The 25/26 home straight: Burnham and Windsor & Eton can secure play-off spots

Who's going up? Who's safe and who's 'on the beach'? Rob Davies will keep you up to date as the 2025/26 season comes to its conclusion
Ollie Noyes celebrates scoring a goal that keeps Eversley & California at Step 5. Photo: Richard Milam.
Ollie Noyes celebrates scoring a goal that keeps Eversley & California at Step 5. Photo: Richard Milam.

Rob Davies takes us through all the permutations for the remaining weeks of the season with promotions, titles, play-offs and relegations all to play for from Step 1 to 7 of the football pyramid.

CONFIRMED:

Teams will be added to this section when they are mathematically champions, play-off bound, safe or relegated.

Binfield are safe from relegation

Eversley & California are safe from relegation

Hungerford Town have been relegated to Step 4

Tadley Calleva are in the Combined Counties League Premier Division South play-offs and have secured second place. They will be at home for the semi-final and final.

Thatcham Town are safe from relegation in the Combined Counties League Premier Division South

Wallingford & Crowmarsh have missed out on a play-off place

Tuesday 14th April update

  • Burnham could secure a playoff spot
  • Windsor & Eton could confirm a playoff spot (minimum) if results go their way
  • Sandhurst Town could be relegated if Spelthorne Sports pickup a point from their final two games*

*Pending the AGM Cup, meaning they almost certainly won’t be relegated

Friday 10th April update:

What could happen this weekend:

  • Hungerford Town could be relegated
  • Berks County could miss out on the playoffs
  • Binfield could avoid relegation
  • Burnham could secure a playoff spot
  • Wallingford & Crowmarsh could miss out on the playoffs
  • Tadley Calleva could secure second place meaning their playoff semi final and potential final will both be played at Barlows Park
  • Eversley & California could survive or be relegated

Nothing else can be confirmed until Monday when Sandhurst Town play.

Tuesday 7th April update:

The only Berkshire side playing are Burnham. If Burnham win away at Edgware & Kingsbury and other results go their way, they could return to the top of the table and secure a playoff place (at least)

On Wednesday Reading City host Wokingham Town at Scours Lane. A win for Reading would see them leapfrog Windsor & Eton (temporarily at least) into 4th place in the promotion race.

On Thursday Yateley United travel to face Totton & Eling. Yateley are currently in 5th, the final playoff place, in the Wessex League Division One. Depending on how earlier midweek games go, a win for Yateley could take them up to 4th.

Easter Monday 6th April update:

Could be a big day for Tadley today. A win guarantees them a home semi-final in the playoffs, and all but guarantees them second place and a home final should they get there. Both outcomes are even possible if they don’t win and other results go their way

Another game to look out for today is Berks County vs Woodley United. It’s Berks County’s last league game of the season and a win would leave them in the playoff places, but with other teams still having games to play, that might not be enough. If Woodley win they will leapfrog Berks County and potentially end the day in the playoff spots depending on other results.

Upcoming fixtures

Sunday 3rd May 2026

Eversley & California Ladies14:00Finchampstead Ladies
Tilehurst Panthers Women's Reserves14:00Rotherfield United Women
Woodley United14:00Oxford City
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