The Southern League Premier Central at Step 3 is wide open in the chase for the single automatic promotion spot with 10 teams still realistically in with a shout! Bedford Town, the club currently looking into merging with Real Bedford, are currently top of the league but have played more games than all of those chasing them. Stratford Town, in 2nd place, are on a good run of form, winning their last 3 games with 2 games in hand on the side at the top. AFC Telford who sit in 3rd and were leading the league at one point have drawn their last 3. Kettering Town have stumbled of late after a fantastic start to the season but have 4 games in hand on the leaders after their FA Cup heroics. Leiston, Harborough Town and Spalding United, who sit just outside the playoffs, are the form sides at the moment, with the first two teams losing only once in their last 10 games and Spalding losing only once in their last 13 matches! It really is too hard to call who will gain the automatic promotion place, and no one is even nailed on to guarantee a playoff spot! But if one of the teams can get a bit of consistency going now, we are getting to the business end of the season. This is the time to do it! #nonleague #nonleaguefootball @BedfordTown @StratfordTownFC @telfordutd @KTFCOfficial @halesowentownfc @leistonfc @StourbridgeFC @StamfordAFC1896 @HarbTownFC