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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