In the Championship: the good news is that West Ham are doing well. The bad news is that Sam Allardyce is still manager. More good news: some West Ham fans hate him anyway on account of the boring football. More bad news: the London media isn't lining up hourly to slam those fans as deluded people with ideas above their station, which is somewhat inconsistent.
Southampton are second and after that nine teams are within six points of each other. Chris Hughton's Birmingham are closing on the leaders, whilst Leeds have changed manager again and are currently short of the playoffs. The third off bottom team is Doncaster-five points from safety. Forest and Coventry are even further back.
In the old Third Division, five decent football clubs and two stinking piles of effluent occupy the top seven places: namely the two Sheffield clubs, Huddersfield (Jordan Rhodes scoring at practically a goal a game), Carlisle, Milton Keynes and those pestilent toerags from Hertfordshire. Charlton have a handy lead at the top and numerous teams might get relegated.
In the old Fourth Division, thirteen out of the twenty-four teams are within six points of a playoff spot. Five points seperate the top six, including... Shrewsbury! In between moments of drooling stupidity, Paolo Di Canio has Swindon in fifth.
AFC Wimbledon I'm pleased to report are twelve points clear of the relegation zone. That's currently occupied by Plymouth (financially crippled) and Northampton (a club who many moons ago played in the top flight, no less).
In the Conference, the presence of brown-nosing fool Dean Saunders as manager hasn't prevented Wrexham from being the only team keeping up with Fleetwood at the top. York and Gateshead are in the playoff mix up but Darlington were within hours of going out of business last month, barely saved by their small but devoted fanbase pouring their own money into the financial black hole that has all but destroyed the club.