Fuad Sule sent off for Glentoran in their Euro play-off defeat to Coleraine. Also in N Ireland, Mark Randall was part of Larne's championship-winning team last weekend.

My maths says we still need 6 points if Gateshead win all their games & Bromley all except Gateshead.

Presumably Fylde v Gateshead will have to be played tomorrow or Wed to avoid Gateshead playing 3 times in the final week?

7 wins/6 wins + 2 draws guarantees a top 3 place (6w + 1d would require a freak set of results not to do likewise). We should be aiming for this given 6 of our last 9 opponents are bottom half.

Diarra hasn't been in the team (or on the bench) in Eastbourne's last two games - surely he's not injured too??

..and Solihull v Gateshead too. If we manage 2nd or 3rd I'd be hoping to avoid the Heed in the SF.

Surely Laurie should at least have been on the bench Sat if fit? Suppose Keeley had been sent off/injured & it had gone to pens!

Not great, but better than the Covid season where every game for 2-3 months seemed to be called off 30 mins before KO. There'd have been a bigger meltdown from Chesterfield fans if that had happened again.

We beat Dover 6-0 fairly recently I think.

Redditch to Radcliffe looks a horrible trip for a part-time team in evening rush hour, so would expect they'll have availability issues. If they can win, at least it should be on, being a 3G - not so sure about a step 3 pitch in Gtr Manchester in Jan. I'd probably be in the 'play a strongish team' c...

Lincoln City. Never forgave them for theirs/referees antics up there in their Conference season. Partially redeemed when we relegated them some years later on the last day of the season by beating Port Vale while they lost.

As far as I can tell from Newport website, we have to pay in cash on the day (although the tea hut is card only!) Shouldn't be an issue as the away stand holds 622 - we'll be lucky to take 250.

Home to Maidstone

...except that ig either Newport or Trophy game is rained off (not unlikely given current weather) it would be on 12th, thought D&R would be on 5th for that reason.

Have seen on BFSCA Twitter that departure time is now 09:30 Everyman & 10:15 Hive (was 10:00/10/45) . Worth mentioning as I've had a later email suggesting it's still 10:00.

There were 2 left at 13:15 of which I got one. I expect they'll open E2 but couldn't risk it (they may think they can sell out to home supporters).