A Very Rough Guide to Bromley’s League Opposition 2015/16
Aldershot Town - Phoenix club reformed after the demise of the original football league club. Made it all the way back from Ryman League Division Three to the Football League then got relegated again!
Altringham – Won this league several times in the 1980’s, but were always refused promotion by the old re-election system.
Barrow – Won Conference North last season, have been here before and were also in the football league. Barrow is a long way from anywhere.
Boreham Wood - Conference South runners up, came up via the Play Off’s. No massively supported, but have a few charmers when the big games are on.
Braintree Town - Won promotion from Conference South a few years back have done really well since remaining part time, but with manager Alan Devonshire having left at the end of last season, they could struggle.
Cheltenham – Relegated from the football league last season back to the level they have spent many seasons at before.
Chester – Another phoenix club reformed after former league club City’s demise. Have battled their way back up again.
Dover - Won the Conference South Play Off’s in May 2014, did really well last season. Not the friendliest of clubs, especially the heavy handed stewards.
Eastleigh - Won Conference South in 2014, made the play offs in their first season up. Very well funded club who have dramatically changed their stadium since we last went there.
Forest Green Rovers - Based in Stroud, have competed at this level for a while now and will be looking to push for promotion.
Gateshead – Another ex-league club from days of yore, play at a massive Athletics arena.
Grimsby - Former league club who still have a support and ground which looks to belong at a higher level. Lost the play off final in May 2015 on penalties, which has got to hurt! Will be pushing for promotion again.
Guisley – The Yorkshire club won the Conference North Play Off’s last season, like us their first time at this level.
AFC Halifax Town – A phoenix club from the ashes of the old football league strugglers on their way back, play ay The Shay which is now a huge ground mainly set up for the Rugby League side who also play there.
Kidderminster Harriers – Had a brief flirtation with the football league, but are well known to their level of football. We somehow knocked them out of the FA Trophy back in December 2012.
Lincoln City - The first club to be relegated from the football league when the rules changed in 1987, been back and forth since.
Macclesfield - Had a good spell as a league club before falling back into the Conference.
Southport – Voted out of the football league on the 70’s Port have been around the top two division of the non-league for a while now.
Torquay Utd– A club with more recent league pedigree, in the second spell as a Conference side finding it much tougher this time round. Beat us out of sight in the FA trophy last season.
Tranmere Rovers - The biggest name in the league this season, relegated from the football league for the first time, Rovers will face a tough task getting back. They were league cup finalists and FA Cup Semi Finalists in the early 2000’s. Around about the time we were bottom of Ryman league Division One!
Welling Utd - Familiar foes and the most local team to us by a long way. They did really well to stay up last season especially after manager Jamie Day left for Ebbsfleet. They are now managed by former Bromley winger Louis Fazackerley.
Woking - Have done really well since going back up from Conference South, a well established team at this level who also had a superb record in the FA Trophy & Cup.
Wrexham – Another really big ex-league club who fell on hard times. A Huge ground used for international football on many occasions, not sadly shut at one end. The only Welsh club in the league and bitter rivals with Chester. Tread carefully when going to the away game.
Col.
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