Admin Lineker Posted June 9, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted June 9, 2020 Quote Peterborough and Tranmere were left incensed after League One clubs voted to curtail the season because of coronavirus, with promotion and relegation decided according to points per game and play-offs to be held. Coventry have been promoted as champions and Rotherham as runners-up but Peterborough were bumped out of the play-off positions by 0.02 points and the club’s director of football, Barry Fry, said adopting such a “Mickey Mouse” framework was a “disgrace” and called it the worst day of his 60 years in football. “How the hell can you apply PPG willy-nilly without looking at the fixtures, and whether a team plays home or away?” Fry said. “It’s Mickey Mouse. There’s so many clubs in League One that could have gone up. I cannot understand how the EFL has come up with this solution and, most of all, I cannot believe so many clubs voted for PPG to end the season because it’s so, so unfair. We had one of the division’s best records at home and five of our remaining nine games were at home, seven of which were against bottom-10 clubs. “I’ve been in the game 60 years – at Peterborough for nearly 25 – and I’ve got the greatest respect for our game, from non-league all the way through, but this is the worst day of my life because I think we’ve been cheated out of a place in the play-offs. I feel sorry for [the co-owner] Darragh [MacAnthony] and [manager] Darren Ferguson, who has built a squad and had a team challenging for promotion. It’s a disgrace.” Wycombe, who jump from eighth to third, are joined in the play-offs by Oxford, Portsmouth and Fleetwood. Tranmere, three points behind AFC Wimbledon with a game in hand, are relegated with Bolton and Southend. Four clubs voted to continue. League Two clubs agreed to use the same method to end their season, with only Forest Green Rovers voting in favour of playing on. Swindon are the champions, with Crewe and Plymouth also promoted. The two-leg play-offs, which in League Two will be contested by Exeter, Cheltenham, Colchester and Northampton, start on 18 June and both finals are set to be at Wembley. One club are due to be relegated to the National League but the situation is complicated by disciplinary proceedings brought by the league against Macclesfield, who are three points above the bottom club Stevenage but stand to be deducted points if found guilty by an independent commission. A suspended two-point penalty would be triggered if Macclesfield are found guilty, and any further points deduction would relegate them. The club are contesting the three charges, which include failing to pay several players their March wages on time. The EFL said relegation would be implemented only if the National League provides assurances it will start the 2020-21 season. The National League board is set to convene on Wednesday to determine the final table. It is likely it will follow the EFL in using a points-per-game model, and it is understood there remains clamour for the play-offs. Points per game could promote two teams in the event that play-offs are not played. Forest Green’s owner, Dale Vince, said: “The vote didn’t take too long. It wasn’t a surprise because I think the decision had been made by most clubs over a month ago but this was just confirming it. We know where we stand now. We’ve been looking at what things will look like next year.” Vince said the club were considering following Hibernian in operating a cashless stadium and were hopeful of reaching fans despite being resigned to matches being played behind closed doors until the turn of the year. “We’ve got a growing global fan-base that we want to do more for,” he said. The EFL votes came after the 71 league clubs agreed to adopt the EFL board’s framework, rejecting alternatives from Barnsley and Tranmere. Championship clubs agreed to relegate three teams if their season, due to resume on 20 June, is not completed. Amendments to the EFL board’s framework put forward by Ipswich, Lincoln and Stevenage were rejected. The shadow sports minister, Alison McGovern, and shadow secretary of state, Jo Stevens, have called for an urgent meeting with the government and EFL. A letter to the secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport, Oliver Dowden, expressed grave concern at the “acute” challenges facing lower-league clubs. “I fear a lot of clubs will go out of business now,” Fry said. “Clubs cannot compete without any gate receipts… For us 20-35% of our income is gate receipts. And now we can’t play in front of anybody for who knows how long.” Football League ups and downsLeague One and League Two to be settled on points per game after the seasons were ended. League One Promoted: Coventry City (champions), Rotherham United Play-offs: Wycombe Wanderers v Fleetwood Town, Portsmouth v Oxford United (dates tbc) Relegated: Tranmere Rovers, Southend United, Bolton Wanderers League Two Promoted: Swindon Town (champions), Crewe Alexandra, Plymouth Argyle Play-offs: Thursday, 18 June: Semi-final first legs Colchester United v Exeter City (17:15 BST) Northampton Town v Cheltenham Town (19:45 BST) Monday, 22 June: Semi-final second legs Exeter City v Colchester United (17:15 BST) Cheltenham Town v Northampton Town (20:00 BST) Final: Wembley, 29 June Relegated: Stevenage**Macclesfield may go down instead if they receive a points deduction League 1 play-off details to be confirmed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted June 9, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted June 9, 2020 Coventry City? More like Covid City... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cymbols Posted June 9, 2020 Report Share Posted June 9, 2020 Fucking shithole of a city Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobfoc Posted June 9, 2020 Report Share Posted June 9, 2020 The prospect of seeing Fleetwood in the second tier is mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted June 12, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 Quote Charlton Athletic have been taken over by a consortium led by the Manchester-based businessman Paul Elliott, who becomes the owner and chairman. Elliott has assumed control of East Street Investments, which acquired the Championship club from the unpopular Roland Duchâtelet for £1 in January. The takeover is yet to be approved by the English Football League. Elliott started his career in property before investing in the hospitality trade. The club said they will meet the EFL to finalise the change of control, “including matters relating to the owners’ and directors’ test”. If passed, the consortium would also need to satisfy the EFL’s funding tests. ESI took over from Duchâtelet in December but the former majority shareholder, Tahnoon Nimer, and executive chairman, Matt