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ONLY FOUR TEAMS IN IT NOW!

Wed Mar 11, 2026 9:39 pm

With Bradford beating bottom team Port Vale tonight, which draws them level on 64 points with Bolton, and the gap to 5th a massive 17 points, there are only realistically four teams in the promotion race

Lincoln, the Bluebirds, Bolton, and Bradford

Lincoln on 77 points, have a 13 point gap to 3rd and 4th, and I think they are pretty much up

The Bluebirds on 73 points, have a more than healthy 9 point gap to 3rd and 4th, so we only need to pick up a few wins in the last 10 games to go up (hopefully as champions)

Bolton and Bradford (both on 64 points) have work to do, as both have tough run-ins and they have to play each other!

Bolton have to play us at the CCS, too!

This season certainly isn’t over yet, but Lincoln and the Bluebirds are in the driving seat for the automatic places and games are running out for the chasers!

Keep the faith, Bluebirds! :bluebird: :bluescarf: :ayatollah:
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Re: ONLY FOUR TEAMS IN IT NOW!

Wed Mar 11, 2026 9:44 pm

We all been watching Bolton closely but are Bradford now our biggest threat, there run in is much more favourable than Boltons?

Re: ONLY FOUR TEAMS IN IT NOW!

Wed Mar 11, 2026 9:49 pm

Blue since 1981 wrote:We all been watching Bolton closely but are Bradford now our biggest threat, there run in is much more favourable than Boltons

Totally agree, game 45, we have Northampton that day, hope we've put it to bed before then

Re: ONLY FOUR TEAMS IN IT NOW!

Wed Mar 11, 2026 9:49 pm

Bradfords last 10
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Re: ONLY FOUR TEAMS IN IT NOW!

Wed Mar 11, 2026 9:50 pm

Boltons last 10
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Re: ONLY FOUR TEAMS IN IT NOW!

Wed Mar 11, 2026 9:54 pm

I'm almost certain we'll be in the top two.

Bolton have a horrific run-in and Bradford aren't great away.

I expected Bradford to win tonight because Vale put a lot into their FA Cup game on Sunday.

Re: ONLY FOUR TEAMS IN IT NOW!

Wed Mar 11, 2026 10:09 pm

worcester_ccfc wrote:I'm almost certain we'll be in the top two.

Bolton have a horrific run-in and Bradford aren't great away.

I expected Bradford to win tonight because Vale put a lot into their FA Cup game on Sunday.

I’m also certain we’ll be in the top two, Ned! :thumbup:

We only have ourselves to worry about and I still think we can take the top place! :ayatollah:

Re: ONLY FOUR TEAMS IN IT NOW!

Wed Mar 11, 2026 10:19 pm

Sven wrote:
worcester_ccfc wrote:I'm almost certain we'll be in the top two.

Bolton have a horrific run-in and Bradford aren't great away.

I expected Bradford to win tonight because Vale put a lot into their FA Cup game on Sunday.

I’m also certain we’ll be in the top two, Ned! :thumbup:

We only have ourselves to worry about and I still think we can take the top place! :ayatollah:

Its possible we could be back top this time next week looking at the fixtures

Re: ONLY FOUR TEAMS IN IT NOW!

Wed Mar 11, 2026 11:34 pm

We only have ourselves to beat now, only we can feck it up simple as that :bluebird:

Re: ONLY FOUR TEAMS IN IT NOW!

Wed Mar 11, 2026 11:41 pm

1980s Bluebird wrote:We only have ourselves to beat now, only we can feck it up simple as that :bluebird:


Spot On ;)

Re: ONLY FOUR TEAMS IN IT NOW!

Thu Mar 12, 2026 9:30 am

i always said it, if we beat bolton we should be promoted.
But easier said than done and we got tough away games coming up.

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Re: ONLY FOUR TEAMS IN IT NOW!

Thu Mar 12, 2026 9:59 am

Things get strange in the run-in. Form doesn’t mean much when you’re up against a team fighting for their lives or a side that’s already safe and playing with freedom. Every weekend will have a few 'how did that happen?' results. Regardless, we’re still in a great spot for autos. The hard work's been done; we need to stay focused one game at a time and see it through.

Re: ONLY FOUR TEAMS IN IT NOW!

Thu Mar 12, 2026 9:43 pm

I think we will be W5 D1 L4 from that lot, is that enough.

Re: ONLY FOUR TEAMS IN IT NOW!

Thu Mar 12, 2026 10:29 pm

My prediction means if we get 16 points, the other two need to win 9, 16 points is an average expectation from a team averaging over 2 for the other 73% of the season.

Re: ONLY FOUR TEAMS IN IT NOW!

Fri Mar 13, 2026 10:30 am

dorsetblue wrote:My prediction means if we get 16 points, the other two need to win 9, 16 points is an average expectation from a team averaging over 2 for the other 73% of the season.



We will all drop some points in the run-in; it always happens, but we'll probably match Bolton and Bradford and finish nine points odd ahead of both.

I think Lincoln will probably pip us now and take first spot by a few points, although that is still all to play for, and they are much more catchable.