League two clubs vote to end season

[sidders]

As a side note to this fred, but not wholly unrelated to possible NL playoffs, it is now official that Barrow in Furness has the highest COVID-19 infection rate of any town or city in England.

[magpie_mania]

I’m with you on this one about Barrow. As others have said it wasn’t like they were 10 or more points clear of everyone else. They were four points clear of Harrogate who they had to play next and had just lost their leading scorer to a three match ban.

There is no way that season was over. The recent comments made by the Barrow manager Ian Evatt about nobody being able to argue that they should be promoted are either arrogant or clutching at straws at best. Especially when there were nine games left to play.

I think that clubs like Harrogate and ours might have something to argue about Mr Evatt.

They have won nothing and should not be promoted if the results are cancelled.

At the end of the day if it’s by invite to the EFL then they will ultimately make the decision. I guess the easy option for them is to invite Barrow as they were top of the tree at the time the games ended. However for clubs like Harrogate and ours it would have a sense of injustice and would leave a bitter taste of what if and so close yet so far from a purely sporting perspective.

It’s typical isn’t it. Notts come good in the business end of the season, are still in a cup competition with two possible trips to Wembley and this happens. Trivial with what’s going off in the world, frustrating in purely sporting terms.

The last para is the best one on this subject. Neil Ardley phoned my son and said he felt the same, sorry for Notts supporters after all that has happened and we are now so close. I

Let's storm the league next time, I genuinely believe we could with this squad.

[Bridg4d_Pie_]

I'd argue we have got a case we started the season knowing 2-7th is a play off place.

If leagues one/two have them so should NL.

Otherwise Stevenage have been rewarded for failure.

Its not often I agree with some of your posts legs77, however in this instance you are bang on. We set off at the seasons start, all be it slightly behind due to the prolonged take over, but when fitness levels were reached and systems of play organised we started to look like a decent team with a good squad to select from, we like all clubs in the E F L were aware of what we were all playing for and the rewards for success and failure. No one knew about the Corona Virus then or its world wide implications when it struck, how can the rules be changed at the 90th minute to suit the clubs that are failing in the E F L. As you rightly say no matter that we had a full tank of steam when the season was halted it would be grossly unfair to deny Barrow promotion, just think how we would have felt if we were in their place.

I believe that promotion and relegation issues should be decided on possibly points per game won maybe with goal differences being brought into play also, I think it might be fair to say that if the League Two clubs avoid the drop by default but accept the promotion possibly by default it may just give them licence to take this route further down the line.

[Rez1862]

Article in today's Athletic saying that the FA, League One and the Championship will oppose League Two's ballot to have no relegation from that league.
Perhaps Barrow to be invited and a single leg playoff at a neutral ground between us and Harrogate for the other promotion spot?

[Bridg4d_Pie_]

Notts decision to dig up their pitch might impact Notts ability to play games at home in the play offs - IF they were to be played soon - although lack of fans at grounds would mitigate any effect that playing away had.

The Meadow Lane Pitch is now green with grass the plastic cover has been taken off no problems on that front, they said it would be playable when and if the League resumed and it looks as if that is the case.

[legs77]

I wouldnt take what Evatt says seriously he knows if they played out the season it wasn't 100% they would have won the league.

As it stands he knows no more league games will be played so you cant blame for blowing his own trumpet, if he gets a promotion under his belt its great for his career.

I expect they will be a league 2 side next season in place of Bury but lets hope there is a play off to give us a chance.

[upthemaggies]

Article in today's Athletic saying that the FA, League One and the Championship will oppose League Two's ballot to have no relegation from that league.
Perhaps Barrow to be invited and a single leg playoff at a neutral ground between us and Harrogate for the other promotion spot?

Yeovil, Halifax, etc. deserve a crack at it as well, not so sure about Boreham Wood though, I think their chairman has regularly called for the season to be null and voided, in which case they can do one.

[upthemaggies]

I wouldnt take what Evatt says seriously he knows if they played out the season it wasn't 100% they would have won the league.

As it stands he knows no more league games will be played so you cant blame for blowing his own trumpet, if he gets a promotion under his belt its great for his career.

I expect they will be a league 2 side next season in place of Bury but lets hope there is a play off to give us a chance.

I half heard somebody talking on talkSport this morning. a clip of a chairman or some official during the news round up saying "It wouldn't be fair to relegate Stevenage and promote an extra club". I've heard some BS during this crisis but that takes it to a whole new level. Where does the word "Extra" come from? It's been two up from non-league for years, that was the rule we were all playing to from the start of the campaign to the moment it was suspended. The depths of self interest people are prepared to go, in sacrificing the actual game of football in favour of a random cut off point that suits them is staggering. There's a whole bunch of clubs joining my strongly dislike list alongside Fword.

[magpie_mania]

Article in today's Athletic saying that the FA, League One and the Championship will oppose League Two's ballot to have no relegation from that league.
Perhaps Barrow to be invited and a single leg playoff at a neutral ground between us and Harrogate for the other promotion spot?

This just proves how difficult it is going to be. Some are saying you can't change the rules part way through a season, but unless all games are played this has to happen.

[magpie_mania]

I half heard somebody talking on talkSport this morning. a clip of a chairman or some official during the news round up saying "It wouldn't be fair to relegate Stevenage and promote an extra club". I've heard some BS during this crisis but that takes it to a whole new level. Where does the word "Extra" come from? It's been two up from non-league for years, that was the rule we were all playing to from the start of the campaign to the moment it was suspended. The depths of self interest people are prepared to go, in sacrificing the actual game of football in favour of a random cut off point that suits them is staggering. There's a whole bunch of clubs joining my strongly dislike list alongside Fword.

I half heard?

You have advocated that we should do everything and anything to get promotion.

This 'depth of self-interest' works two ways doesn't it?