Quote Originally Posted by upthemaggies View Post
Interesting. I thought clubs would be falling over themselves to secure his signature but - outside of our own bubble - it seems the rest of the football world isn't so convinced there isn't much of a step up between tier 5 and tier 4.
Yesterday on talkSport they were anticipating that Wrexham would be facing a reality check and that they'd have to spend a lot more to be challenging again next season. Stockport aside, clubs that have gone up from the NL since we've been in it have struggled to make much of an impact, none have yet managed to get promoted to tier 3, so maybe they are right and this will also generally apply to individual players who haven't previously graced this level.

Barrow
2022/23 - 9th/24
2021/22 - 22nd/24
2020/21 - 21st/24

Harrogate
2022/23 - 19th/24
2021/22 - 19th/24
2020/21 - 17th/24

Sutton
2022/23 - 14th/24
2021/22 - 8th/24

Hartlepool
2022/23 - 23rd/24
2021/22 - 17th/24

Stockport
2022/23 - 4th/24

Grimsby
2022/23 - 11th/24
All but Stockport (and Grimsby) went up with asterix by their records! Barrow went up on PPG as they started to falter, Harrogate also took advantage of an empty Wembley.

Sutton had a plastic pitch and no fans nullifying the home advantage of fans.

Hartlepool are a boardroom basket case.

You could argue Grimsby had the rub of the green and arguably Wrexham should have gone up on quality.

Of those going up, only Stockport I would look at as a reasonable comparison