[Albion] If the current season is now cancelled....

[Not Andy Naylor]

In Spain, La Liga has a proper constitution which allows for "force majeure". If an accord cannot be reached with the clubs, the league committee can dictate what happens next. They are apparently looking at four scenarios.

1. If Euro 2020 is postponed, continue the league in the summer. It's going to be a hot one!
2. Finish the league after game 27, the last game that everyone has played. Barcelona champions.
3. Finish the league after game 19, the halfway point, when everyone has played each other once. Barcelona champions.
4. Scrap it and start again next season.

There seem to be growing calls that option 3 is preferred as everyone would have played everyone once. In our case that means that Spurs away would be voided and the points against Bournemouth would count!

All these options look okay. 1. because we play better in warm weather, probably. 2. and 3. because either way we weren't in the bottom four. (And Everton away would be voided too?) 4. because we can buy a striker in summer.

 

[Bozza]

4. because we can buy a striker in summer.

Save that one for April 1st.

 

[Seasider78]

The idea that I am entitled to a refund and will therefore get one. Yes, in normal circumstances you would be entitled and would get it.

We ain’t in normal circumstances in case you have not noticed. This is the biggest crisis the world has faced since WW2, and before that the Spanish Flu of 1918. But you think that normal rules undoubtedly still apply..............let’s hope you are correct.

Despite the global crisis at a simple level we are talking about a refund of 9 games which if cancelled will happen as the club is ran professionally and they would do that. In the grand scheme of things i agree it is the least of anyone’s worries I was responding against the assumption that the club would not refund in the face of cancellation.

 

[Wozza]

I really don’t want to have to pick you up on this, but to save one of them doing it, the Nig31s did beat us on the 14/04/2018 [emoji17]

Sorry, I meant at home.

Weill be pleasing to scrub their draw/win from history anyway.

 

[Seasider78]

The idea that I am entitled to a refund and will therefore get one. Yes, in normal circumstances you would be entitled and would get it.

We ain’t in normal circumstances in case you have not noticed. This is the biggest crisis the world has faced since WW2, and before that the Spanish Flu of 1918. But you think that normal rules undoubtedly still apply..............let’s hope you are correct.

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[The Lemming Stomper]

The idea that I am entitled to a refund and will therefore get one. Yes, in normal circumstances you would be entitled and would get it.

We ain’t in normal circumstances in case you have not noticed. This is the biggest crisis the world has faced since WW2, and before that the Spanish Flu of 1918. But you think that normal rules undoubtedly still apply..............let’s hope you are correct.

Out of interest, what are the normal circumstances when 5 matches are cancelled and money refunded ?

 

[Bozza]

This is the table at the half-way stage (barring the postponed West Ham/Liverpool fixture)

 

[Wozza]

The green shirts we wore in the win at Palace?

A great day, but didn't change my personal dislike of it.

Still very much available in the club shop (for full price).

 

[Nobby]

I would just like to be around so I can complain about whether or not I get a refund......

 

[banjo]

I don't think anyone really wants refunds do they?

Just stop continually taking money, or break over the summer and make it up when we are more certain of when the season will restart

I don’t want a refund hence the emoji at the end of the sentence. I was trying to be funny.

 

[wellquickwoody]

Out of interest, what are the normal circumstances when 5 matches are cancelled and money refunded ?

It does not exist, as it has never happened. My point entirely.

 

[Bodian]

This is the table at the half-way stage (barring the postponed West Ham/Liverpool fixture)

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Wasn't there an odd round of games just before the half way stage though - where we played Spurs for the second time before we had played Bournemouth once? Did all teams have that? In which case, could they remove the 19th games results and replace them with the 'missing' round, so that it reflected all the teams having played each other once? I don't know how that would affect things though.

 

[zeemeeuw]

I can't divorce myself enough from our current league position to even remotely offer a balanced view on this.

 

[Gazwag]

Anybody want to buy 2x advance fare rail ticket to Norwich, you have to travel from Battle though, Norwich is nice in April I hear, although you will only be able to stay for around 5 hours.

You will also need a two together railcard.

 

[Bozza]

Wasn't there an odd round of games just before the half way stage though - where we played Spurs for the second time before we had played Bournemouth once? Did all teams have that? In which case, could they remove the 19th games results and replace them with the 'missing' round, so that it reflected all the teams having played each other once? I don't know how that would affect things though.

Ah, yes - looks like "Matchday 19" was the reverse of "Matchday 8" which, as you say, meant everyone had played one team twice before they'd played one team for the first time.

Not sure I can be arsed to work this out now!

 

[sparkie]

This is the table at the half-way stage (barring the postponed West Ham/Liverpool fixture)

View attachment 120980

Is that after playing Spurs twice and Bournemouth not all ?

Assuming not, you need to give us a win, and remove a loss

 

[surrey jim]

https://twitter.com/SkyNewsBreak/status/1238414126881419264

cant work out how to add tweet:

in short, from Sky news:

English Football League has agreed to suspend all games until at least 4 April due to the virus outbreak

 

[schmunk]

Nope although not sure what relevance my age has on any of this

Using my magical powers of abductive reasoning I suggest you're 41 or 42...

 

[schmunk]

https://twitter.com/SkyNewsBreak/status/1238414126881419264

cant work out how to add tweet:

in short, from Sky news:

You put the tweet number (in this case 1238414126881419264) into "tweet" tags - reply with quote to see how:

[tweet]1238414126881419264[/tweet]

 

[Nobby]

This stuff may well finish some more old established league football clubs

Loss of gate revenue will be crippling, they have no TV money to rely on

Expect some announcements over the next few days