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Play-off dates

24 Apr 2013 By Peter Butcher

THE League is still receiving enquiries about the play-off dates, which were published last summer.

In the Premier, Lowestoft, Wealdstone and Concord have qualified, and two of them will be at home in the semi-finals.

Whoever finishes as runners-up will host East Thurrock, Met Police or Canvey next Wednesday (May 1), while the third-placed team entertain the fourth. The Premier final is on Monday May 6 on the ground of the higher-placed club.

In the North, Maldon and Thamesmead have qualified for home semi-finals on Tuesday (April 30) and will meet Witham and Aveley. The actual ties will not be decided until Saturday. The North final is on Sunday May 5.

There will be a home semi-final in the South for the runners-up, either Dulwich or Maidstone. Faversham and Hythe have also qualified and one of them will have a home tie. The final place will go to Folkestone, Leatherhead or Ramsgate and they will be away in their semi-final. Those games will also be next Tuesday, and the final is on Saturday May 4.

Where next?

Tanners in the driving seat A SINGLE goal by Sam Blackman in added time at the end of the first half was enough to lift Leatherhead back into the Ryman South play-off places tonight (Wednesday).

Whitehawk are champions CONGRATULATIONS to Whitehawk, who tonight (Tuesday) became Ryman League champions just four years after finishing 14th in the Sussex County League.