Unofficial Halesowen Town FC Forum

Good news for some of you! As Eccleshill Utd lost their promotion play-off at Kempston today, there is a gap in the NPL East Division, so it is likely that Carlton Town will do the sideways move, leaving this is a possible line up for next season.

I know it's hard sometimes being a big fish trying to get out of a smaller pond (look at Sheffield Wed, Sunderland, Ipswich, Portsmouth), but we really need to try and avoid the vagaries of the play-offs next time.

Bedworth United
Bishop's Cleeve
Boldmere St Michaels
Cambridge City
Chasetown
Coleshill Town
Corby Town
Daventry Town
Evesham United
Halesowen Town
Harborough Town
Hinckley New Road
Long Eaton
Loughborough Dynamo
Shepshed Dynamo
Spalding United
Sporting Khalsa
Stamford
Sutton Coldfield Town
Yaxley

7 plastic greengrocers table covers in that lot but at least Hinckley is a vast stadium to replace palatial Carlton for AwayDayYeltz.

We're gonna piss this league!

What? Too early?

The suggestion I have seen excludes Long Eaton but instead includes a visit to the wonderful Moat ground at Greeley.

Seamus wrote: ↑

30 Apr 2022, 21:31

The suggestion I have seen excludes Long Eaton but instead includes a visit to the wonderful Moat ground at Greeley.

Yes, you're right that is quite possible.

I think Cambridge could get switched, but it depends on how the Southern league and Isthmian league play offs go over the next couple of days.

old git wrote: ↑

30 Apr 2022, 20:22

7 plastic greengrocers table covers in that lot but at least Hinckley is a vast stadium to replace palatial Carlton for AwayDayYeltz.

We'll get Carlton in the cup, won't we?

Thing is, there are gonna be surprise teams out of that lot, that will push for promotion and sign talented players from their region.

And we wont even be aware of them.

Why can I find no trace of Hinkley New Road anywhere???

drummyb wrote: ↑

30 Apr 2022, 22:52

Thing is, there are gonna be surprise teams out of that lot, that will push for promotion and sign talented players from their region.

And we wont even be aware of them.

Why can I find no trace of Hinkley New Road anywhere???

Memory and old age are a bugger, but Hinckley New Road is the rename of the team we played in a friendly after the first lockdown. Anybody ?

We played “Leicester Road”, whose provenance I summed up thus -

It seems that Leicester Road play at the old Hinckley United stadium at Road Stadium, Leicester Rd, Hinckley and sort of used to be Hinckley United who of course used to be Hinckley Town who never played at the stadium at Road Stadium, Leicester Rd, Hinckley and Hinckley Athletic who used to be Hinckley Town and also never played at the stadium at Road Stadium, Leicester Rd, Hinckley, and shouldn't be confused with Hinckley AFC, who more sort of used to be Hinckley United and used to play at the old Hickley United stadium at Road Stadium, Leicester Rd, Hinckley, but now don't.

If they are yet another Hinckley side, I may have to revise this simple-to-follow South Leicestershire-based mnemonic.

Westy works for Leicestershire Council, maybe he can shed some light?