PLAY-OFF DATES ANNOUNCED – UPDATED

Bishop Auckland to be presented with Division One trophy after Redcar Athletic game tomorrow.

The league today announced the revised dates for the promotion play-off matches.

Dates have had to be moved due to the continuing postponement of matches affecting promotion-chasing teams.

Division One:

The First Division semi-finals will be held on Wednesday, May 1 and Thursday, May 2, both with a 7.30pm kick-off.  The Wednesday game will be at Shildon who will play the team that finishes fifth.  The second match will be at the team that finishes third who will host the fourth-placed team.

The play-off final will be on Monday, May 6 at 3pm at the home of the team that finishes the league season in the higher position.

Division Two:

The first Division Two semi-final will be at Newcastle Blue Star who will meet Horden CW on Friday, May 3 at 7.30pm.  The second will be on Saturday, May 4 at 3pm between Easington Colliery and Bedlington Terriers at the home of the team that finishes the higher.

The play-off final will be held on Wednesday, May 8 at 7.30pm at the team that finishes the league season in the higher position.

If matches are level after 90 minutes, ties are decided by a penalty shoot-out.

(The entrance fee for the games will be: Division One: £8/5/2 for adults/over-65s/under-16s and Division Two: £6/4/2.

FA rules stipulate that should a club that has qualified to play at home not be able to host the game at their normal home ground on the scheduled date and kick-off time then the game will be played on the ground of their opponents. Should neither club be able to host the fixture, a venue will be selected at the discretion of the league.)

Bishop Auckland:

The Division One trophy will be presented at the end of their game at Redcar Athletic tomorrow night.  The club says that the trophy will also be taken to Tow Law on Saturday for photos.