover down in 15th.
With not even a quarter of this season’s games played, it is already beginning to look as if for the second successive year, the season will be abandoned unless there is a miracle solution.
With Mickleover riding high at the top of the NPL at present, it’s easy to sympathise with our North Eastern rivals, but if we add last season’s completed fixtures to the ones played this season so far, it makes interesting reading.
P W D L PTS GD 19/20 20/21
Position Pos
1 South Shields 42 25 9 8 84 +34 1 6
2 Basford 41 22 8 11 74 +16 4 2
3 Warrington 41 21 8 12 71 +18 3 4
4 FC United 39 18 13 8 67 +14 2 13
5 Whitby 40 18 10 12 64 +13 7 7
6 Lancaster 41 17 12 12 63 +14 5 12
7 Nantwich 37 17 10 10 61 +25 6 15
8 Scarborough 43 17 10 16 61 – 4 8 11
9 Mickleover 39 18 6 15 60 + 2 15 1
10 Morpeth 34 16 9 9 57 +10 9 16
11 Gainsboro 40 15 9 16 54 + 4 11 10
12 Witton 38 15 9 14 54 + 3 14 5
13 Hyde 39 13 10 16 53 + 6 10 17
14 Buxton 40 13 13 14 52 + 7 18 3
15 Stalybridge 42 13 9 20 48 – 2 12 18
16 Radcliffe 41 14 6 21 48 -24 16 14
17 Bamber Br 42 15 5 24 44 -22 13 20
18 Matlock 34 12 6 16 42 – 1 20 8
19 Atherton 36 12 5 17 41 – 8 21 9
20 Ashton 36 11 9 16 41 – 13 17 19
21 Grantham 40 7 12 21 33 – 42 19 21
22 Stafford 41 4 12 25 24 – 36 22 22