For those who don't know the relegation picture is a bit different this year.  The bottom 2 go down - that seems to be set in stone.  And originally the 3rd and 4th bottom were to be involved in some sort of playoffs, but due to teams folding and other reorganisations, the 4th bottom spot is now safe.

But all 8 of the step 4 teams that finish 3rd bottom go into a pool and will be ranked on a points per game basis.  Some will be involved in a playoff with a step 5 team and some may be repreived depending on other step 5 teams etc.

So the minimum target to avoid the drop is 4th bottom.

Well, it looks as if it will be our lowest finish ever.  I think Frank Wilson flirted with the drop in his first season, although he turned it around somewhat after Xmas and finished 7th bottom - our lowest finish to date!

A further look at this season's relegation picture, according to Wikipedia, out of the 8 3rd bottom teams, 2 will be reprieved and 6 will be involved in a playoff.

Edit:

Just checked and Wilson finished 8th bottom.  It was a few years earlier, in the season of 3 managers, when we finished 7th bottom.

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I'm not saying that.  There are a lot of factors involved in hiring and firing.  I wouldn't be getting rid of anyone solely on the basis of league position.

I'll be honest - even when we went down last time, I wouldn't have been annoyed if Frank Wilson had stayed on!

makes saturdays game a very big one indeed and dont forget that after that we are away to Bracknel and cant see us getting much out of that but does our owner even look at our league position i seriously doubt it,

I have always presumed we would drop into the Combined Counties league.  But I note that recently the likes of Croydon and Whyteleafe have gone into the Kent League (Now known as the Southern Counties East league).  So possibly we are near the boundary when it comes to handing out relegation places.

Totally agree Mikem. My late father and my uncle , loyal  Steptoe TOOTS fans to the day they passed on, would have been devastated with the situation this club has now fallen into !

Toots even nearer to the relegation zone after todays fixtures and results .What a sorry state of affairs for this great club !

Well we drop another place after todays results and another step closer to the combined counties how much longer Mr adkins are you going to leave these two clowns in charge the present situation is a total disgrace.

Absolutely tragic performance today. Desperately need a recognized forward. Anyone know what's happening with Connor French and Dontai? (although not sure if either of them are the answer).

Cheers Gary.  We get more information out of you in one post than we do from the club in a season.

For the historians of this Great Club a question, has Tooting & Mitcham ever been in such a lowly level similar to this current situation, with seemingly no hope of a change of Managerial and ownership ?
And secondly is there any likely candidates ownership and/or managerially who  given the opportunity ,could take over to give some hope in getting out of this mess?

Hello steptoe unfortunatly i am feeling the same as you in the dreadful position the football club finds itself in but there really is nothing we as loyal supporters can do about the situation the reality is we have an owner who talks big when it comes to the club becoming the best non league team in the country but does absolutely jack Rubbish when it comes to action if he did have other intentions he would start by getting rid of the two hopeless clowns he has in charge these two will take us down into the combined counties and this will be the legacy that steve adkins will leave us with. You have no shame adkins or you would sell up and clear off.