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3rd Mar 2004 - Division One
West Run In
With the end of
the season rapidly approaching, here's a run down on the promotion contenders
and their run-ins for Division 1 West. It looks like it's a three horse race
between AFC Victory, Southcote Video Res and Southbank for the possible two
promotion places, with AFC Victory odds-on favourites to claim the league
title. The top of the table currently looks like this:
P W D L F A GD
Pts
AFC Victory 12 11 1 0 53 14 +39 34
Southbank 15 10 3 2 44 21 +23 33
Southcote Video Res 15 11 0 4 46 29 +13 33
Southbank's
remaining league fixtures:
14/03
Trentonians (h)
Southcote Video
Res (h)
AFC Victory (h)
Southbank look
set for a top 3 finish with just 3 games left. The key game is the return
fixture against Video but 2 wins from 3 games should be enough to secure 2nd
spot.
Southcote Video
Res remaining fixtures:
07/03 AFC
Victory (h)
14/03
Bishopswood Sports (a)
Southbank (a)
Video have a
similar run in to The 'Bank including one game against Victory and the mammoth
clash against Southbank. The pressure will be on them to get a result against
Bishopswood to avoid needing to win or bust against Holtons side as so far they
have the weaker goal difference.
AFC Victory's
remaining league fixtures:
07/03 Southcote
Video Res (a)
14/03 Mortimer
West End (h)
28/03 Associated
Asphalt (h)
Southbank
Mortimer West
End (a)
Associated
Asphalt (a)
Victory now look
to have an unassailable lead at the top of the league. With 3 games in hand
they are already a point ahead of both Video and The 'Bank and have a far
superior goal difference. They haven't got the easiest of run-in's with tricky
games against both Video and Southbank, while the two games against Mortimer
West End could prove a stumbling block. Despite having a number of suspensions
kicking in Victory have shown no signs of faltering and it'll be a major
surprise if they now throw the league away.
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