Non-League News

[Lee K]

So, the FA's solution to Cinderford refusing promotion is not to promote the next best team but, having fiddled about with about 6 other teams, to move Evesham from South to North, thus depriving them of numerous local derbies including Hereford and making their nearest game Romulus, 38 miles away.

Lee flagged this up on another thread last Friday but I didn't notice it.... https://www.southern-football-league.co ... -promotion

Bob Mills just did a super piece on this on TalkSPORT, prompting much ribaldry from muppets who don't care about the non-league game (or "the amateur game" as Colin Murray called it )

Evesham are appealing - lots of reaction here



https://twitter.com/EveshamUnitedFC?ref ... r%5Eauthor

and full detail here

http://eveshamobserver.co.uk/sport/robi ... ove-north/

Not the rules mate, they have to reprieve the best placed higher level relegated side i.e. Stamford, that then means they have to do all that buggering about.
Know where you're coming from though.

Indeed. The rules need changing. Far too many clubs who should have been relegated have been reprieved because of the failures of others to meet assorted criteria, or in this case spending all season busting their guts to get promoted then deciding they don't want to. Crazy...

I accept that, in this case, Stamford have been reprieved when they should have been relegated. However, and I think back to Altrincham in the Conference in the 1990s as an example, I think they were reprieved two or three times because of the financial misadventures of others. I don't think Alty were lucky at all, if all the clubs run their affairs prudently like Altrincham do who's to say they would have finished in a relegation position in the first place. That's why I find reprieves generally fair, unlike this particular case.

[Glyn]

Ferriby appoint Housham

http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/top-stori ... nager.html

[Glyn]

Leon Mettam to King's Lynn

http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/latest-tr ... ettam.html

[Glyn]

Hodges back at Truro:

http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/top-stori ... nager.html


If Fallon goes much further south he'll be back in NZ

[Glyn]

Clayton McDonald returns to Redditch with the fans paying his wages

http://www.redditchadvertiser.co.uk/spo ... ed_return/

Perhaps they're not as well-off as we thought....

[Glyn]

Wayne Thomas to Kidder

http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/latest-tr ... riers.html

[Perton Pitman]

Wayne Thomas to Kidder

http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/latest-tr ... riers.html

Doubling up as a referee no doubt. I hope Kiddy have cover as he will
spend a chunk of the season suspended

[Glyn]

So, the FA's solution to Cinderford refusing promotion is not to promote the next best team but, having fiddled about with about 6 other teams, to move Evesham from South to North, thus depriving them of numerous local derbies including Hereford and making their nearest game Romulus, 38 miles away.

Lee flagged this up on another thread last Friday but I didn't notice it.... https://www.southern-football-league.co ... -promotion

Bob Mills just did a super piece on this on TalkSPORT, prompting much ribaldry from muppets who don't care about the non-league game (or "the amateur game" as Colin Murray called it )

Evesham are appealing - lots of reaction here



https://twitter.com/EveshamUnitedFC?ref ... r%5Eauthor

and full detail here

http://eveshamobserver.co.uk/sport/robi ... ove-north/

Not the rules mate, they have to reprieve the best placed higher level relegated side i.e. Stamford, that then means they have to do all that buggering about.
Know where you're coming from though.

Indeed. The rules need changing. Far too many clubs who should have been relegated have been reprieved because of the failures of others to meet assorted criteria, or in this case spending all season busting their guts to get promoted then deciding they don't want to. Crazy...

I accept that, in this case, Stamford have been reprieved when they should have been relegated. However, and I think back to Altrincham in the Conference in the 1990s as an example, I think they were reprieved two or three times because of the financial misadventures of others. I don't think Alty were lucky at all, if all the clubs run their affairs prudently like Altrincham do who's to say they would have finished in a relegation position in the first place. That's why I find reprieves generally fair, unlike this particular case.

Lee tells me that Evesham's appeal has succeeded!

I'll post a link when I find one...

Yer tis...

http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/top-stori ... ation.html

So we are going to Corby rather than Stamford after all.... unless they change their minds....

[Glyn]

Wayne Thomas to Kidder

http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/latest-tr ... riers.html

And there's more...

http://www.harriers.co.uk/news/article/ ... 43918.aspx

[Perton Pitman]

So, the FA's solution to Cinderford refusing promotion is not to promote the next best team but, having fiddled about with about 6 other teams, to move Evesham from South to North, thus depriving them of numerous local derbies including Hereford and making their nearest game Romulus, 38 miles away.

