We all remember the epic tussle between Wrexham & Notts for automatic promotion in season 2022/23.

We were both far ahead of all the other teams in the League that year. Both scored over 100 goals & earned over 100 points each.

Well it is all happening again between two very good sides, Rochdale and York City. Both are on course to earn over 100 points & score more than 100 goals each again.

The way York City are going they could easily surpass the goal tally that Notts managed to achieve being 117 goals. York are already on 91 with 12 matches still to play.

Former Notts Head Coach Stuart Maynard, the HC of York City, is having a brilliant season guiding York to possible promotion. But just like Notts, Rochdale or York may have to settle for a playoff place rather than automatic promotion.

I think it's time that two teams got automatically promoted from the National League. The lottery of the playoffs could turn out to be very cruel for one of those teams.

What are your thoughts on this?

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It was a good night for York last night - they took the box street as Rochdale drew a tough one after leading 0-2 up to 87mins (we know what it's like to lose by late goals at Halifax!)

They also lost TAR after 41mins and I'd imagine he's been immense for them this season at RWB.

I'm cheering on Dale as I like going to the ground and want to see TAR get back in The EFL, but York look unstoppable I have to say.

Good luck to SM but I can't summon up any postive enthusiasm for his post-Notts career. Yes, a nice guy and all that, but he oversaw two awful collapses, of different types, in both seasons at the helm. And he brought coaches in with him whose tenures ended in mystery.

Not Monty's greatest hire but I suppose he's being vindicated by what's happening in the NL this season - it just was never a fit for us looking back.

I think that Stuart doesn't get the appreciation that he thoroughly deserves for his time at Notts.

Luke will always be a legend for what he did getting Notts back into the football league, but when he left Notts were leaking goals like a sieve & sliding down the league.

Stuart managed to improve the Notts defence & guided Notts to a playoff place the following season, despite not having the support that he should have had from that January onwards after his coaching staff left.

Stuart is now demonstrating once again that he can coach & guide a side to challenge for honours. His York side are scoring lots of goals, but his defence is watertight too. It could be career defining for Stuart if he achieved promotion with York.