Things Could Always Be Worse

[Townerslovechild]

The Owls new owner has pulled out of buying the club at the 11th hour,which might leave Mike Ashley as the favourite to take over.
However he was unwilling to pay the 30 million the administrator set in order to satisfy 25p in the pound valuation.
If this isn't met then the club will start in the 3rd division on -15 points.

[Spuddy Speight]

Weren't we on minus 17 points when we played our first game at the Don Valley Stadium?

[Derbymiller]

the buyers were funding the running of the club accoording to sky last weekend, so have they written that money off or is that additional debt?

[Stansmate]

Your right - they might offer Hamshaw an extended contract !!!

[Lolmorgan]

Weren't we on minus 17 points when we played our first game at the Don Valley Stadium?

And we survived,Mark Robin?s saved us.

[great_fire]

And we survived,Mark Robin?s saved us.

And Bournemouth were also on minus 17 points.

Need to find an Eddie Howe.

[mellowmiller]

I seem to remember we cleared the minus points deficit sometime in October which was a remarkable achievement.
We eventually finished 14th on 58 points and would have been in the play offs without the deduction.
Bournemouth ended the season just above the relegation places but Luton who were deducted 30 points finished bottom and dropped into non league.
We were awarded a cup for winning the "deductions league" and I remember this being on display at the club's temporary ticket office on the ASD premises. Don't know whether it's now in the cabinet in NYS reception.

[pipppy]

And we survived,Mark Robin?s saved us.

If I remember right most of them were 1-0 wins, a memorable achievement.

[great_fire]

I seem to remember we cleared the minus points deficit sometime in October which was a remarkable achievement.
We eventually finished 14th on 58 points and would have been in the play offs without the deduction.
Bournemouth ended the season just above the relegation places but Luton who were deducted 30 points finished bottom and dropped into non league.
We were awarded a cup for winning the "deductions league" and I remember this being on display at the club's temporary ticket office on the ASD premises. Don't know whether it's now in the cabinet in NYS reception.

Technically Darlington won but they were only docked 10 points, and that was in February, but long-term they were the biggest losers.

[Townerslovechild]

The massives should walk the league then.

[Old_time_miller]

Weren't we on minus 17 points when we played our first game at the Don Valley Stadium?

We were still at millmoor.

[Spuddy Speight]

We were still at millmoor.

"Thursday, 7 August 2008 13:58 UK
Rotherham United have accepted a 17-point deduction for the new season after agreeing to a set of criteria imposed on them by the Football League.

The Millers were handed the penalty after being unable to satisfy the normal conditions of Football League rules for exiting administration.

The club were given a deadline of noon on Friday to accept the punishment in order to start the season on Saturday.

They will now face Lincoln at home in their opening fixture at the Don Valley Stadium.





Rotherham could not agree a Company Voluntary Arrangement with its creditors but the League decided under the 'exceptional circumstances' provisions of its insolvency rules to set the conditions for their League future.

In a statement, the League said it was imposing the punishment because it was the Millers' second insolvency in recent seasons.

They also said the club must return to Rotherham within four years after they were forced to leave Millmoor, their home for more than 100 years, and play games at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield from the start of 2008/09.

The 17-point deduction puts them second bottom of the League Two table above Luton, who had 30 points taken away."