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Title: FA Membership Stripped? Post by: Dazzza on Thursday, September 27, 2007, 20:16:39 http://boards.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=1019&p=16&style=1&forumId=3486&action=1&replytoid=528041054
From Roddy Radiation on Rivals... Quote Roddy_Radiation Posted on 27/9 19:35 Email this Message | Edit | Reply No longer full members of the FA? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saw a copy of the Wiltshire FA meeting minutes from the 6th September and was bit surprised to see the following entry. "Section 02/08 - Correspondence. (r.)Swindon Town Administrators Hacker Young have informed the County FA of the continuing problems of carrying out their obligations to creditors. It is noted that the club will have a new Chairman shortly who it is hoped will clear the clubs debts. It is also noted that the club has had its Football Association Membership withdrawn along with Leeds united who have committed similar offences." Don't think this actually means a lot more than losing voting rights and not getting any FA cup final tickets but a little bit surprised that nothing has been said about this by the club or in the press if its true. Better not be a Town v Leeds cup final otherwise Wembley could be a bit empty! Anyone confirm? May explain why we voted in favour with Leeds recently (presumably before we lost our membership) and looks like the first splatters of an almighty vindaloo shit could be hitting the fan. Title: FA Membership Stripped? Post by: Reg Smeeton on Thursday, September 27, 2007, 20:40:20 I saw this...not certain what to make of it. may be just a technicality, might be something more serious.
Title: FA Membership Stripped? Post by: HarryFleming on Thursday, September 27, 2007, 20:45:41 Surely this is serious! Not sure why, but come on. To not be full members of something that we've been members of longer then most clubs???
:fu: BOARD Title: FA Membership Stripped? Post by: reeves4england on Thursday, September 27, 2007, 20:48:51 Quote from: "HarryFleming" Surely this is serious! Not sure why, but come on. To not be full members of something that we've been members of longer then most clubs??? Presuming it is true/accurate...:fu: BOARD Title: FA Membership Stripped? Post by: HarryFleming on Thursday, September 27, 2007, 21:05:13 Obviously.
:suicide: Title: FA Membership Stripped? Post by: red macca on Friday, September 28, 2007, 09:17:46 Not likely to be true at all
Title: FA Membership Stripped? Post by: stfctownenda on Friday, September 28, 2007, 09:19:33 Quote from: "reeves4england" Quote from: "HarryFleming" Surely this is serious! Not sure why, but come on. To not be full members of something that we've been members of longer then most clubs??? Presuming it is true/accurate...:fu: BOARD If its minuted at a Wiltshire FA meeting I would assume it is true as its very unlikely they would speculate or be wrong. Title: FA Membership Stripped? Post by: pauld on Friday, September 28, 2007, 09:42:16 OK, rather than speculating etc I rang the FA this morning to ask about this and this is nothing new. Basically, suspension from full membership is automatic on entering a CVA. So, yes we are suspended from full membership but it's nothing to do with the failure to meet the deadline payment, it's due to being in a CVA at all and it's not a recent thing, we've been suspended for the past 5 years since entering the CVA. The guy I spoke to said it's an automatic low-level procedural thing and certainly nothing to get too worried about in terms of it having a major impact on the club's status.
The impact of it in terms of sanctions is on off-field rather than on-field matters (as those of us who've been watching the team crash out in the early rounds of the FA Cup for the past 5 years will confirm), and is mainly loss of voting rights at general meetings of the Association and stuff like not automatically getting tickets for the Cup Final etc. So, basically, nothing new and nothing to panic about. Title: FA Membership Stripped? Post by: Panda Paws on Friday, September 28, 2007, 09:42:16 It's bollocks - we just rang the FA. Apparently it's been suspended for the past five years and will be so until we come out of the CVA.
Title: FA Membership Stripped? Post by: Panda Paws on Friday, September 28, 2007, 09:42:59 Paul and us lot here must have been on the phone at the same time!
Title: FA Membership Stripped? Post by: Kinky Tom on Friday, September 28, 2007, 09:46:50 Good initiative chaps - cheers. :thumbs:
Title: FA Membership Stripped? Post by: pauld on Friday, September 28, 2007, 09:47:44 Quote from: "Chris BS32" Paul and us lot here must have been on the phone at the same time! Nah, think I got in first - I rang from the M4 an hour ago. Yah boo sucks to the Beeb! :D Title: FA Membership Stripped? Post by: Panda Paws on Friday, September 28, 2007, 09:51:52 Quote from: "pauld" Quote from: "Chris BS32" Paul and us lot here must have been on the phone at the same time! Nah, think I got in first - I rang from the M4 an hour ago. Yah boo sucks to the Beeb! :D Haha. Never mind. |