[Albion] Sussex Senior Cup - we've not enough U23 players

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The Sussex Senior Cup fixture against Eastbourne Town on Wednesday has been postponed because we don't have enough U23s to make a team.

http://eastbournetown.com/

Should we be forced to forfeit ?

 

[GT49er]

The Sussex Senior Cup fixture against Eastbourne Town on Wednesday has been postponed because we don't have enough U23s to make a team.

http://eastbournetown.com/

Should we be forced to forfeit ?

WTF? Surely it's only convention that we play our U23s in this competition? We play some U18s in U23 matches, so we can do that, plus give run outs to one or two rarely used senior players, surely.

If we can't manage to organise that, then yes, we probably should be forced to forfeit. The only caveat would be if we had an outbreak of short term illness, like a flu epidemic amongst our youngsters, in which case it would be excusable to postpone. Is that the case?

 

[ForestRowSeagull]

Given we only tend to play the 18's in this fixture it is very odd, even if most would have played last night. Unless there's a very good reason for it it looks like very poor form.

 

[beorhthelm]

WTF? Surely it's only convention that we play our U23s in this competition? We play some U18s in U23 matches, so we can do that, plus give run outs to one or two rarely used senior players, surely.

If we can't manage to organise that, then yes, we probably should be forced to forfeit. The only caveat would be if we had an outbreak of short term illness, like a flu epidemic amongst our youngsters, in which case it would be excusable to postpone. Is that the case?

this. no excuse (other than illness) a club of our size cant put out 16 players. what are all those in the academy doing?

 

[Blues Rock DJ]

this. no excuse (other than illness) a club of our size cant put out 16 players. what are all those in the academy doing?

signed and loaned out to other clubs ?

 

[Don Tmatter]

Have the U23’s got a match this week? I know we’ve loaned a fair few out but surely we could put a team out consisting of U23’s, U18’s (not involved v Man U) or 1st team squad players

 

[Worthing exile]

"We've none of our own
We've none of our own
U23s
We've none of our own"

 

[Postman Pat]

Have the U23’s got a match this week? I know we’ve loaned a fair few out but surely we could put a team out consisting of U23’s, U18’s (not involved v Man U) or 1st team squad players

The last game they played was Vs Liverpool on 14th Jan, and next game is the small matter of Bayern Munich on 30th, so nothing planned for this week.

 

[SurreySeagulls]

If we have under 18's in the Sussex Senior Cup and not the u23's then given the u18's played in the FA Youth Cup last night then that would take president over the Sussex Senior Cup and if our u23's have not played the requisite games in previous rounds of the Sussex Senior Cup then we would not be able to backfill with them. Hence the need to postpone the fixture. By the way this is my take on it and not on any info I have.

 

[happypig]

If we have under 18's in the Sussex Senior Cup and not the u23's then given the u18's played in the FA Youth Cup last night then that would take president over the Sussex Senior Cup and if our u23's have not played the requisite games in previous rounds of the Sussex Senior Cup then we would not be able to backfill with them. Hence the need to postpone the fixture. By the way this is my take on it and not on any info I have.

It's the U23s

 

[BNthree]

This has created quite a bit of bad feeling on social media among non-league fans in Sussex. Here's one example but there are lots more.

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https://twitter.com/TownUltras/status/1087699024197664769

 

[Nottseagull]

Eastbourne Town have 'Ultras'?

I turned up at Woodside Road, Worthing for an Athenian League match (I think) in the mid 1970s against Eastbourne, only to be greeted with a sign saying the match had been postponed because the visitors couldn't raise a team. Might have been Eastbourne United though...

 

[BNthree]

Eastbourne Town have 'Ultras'?

I turned up for an Athenian League match (I think) in the mid 1970s against Eastbourne, only to be greeted with a sign saying the match had been postponed because they couldn't raise at team. Might have been Eastbourne United, though...

Did Eastbourne Borough exist back then? Or were they called Langney FC in those days?

 

[GT49er]

If we have under 18's in the Sussex Senior Cup and not the u23's then given the u18's played in the FA Youth Cup last night then that would take president over the Sussex Senior Cup and if our u23's have not played the requisite games in previous rounds of the Sussex Senior Cup then we would not be able to backfill with them. Hence the need to postpone the fixture. By the way this is my take on it and not on any info I have.

It's the Sussex Senior Cup - as far as I know it's just become a convention that we play our youngsters, not our first teamers. So, what's stopping us giving a bit of game time to the likes of Schelotto, Burn and Sanchez? Surely we can rustle up a few more youngsters to make up a team. Eastbourne fans have got every right to have a damn good moan. IMHO. Sadly, unless there are factors we don't know about, this sounds like Brighton playing Billy Big-Bollocks.

 

[dejavuatbtn]

Eastbourne Town have 'Ultras'?

I turned up at Woodside Road, Worthing for an Athenian League match (I think) in the mid 1970s against Eastbourne, only to be greeted with a sign saying the match had been postponed because the visitors couldn't raise a team. Might have been Eastbourne United though...

Yes, we appear to far too billy big bollocks for the Eastbourne Ultras. Interesting that it looks like people would have had to pay to get into the ground to see the “match off” sign leaning against the goalpost!

 

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Eastbourne Town have 'Ultras'?

They were going to hold a collection for the hospital and match the total raised
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[Surport Local Team]

Did Eastbourne Borough exist back then? Or were they called Langney FC in those days?

It's Eastbourne town not Eastbourne borough. Eastbourne for some reason has three non league teams, Eastbourne borough (used to be called Langley sports) Eastbourne town and Eastbourne United.

 

[Wozza]

https://twitter.com/SussexCountyFA/status/1087703970674601984

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[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

https://twitter.com/SussexCountyFA/status/1087703970674601984

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Puts rather a different light on the matter.

 

[BensGrandad]

If we have under 18's in the Sussex Senior Cup and not the u23's then given the u18's played in the FA Youth Cup last night then that would take president over the Sussex Senior Cup and if our u23's have not played the requisite games in previous rounds of the Sussex Senior Cup then we would not be able to backfill with them. Hence the need to postpone the fixture. By the way this is my take on it and not on any info I have.

I am not sure that you are correct on your assumption, but wouldnt argue, The County Senior Cup takes precedent over all other competitions that a club plays in and every club has to take part in their County cup competition at whatever level unless granted an exemption. This happens in Surrey as CPFC get an exemption but play the winners of the Surrey Senior Cup away in aid of the Benevolent Fund pre season, as a condition of this exemption. That is what did happen in the 90s so assume it is still the same now. As regards qualification to play in it the ruling on having played a certain number of gamed didnt come into force until the later stages usually the semi finals, again the rules may have changed since my involvement with it.

ps Just read the Sussex County FA statement apparently the national competition take precedence over county fixtures. I am wrong but I do know that Senior Cup Competitions take precedence over league fixtures for non league clubs.