And here at the Hartlepool Mail, there was only one place to start – putting the game into auto pilot mode and simulating the 2020-21 National League campaign to see where Hartlepool United finished in the table.
For a bit of fun, scroll and click through the pages to see where Pools and their fifth tier rivals ended up:
17. 7th - Woking - 64 points
P44 W16 D16 L12 GF50 GA49 GD+1 Photo: GLYN KIRK
18. 6th - Bromley - 64 points
P44 W19 D7 L18 GF58 GA54 GD+4 Photo: James Chance
19. 5th - Chesterfield - 74 points (play-off runners up)
P44 W20 D14 L10 GF59 GA44 GD-15 Photo: Lewis Storey
20. 4th - Yeovil Town - 77 points
P44 W22 D11 L11 GF57 GA39 GD+18 Photo: Harry Trump