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"The Football League - Not much smarter than the FA!"

Incase you didn't hear, every top-dog in the Football League all met-up last week to discuss potential plans for the future season ahead (new rules, laws, regulations and that).

One-idea that came up was to dock-points from clubs who go into Administration.... How the heck does that work?!?


Punishing a club for doing something it cannot easily stop or control...
How can that be right?!


With the increase in the number of clubs hit by the growing money-crisis, we'd surely be heading towards some kind of huge 'Relegation Scrap' involving almost half of each division... And just imagine how bad it would be for Third Division clubs - just like Bristol Rovers (;D ) - who couldn't get the results, nor, therefore, the money.

Liquidation could be looming for many, if this idea is put into place!


It's not like selling players would be an easy option either - not with all-other clubs around you struggling for money, also.

West Ham United - who had a few problems last season - are gonna find a few problems with the millions they're going to not-have from dropping-out of the Premiership - especially if they begin to lose points under this new rule (which I don't believe has been 'passed' yet) for falling into Administration.

DW wrote:
> Hmmm... A lot of exemptions in next seasons FA Cup for the
> non-leaguers.
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> 69 Clubs receiving exemption to the Second Round Qualifying
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> Hucknall Town


Whoooooo!...Oh...Damn....

Exactly what I was thinking ;c) ;c)

And Woking still won't make the first round :)

Hmmm... A lot of exemptions in next seasons FA Cup for the non-leaguers.

22 Clubs receiving exemption to the Fourth Round Qualifying

Accrington Stanley
Aldershot Town
Barnet
Burton Albion
Chester City
Dagenham & Redbridge
Exeter City
Farnborough Town
Forest Green Rovers
Gravesend & Northfleet
Halifax Town
Hereford United
Leigh RMI
Margate
Morecambe
Northwich Victoria
Scarborough
Shrewsbury Town
Stevenage Borough
Tamworth
Telford United
Woking

69 Clubs receiving exemption to the Second Round Qualifying

Alfreton Town
Altrincham
Ashton United
Aylesbury United
Barrow
Basingstoke Town
Bath City
Bedford Town
Billericay Town
Bishop's Stortford
Blyth Spartans
Bognor Regis Town
Bradford (Park Avenue)
Braintree Town
Burscough
Cambridge City
Canvey Island
Carshalton Athletic
Chelmsford City
Chippenham Town
Crawley Town
Dorchester Town
Dover Athletic
Droylsden
Eastbourne Borough
Ford United
Frickley Athletic
Gainsborough Trinity
Grantham Town
Grays Athletic
Harrogate Town
Harrow Borough
Havant & Waterlooville
Hayes
Hednesford Town
Hendon
Heybridge Swifts
Hinckley United
Hitchin Town
Hornchurch
Hucknall Town
Kettering Town
Kingstonian
Lancaster City
Maidenhead United
Marine
Merthyr Tydfil
Moor Green
Newport County
Northwood
Nuneaton Borough
Purfleet
Radcliffe Borough
Runcorn FC Halton
Southport
Spennymoor United
St Albans City
Stafford Rangers
Stalybridge Celtic
Sutton United
Tiverton Town
Vauxhall Motors
Wakefield & Emley
Welling United
Weston Super Mare
Weymouth
Whitby Town
Worcester City
Worksop Town

Stolen from The Non-League Paper Online.

:cD

Why not?

Looks like Oldham won't be playing at all next season.

They're mucking up the Pyramid. The plans to create a Nationwide Conference Division (Conference Premier and Conference Division 1) will mess it up for a lot of clubs; Ashford Town being one of them. I really hope they shoot the people who come up with the ideas in the foot.

Manda†are wrote:
> Andy Rammell who kept us up with his goals.

Too damn right. And you got him from us for a bargain too.

I don't like what the football league are doing at all. They are just going to make things worse by doing this crazy stuff.

Also don't like the idea of them making more teams in the play-offs.

To avoid bankrupty, Bristol Rovers have been selling shares to the fans.
I think it's a crap idea but about 3000 fans don't and their money brought us Andy Rammell who kept us up with his goals.
Punishment is harsh depending on the situation
If they can't help it, why dock them points?
Aern't City losing money yet? The amount of times they fail to win the playoffs ;)