Garry Hill’s men head into the final part of their Blue Square South campaign with a 13-point lead over their promotion rivals and Saturday’s hard fought victory over fellow promotion contenders Dartford, a victory described as “massive” by Hill, has left many in no doubt that the Cardinals will make their long awaited return. Speaking after Saturday’s success Hill said: “A massive three points it was a big six-pointer today, but there is a long way to go, there are a lot of other good sides in the league. There are lots of points still to play for.”
Woking have suffered heartache in the playoffs in the previous two campaigns, losing to Bath City two seasons ago in the final and to Farnborough last campaign, but this year the Kingfield Stadium club are well equipped to make the return automatically.The Cardinals are in action again on Saturday when they make the trip to Hampton & Richmond and Hill is expecting a similarly tough match against the relegation strugglers. He added: “You’re playing against a team that is fighting for their lives at the bottom of the league and their trying to get points to get away from an area in the league where they don’t want to be.”
Meanwhile promotion contenders Welling United are in action for the first time in almost month this evening when they take on Havant & Waterlooville at Park View Road. It’s not unattainable for the Wings to overhaul Woking; however they start this evening’s encounter a further 17-points behind the Surrey-based club, so it is looks more than likely that Jamie Day’s men will have to settle for a place in the playoffs.
With 13 league matches still to play, the race for promotion to the highest level of Non-League Football isn’t quite at an end. Three teams are ready to pounce if Woking were to slip up, so far now at least, the champagne is still definitely on ice for Hill’s side.
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