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I said the same on another fred. Shame they didn't bring this rule in a few seasons earlier.Originally Posted by Davy500
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60419602
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Well your answer did not surprise me Laddo
Always the same bad owners bad team which there is some justification to
But not in our case, you blame Hardy, yet Macclesfield were more of a basket case than us, starting at 7 points behind us, worse financial problems- when Campbell became their manager , and yet still finished above us, That was Ardley,s fault as a poor manager in L2
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Well that life, when people or clubs or organisations are down - they are weaker targets to attack ,
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Let's be fair here, we also wasn't paying wages!
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That was later after the season ended, for the months of June and July which the new owners paid
At macclesfield it was far earlier in 2019,with players not being paid for 3 months during the actual season with 6 players putting in a winding up order against macclesfield, yet nothing was done
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Wigan and Reading both stand outs in that they’ve both been deducted points three times each in recent years. Going further down the list clubs pop up a couple of times in a short period like Rotherham, Bury, Portsmouth.
Interestingly Torquay, Bury, Hereford, Chesterfield, Boston, Darlington, Hartlepool and Macclesfield have all paid the ultimate price as they are football league clubs no more. That’s eight clubs which is effectively over 10% of EFL clubs in the past fif**** years.
Points deductions has done nothing but add insult to injury to these clubs, and others who have dropped down the leagues. As I said earlier in the thread it’s not punishing those directly responsible and that’s where rules and regulations have to change. The focus should be on protecting the clubs, their staff, players and fans.
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I think Laddos still banned Davy.
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Incredible how Notts have managed to avoid being on that list, going through what we have over the past 20 odd years.
We would have been on it had the admin rule been brought in earlier.
Arsenal and Man United's points deductions in 1990 was over a mass brawl. Again, it's a wonder we didn't get one for "The battle of London Road" when Craig Short was in charge, described at the time as the most violent football match ever by one tabloid.
One team did once get points added rather than taken away - Scunny awarded 2 points on 25/Apr/1974 after Exeter failed to fulfil a fixture against them.
Deductions reinstated on appeal:
Notts County 04/Dec/1889-27/Dec/1889 deducted 1 point for fielding an ineligible player
Swansea City 25/Mar/1987-23/Apr/1987 deducted 3 pts for failing to fulfil an away fixture
Doncaster Rovers 22/Oct/1987-09/Dec/1987 deducted 2 pts for failing to fulfil an away fixture
Tottenham Hotspur 17/Oct/1988-30/Nov/1988 deducted 2 pts for the late postponement of their opening fixture
In June 1994 Tottenham were given a 12 points reduction to be imposed at the end of the 1994/95 season, reduced on appeal on 6th July 1994 - A six point reduction continued to hang over them until a further appeal quashed it altogether on 9th December 1994.
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Play is halted for four minutes as angry Southend United fans throw tennis balls onto the pitch...
https://twitter.com/CJPhillips1982/status/1695148695719641441?s=20
Southend leading 2-0 at half time. Noor Husin with the opener.
Last edited by SwalePie; 25-08-2023 at 07:42 PM.
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Southend win 2-0 and although they are still bottom on -1 points, after 5 games they have wiped out 9 of their 10 point deduction.
Without the points penalty they would be in 4th place.
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