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Hockey: City of Peterborough playing for their National League future
THERE is a faint whiff of optimism around Bretton Gate as City of Peterborough prepare for their final National Conference East fixture of the season.
THERE is a faint whiff of optimism around Bretton Gate as City of Peterborough prepare for their final National Conference East fixture of the season.Under normal circumstances, and taking into account all known form, visitors Old Loughtonians would be expected to romp to victory against one of the divisional whipping boys on Sunday (2pm).
But Old Loughts have nothing to play for except their pride, while City have their National League life on the line.
City probably need to win to have a chance of avoiding a return to regional hockey, but even that might not be enough. Chelmsford, the team City have to overtake, are hosting rock-bottom Ipswich in their final fixture.
Defeat or a draw for Ipswich would almost certainly ensure that City have another chance of effecting a great escape via the relegation play-offs, but it's also possible that they could finish bottom and be immediately doomed to East League hockey.
Saturday 28 March
Men
East League
Premier A Division - Wisbech v Bishop's Stortford, City of Peterborough 2nds v Cambridge City.
Premier B Division - Long Sutton v Bury St Edmunds, West Herts v Bourne.
Division Two North - Cambridge City 4ths v City of Peterborough 3rds, Market Deeping v Sudbury.
Division Three North West - Bourne 2nds v March, March 2nds v Boston, Spalding v Ely, Wisbech 2nds v City of Peterborough 4ths.
Division Four North West - Cambridge City 5ths v Long Sutton 2nds, City of Peterborough 5ths v City of Peterborough 6ths, Ely 2nds v Spalding 2nds, Market Deeping 2nds v St Ives 2nds.
Division Five North West - Rutland 2nds v March 3rds, Boston 2nds v Bourne 3rds.
Division Six North West - March 4ths v Market Deeping 3rds, Wisbech 5ths v City of Peterborough 7ths, Ely 3rds v Spalding 3rds, Long Sutton 3rds v Wisbech 4ths.
Division Seven North West - Bourne 4ths v Rutland 4ths, Spalding 4ths v Ely 4ths, City of Peterborough 8ths v Rutland 3rds, St Neots 5ths v Spalding 5ths.
Veterans League - City of Peterborough v Cambridge City.
Ladies
East League
Division One North - March v Bourne, City of Peterborough v Ipswich & East Suffolk, Colchester v Wisbech.
Division Two North West - Bourne 2nds v Skegness, Cambridge City 2nds v City of Peterborough 2nds, Long Sutton v Pelicans.
Sunday 29 March
Men
National Conference East - City of Peterborough v Old Loughtonians.
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