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#Post#: 16816--------------------------------------------------
Non League Steps 3 to 7 Null & Void
DIR By: Carter
Date: March 26, 2020, 10:48 am
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I suppose it was the only decision that could be made, that
avoids any legal issues.
Its a shame that the hard work of the referees at various levels
will now wasted.
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Re: Non League Steps 3 to 7 Null & Void
DIR By: Toprefm
Date: March 26, 2020, 11:35 am
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I can't see how this will avoid legal issues and or challenges
For example Jersey Bulls 30 points clear in their League
mathematically can be caught but highly unlikely. I think there
will be legal action at all levels.
Edited at 16-55
All ready threatening legal action according to this
HTML https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52052351
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Re: Non League Steps 3 to 7 Null & Void
DIR By: Carter
Date: March 26, 2020, 12:12 pm
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--- Quote from: Toprefm link ---
>
> I can't see how this will avoid legal issues and or challenges
>
> For example Jersey Bulls 30 points clear in their League
mathematically can be caught but highly unlikely. I think there
will be legal action at all levels.
>
> Edited at 16-55
>
> All ready threatening legal action according to this
>
>
HTML https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52052351
>
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By voiding the season I believe it reduces the chances of
appeals and in my view the F.A. have a better chance of winning
them.
If they had gone for PPG, there would have been a lot more
appeals with probably better cases and chances of winning.
I presonnally would rather have waited it all out and finished
whenevr that maybe, but then has a big knock on effect for
finanaces at non leaue level.
#Post#: 16819--------------------------------------------------
Re: Non League Steps 3 to 7 Null & Void
DIR By: rustyref
Date: March 26, 2020, 1:04 pm
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I don't think any club taking legal action will come looking to
clever at all. Thousands of people are dying and they are
worried about what is, at the end of the day, a game.
Perspectives needed I think.
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Re: Non League Steps 3 to 7 Null & Void
DIR By: bmb
Date: March 26, 2020, 1:10 pm
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The statement from the FA
HTML http://www.thefa.com/news/2020/mar/26/national-league-system-womens-football-pyramid-grassroots-covid-19-update-260320
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Re: Non League Steps 3 to 7 Null & Void
DIR By: nemesis
Date: March 26, 2020, 6:01 pm
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--- Quote from: Carter link ---
>
> I suppose it was the only decision that could be made, that
avoids any legal issues.
>
> Its a shame that the hard work of the referees at various
levels will now wasted.
>
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Teams that had done very badly wanted voiding, teams that had
done very well wanted points per game.
Not for the first time the FA have chosen to reward the teams
that have fared less well, in the process wiping out all the
matches, the players' appearances, goals scored and, in some
cases, promotions already mathematically achieved.
It's the easy option, it's expedient but is it right ? I don't
think so.
Will referees who were being lined up for promotions be told
that as their matches didn't exist they must continue at the
same level next season, just as the players have been?
As rustyref says so rightly, with thousands dying football is
not at the top of anyone's priority list at the moment but if
decisions are being made, they should still be subject to
scrutiny.
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Re: Non League Steps 3 to 7 Null & Void
DIR By: AFAref
Date: March 26, 2020, 7:54 pm
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Taken for another forum, posted by a very esteemed gentleman who
was a step 4 club secretary, before becoming a step 5 league
secretary (which he no longer is):
"I suspect any clubs thinking of going down the legal route will
be referred to Standardised Rule 12.2 which states “At the end
of the Playing Season of each competition a table will be
compiled showing the playing record of each Club in each
division of the Competition.”
As we haven’t reached the end of the season, no such table
should exist so nobody can yet claim to have been denied
promotion by today’s decision. As I stated on the old forum
several years ago, any tables produced prior to the end of the
season are merely for guidance only."
#Post#: 16828--------------------------------------------------
Re: Non League Steps 3 to 7 Null & Void
DIR By: ajb95
Date: March 27, 2020, 6:28 am
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What about Vauxhall Motors who had already guaranteed promotion?
The NWCFL wrote to the FA about completing the season in
interest of fairness etc, but unsurprisingly received no
response from national HQ. The next to no communication about
this has been equally horrendous.
I don't know how referees can be promoted/demoted as some will
have had observations lined up over the next few weeks and might
well have performed well/not well and moved up/down the
respective rankings.
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Re: Non League Steps 3 to 7 Null & Void
DIR By: JCFC
Date: March 27, 2020, 9:04 am
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Will any outstanding suspensions now lapse, I wonder. After all,
one can hardly have committed any misdemeanours in matches
deemed not to have taken place.
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Re: Non League Steps 3 to 7 Null & Void
DIR By: bmb
Date: March 27, 2020, 9:22 am
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I don't know if it is the right or fair thing to do or not,
hence why I write rubbish on an internet forum and am not in a
position of power but It's such a shame for all of those who
have worked so hard - players, managers, coaches, referees,
ground staff, league secretaries etc.
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