After a busy midweek with 336 matches played (now a total of 1435 played), the leagues are starting to take shape, especially in some of the Step 5 & 6 divisions.
Out of the 973 clubs all hoping for a good start, only 111 still have the 100% record against their name:
Step 1 - 0
Step 2 - 2
Ebbsfleet Utd
Kings Lynn Town
Step 3 - 6
Aveley
Bishop's Stortford
Coalville Town
Horsham
Stafford Rangers
Warrington Town
Step 4 - 28
Step 5 - 37
Step 6 - 38
As of midday Thursday, here are your league leaders:
Step League Team Pl Pts
1 NL (P) Barnet 3 7
2 NL (N) King's Lynn Town 3 9
2 NL (S) Ebbsfleet United 3 9
3 IST (P) Horsham 2 6
3 NPL (P) Stafford Rangers 2 6
3 SL (PC) Coalville Town 3 9
3 SL (PS) Truro City 3 7
4 IST (SC) Westfield 2 6
4 IST (N) Lowestoft Town 2 6
4 IST (SE) Beckenham Town 2 6
4 NPL (E) Stockton Town 2 6
4 NPL (W) Macclesfield 2 6
4 NPL (M) Halesowen Town 2 6
4 SL (1C) Kempston Rovers 2 6
4 SL (1S) Sholing 2 6
5 CCL (PN) London Lions 2 6
5 CCL (PS) Colliers Wood United 3 9
5 ECFL (P) Harleston Town 4 12
5 ESL Little Oakley 3 7
5 HFL (P) Cribbs 4 10
5 MFL (P) Racing Club Warwick 2 6
5 NWCL (P) Avro 5 15
5 NCEL (P) North Ferriby 3 9
5 NOR (1) Ashington 5 15
5 SCFL (P) Peacehaven & Telscombe 3 9
5 SCEL (P) Rusthall 3 9
5 SSML (P) Leighton Town 3 9
5 UCL (N) Loughborough Students 4 10
5 UCL (S) March Town United 3 9
5 WXL (P) Bemerton Heath Harlequins 2 6
5 WFL (P) Bridgwater United 5 15
6 CCL (1) Sandhurst Town 4 12
6 ECFL (1N) Framlingham Town 3 9
6 ECFL (1S) Stanway Pegasus 4 10
6 HFL (1) Milton United 4 12
6 MFL (!) Paget Rangers 4 12
6 NWCL (1N) Pilkington 4 12
6 NWCL (1S) Wythenshawe Amateurs 5 15
6 NCEL (1) Horbury Town 4 12
6 NOR (2) Birtley Town 6 14
6 SWPL (E) Ivybridge Town 4 12
6 SWPL (W) St Blazey 3 9
6 SCFL (1) Wick 3 9
6 SCEL (1) Bridon Ropes 3 7
6 SSML (1) Real Bedford FC 2 6
6 UCL (1) Aylestone Park 4 12
6 WXL (1) Andover Town 3 9
6 WFL (1) Oldland Abbotonians 5 13
The average goals per game from Step 1 to 6 now stands at 3.32. Steps 1 and 2 have the lowest, perhaps due to the better defending on offer? Just 2.56 and 2.47. If you want to see goals, Step 6 is still where the action is with over a goal per game more, currently 3.7 goals per game.
Top 5 leagues for goals per game:
Step League GpG
6 Combined Counties Div One 5.05
6 Wessex Division One 4.84
6 Eastern Counties Div One North 4.11
6 Spartan South Midlands Div One 4.10
6 United Counties Division One 3.91
6 North West Counties Div One North 3.91
Interestingly, well for some it may be, the amount of draws is pretty well inversely proportionate to goals per game!
Overall, the draw % is 1 in 5 matches with Steps 1 & 2 averaging 36 and 37% but Steps 5 & 6 are at 18 and 16%
The Spartans South Midlands Div 1 has only 1 draw in 20 matches with the South West Peninsula East league just 2 in 32 matches. Compare this to 26 draws in 70 games at Step 2.
The question of home advantage was mentioned a couple of weeks back. The average across the Steps is now that the home teams takes 51.75% of the points, with Step 1 actually having the largest home bias points wise:
League Pld W D L F A Pts G/D H%
Step 1 36 16 13 7 53 39 61 14 56.48
Step 2 70 25 26 19 92 81 101 11 48.10
Step 3 110 46 29 35 180 159 167 21 50.61
Step 4 154 61 41 52 219 201 224 18 48.48
Step 5 508 232 92 184 889 790 788 99 51.71
Step 6 557 267 86 204 1119 936 887 183 53.08
Which means, the Away records look like this:
League Pld W D L F A Pts G/D A%
Step 1 36 7 13 16 39 53 34 -14 31.48
Step 2 70 19 26 25 81 92 83 -11 39.52
Step 3 110 35 29 46 159 180 134 -21 40.61
Step 4 154 52 41 61 201 219 197 -18 42.64
Step 5 508 184 92 232 790 889 644 -99 42.26
Step 6 557 204 86 267 936 1119 698 -183 41.77
As more teams lose their 100% record, eyes avert to look at the undefeated runs. At Step 6, here is the top 5 and ties current runs:
Best Current Undefeated Run
Birtley Town 6
Boro Rangers 5
Ellesmere Rangers 5
Wythenshawe Amateurs 5
Oldland Abbotonians 5
Portishead Town 5
Conversely, here are the current worst runs without a win, reports will read, "need to do better!":
Currently Matches Without a Win
Radstock Town 6
NW London 5
Willington 5
Cheddar 5
At Step 5, here are the fast starters with the best current undefeated run:
Ashington 5
Carlisle City 5
Newton Aycliffe 5
Avro 5
Bridgwater United 5
and those struggling to find a win....
Seaham Red Star 5
Keynsham Town 5
This weekend sees the next round of the FA Cup which means hardly any Step 4 league matches, but still around 280 league games due to be played. How many upsets will this round see?
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