Non-League Predictions > February 1st

[Darran]

Thinks ticked over nicely towards the end of January and there was another small profit last weekend. Hopefully we can keep the profits coming on Saturday as we start a new month.

AFC Fylde v Boreham Wood

I am a bit surprised Boreham Wood aren't favourites here. They were one of the favourites to go down at the start of the season, but they have blown those odds out of the water and yet again Luke Garrard has got another good team together to rival the one that reached the play-off final two years ago. They have a real chance of getting in the play-offs again and they haven't lost in the league since October 26th. They got a superb draw against top of the table Barrow on Saturday and more than matched them as well. They travel to a Fylde side who haven't won in 8 league games now and they must be getting nervous about going back down to the National League North. It just hasn't quite been clicking for them since Jim Bentley took over and with Boreham Wood full of confidence right now I think they look a good price.

Halifax v Bromley

Bromley seem to have blown all hopes of winning the title in recent weeks. They have lost 3 games on the bounce and have only picked up 10 points in their last 10 games. They are struggling to reach the heights they were reaching in the early months of the season and Halifax are bang in form at the moment. Unbeaten in 6 and they have been impressive in their last two home wins against Maidenhead and on Tuesday against Dover. I am surprised that the away side are favourites for this as I would have Halifax no bigger than 5/4 to win this.

Dorking v Bath City

Granted Dorking haven't won in 4 league games, but they did beat Stockport in the FA Trophy and they were unlucky to lose to Weymouth on Saturday as they ended up with just 9 men on the pitch. They have scored a huge 24 goals in their last 10 league games, but have conceded 17 and that is with keeping 4 clean sheets! This could be the right time to be playing Bath as they were thrashed 7-0 on Saturday at Wealdstone and they then lost to Concord in the FA Trophy on Tuesday night. Every chance Bath will score, but I think Dorking can outscore them here.

St Albans v Welling

Welling have improved a lot under their new manager and he has changed plenty since owner Mark Goldberg decided to step down as boss. There are even rumours that Goldberg did the team talks from the beach on holiday for the 3 games they played over Christmas. They have won their last 2 games and they are clearly benefiting from having a proper manager in charge. St Albans are doing OK at the moment although have only picked up 1 victory in their last 6 and Welling look value at over 2/1 to make it 3 wins on the bounce.

Gloucester City v Spennymoor

The price is going on Spennymoor so am putting this one up first ahead of the others. Gloucester are in a right old mess at the moment. New manager James Rowe is so far proving to be totally inept in his first managerial role having won just one game in 10 matches since taking over. He has signed 13 players in that time and the new team has not gelled out all and unlike the players that have left they don't seem to have much fight. Part of the problem is a lot of the new players are on 18 month contracts so they are at a new club and don't have to play for a new contract either as they are already sorted for next season. On paper some of the players have a good background, but apart from Liam Daly and Matt McClure they haven't done it on the pitch for a while and they look dubious signings to me. Rowe has changed the team too quickly for me and they are playing like a team who don't know each other which is exactly what they are. City lost 6-1 to a Alfreton team who hadn't won at home since the beginning of September on Tuesday night which is a new low under Rowe. Now one slight concern is that sometimes you see a team react to a heavy defeat and Rowe will surely know he is close to getting the sack, but I am not sure the players are capable of playing for him. He is also still blaming the former manager for things despite the fact it is his team now. Spennymoor seem to have got over their blip they had in December and are clearly a much better side. The other thing that stops this being a max bet though is away from home they have drawn 7 times and won just twice so that has to be in the back of your mind. Even so I think this will be an away win and Spennymoor should be odds on.

Alvechurch v Leiston

Yes I am putting Leiston up again, but they look a cracking bet to beat an Alvechurch side who have lost 9 of their last 10 games and the one win was against Redditch who are bottom. Pointless repeating myself on Leiston and they got a good draw when I put them up last week, but we should get our money back here.

Biggleswade v Stratford Town

I am chancing Stratford again at a big price. There has been improvement for sure despite only picking up 1 point since beating Redditch 4 games ago. That game was on Tuesday night when they drew 3-3 with Hitchin. Biggleswade aren't in great form at the moment although they did beat St Ives easily on Saturday and to be fair the 4 games without a win were against the stronger sides in the division. Even so at around 4/1 Stratford seem a sporting play as they are playing better than their league position suggests.

Boreham Wood 1pt @ 15/8 with Betway and William Hill

Halifax 1pt @ 17/10 with Bet365, Betway and William Hill

Dorking 1pt @ 31/20 with BetVictor

Welling 1pt @ 85/40 with BetVictor

Spennymoor 3pts @ 5/4 with BetVictor

Leiston 2pts @ 33/25 with Marathon

Stratford Town 1pt @ 21/5 with BetVictor

[Mindfulness]

4 hours ago, Darran said:

Welling have improved a lot under their new manager and he has changed plenty since owner Mark Goldberg decided to step down as boss. There are even rumours that Goldberg did the team talks from the beach on holiday for the 3 games they played over Christmas.

Myself and perhaps some other fellow Crystal Palace fans could speculate that Mark Goldberg did his due diligence for the purchase of Crystal Palace football club on the beach at Christmas. The term '5 year plan' is still met with confusion and fear in some quarters of south-east London to this very day.

[bookiebasher]

Hey if Darren or anyone else knows..Why is the price on Kings Lynn going out against Kidderminster..you can get 19/20 Bet365 ?..Kings Lynn as we all know are flying at the moment at the top of the league winning their last 6 at home whilst Kidderminster  are struggling,have lost their last 3 away games and were beaten at home by Kings Lynn 4 - 2. 

[Darran]

Asian punters usually love Kidderminster and actually right as things stand

[bookiebasher]

YEEEEUP... 2 - 0  Kidderminster...Which i actually dont mind even if i did bet them today as long as York win lol

[bookiebasher]

YORK WIN to cut Kings Lynn lead a little bit..It aint over til the fatty sings 

 

[Shep65]

Fantastic work Darran. 5 winners from 7. Nap won and a 4/1 plus call on Stratford. Thanks very much. ???

[suder]

Another fabulous performance, Darran! You are a GENIUS! Thanks a lot for making all of us happy!

[Mindfulness]

Great stuff @Darran, well done mate!

[Darran]

Must admit I was glad it wasn't a full house as I had forgotten to do the acca for the first time ever and that would have cost me dear if it had been a full house. Cracking afternoon though.

[Johnmccain]

Nice one Darran!