The Poolie Bunker

So both Harrogate and Barrow down which for us means less travelling, also loosing Braintree and Truro will cut out two long journeys and costs of overnight stays.

Losing York & possibly Carlisle- Not only gives us direct replacements in terms of geography but also Barra and Betty's Boys are a lot less likely to be bothering the playoffs- as they both return to their natural home of Non league. Reckon that's win win for us.

Always think of Barrow as a league club despite the decades since they were last in the league prior to their brief return, bit of @ soft spot…as for Harrogate, couldn’t give a toss, the Northern version of the M25 Clubs who have shit crowds but generous backers….till the novelty wears off.

I agree, Harrogate, I don’t see them as a ‘proper’ club and the amount of money that’s been put in by Mr Weaver, wow!

The York fans will be pleased, not only have they gone up but arch rivals and pain in the arse neighbours have gone down.

Best case travel wise is South Shields and Horn church winning their play off finals.

i.ll third that about betty,s but cannot imagine they are more than noisy neighbours for york rather than rivals. without knowing i guess leeds and york are there proper rivals.

Would rather Kiddie beat Shields personally
Two reasons- Kiddie is closer to me in terms of geography but the main reason is they're would be more competition for local based players, if they go up.
That said, are Kiddie still managed by Phil (Orange) Brown & isn't he from Shields originally?

no surprisingly they sacked him after 2024/5 season and was with peterborough sports last year. next year nobody knows.