1. Log in now to remove adverts - no adverts at all to registered members!

South Shields Shafted

Discussion in 'Sunderland' started by SAFCDRUM, Mar 26, 2020.

  1. SAFCDRUM

    SAFCDRUM Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 28, 2011
    Messages:
    7,128
    Likes Received:
    16,232
    Decision today by the FA that all leagues below National Leagues North and South are finished with no promotion or relegation. This means no promotion for SS who have spent a little bit in the hope of promotion to National League North. Not sure if any legal action would be successful. Bit of a blow.
     
    #1
  2. E.T. Fairfax

    E.T. Fairfax Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 4, 2012
    Messages:
    8,140
    Likes Received:
    9,287
    Scandalous. ****e decision, but if this is the decision, it should be across the board. If south shields dont get promoted, liverpool should not win the league. If seasons cant be completed, for example, liverpool should be given the league. Norwich should play Leeds over 2 legs, winner gets premier league football. Premier league Second off bottom should play championship second off top. Winner gets premier league football. This idea should go throughout the league system.
     
    #2
    John 11:35, Nig and clockstander like this.
  3. clockstander

    clockstander Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 6, 2013
    Messages:
    19,691
    Likes Received:
    33,608
    Shame on them.
     
    #3
    Owld Feller likes this.
  4. haslam

    haslam Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 29, 2011
    Messages:
    10,783
    Likes Received:
    10,709
    I guess they're just doing what they think is right but it is a killer of a decision.

    There's also knock-on effects higher up the chain. Presumably you will have a league where there is promotion on offer but no teams from it are being relegated as the league below can't promote.I know one thing, if I was a Liverpool fan looking to celebrate the inevitable first title in 31 years I'd be sweating into my pint tonight!
     
    #4
  5. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 27, 2011
    Messages:
    53,563
    Likes Received:
    112,753
    It's a shame but I wouldn't say they've been shafted.

    It's just a precursor to the rest of football suffering the same fate imo.

    I've been a fanatical football supporter for over 50 years but I've not given the season another thought since this started ....

    ... there'll be clubs that don't even survive let alone be promoted.



    .
     
    #5
  6. haslam

    haslam Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 29, 2011
    Messages:
    10,783
    Likes Received:
    10,709
    Unless the higher leagues offer money to help I would imagine there's going to be 10+ teams going to the wall over this gap. Add in the number of fans who may have to tighten belts and not renew our attend next season and it's going to hit them hard.

    There are more important things, though the lasting legacy of these months is going to be bleak and wide-reaching unless measures are taken by those who can afford to do so ( and in football it has to be the FA and Premiership, what difference does 10 million pounds really make to a club in the top flight, we wasted four times that on bloody Joelinton).
     
    #6
    Riever, Nordic, rooch 3 and 2 others like this.
  7. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 27, 2011
    Messages:
    53,563
    Likes Received:
    112,753
    Sadly I have zero faith in the football authorities ...

    ... I've seen these 'blazers' operating, at close proximity, and they're absolutely sickening.

    The only exception was Geoff Hurst who struck me as a decent man who actually loves the game ...

    ... for the rest of them it's just a trough they can't take their nose out of.
     
    #7
  8. clockstander

    clockstander Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 6, 2013
    Messages:
    19,691
    Likes Received:
    33,608
    The season should be completed when it is safe to do so, even if it is behind closed doors, and see where we are after that.
     
    #8
    Owld Feller and Nacho like this.
  9. Somebodys pinched my sombrero

    Somebodys pinched my sombrero Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 29, 2011
    Messages:
    9,010
    Likes Received:
    7,280
    Can’t possibly be completed in the near future? They certainly would let 25 people on the pitch at the same time.
     
    #9
    Sid, MrRAWhite, Riever and 1 other person like this.
  10. clockstander

    clockstander Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 6, 2013
    Messages:
    19,691
    Likes Received:
    33,608
    very true, thats why I said when it is safe to do so. <ok>
     
    #10

  11. cumbrianmackem

    cumbrianmackem Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 28, 2011
    Messages:
    8,856
    Likes Received:
    23,960
    Where have you been all your football supporting life if you really think that the FA and the Premiership have any real thought for The little clubs.
    Bury could well be joined by enough others that they could form their own league.
    The FA have never done anything for our club and were still perceived as a big club so God help the little clubs.
    PS
    I know you were putting it out there and don't really think the authorities will help.
     
    #11
    haslam likes this.
  12. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 27, 2011
    Messages:
    53,563
    Likes Received:
    112,753
    Trouble is mate, as a groundsman, coach driver, kit man, whoever, you wouldn't risk your life for a football match.

    People will want absolute guarantees that the virus is no longer a threat and the government won't say that unless it's certain.

    That won't happen until the start of next season at the earliest imo.
     
    #12
  13. The Norton Cat

    The Norton Cat Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 8, 2015
    Messages:
    6,796
    Likes Received:
    11,918
    Lots of teams at Steps 3-6 have a backlog of games due to the wet weather recently causing numerous postponements because of waterlogged pitches. For part-time players, there just wouldn't be time to squeeze enough games in to finish the league.

    While it is gutting for clubs who should have been promoted, the only other solution was to work it out on points per game. That would have been considered unfair by teams in relegation positions who think they could have played their way out of trouble. It's an unsatisfactory end to the season, but really it's the most sensible decision they could have reached.
     
    #13
    haslam likes this.
  14. Nads

    Nads Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    33,999
    Likes Received:
    28,041
    Eyes over to Germany, and the big 5 Bundesliga clubs have donated £20 million to the rest of the league and 2. Bundesliga to help them through.

    Players at Bayern and Dortmund, Monchengladbach and Union Berlin donates salaries to pay club staff.

    They are doing it right and deserve all the credit they get.
     
    #14
    Sid, haslam, cumbrianmackem and 6 others like this.
  15. Nacho

    Nacho Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 28, 2011
    Messages:
    16,927
    Likes Received:
    25,830
    If it was halfway through then write it off but at this stage I think postponing and making space for it in the future is the fairest solution. If it means putting various things which haven't happened yet back then so be it. Who cares about a bit of reshuffling with what's going on.
     
    #15
  16. RTB

    RTB Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 28, 2011
    Messages:
    18,926
    Likes Received:
    36,515
    Sunderland Ladies also affected...

     
    #16
    MrRAWhite likes this.
  17. Nacho

    Nacho Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 28, 2011
    Messages:
    16,927
    Likes Received:
    25,830
    Women's football in general will take a hit, I believe it's on a knife edge financially at the best of times.
     
    #17
  18. Owld Feller

    Owld Feller Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 25, 2019
    Messages:
    877
    Likes Received:
    712
    Just a thought.

    Why not complete this season's fixtures (however long it takes to safely do so) and cancel next season instead?

    That way team's efforts this season won't have been in vain.

    As I said, just a thought.
     
    #18
    Last edited: Mar 27, 2020
    Nads likes this.
  19. flandersmackem

    flandersmackem Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    5,912
    Likes Received:
    14,758
    When you think about what is actually happening right now across the entire planet...Football is utterly irrelevant
     
    #19
    cumbrianmackem, Riever, RTB and 4 others like this.
  20. Saf

    Saf Not606 Godfather+NOT606 Poster of the year 2023

    Joined:
    Jan 17, 2018
    Messages:
    30,943
    Likes Received:
    39,764
    Am I the only person who laughed out loud, at this? Shields have been the Man City of local non league football. Splashing the cash for seasons now with under the counter payments to players. The owner is a dick head, as well. Unlucky :emoticon-0136-giggl
     
    #20

Share This Page