Nigel Bamford wrote: ↑Sun Jun 28, 2020 11:53 am
Disgraceful. This thread had slipped to half-way down Page 2. Time to resurrect it. It seems the corpulent soprano hasn't yet commenced her final aria:
From Ollie Bayliss:
No news regarding the FA ratifying the National League’s PPG decision.
Promotions & playoffs can’t happen until the FA Council vote to support the League’s resolution.
The situation’s a bit problematic given that clubs are now spending significant money preparing for playoffs.
In fact Nigel its fair to say that since the decision was made by the NL, no one outside the NL seems to have lifted a finger to assist with this process.
I'll add another complication. Just for old times sake.
I'm indebted to my good friend Mr C Paratrooper of this forum who has made me aware of a renewed storm brewing over the recent relegation of Stevenage and apparent reprieve of Macclesfield. It transpires that several chairmen of League 2 clubs have now expressed the view that Macc have taken the pi*s and that the decision to deduct only two points from them by an independent tribunal last week was too lenient and should be appealed by the EFL.
In response the EFL has not exactly jumped to Maccs defence and has agreed that it is taking legal advice to see whether the decision can be challenged. It has however admitted that the decisions of the independent disciplinary tribunal are considered as binding. It has also made noises to the effect however that it will be looking very carefully at the business plan that Macc were ordered to present to the EFL for approval ahead of next season. Failure to have that plan approved would potentially see Macc expelled and Stevenage reprieved.
Given our own distractions over the last couple of weeks you tend to forget that there is still a lot of stuff out there very much in play
