Rotherham in administration

[Robot Chicken]

Just announced. This season the number of clubs going into administration is unprecedented. Surely things can only improve?

 

[RM-Taylor]

Rotherham

Have gone in to administration for the second time within 18 months.

10 point deduction moves them down to 11th in the table, and a way off the play-offs.

All down to ITV Digital

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

Rotherham

have gone into administration this afternoon.

BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Rotherham Utd | Rotherham go into administration

 

[Robot Chicken]

Fixtures

 

[Robot Chicken]

Fixtures 2

 

[Robot Chicken]

Bet Chesterfield are happy...they've just taken over the last Play-off spot!

 

[RM-Taylor]

Fixtures

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

 

[Easy 10]

This season the number of clubs going into administration is unprecedented. Surely things can only improve?

Hmmm. Based on what ?

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Again!!??!!

 

[Barrel of Fun]

The good news is that Sky have signed a whopping great big deal for the Champions League.

 

[SeagullTim]

This should just prove that the financial gap between the prem and the football league is huge and has to be reduced.

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

Just announced. This season the number of clubs going into administration is unprecedented. Surely things can only improve?

With the current financial climate - i doubt it's going to improve. I reckon it'll only get worse

 

[SNOOBS]

This should just prove that the financial gap between the prem and the football league is huge and has to be reduced.

But it won't be and there isn't really any way it will be

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

With the current financial climate - i doubt it's going to improve. I reckon it'll only get worse

too troo

And what makes this case worse is that Cheaterfield are benefiting.

 

[severnside gull]

shame for their fans to go through it all again and worse to lose the chance of the play-offs and promotion.

there but for the grace of god and may still be in time to come....................

 

[BensGrandad]

I wonder if the time is coming when the league have to reconsider their decision to deduct 10 points and perhaps substitute it with automatic relegation to the division below, which ever that may be at all levels of football.

 

[severnside gull]

I wonder if the time is coming when the league have to reconsider their decision to deduct 10 points and perhaps substitute it with automatic relegation to the division below, which ever that may be at all levels of football.

that could seriously f*** up the whole nature of a league competition depending on the timing.

I tend to think the current balance is ok subject to some tweaking to stop legal challenges from clubs who abuse the system (and thereby abuse their fellow competitors).

Harsher sanctions for clubs who wilfully spend money they dont have would be good but difficult to police

 

[BensGrandad]

that could seriously f*** up the whole nature of a league competition depending on the timing.

I tend to think the current balance is ok subject to some tweaking to stop legal challenges from clubs who abuse the system (and therefore their fellow competitors).

Harsher sanctions for clubs who wilfully spend money they dont have would be good but difficult to police

I cannot see how this is a problem as it would just mean that the next one in line in the division below is promoted i.e if 2 are automatically promoted that becomes 3 and the play offs are then between 4th and 7th instead of 3rd and 6th and so forth if 4 clubs go into administration you relegate 4 clubs and promote the next 4 with the play offs still between the next 4.

The only problem I see is that when getting relegated from Div 2 to the Conference a dividing line would have to be drawn across the country in the Conference so that if eg York were promoted an extra club from the Northern Conf would take their place and the same if it was Woking an extra team from the Southern Conference would go into the Conference.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

All down to ITV Digital

Grimsby Town have used the ITV Digital excuse to explain why they have had problems - the truth is that they are f***ing SHIT.