A brief reminder of the rules and merit scoring table – I know, I can tell you’re excited.
‘March to the Arch’ Step by Step.
1) A team will be selected in the extra preliminary round or preliminary round of each tournament connected to the feature. The selected team must be drawn at home in the first round.
2) We will follow our selected team in the relevant round of that tournament. We will then allocate points as per the scoring system in accordance with the match result and follow the winning team from that tie into the next round.
3) The winning team in each round featured will become our selected side and the process will be repeated until the final.
4) The winners of our trackers will be the team who have accumulated the most points.
‘March to the Arch’ Point System
1pt Home Defeat
2pts Away Defeat
3pts Home Defeat (After Replay)
4pts Away Defeat (After Replay)
5pts Home Win (After Replay)
6pts Away Win (After Replay)
7pts Home Win
8pts Away Win
2 bonus points will be allocated to teams who win the tournaments.
Semi Finals and Finals of tournaments will be awarded points as ‘Away Win’ and ‘Away Defeat’ as per above.
*Appearances applies to the number of times a team has featured in rounds throughout the tournament, replays do not count.
If a tie is a walkover, the team unable to field a side will be shown as w/o in the Merit Table, with no score or appearance credited to them. The team progressing to the next round will be awarded 1 pt but no appearance is credited in the Table.
If points are equal, positions are based on results in the following order: Number of appearances, Goal difference then goals scored. If all still equal then the position is shared, but teams are shown alphabetically.
The first ‘March to the Arch’ was won by Accrington Stanley, below is the full result and Merit Table for ‘March to the Arch’ 2
Extra Preliminary Round: Barkingside 0 Southend Manor 2
Preliminary Round: Southend Manor 0 Brentwood Town 4
1st Qualifying Round: Brentwood Town 4 Aylesbury United 0
2nd Qualifying Round: AFC Hornchurch 0 Brentwood Town 0
Replay: Brentwood Town 1 AFC Hornchurch 0
3rd Qualifying Round: Brentwood Town 1 Woking 1
Replay: Woking 1 Brentwood Town 0
4th Qualifying Round: Woking 3 Eastleigh 2
1st Round (Proper): Woking 0 Brighton 0
Replay: Brighton 1 Woking 1 (Brighton win on Pens)
2nd Round: Brighton 1 FC United of Manchester 1
Replay: FC United of Manchester 1 Brighton 3
3rd Round: Brighton 3 Portsmouth 1
4th Round: Watford 0 Brighton 1
5th Round: Stoke City 3 Brighton 0
6th Round: Stoke City 2 West Ham United 1
Semi Final: Stoke City 5 Bolton Wanderers 0
Final: Stoke City 0 Manchester City 1
Sports-Pulse ‘March to the Arch’ Final Merit Table 2010/2011.
WINNER: BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 29 POINTS
2nd Brentwood Town 24 points
3rd Stoke City 23
4th Woking 15
5th Manchester City 10
6th Southend Manor 9
7th AFC Hornchurch 4
8th FC United of Manchester 3
9th Eastleigh 2
10th West Ham United 2
11th Portsmouth 2
12th Aylesbury United 2
13th Bolton Wanderers 2
14th Watford 1
15th Barkingside 1
So the Seagulls join Stanley in past winners of ‘March to the Arch’.
So now to March to the Arch 3, it starts on 21st August, were do we start?
No surprise I’m afraid, we will be back with Barkingside (for the 3rd Year) on Sunday21st August. They take on Hertford Town in the Extra Preliminary Round, the winners of the tie travel to either Burnham Ramblers or Barking for the Preliminary Round.
Good luck to all teams for the coming season and here is too another exciting ‘March to the Arch’, who will win March to the Arch 3?
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