Boreham Wood

[tied_up_in_notts]

Well I can't remember us ever avoiding relegation because two other clubs went bust

[countygump]

Well I can't remember us ever avoiding relegation because two other clubs went bust

Was it the season after we went down Macc got a points deduction for continual non/late payment of wages? Meks you think?

[tied_up_in_notts]

Was it the season after we went down Macc got a points deduction for continual non/late payment of wages? Meks you think?

Yes it was and yes it does. Macclesfield were deducted a total of 17 points for a variety of atrocities that season, turning their PPG from 0.97 (which would have had them finishing in 22nd place) to 0.51, which put them 24th and into the only relegation spot that season (due to League 1 Bury going bust).

There had been talk of them getting points deducted the season before, which may well have saved us from relegation, but of course it didn't happen (not that we deserved it of course). But Stevenage, the jammy barstewards, were saved because of the demise of two other clubs, despite the fact that they only won three games that season. But hey ho, nobody said life was going to be fair.

[queenslandpie]

Yes it was and yes it does. Macclesfield were deducted a total of 17 points for a variety of atrocities that season, turning their PPG from 0.97 (which would have had them finishing in 22nd place) to 0.51, which put them 24th and into the only relegation spot that season (due to League 1 Bury going bust).

There had been talk of them getting points deducted the season before, which may well have saved us from relegation, but of course it didn't happen (not that we deserved it of course). But Stevenage, the jammy barstewards, were saved because of the demise of two other clubs, despite the fact that they only won three games that season. But hey ho, nobody said life was going to be fair.

It does make you think. However perhaps as we did get relegated we became a more affordable option for the Brothers who perhaps might not have acquired us if we did get relegated and then gawd knows.....

Personally if I had my time towards the end of that season again I would like to think we would have worked a bit harder in certain games that we lost points but in terms of ownership and where we are at now I wouldn't change much at all. We are on the way back up. Imagine if Hardy had sold us to that fraud guy Kowapunga or whatever he was called. He would of if he could of because at the time he was desperate. We've come a hell of a long way since then.

[countygump]

It does make you think. Imagine if Hardy had sold us to that fraud guy Kowapunga or whatever he was called.

Bart Simpson???

[lunaspie]

Bart Simpson???

Mercifully Hardy showed him the Butterfinger.

[queenslandpie]

Bart Simpson???

Funny.