article_snippet.sent: The battle between Barnet and Bristol Rovers to win automatic promotion to the Football League will go down to the last game.
article_snippet.sent: Barnet, who lead the Conference by one point, have a home game against mid-table Gateshead on Saturday while Rovers face a potentially more difficult match at home against fourth from bottom Alfreton, who almost certainly need to win themselves to avoid being relegated.
article_snippet.sent: Rovers looked as if themselves would head the table after the weekend’s games but conceded a goal with two minutes left to draw 1-1 at Dover.
article_snippet.sent: That put Barnet, who dropped out of the Football League two seasons ago, in the driving seat after a 1-1 draw away to Kidderminster.
article_snippet.sent: Grimsby are guaranteed a play-off spot, but one of Eastleigh, Forest Green and Macclesfield will miss out.
article_snippet.sent: Aside from Southport and Chester there is Wrexham, not far across the Welsh border and a decent sized club, who fell out of the league in 2008 and have yet to return.
article_snippet.sent: There is a long trip to Plymouth next Saturday and then a last home game against Bury.
article_snippet.sent: The unpalatable odds are that the next stop after that could be somewhere like Braintree or Dover.