League Two season brought to an end

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Re: League Two season brought to an end

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EFL to keep promotion and relegation - bad news for Stevenage; can see an appeal from them.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52758193

The leagues should be rolling back each team's points totals rather than going with unweighted points per game. Calculate how many points each team had achieved after they had played the same number of games as the team who had played the fewest in the division at the time of the suspension.
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Re: League Two season brought to an end

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Smendrick Feaselberg wrote: Thu May 21, 2020 2:50 pm EFL to keep promotion and relegation - bad news for Stevenage; can see an appeal from them.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52758193
Who would they appeal to? I guess they can appeal within the EFL framework, but I always believed that one of the rules of being in the EFL was that you couldn't sue the EFL / FA in civil court. Otherwise you'd have teams trying to get contentious offsides and missed handballs reversed in court because it cost them a league place / relegation etc. (I'm happy to be corrected if anyone knows better and that a club actually can sue the league)
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Re: League Two season brought to an end

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StillSpike wrote: Thu May 21, 2020 2:54 pm
Smendrick Feaselberg wrote: Thu May 21, 2020 2:50 pm EFL to keep promotion and relegation - bad news for Stevenage; can see an appeal from them.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52758193
Who would they appeal to? I guess they can appeal within the EFL framework, but I always believed that one of the rules of being in the EFL was that you couldn't sue the EFL / FA in civil court. Otherwise you'd have teams trying to get contentious offsides and missed handballs reversed in court because it cost them a league place / relegation etc. (I'm happy to be corrected if anyone knows better and that a club actually can sue the league)
They can appeal to an arbitrator. Binding decision though as you say, (good knowledge) but they'd surely appeal.

https://www.efl.com/-more/governance/ef ... bitration/
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Re: League Two season brought to an end

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Good. At least Southend will come down now!
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Apple Wumble wrote: Thu May 21, 2020 5:42 pm Good. At least Southend will come down now!
They were looking pretty certain to come down regardless
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Re: League Two season brought to an end

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RedDwarf 1881 wrote: Thu May 21, 2020 6:01 pm
Apple Wumble wrote: Thu May 21, 2020 5:42 pm Good. At least Southend will come down now!
They were looking pretty certain to come down regardless
Well yeah, but there’s been a strong case for not relegating anyone this year.
If any team deserves it they do based on this season
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Re: League Two season brought to an end

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Good decision from the EFL. Lays it out plainly
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