3-1 . . . we always lose 3-1 . . . we always lose 3-1 . . . we always lose 3-1

. . . well that’s how it seems at the moment

And those points lost against a “close” rival for the relegation places just confirm the predicament that Darlo find themselves in – with the uncertainty of non-league football to come now almost assured.

The dearth of points for Darlo is again mirrored in our managers’ lack of ability to predict these scores, with only two coming up trumps. Barbara Woodshed isn’t feeling “ruff” anyone after moving into fifth place with that max score and is now on 83 points. Princess Beth Taylor completes the line-up and now has 58 points in joint 51st place.

The scoring was SO sparse, I’ve included “all” the managers who achieved the correct result:  Brian Main, Dan Taylor, David Munns, David Taylor, Dean Martin, Hannah Taylor, Ian Bonsall, James Cagney, James McNaughton, Jean Pepper, Lemsip Opic, Mark Stephenson, Martyn Walton, Maureen Taylor, Michael Hunt, Mick Spencer, Raymond Percival, Richard Sole, Richard Widmark, Sam Taylor, Simon Cowing, Stephen Lander, Steve Austin, Toby Corum, Tony Taylor, Troy Lacend.

Those 3 points for Dave and Tony Taylor, in third and fourth places respectively, have close the gap on leaders Carl Hankin on 96 and Andrew Hodgson on 94. Richard Sole is sixth with 81, whilst Stephen Nicholson and Adrian Pape are still in the race with 79.

Raymond Percival’s three points have hauled him out of the bottom three, leaving Malcolm Cundick staring down the potential barrel of a very unwanted hat-trick . . . all three of his teams in the relegation places!!! Still plenty of time (and competition) down there though!!! Richard Collin is sandwiched between Malcolm’s teams in 177th place with 17 points.

Pete