By Nathan Jackson
March 12 2011

Crawley Town have one foot in League Two after they won at Fleetwood and AFC Wimbledon lost at home to Kidderminster. Meanwhile, Plymouth's recent revival was halted as a defeat at Hartlepool United saw them slip to bottom of League One again

It would take a big effort to stop the current top five in the Blue Square Premier from not being the top five when the Blue Square Premier division ends. A large gap between Kidderminster in 5th and Fleetwood in 6th is starting to go develop, and although there are numerous clubs with games in hand, you'd be hard pushed to see any of the sides sufficiently challenging the top five.

Crawley already have one step in the Football League. A 2-1 win at Fleetwood, combined with AFC Wimbledon's defeat to Kidderminster, gives Crawley a three point advange with five games in hand over their local rivals. The results also gave Kidderminster the boost they needed and had it not been for their points deduction, they would currently be third.

Luton didn't play in the League as they face Mansfield in the FA Trophy on Sunday, and they also have five games in hand on Wimbledon, realistically they are now the only side who are likely to challenge Crawley, although the Sussex side do currently have a nine point lead over the Befordshire side. Wrexham complete the top five in the Blue Square Premier, but their poor recent form continued with a draw to Rushden. Rushden are in the pack with slim hopes of the Playoffs, with Fleetwood, York, Rushden, Darlinton and Grimsby all still considering the Playoffs a realistic target, although again, some will have to put in a massive effort.

Meanwhile, the battle to avoid going into League Two continues and took another interesting twist on Saturday as Plymouth returned to the bottom after losing their game at Hartlepool United, a long way to go to return to the bottom of the League. Hartlepool themselves are the only side who went up from League Two in 2006/7 that aren't in the relegation zone, with Bristol Rovers, Swindon and Walsall occupying the other places in the bottom four.

Saturday saw the perfect opportunity for some of those in the bottom two to put pressure on those above them as Walsall went to Yeovil and Swindon hosted Dagenham, two teams in the relegation zone facing the two sides who sat above the drop zone before kick off, both games ended 1-1, whereas Bristol Rovers, the other team in the bottom three, lost 1-0 at Huddersfield.

It's getting awfully tight at the bottom though, but you'd be hard pushed to confidently predict that at least one of the current bottom four will escape the situation at the bottom. All of the bottom four have played more games than those above up, some teams above the drop zone have up to five games in hand on those in the drop zone. Realistically only Dagenham, Yeovil and Tranmere can be targets for the bottom four, and it's very much a case of any four from seven.

Crawley have one foot in League as Plymouth sink bottom

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