Friday 4 March 2016

BUCS Playoff Schedule - Semi-Final Round


One week closer to finding out this year’s Champions of British University football. Can Stirling win it all again? Well they eased through, eventually, last week so they are still on course.

We lost 12 teams last week in the opening salvos of the postseason, another 10 will fall this weekend. The Division 2 teams start their playoffs and the North/South divide continues there as they chase down promotion.

PREMIER DIVISION – SEMI-FINALS

 

STIRLING v HERTFORDSHIRE

BIRMINGHAM v DURHAM

 

All four top seeds went through last week so this really is the cream of the Uni ball coming together. Birmingham will start as favourites to beat Durham, but their visitors will not lay down. Herts won an abandoned game so not fully tested in the postseason, and they will have to bring their game throughout to get past Stirling.

DIVISION ONE NORTH SEMI-FINALS

 

GLASGOW v NEWCASTLE

NOTTINGHAM v NTU

 

DIVISION ONE SOUTH SEMI-FINALS

 

SWANSEA v CARDIFF

SURREY v RHUL

 

Glasgow squeezed by Sheffield to face a spirited Newcastle, who last week knocked out higher ranked Warwick. Nottingham caused perhaps the biggest shock last week when they beat UCLan in a thrilling encounter, and host rival NTU. The battle of Wales has Swansea play host to Cardiff in what could be the best game of the weekend, and Surrey coming off a strong shutout of Kent have to deal with RHUL, who themselves had a great a win at Brighton last week.

DIVISION TWO NORTH SEMI-FINALS

 

EDINBURGH NAPIER v LJMU

MANCHESTER v COVENTRY

 

DIVISION TWO SOUTH SEMI-FINALS

 

PLYMOUTH v PORTSMOUTH

GREENWICH v OXFORD

 

After a week off the 8 teams in the Division 2 playoffs start their road to promotion. All teams are very strong and therefore even if a lower ranked team won on the road it would not necessarily go down as a shock.

 

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