Big switches for Thatcham Town and Virginia Water as Windsor & Eton head to Isthmian League: 2026/27 season predictions

The May obsession of exactly which division your team will be in next season and who they will face is off and running with the unofficial projections document
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The unofficial projections for 2026/27 are out

What to do now the 2025/26 season is all but finished with just a couple of fixtures to go in some divisions and Non-League Finals day later this month.

Why the answer is OBSESS ABOUT WHICH DIVISION YOUR TEAM MIGHT BE IN NEXT SEASON.

Thankfully that’s where NonLeagueMaps steps in with its often very reliable predictions for what each division up and down the English Football Pyramid will look like next season based on distances between grounds, historic division footprint, ground shares as well as promotions, relegations and sadly, folded clubs.

Before we get into the predictions for Berkshire clubs, it’s really important to note that that is what these are. Predictions. While NonLeagueMaps is highly regarded for accuracy, nothing is confirmed until the Football Association (FA) release the official line ups.

With that said, lets go.

The headlines from the tabs on the spreadsheets for us are easily the move of Thatcham Town and Tadley Calleva to the Combined Counties League Premier Division North – recreating a Berkshire Super League of sorts with nine sides (admittedly you’ve got to play fast and loose with the Berkshire border here – but we do that a lot around here anyway).

Last season both sides competed in the South division with Tadley finishing runners-up.

Lets move to a more pyramid style then. The predictions start pretty nailed on with the National League South, but it gets harder to judge after that.

Step 2: National League South

Maidenhead United, Slough Town

Step 3: Southern League Premier Division South

Bracknell Town

Step 4: Isthmian League South Central Division One

Ascot United, Binfield, Windsor & Eton

Step 5: Combined Counties League Premier Division North

Abingdon United, Burnham, Holyport, Reading City, Tadley Calleva, Thatcham Town, Wallingford & Crowmarsh, Wokingham Town

Combined Counties League Premier Division South

Everesley & California, Virginia Water, Yateley United

Step 6: Combined Counties League Division One

Berks County, Langley, Maidenhead Town, Woodley United

Wessex League Division One

AFC Aldermaston, Kintbury Rangers, Sandhurst Town

If you want to get a deeper understanding of the predictions, the full projections document is available here.

Upcoming fixtures

Wednesday 6th May 2026

AFC Aldermaston "B"18:00Wargrave FC
Woodcote18:00Burghfield

Saturday 9th May 2026

KS Gryf14:00Old Windsor Old Windsor A
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