Southall, had a public falling out. Nimer and Southall have left the club but Marian Mihail and Claudiu Florica, who were appointed to the board by Nimer in March, remain. Elliott, who was born in Hammersmith, said he was determined to stabilise the club after a tumultuous period, including the six-year tenure of Duchâtelet, who still owns the freehold to the stadium and training ground. Elliott said he wants “a unified boardroom and a unified football club” and added: “Our immediate focus will be on getting behind the team and the manager and giving ourselves the best opportunity of staying in the Championship.” Charlton announced the takeover on Wednesday, before Peter Varney, a former Charlton chief executive, gave an interview to the London Evening Standard in which he claimed the new owner is open to entering “into dialogue to have an open discussion about where the club is going”. Several parties had expressed an interest in taking charge, including the former Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins and the former Watford chairman Laurence Bassini. Charlton are third from bottom and resume the season at Hull on 20 June. Lee Bowyer, their manager, revealed last week that three of his players, including their main striker Lyle Taylor, have refused to play when it restarts. The Charlton Athletic Supporters Trust (Cast) said it is relieved at the departures of Nimer and Southall but expressed “weariness” and “a good deal of caution” at the takeover. “We are relieved that the ownership of the club by Tahnoon Nimer and Matt Southall has formally come to an end,” it said in a statement. “During their ownership the club has been charged with misconduct by the EFL; failed to provide adequate proof of funding; been subject to a transfer embargo; squandered funds on extravagant expenditure and has dropped into the relegation places. “However, we know very little indeed about Mr Elliott nor about the make-up of his consortium. More importantly, we have not been given any clue about his motivation in taking on, in the middle of a pandemic, a struggling football club which has crippling liabilities to former owner Roland Duchâtelet.” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DNB Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 Charlton fans have really been through the mill with their owners the last few years, much like us at Luton 10 years or so ago. Fingers crossed they can sort it out, but not on the pitch; I would rather like to stay up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorka Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 On 09/06/2020 at 22:46, Cymbols said: Fucking shithole of a city Kasbah is a laugh though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cymbols Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 Ehh not sure I’d agree with that one 😅 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA! Posted June 20, 2020 Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 Quote TV food show host Adam Richman has sampled plenty of fish - so it is perhaps no surprise that his decision to invest in English football has benefited Grimsby Town. The 46-year-old American has become a shareholder in the coastal League Two club after a fundraising appeal by the Mariners' Trust. Tottenham Hotspur fan Richman played for the Rest of the World in a Soccer Aid charity game at Old Trafford in 2014. His shows include Man v Food and he has also appeared on British television. The scale of Richman's investment in the Cleethorpes-based club, who play on the banks of the Humber Estuary as it reaches the North Sea, has not been disclosed. Explaining his decision to put money into Grimsby, he posted on Twitter: "I just want to say that it means so much as a fan of the game, to be so thought of by a club with so much history, especially as America is thousands of miles away. "This is the brother and sisterhood of football at its best." Grimsby finished 15th on a points per game basis after the 2019-20 season was ended because of the coronavirus pandemic. From BBC Sport. He's well known to be a fan but that's certainly something. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyIncognito Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 On 09/06/2020 at 22:59, Bobfoc said: The prospect of seeing Fleetwood in the second tier is mad. To be fair as a Col U fan the whole 06/07 season was hilarious. Penultimate game of the season, Stoke away, at half time we were 5th and 3 points clear of 7th. It all went to shit and we were expectedly relegated the next year. Can't help but think we've peaked, bit like a Leicester fan now, it'll never get better than that one season. Though I suppose the only reason I'm still up and posting nonsense is that we lost in the L2 playoffs today in ET. It was a very Col U loss at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colly Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 Woodgate sacked by Boro with Colin Wanker coming in. Which has raised many a question in my WhatsApp group as to whether he (and Roy Hodgson) should be shielding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobfoc Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 People talk about The Undertaker having too many "final" runs, but he's got nothing on Neil Warnock. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA! Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 After the apocalypse there will be nothing left but cockroaches and Neil Warnock managing a Championship team. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
METALMAN Posted June 24, 2020 Report Share Posted June 24, 2020 (edited) Leeds: Edited June 24, 2020 by metalman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted June 29, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 League 2 playoff final tonight at Wembley. Exeter vs. Northampton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA! Posted June 29, 2020 Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 Exeter deserve it, third time lucky. But Grimsby also get decent results against them as a rule so g'wan you Cobblers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA! Posted June 29, 2020 Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 Northampton 2-0 up in 30 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA! Posted June 29, 2020 Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 Maxted (Exeter's goalkeeper) deserves man of the match for only letting 2 in. Northampton have absolutely destroyed them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Lusophone Posted June 30, 2020 Report Share Posted June 30, 2020 In news that I'm sure will delight @Lineker, Sol Campbell has been sacked by Southend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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