We take a look nat the main contenders for the National League title in 2023/24
We take a look nat the main contenders for the National League title in 2023/24
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Wrexham won the National League title at the end of the 2022/23 season and they will be joined by play-off winners Notts County in League Two next term, however who will win top honours in the coming season?
Big clubs
The two sides promoted from the National League in 2022/23 were both former Football League sides, however this hides the fact that it can be notoriously difficult for FL clubs to climb back out of the fifth tier. There are some big clubs in the National League for next season such as Oldham Athletic, Rochdale, Hartlepool United, Southend United and Chesterfield, each with ambitions to return back to League Two. The big question is, who will finish top of the pile and win automatic promotion at the end of the season?
Challenging for top honours
As far as the bookmakers are concerned, Chesterfield are the side deemed most likely to finish the 2023/24 season in pole position at odds as low as 7/2 (best price 5/1). A former Football League side, the Spireites finished last season in third position and lost to Notts County in the play-offs, however they will be confident of challenging for top honours next term.
Immediate return
Newly-relegated Hartlepool are next in the betting at best odds of 8/1, the Monkey Hangers aiming to win promotion straight back to the Football League at the first time of asking. Similarly, Rochdale will also be eager to make an immediate return back to League Two and the bookies go a best price of 9/1 that they achieve this ambition.
First appearance
Elsewhere, Oldham Athletic are as high as 11/1 (and as low as 7/1) to end their two-season participation in the National league by winning promotion next season while Woking are 12/1 to win the title and make an appearance in the Football league for the first time in their history.
5/1 – Chesterfield
8/1 – Hartlepool
9/1 – Rochdale
11/1 – Oldham Athletic
12/1 – Woking
12/1 – Southend United
16/1 – Dagenham & Redbridge
16/1 – Eastleigh