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Rooks promotion

On 19 Jan 2018 at 7:12am Dan the Dripper wrote:

Lewes FC are second in the league (and playing top of the table Cray away on Saturday). Does anyone know how many teams get promoted from the division, or is it one of those non-league ifs and buts situations?

On 19 Jan 2018 at 7:24am Billy wrote:

2 automatic places this year plus one from the playoffs.
Lewes have been punching above their weight and may find it hard to sustain their position in the next few weeks as bigger money clubs boost their playing resources. On Saturday, Lewes play Cray Wanderers who took top spot on Wednesday night with a 9 -1 thrashing of Ashford. Cray have, in the last two weeks, added two more prolific strikers to their already impressive portfolio.
Having said that, Lewes are the only team to have beaten Cray this season.

On 19 Jan 2018 at 8:44am Footballman wrote:

Its peculiar to think that Lewes are supposedly punching above their weight. They get the second highest gate in the league and well over double the league average. Either smaller clubs are having money given to them or Lewes are mismanaging their resources which I see no evidence of. Get down to the dripping pan if you like football anyway.

On 19 Jan 2018 at 8:54am Billy wrote:

They are punching way above their weight when it comes to playing budget which is �2000 a week. Some clubs have a higher budget and nobody coming through the turnstiles - who pays for that?

On 19 Jan 2018 at 10:23am Tax man wrote:

A lot of smaller clubs will have a generous benefactor or local business propping them up, either out of love for the club or as part of a dubious tax dodge like when Philcox used to chuck money at Lewes FC back in the day.

On 19 Jan 2018 at 10:29am Rookie wrote:

Most clubs have sugar daddy owners trying to be like Mr Abramovich and pumping in lots of money. These owners usually get fed up of wasting their money after a while and pull out. Lewes have been there and done that. It happened at Greenwich last week too and their �1000 a week striker is now at Cray who seem to have money to burn. For now anyway.

On 19 Jan 2018 at 12:18pm Charlie McDoughnut wrote:

Where did you get the info that I'm on �1000 a week?

On 19 Jan 2018 at 1:39pm Rooks Fan wrote:

Why? Are you on more than that then?

On 19 Jan 2018 at 2:09pm Billy wrote:

"Games don't get much bigger than Saturday's when The Rooks, knocked off the top of the Bostik League South for the first time in 12 weeks, head to table-topping Cray Wanderers on Saturday. It is not just First versus Second, but the league's top scorers against the meanest defensive and the best home record versus the best away record. Whilst the Rooks still have a game in hand over Cray, they warmed up for the game with a 9-1 rout over Ashford United on Wednesday night. Darren will hope to welcome back Lloyd Cotton into the centre of defence for the game the game of the day. Kick off at Hayes Lane, Bromley is 3pm."

On 19 Jan 2018 at 2:20pm Badger wrote:

Big game game tommorow at Amex ! Seagulls !!!

On 20 Jan 2018 at 9:49pm Dan the Dripper wrote:

Thank you for the info. Great win for the lads.
Went to Brighton game. Albion were a decent side playing a better one. The fans are getting louder too, good noise for an early ko