22 Layer Pyramid- put your other crappy leagues here.

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Twenty-four layers, champ.  Or 25, if you count the Bristol Downs League Division 4.  However, because there's no formal promotion/relegation between the Bristol Downs League Premier Division and the 20th-layer Bristol & District League Division 6, I would argue for 24.
 
That means the bottom of the pyramid is occupied solely by the Mid-Sussex League Division 11.  And, since all but two teams in the MSL-D11 is a reserve or third side, that means that Crawley United can probably lay claim to being the lowest-ranked first team in England (The FA's website mistakenly lists the club as Crawley United II, but the club's website shows the senior side as competing in Division 11.  It was a close race this year, though, with United only missing out on second place (and winning the lowest-ranked title) on goal difference to AFC Bolnore.
 
If the name Crawley sounds familiar, it's probably because Crawley Town has been moving up the pyramid as high as League 1 in recent years.  However, the full list of Crawleys that Crawley United is directly beneath is much longer:
 
  • Crawley Town (3rd tier, though relegated this season)
  • Crawley Down Gatwick FC (9th)
  • Crawley Portugese Sporting (14th)
  • FC Crawley Luxury (15th)
  • Crawley Devils (17th)
  • FC Crawley Luxury Reserves (18th)
  • FC Crawley Luxury 'A' (23rd)
 
So clearly United have some work to do.  But, having finished 356 places behind Chelsea, they probably knew that already.
 

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DLew On Roids said:
Twenty-four layers, champ.  Or 25, if you count the Bristol Downs League Division 4.  However, because there's no formal promotion/relegation between the Bristol Downs League Premier Division and the 20th-layer Bristol & District League Division 6, I would argue for 24.
 
 
 
I didn't count the top two layers, because they both have threads. So this is for the other 22. 
 
Champ.  ;)
 
And I know that the Manure connection may be too strong for the full appreciation, but what a nice little stadium Broadhurst Park is. Good for those fans, ex-United or not.
 

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Some craziness in the Doncaster Rovers-Bury game today.
 
In injury time of a 0-0 game, the Bury goalkeeper had thrown the ball out to stop play because of an injury. Harry Forrester of Doncaster tried to kick it back to the keeper off the throw-in, but put it over him and into the net. Forrester immediately threw up his hands and tried to apologize, and both managers talked to the referee about disallowing the goal for a foul throw-in. The referee said that the goal would stand, so Rovers manager (and LTF fave) Paul Dickov told his team to let Bury score. Leon Clarke jogged down the field from the kickoff and tapped in the 95th minute equalizer. The game ended 1-1.
 

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And with Dons going down, that could make for some great match ups next year.

The Accrington Stanley story in league two is great as well.
 

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Forest Green Rovers finished second in the Conference National League. If they win promotion, they'd be representing the smallest town in the Football League by a fair margin. Nailsworth has a population of less than 6,000. Braintree Town, who finished 3rd in the same league, represent a larger town, but they averaged less than 500 fans this season, which is over three times less than the smallest average attendance in League Two.

Wigan clinched an immediate return to the Championship today.
 

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Also, Forest Green just fired their manager after finishing second, a week before the playoffs, after they had gone winless in seven games
 

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Wigan Ath back up to the Championship at the first attempt. Good job.
 

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First leg League 2 playoffs.
0-0 HT Wimbledon Accrington Stanley

They played the Monday Night Football theme in the park at the end of halftime

Field has seen better days. 60+ matches this season because Wimbledon share the park Kingstonian
 

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Accrington got a nifty penalty, a throw in into the the box while Dons weren't paying complete attention. 1-0, 1-1 at halftime on aggregate

Plymouth and Portsmouth both looked better the other day than either Accrington or Wimbledon have looked in either leg.

edit Josh Windass, who scored the pen for Accrington, is 8-for-8 on pens this season. It was really smooth. England should take him to the Euro :)
 
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Akinfawa comes on at the half. He played well last match, attracts a lot of attention, like a giant magnet that attracts people. Accrington was terrified to leave him space so it creates opportunities for others
 

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oh man the last two goals - Accrington got a great goal, 25 yards out, right footer from outside the post that curved back into the top right corner.

Then Akinfenwa scored a header, crushing a defender in the process. The defender couldn't jump at all

2-2 (no away goals rule)
 
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First time watching Wimbledon for me. I think if Akinfenwa grew up in the US, he ends up a defensive lineman in the NFL. He's the stoutest soccer player I've ever seen, bigger than Hulk. I'd hate to be trying to get the ball off him in the box.
 

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the team site hilariously lists "Beast" at 189 pounds, and google generously lists him at 5'11 224. He's probably closer to 240. has the highest FIFA strength rating of 98

Dons goal in first half of ET, 3-2
 

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First time watching Wimbledon for me. I think if Akinfenwa grew up in the US, he ends up a defensive lineman in the NFL. He's the stoutest soccer player I've ever seen, bigger than Hulk. I'd hate to be trying to get the ball off him in the box.
I would love to know if any PE teacher tried to talk him into playing rugby. He's got an ideal prop's build.
 

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wow, two floodlights just went out on one side of the pitch. Prank? Timer?

edit- five minute break for the lights to cool down before turning on again. one of the lights may have had smoke
 

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Wimbledon going to Wembley. Pretty amazing. One match from 6th promotion in 14 years

Gosh, Accrington was like unbeaten in something like their last ten matches but miss auto promotion on GD
 
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Nobody watching Bardsley-Millwall? It's fun background. Not as fun as watching Akinfenwa tomorrow will be, but still - more club football!
 

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It did - and not unexpected. They lost a starting center back right before kickoff and their starting right back most the season was suspended. Better team obviously won that one.