Lee flagged this up on another thread last Friday but I didn't notice it.... https://www.southern-football-league.co ... -promotion

Bob Mills just did a super piece on this on TalkSPORT, prompting much ribaldry from muppets who don't care about the non-league game (or "the amateur game" as Colin Murray called it )

Evesham are appealing - lots of reaction here



https://twitter.com/EveshamUnitedFC?ref ... r%5Eauthor

and full detail here

http://eveshamobserver.co.uk/sport/robi ... ove-north/

Not the rules mate, they have to reprieve the best placed higher level relegated side i.e. Stamford, that then means they have to do all that buggering about.
Know where you're coming from though.

Indeed. The rules need changing. Far too many clubs who should have been relegated have been reprieved because of the failures of others to meet assorted criteria, or in this case spending all season busting their guts to get promoted then deciding they don't want to. Crazy...

I accept that, in this case, Stamford have been reprieved when they should have been relegated. However, and I think back to Altrincham in the Conference in the 1990s as an example, I think they were reprieved two or three times because of the financial misadventures of others. I don't think Alty were lucky at all, if all the clubs run their affairs prudently like Altrincham do who's to say they would have finished in a relegation position in the first place. That's why I find reprieves generally fair, unlike this particular case.

Lee tells me that Evesham's appeal has succeeded!

I'll post a link when I find one...

Yer tis...

http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/top-stori ... ation.html

So we are going to Corby rather than Stamford after all.... unless they change their minds....

Common sense prevails. If Cinderford didn't want promotion they should be playing at step 5. Also I'm sure that the likes of Taunton, who pushed them hard all season, are furious at their behaviour.

[Glyn]

Common sense prevails. If Cinderford didn't want promotion they should be playing at step 5. Also I'm sure that the likes of Taunton, who pushed them hard all season, are furious at their behaviour.

Agreed. I'm getting much agreement on social media to the (obvious?!) suggestion that the rules need changing so that if a club in a promotion place opts out or doesn't meet the criteria, the next club down should take it. No reprieves for relegated clubs.

They do this in a country near England....

[Glyn]

Cinderford Chairman, in hole, keeps digging...

http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/top-stori ... -tait.html

[Perton Pitman]

30 grand HMRC debt! Sound like they threw money at their promotion push and lived beyond their means. Hard to feel sympathy for them!

[Glyn]

Daniel Nti, Worcester to York:

https://twitter.com/search?q=daniel+nti ... r%5Esearch

http://www.yorkcityfootballclub.co.uk/n ... 59681.aspx

[Glyn]

FCUM - or should this be on the "clubs in crisis" thread...?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36485893

[Glyn]

FGR building new 5000-capacity stadium

http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/headlines ... -home.html

Average last season 1758, biggest 3127

http://european-football-statistics.co. ... eengnl.htm

They're presumably planning ahead for when they play Flyde in the Championship in 2023

[Glyn]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36714465

Heck. Another one of those stories that puts things into perspective.....

[Glyn]

Civil war in Lancashire!

http://www.afcfylde.co.uk/club-statement-dion-departs/

[Perton Pitman]

...and obviously Flyde have never attempted any underhand shenanigans in an attempt to capture a player. I seem to remember Neil Harvey. being the subject of interest from them. The tripling of wages! I wonder what on earth their wage bill is like!

[Glyn]

...and obviously Flyde have never attempted any underhand shenanigans in an attempt to capture a player. I seem to remember Neil Harvey being the subject of interest from them.

As Bamber Gascoigne used to say, "well remembered Perton"

[Glyn]

Hereford "concentrating on the league", already!

http://www.herefordfc.co.uk/bulls-withd ... eague-cup/

[Glyn]

Darlaston back in business with a new ground

http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2015 ... g-meeting/

That stand looks a bit grandiose to me

http://www.expressandstar.com/news/loca ... emolished/

Shed a tear. Part of my childhood gone!

[Glyn]

Darlaston back in business with a new ground

http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2015 ... g-meeting/

That stand looks a bit grandiose to me

http://www.expressandstar.com/news/loca ... emolished/

Shed a tear. Part of my childhood gone!

But maybe not all of it....

http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/darlaston ... 55657.html

The E&S may have got their story wrong then - fancy that....

[Glyn]

http://www.wsc.co.uk/2012-07-09-10-11-1 ... goes-viral

[Glyn]

Clinton Morrison didn't last long then....

http://www.evostikleaguesouthern.co.uk/ ... exit-32443

I think I saw him on SSN the other day/night - I imagine the "travelling difficulties" might involve the fact that he gest paid more for watching football for them than for playing it for Redditch...?