For the first time in five years, the SDS Bradford League Division One championship is alive going into the last day of the season.

Normally Pudsey Congs, who are bidding for a record sixth successive crown, have things wrapped up by this stage of the campaign.

But that wasn't the case five years ago when Bradford & Bingley were pushing Congs all the way as the Britannia Ground club embarked on their trophy-winning spree under skipper Matthew Doidge.

Congs finished that season with 93 points, two more than Bingley, and the current margin this time is three points between leaders Congs and

second-placed Woodlands.

Baildon, often a bogey team for Congs, entertain the leaders, while Woodlands, runners-up in both the Heavy Woollen Cup and Priestley Cup, are at Bankfoot, who aren't yet clear of relegation.

Sounding rather like Michael Vaughan before the final Ashes Test at The Oval, Congs' cricket chairman Derrick Reason says: "We have just got to be positive, play like we have done all season and don't worry about things like the weather."

Last weekend Congs, who reckoned that Woodlands would play against Cleckheaton, had to make sure that they got a decent result at home to Morley.

Reason said: "It was a tremendous effort by everyone at Congs to get the game on.

"On Saturday morning the corner of the ground on the cricket nets side was like a lake.

"We managed to start at 2.45pm and got our reward with six points, and we always felt that Woodlands would play as their pitch is laid on ash and drains much better than ours."

Baildon will be without overseas player Mohammed Siddiq, who has returned to Pakistan after a fine first season in the top-flight, but they do have a strong batting line up.

"We will just go out there and do the absolute best that we can," said Baildon's league representative Mick Illingworth.

"We aren't trying to stop Congs winning the title or anything like that. We are just trying to do our best for the sake of everyone else in the league.

"I just hope that the title is decided on the field rather than by the weather."

Woodlands also triumphed at home to Cleckheaton but will be wary of a Bankfoot side that often perform better against sides near the top of the table than those near the bottom.

Phil Godfrey, Woodlands' league representative, said: "We will take the champagne to Bankfoot and drink it regardless of whether we finish first, second or third because we have had a fantastic season.

"We have won our last six league games and we are aiming to make it seven but we know that Bankfoot only need a point to ensure their survival."

Second-from-bottom Bingley must defeat Farsley at Wagon Lane to stand a chance of staying up.

If Bingley do win the spotlight will then be thrown on

fellow 40-point clubs Bankfoot and Morley, who are at home to third-placed East Bierley. Bankfoot's two winning draws could yet save them.