Bracknell Town, Ascot United, Binfield, Hungerford Town and Windsor & Eton have been given new incentives and targets for the upcoming season.
This hasn’t been widely reported (we only saw it on Weymouth’s Twitter account) but from next season we understand that the Southern League will move to an expanded playoff format similar to the National League – and you might expect this format to extend to the Isthmian League and Northern League.
This will work as follows:
- The Champion will be promoted.
- The teams in second and third place will advance to the semifinals and host the semifinals.
- The teams in fourth through seventh will play “quarterfinals” for a chance to play the teams in second and third.
Although a seventh-place finish would mean the club would have to play three away play-offs, it is another route to potential promotion.
This will help ensure the season lasts longer as many clubs will still have a chance to qualify for the playoffs as the end of the season approaches. Whether it is fair that the team finishing in seventh place can gain promotion, while the team in second place cannot, is another matter.
The Southern League will begin on 8 August 2026 with the season finale on Saturday 17 April 2027. The playoffs will begin on 20 April 2027 with the final on Bank Holiday Monday 3 May 2027.
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