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Next Game: Marine At Edgar Street On Saturday 9th November At 3.00pm

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Dartford And Nuneaton Join Conference


Dartford and Nuneaton will be on the list of clubs the Bulls will face next season after winning their respective play-off finals today.

Dartford beat local rivals Welling 1-0 to win the Conf South play-off, while Nuneaton won 1-0 at Gainsborough to return to the fifth tier for the first time since their 2008 liquidation.

The Boro went bust in 2008 and the reformed side has had to win three promotions in four seasons to bring the town back to the fifth tier. They previously played the Bulls during four Conference seasons from 1999.

For Dartford it has also been a rise up the leagues after financial problems. They went bust in 1992 on the back of Maidstone's failure and then had a number of temporary homes at the likes of Gravesend and Thurrock before returning to the town in 2006. Three promotions since then have seen the club return to the fifth tier for the first time since 1986.

22 of the 23 sides in next season's Conference are now known, with the final place to be the losers from the Luton-York play-off final next Sunday.