This weekend’s playoff fixtures

[Old Bob]

Maidstone 100%

Cracking ground and a proper 4g pitch.

What's a "proper" plastic pitch, EKS? Sounds to me like an oxymoron. Does the fact that you identify yourself as "East Kent" mean that you have a tendency to overlook Maidstone's less than glorious contributions to the good of football in Kent? Certainly, Dartford have no reason to be anything other than annoyed at being shafted by them.

OK so in order.

Proper 4g ... ie a great surface that allows consistently good football and one that allows the club to utilise the ground and facilities as much as possible. Not a huge Maidstone (club) fan but cannot deny in local Kent football how much they allow their ground to be used for all sorts of matches..men, youth and ladies. Pitch is always available for big(ger) kent footballing events. Not many clubs in the county do that.

As for East Kent...Maidstone is not east Kent. Never has been. Never will be. Genuinely missing what you mean there I guess.

As for Dartford...not really Kent anymore..another place just being swallowed up by London 'boroughs'..but either way couldn't care less about them.

Was just responding to who I prefer...Borehamwood or Maidstone and my answer was Maidstone!

4G pitches: all the great things you say about them are true, except for "great surface that allows consistently good football". You can get a flvour of why this is wrong from https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45903364. And that's without mentioning the environmental concerns.

If what you say about plastic pitches had any validity, why don't you hear anyone say "I'd much rather Maidstone or Dorking got promoted than Worthing because they've got plastic pitches"? No one ... except maybe you.

And before you retreat into a defence that 4G pitches are superior to earlier plastic, can I remind you that you cannot polish a turd.

I know very well that Maidstone is generally considered West Kent although the east/west boundary is informal, unofficial and open to interpretation. I also know very well that Maidstone draw their fan base from much of what is genreally considered East Kent. I know too that Dartford is in Kent, whatever you say about it.

[East Kent Shots]

What's a "proper" plastic pitch, EKS? Sounds to me like an oxymoron. Does the fact that you identify yourself as "East Kent" mean that you have a tendency to overlook Maidstone's less than glorious contributions to the good of football in Kent? Certainly, Dartford have no reason to be anything other than annoyed at being shafted by them.

OK so in order.

Proper 4g ... ie a great surface that allows consistently good football and one that allows the club to utilise the ground and facilities as much as possible. Not a huge Maidstone (club) fan but cannot deny in local Kent football how much they allow their ground to be used for all sorts of matches..men, youth and ladies. Pitch is always available for big(ger) kent footballing events. Not many clubs in the county do that.

As for East Kent...Maidstone is not east Kent. Never has been. Never will be. Genuinely missing what you mean there I guess.

As for Dartford...not really Kent anymore..another place just being swallowed up by London 'boroughs'..but either way couldn't care less about them.

Was just responding to who I prefer...Borehamwood or Maidstone and my answer was Maidstone!

4G pitches: all the great things you say about them are true, except for "great surface that allows consistently good football". You can get a flvour of why this is wrong from https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45903364. And that's without mentioning the environmental concerns.

If what you say about plastic pitches had any validity, why don't you hear anyone say "I'd much rather Maidstone or Dorking got promoted than Worthing because they've got plastic pitches"? No one ... except maybe you.

And before you retreat into a defence that 4G pitches are superior to earlier plastic, can I remind you that you cannot polish a turd.

I know very well that Maidstone is generally considered West Kent although the east/west boundary is informal, unofficial and open to interpretation. I also know very well that Maidstone draw their fan base from much of what is genreally considered East Kent. I know too that Dartford is in Kent, whatever you say about it.

Yeah you're right. Enjoy your afternoon.

[Old Bob]

OK so in order.

Proper 4g ... ie a great surface that allows consistently good football and one that allows the club to utilise the ground and facilities as much as possible. Not a huge Maidstone (club) fan but cannot deny in local Kent football how much they allow their ground to be used for all sorts of matches..men, youth and ladies. Pitch is always available for big(ger) kent footballing events. Not many clubs in the county do that.

As for East Kent...Maidstone is not east Kent. Never has been. Never will be. Genuinely missing what you mean there I guess.

As for Dartford...not really Kent anymore..another place just being swallowed up by London 'boroughs'..but either way couldn't care less about them.

Was just responding to who I prefer...Borehamwood or Maidstone and my answer was Maidstone!

4G pitches: all the great things you say about them are true, except for "great surface that allows consistently good football". You can get a flvour of why this is wrong from https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45903364. And that's without mentioning the environmental concerns.

If what you say about plastic pitches had any validity, why don't you hear anyone say "I'd much rather Maidstone or Dorking got promoted than Worthing because they've got plastic pitches"? No one ... except maybe you.

And before you retreat into a defence that 4G pitches are superior to earlier plastic, can I remind you that you cannot polish a turd.

I know very well that Maidstone is generally considered West Kent although the east/west boundary is informal, unofficial and open to interpretation. I also know very well that Maidstone draw their fan base from much of what is genreally considered East Kent. I know too that Dartford is in Kent, whatever you say about it.

Yeah you're right. Enjoy your afternoon.

You too.

[Josh]

Congratulations to AFC Totton who are promoted to NLS