RYMAN One North clubs are expecting to hear this morning what the fall-out will be from crisis-club Leyton’s withdrawal from the league.

The Echo understands it is almost inevitable the east London club’s record for the season will be deleted.

And that is going to have significant implications for the point tallies for nearly all other teams - not least our own Great Wakering, Grays and last - but certainly not least - Tilbury.

The Dockers have claimed maximum points from their two games with Leyton, which accounts for nearly a third of their current 19-point tally.

The loss of half a dozen points would plunge Paul Vaughan’s side back into relegation trouble after a decent showing in January which has started to lift them clear of the mire.

In contrast, in would be a useful boost for league leaders East Thurrock who have not played Leyton yet after their trip to Lea Bridge Road on December 18 was snowed off.

But it would put a dent in rivals Needham Market’s title bid as they would lose the points and goal-difference garnered in an 8-0 demolition of Leyton on December 11.

Great Wakering would lose a point earned in a 1-1 draw in September, and Grays would see their 1-0 success earlier the same month chalked off.

And with the ramifications for the other teams in the division, the league table might look very different going into the weekend’s action.

Leyton notified the league on January 14 of its intention to withdraw from the competition.

It followed a decision to suspend them following a non-payment of league subscriptions.

Today, the Ryman league board of directors, headed by president Alan Turvey, will make a decision regarding the playing record of the club.

League rules say the club “may have its playing record expunged” rather than specifying it must happen.

This is to cover a situation where a club pulls out with only one or two matches to play.

This gives league officials the flexibility to avoid, for example, a repeat of an infamous case in the Sussex Sunday League where the rule said “must” and a team pulled out with one match left after working out that, if their points were deducted, their bitter rivals would no longer be champions.