stockport points deduction

[DiV]

if they are getting the points this season then is it just bloody good timing?

50 points now means they arent safe but the likelyhood of Carlisle winning and over turning a goal difference of 18.

[santasdead]

I've just read thia on the SSN scroll bar. I think the football league have deducted points now because mathematically stockport can still be relegated. However crazy it is. We will have to wait and see what happens in the close season. Theres probably a few FL employed folk that have caught the problem too, hopefully they will reasess the problem and have the points transferred to next year.

At the moment the football league has done its job and enforced its rules. If stockport get a point saturday, i have full faith in FL transferring the points. People need to take time out and stop argueing though, it has nothing to do with us thankfully.....not until we are in a relegation battle with stockport next year.

[juddie]

just the principle (he says moodily).

You're probaby right, they'll probably think again in the summer.

[4D]

if they are getting the points this season then is it just bloody good timing?

50 points now means they arent safe but the likelyhood of Carlisle winning and over turning a goal difference of 18.

Let's hope Stockport put that extra bit of effort in on Saturday just to make sure 

[ahounsell]

So unless Stockport end up in the bottom 4 (possible, but unlikely) they will get the deduction next season. If anyone is saying anything different they are talking shit.

The Football league are saying different 
http://www.stockportcounty.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10419~1644479,00.html

Im no fan of points deductions because they punish the wrong people and there is no evidence that it has acted as a deterrent to people who run up debts they cant pay.

However, if we must have these deductions it is imperative that they are handed out consistently. If I was a Southampton fan I'd be absolutely livid.

I decided the people running the league had no clue what they were doing in 1990. I've still seen absolutely nothing since then to change that opinion. 

[Rich Pullen]

Did Southampton try to be sneaky in order to dodge a points deduction?

[michael]

It is a bit busy for us to get upset about when they get their deduction.

What we should be doing instead is working out if they have any players worth getting on the cheap

[jonny72]

Did Southampton try to be sneaky in order to dodge a points deduction?

Only by deliberately structuring the club, from a legal point of view, in a way that they thought would mean they wouldn't face a points deduction if they went in to administration. This wasn't a recent thing either, they did this a good few years ago before they had financial problems.

I like Southampton, they're my second club, but the fact that there was premeditation says to me they should get their asses kicked and have the book thrown at them. They were trying to take the fucking piss and should get punished for it.