THE race for next season's Conference title is going to be tougher than ever – according to Grimsby Town joint boss Rob Scott.
Play-off final victories for Salisbury City and FC Halifax Town, last weekend, saw them promoted to the division.
And that completed the make-up of the league for the 2013/14 campaign, as they joined promoted Chester and Welling United, and relegated Barnet and Aldershot.
Mariners co-manager Scott believes that makes the division even stronger.
"It's going to be a tough league and people are going to have to be more realistic," he said.
"The likes of Chester are big clubs at this level, as are Halifax who are well-backed in terms of their fan-base.
"Salisbury we know all about and Welling we played this season in the trophy and they were a very good side.
"There are going to be some hard games in there and everybody who thinks it's going to be a walkover has to be more realistic.
"This league gets harder and harder every year, but we're quietly confident.
"With a little bit of luck and some good players added in, we'll be all right."
