National League North: Complete Weekend Preview

That’s because only six points separate the top six, and most of those up there still have to play each other.

We’re already at the final weekend programme in February so what will we learn on Saturday?

Chester have sat top of the table for every day this month, but have they got what it takes to stay there? A trip to Farsley for the Seals is up next, and the strugglers have lost their last five.

Scunthorpe United are loitering and waiting for a slip. One point off the pace, Andy Butler’s team are going nowhere but they won’t have it all their own way at Oxford City.

Brackley Town are determined to stick around too. They’re third, have won three from four and face Southport at home on Saturday.

Chorley missed the chance to lodge themselves in amongst the top three on Tuesday, but can put that right by winning at Warrington Town who are bottom after eight defeats in nine.

Are Hereford in the title conversation? Six wins from seven suggests they are. Alfreton Town are up next, with Curzon Ashton and Buxton meeting with both teams just outside the play-off places.

They’re not the only challengers meeting with Darlington v King's Lynn Town also on the fixture card as Kidderminster Harriers host Spennymoor Town and Scarborough Athletic meet Leamington.

Some of the sides down the bottom of the National League North need to ensure the safety gap gets no bigger.

Marine stunned Kidderminster on Tuesday, pictured, and now they are looking to drag Radcliffe that little bit closer to them. Rushall Olympic are five points from the other side of that dotted line and know the importance of their home game with Peterborough Sports.

It’s three wins from five for Needham Market. Can they stun South Shields and push further away from trouble?

National League North fixtures:
Brackley Town v Southport
Curzon Ashton v Buxton
Darlington v King's Lynn Town
Farsley Celtic v Chester
Hereford v Alfreton Town
Kidderminster Harriers v Spennymoor
Oxford City v Scunthorpe United
Radcliffe v Marine
Rushall Olympic v Peterborough Sports
Scarborough Athletic v Leamington
South Shields v Needham Market
Warrington Town v Chorley

PHOTO BY JACK BERRY