Bristol Rovers considering legal action to avoid relegation

[Albumen]

Blimey didn't spot that they'd been relegated.

Me neither!

 

[studio150]

So on this basis, given that the Derby fans invaded the pitch after the home leg of the play-off semi final as a points deduction is not possible they must be thrown out of the play-offs and the Albion reinstated. As we beat QPR on aggregate in the league it means that we take the place of QPR in the PL, with QPR remaining in the Championship.

This has as much chance as the Bristol Rovers case of succeeding, in fact probably more as the same season.

 

[HenryC]

So on this basis, given that the Derby fans invaded the pitch after the home leg of the play-off semi final as a points deduction is not possible they must be thrown out of the play-offs and the Albion reinstated. As we beat QPR on aggregate in the league it means that we take the place of QPR in the PL, with QPR remaining in the Championship.

This has as much chance as the Bristol Rovers case of succeeding, in fact probably more as the same season.

I disagree and think that this is absolutely cut and dried.
WELL SPOTTED...WE HAVE JUST BEEN PROMOTED!!!
Can someone find out when the open top bus parade will take place... Can't wait!

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Frankly, we won't need our results against QPR to get past them. If we can't find some sort of financial irregularity at that club, then we're not doing our job properly. Ignoring FFP, paying £75k per week wages on crowds of 18k, and having Redknapp in charge? The signs are there.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

The official statement on the Rovers website makes for quite pathetic reading, frankly (especially for fans of erroneous apostrophes):




It has come to the attention of Bristol Rovers FC that Wycombe Wanderers FC appear to have breached FA rules on Third Party Ownership.


It’s current Chairman, in giving evidence at a recent FA Disciplinary Hearing, appears to have admitted a serious breach in respect of the player, Matt Phillips (and possibly other players).


The result of this led to Wycombe wrongfully obtaining a competitive advantage over Bristol Rovers.


Without this, Wycombe rather than Bristol Rovers could have been relegated.


Bristol Rovers were relegated merely on goal difference, and as the breach, if proven, would have almost certainly led to a points deduction, Bristol Rovers have instructed specialist sports lawyers together with Nick De Marco, a leading sports barrister, to draft and send a complaint to both The Football League and The Football Association.

This is the bit I don't get. What does that even mean? The only kind of "competitive advantage" I can see that Wycombe had is they they scored more goals than BRFC. None of which, I presume, were scored by Matt Phillips.

We'd better watch out though, Hereford will be lodging an appeal anytime now…

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Wycombe didn't seem to have much of a competitive advantage when losing pathetically at home to...er...Bristol Rovers in their penultimate game of the season.

Wait! Maybe that was a cunning decoy to throw poor Rovers off the scent?

 

[HenryC]

So on this basis, given that the Derby fans invaded the pitch after the home leg of the play-off semi final as a points deduction is not possible they must be thrown out of the play-offs and the Albion reinstated. As we beat QPR on aggregate in the league it means that we take the place of QPR in the PL, with QPR remaining in the Championship.

This has as much chance as the Bristol Rovers case of succeeding, in fact probably more as the same season.

I disagree and think that this is absolutely cut and dried.
WELL SPOTTED...WE HAVE JUST BEEN PROMOTED!!!
Can someone find out when the open top bus parade will take place... Can't wait!

 

[Durlston]

I am so glad that there is another club to hate in the Conference Premier next season after Luton Town finally got out of non-league football.

Bristol Rovers fans seem to think they'll walk the division and immediately return to League Two with their large fanbase and attitude towards the part-time sides; well, they are certainly in for a surprise. Every team will raise their game against the Gasheads - especially local rivals like Salisbury, Forest Green and Eastleigh. If they get off to a bad start, they may even do a Stockport with their off-the-field problems and drop another division.

It should be fun to see the culture shock.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Are they the biggest club to have been relegated to the Conference since automatic promotion/relegation was introduced?

I can only think of Luton as competition for this one. Luton have played at the top level more than Rovers have (I assume), but Rovers have always been relatively well supported, part & parcel of playing in a large city like Bristol.

Trying to think of other clubs who've gone down. Grimsby, Wrexham, Scarborough, Lincoln, Colchester, Torquay, Chester, Darlington, Aldershot, Hereford. None of them are bigger than Rovers. They're going to be there to be shot at when it comes to opponents like Eastleigh.

 

[PWA]

I disagree and think that this is absolutely cut and dried.
WELL SPOTTED...WE HAVE JUST BEEN PROMOTED!!!
Can someone find out when the open top bus parade will take place... Can't wait!

Town Hall Friday.

Bob Booker on the microphone.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Town Hall Friday.

Bob Booker on the microphone.

Hope he brings out the Freddie Mercury outfit, that one never fails to amuse.

 

[PWA]

Are they the biggest club to have been relegated to the Conference since automatic promotion/relegation was introduced?

I can only think of Luton as competition for this one. Luton have played at the top level more than Rovers have (I assume), but Rovers have always been relatively well supported, part & parcel of playing in a large city like Bristol.

Trying to think of other clubs who've gone down. Grimsby, Wrexham, Scarborough, Lincoln, Colchester, Torquay, Chester, Darlington, Aldershot, Hereford. None of them are bigger than Rovers. They're going to be there to be shot at when it comes to opponents like Eastleigh.

"It's sad to be a Rover, you're going to Dover"

 

[Notters]

Bristol Rovers fans thread on it here: http://z13.invisionfree.com/Bristol_Rovers_Alt/index.php?showtopic=2262

They seem pretty embarrassed by it TBH.

 

[Simster]

Are they the biggest club to have been relegated to the Conference since automatic promotion/relegation was introduced?

I can only think of Luton as competition for this one. Luton have played at the top level more than Rovers have (I assume), but Rovers have always been relatively well supported, part & parcel of playing in a large city like Bristol.

Trying to think of other clubs who've gone down. Grimsby, Wrexham, Scarborough, Lincoln, Colchester, Torquay, Chester, Darlington, Aldershot, Hereford. None of them are bigger than Rovers. They're going to be there to be shot at when it comes to opponents like Eastleigh.

Yep, Luton are the biggest but Bristol Rovers are not far behind. When you think of the strikers (in particular) they've had over the past 15 years, they strike me as a shining example of how not to run a football club.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Yep, Luton are the biggest but Bristol Rovers are not far behind. When you think of the strikers (in particular) they've had over the past 15 years, they strike me as a shining example of how not to run a football club.

Jamie Cureton, Barry Hayles, Jason Roberts, Marcus Stewart, Rickie Lambert, Bobby Zamora. Only Rochdale (Le Fondre, Murray, Lambert) can even get close to that record in lower league terms, surely?

 

[Simster]

Jamie Cureton, Barry Hayles, Jason Roberts, Marcus Stewart, Rickie Lambert, Bobby Zamora. Only Rochdale (Le Fondre, Murray, Lambert) can even get close to that record in lower league terms, surely?

And Nathan Ellington!

 

[Lady Whistledown]

And Nathan Ellington!

Thought I'd forgotten one

 

[atfc village]

Size doesn't matter they are Non League now same as us.Grimsby have played top flight football on 2 occasions something Rovers haven't done,plus i'd say Oxturd are bigger than the Gas.

 

[Ernest]

Luton would be the biggest as they were in the Prem not so long ago but took them 5 years to get out of the Conference, god knows if we would ever have got out if we had gone down in 1997

 

[MarioOrlandi]

Oh dear, they are in for such a rude awakening. Shame Lewes and Eastbourne were relegated from the Conference a couple of seasons ago, the piss take would be massive. I can still remember that 8-2 hammering at the Goldstone