If the BAFA Senior Playoffs were today...

 

If the BAFA Senior Playoffs were today…

There is still a lot of football to be played this season, and some great games coming up that will have a huge bearing on seeding as well as who gets in, and who misses out. Some Conferences are proving to be very exciting as teams win one week and drop a game the next. The SFC 1 is probably the best example of that so far.

Given that the season is staggered in a way that not many teams have played the same amount of games within their divisions, it gets a bit muddied. As it stands though not one team is officially eliminated and only one team is locked into the playoffs. Here though is how the postseason would look if the season ended today.

 

PREMIER

TAMWORTH PHOENIX v LONDON BLITZ

LONDON WARRIORS v LANCASHIRE WOLVERINES

The Phoenix are in the box seat at 5-0, but Lancashire have come on this season and at 5-1 are ready to take the top spot in the North. If either slip up then East Kilbride are ready to take the scraps but at 3-2 they are very much on the outside looking in. In the South it’s a case of the usual suspects, and even the third place team Olympians will be looking for a small miracle to break the monopoly held by the Warriors and Blitz.

NORTH CONFERENCE ONE

MERSEYSIDE NIGHTHAWKS v CLYDE VALLEY BLACKHAWKS

EDINBURGH WOLVES v GATESHEAD SENATORS

Top seed here should be between the Nighthawks and Wolves, but any drop in form could see Gateshead sneak in and get a home game. Clyde Valley are looking a bit indifferent and the only outside challenge will likely be from the 3-3 Notts Caesars.

SOUTH CONFERENCE ONE

FARNHAM KNIGHTS v COLCHESTER GLADIATORS

SOLENT THRASHERS v OUSE VALLEY EAGLES

Farnham and Solent have risen to the top here and should be locks for the top two places, a rejuvenated Colchester have forced their way in over Birmingham who will be looking to finish the season strong. Ouse Valley are consistent enough to stay in the postseason hunt.

 

NORTH CONFERENCE TWO

MANCHESTER TITANS v HALTON SPARTANS

SANDWELL STEELERS v LEICESTER FALCONS

WEST COAST TROJANS v PETERBORUGH SAXONS

NEWCASTLE VIKINGS v STAFFORDSHIRE SURGE

Top seed in this Conference will probably come down to the tiebreaking procedures as Manchester, Sandwell and West Coast all look unbeatable at this stage, but they all come up against the teams in second in their respective divisions yet – so there is chance for change. Leicester and Halton will be looking over their shoulders if they slip up, and Crewe, Glasgow, Lincolnshire and Aberdeen could still make the party.

SOUTH CONFERENCE TWO

KENT EXILES v WEMBLEY STALLIONS

BURY SAINTS v CORNISH SHARKS

OXFORD SAINTS v BRISTOL APACHE

SUSSEX THUNDER v LONDON HORNETS

Kent are he first team to book their postseason berth, this is down to their great form and being in a weak division which has seen lots of one sided scores. Bury are also in great shape and should wrap up at least the number two seed. Oxford look good for the playoffs as do Sussex and the Hornets. The Apache have come off a slow start and should get into the playoffs, and at the moment the Sharks and Stallions are in, but Swindon, Blitz B and the Essex Spartans are waiting in the wings.