It was quite odd that Barrie was the public face of Maldon & Tiptree and yet he himself admitted he knows next to nothing about football.

HOWEVER he seems like a very genuine man, in that he really wanted to improve the club and make it a big community asset. He genuinely seemed to want an affordable local club for ordinary local people. 

The bankrolling is always contentious, but they were going places (still are I suppose). The ground had a bit of a facelift. He is an interesting person and you can see why tv was interested in him - because he said interesting things had a lot of unique personality and was working on a project club.

Time will tell. Seems quite unbelievable to me.

So Torquay remain in this division and Hornchurch get promoted. Not great news.

@rh3 Fairplay to Hornchurch, theyve been consistently up there all season. I reckon they will struggle big time in the NL but then again it is football and anything can happen

Bit of a disaster with Torquay staying in NLS again. Going to be a competitive league again next year. Sounded like a great game by all accounts. 

Very pleased for Hornchurch, underdogs winning is always good.

Not delighted to have Torquay in our league again, but thems the breaks.

@dorking-eagle 

don’t know if anyone also listened to the radio coverage but thought their gaffer showed zero class after the game.. basically insinuated the referee was corrupt because he happened to be from East London. Paired with a lot of the negative chatter about Hornchurch’s stadium from a lot of their fans I guess I don’t shed much of a tear that they are staying down. 

Was delighted for Hornchurch. Watched that game and celebrated their goals- although probably would’ve been better Torquay going up from a Dorking POV. 

Whilst no doubt entertaining I thought the quality was terrible - from both sides, but especially Hornchurch.

I understand why many are saying it's not great for us, but in reality, if we stay injury free I can't see Torquay being a massive issue for us next season.

Well said Ade

And I am getting seriously annoyed by the negative put downs about Hornchurch's ground. Yes it will be a feat to get it up to 4000 and add the necessary facilities, turnstiles etc, but they will put their best foot forward and somehow manage it. 

Having the biggest stadium or average attendance in the division counts for little in the final reckoning.

Fans of Torquay and of NL clubs seem to have a blind spot about Gateshead's dreadful ground, the two sides empty at Halifax every week, no roof for away fans at Altrincham, the uphill hike to the away entrance at Aldershot, the feral home fans (and stewards!) at Solihull, I could go on! It's just an unnecessary cheap shot about Hornchurch.

Maybe they will be up against it next season, but they have earned the right to have a shot at it.

Well  done to both Hornchurch and Worthing. It has been hard for NLS sides to establish themselves in the League above in recent years. Only Yeovil (ex FL) and Wealdstone have managed it recently. Boreham Wood are doing very well this year but they have been NL before.

FWIW (not a lot!) Boreham Wood stay in the NL after losing to Rochdale in the NL Play off final at Wembley

Was a hell of a game and they’ll be gutted they didn’t win, definitely the better team on the day. Shocking pens from the Wood though!  
Rochdale obviously deserved it for the points haul over the season