[The Only Way Is Up]

As ours is a league involving 46 "rounds" over an entire season - and NOT a 1-off knockout competition - they should do away with the possibility of the 5th in the league being promoted ahead of the runner-up, or there's a danger of a team drawing straws for promotion in the future...

Two candidates in the South Blyth ward of Northumberland county council were forced to draw straws to decide the winner of last week's local election after they won the same number of votes. The pair were still tied after two recounts, but Liberal Democrat Lesley Rickerby chose the long straw to defeat Tory Daniel Carr