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Post by Van Der Nipper » Thu Apr 16, 2020 2:27 pm

barrowfan wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2020 12:53 pm Doubt whether it will happen but there is now talk that social distancing could last for as long as it takes to find a vaccine which could be 18 months away.
If that's the case you can wave goodbye to most sports.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieport ... 9366e215b3
That article over a month old.
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Post by HenneysKnee » Thu Apr 16, 2020 7:10 pm

According to a BBC reporter who’s contacted each club individually.......

10 clubs want the season to end immediately
4 clubs want the season to carry on
9 clubs are undecided
1 club politely refused to answer

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Post by barrowfan » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:36 pm

Van Der Nipper wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2020 2:27 pm
barrowfan wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2020 12:53 pm Doubt whether it will happen but there is now talk that social distancing could last for as long as it takes to find a vaccine which could be 18 months away.
If that's the case you can wave goodbye to most sports.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieport ... 9366e215b3
That article over a month old.
Been reported widely on radio and in today’s papers.

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Post by Van Der Nipper » Thu Apr 16, 2020 10:04 pm

barrowfan wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:36 pm
Van Der Nipper wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2020 2:27 pm That article over a month old.
Been reported widely on radio and in today’s papers.
Aye scaremongering
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Post by Methuselah » Fri Apr 17, 2020 12:59 am

I think for the leagues to survive in their current form ,promotion and relegation has to carry on and the winners and losers should be decided on the total number of points each club has earned to date and it shouldn't even go to a vote. That way everyone in every league would be able to move forward and formulate plans for the new season.To keep prevaricating only creates confusion and expense when the decision keeps being dragged out.To try and cancel a season when most of it has been played and some teams have been in front for most of the season would make the English game a laughing stock throughout the world.

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Post by PerthBluebird » Fri Apr 17, 2020 3:25 am

Look at what has happened in the scottish leagues do that in the english league you reward success and not failure its as simple
As that
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Post by Alley_Cat » Fri Apr 17, 2020 6:26 am

Methuselah wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2020 12:59 am I think for the leagues to survive in their current form ,promotion and relegation has to carry on and the winners and losers should be decided on the total number of points each club has earned to date and it shouldn't even go to a vote. That way everyone in every league would be able to move forward and formulate plans for the new season.To keep prevaricating only creates confusion and expense when the decision keeps being dragged out.To try and cancel a season when most of it has been played and some teams have been in front for most of the season would make the English game a laughing stock throughout the world.
There's 29 pages of this topic saying the same thing mate :roll:

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Post by russell_anderson » Fri Apr 17, 2020 9:57 am

Alley_Cat wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2020 6:26 am
Methuselah wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2020 12:59 am I think for the leagues to survive in their current form ,promotion and relegation has to carry on and the winners and losers should be decided on the total number of points each club has earned to date and it shouldn't even go to a vote. That way everyone in every league would be able to move forward and formulate plans for the new season.To keep prevaricating only creates confusion and expense when the decision keeps being dragged out.To try and cancel a season when most of it has been played and some teams have been in front for most of the season would make the English game a laughing stock throughout the world.
There's 29 pages of this topic saying the same thing mate :roll:
Of course there is but if we were in the bottom 4 there would have been 29 pages saying the season should be cancelled!

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Post by Suffolk Blue » Fri Apr 17, 2020 10:19 am

HenneysKnee wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2020 7:10 pm According to a BBC reporter who’s contacted each club individually.......

10 clubs want the season to end immediately
4 clubs want the season to carry on
9 clubs are undecided
1 club politely refused to answer
Doubt very much that any team in the NL is not convinced that the season will end, especially with a further three weeks of lockdown ahead. Clearly if the report is reasonably accurate, then the NL will get it's majority though it sounds like it'll be a while yet before a result is declared. However if the majority is not very close to unanimous it does show how difficult it will be for the NL to broker a final outcome.

Suspicion might be that the teams voting to continue mainly are those the top of the table still harbouring promotion/play off hopes. We should probably remind ourselves that playing on though increasingly unfeasible remains the current EFL position so you might see a few clubs articulating that view as a means of keeping aligned. As a matter of interest Chairman Dave has been talking to the Blackpool Gazette saying that Fylde will vote to end the season though its clear from his comments that he sees this as a given and has no intention of meekly accepting relegation for his club.

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Post by Pedro » Fri Apr 17, 2020 10:31 am

barrowfan wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2020 12:53 pm Doubt whether it will happen but there is now talk that social distancing could last for as long as it takes to find a vaccine which could be 18 months away.
If that's the case you can wave goodbye to most sports.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieport ... 9366e215b3
I remember when we were thrown out of the league there was Social Distancing by virtue of the numbers who attended the game

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Post by Hadrian » Fri Apr 17, 2020 2:32 pm

Yes, lowest home crowds for each of the first five NPL seasons: 255, 143, 200, 281, 262 (E&OE) - a tribute to those who kept the club going, really.

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Post by Jonty » Fri Apr 17, 2020 7:49 pm

Hadrian wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2020 2:32 pm Yes, lowest home crowds for each of the first five NPL seasons: 255, 143, 200, 281, 262 (E&OE) - a tribute to those who kept the club going, really.
The club fanbase dropped off massively going into non league. Relegation, combined with what was a golden age in Div 1, I would imagine many fans started following Man U, Liverpool during these years. We never recovered from it.
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Post by mall » Fri Apr 17, 2020 9:50 pm

Jonty wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2020 7:49 pm
Hadrian wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2020 2:32 pm Yes, lowest home crowds for each of the first five NPL seasons: 255, 143, 200, 281, 262 (E&OE) - a tribute to those who kept the club going, really.
The club fanbase dropped off massively going into non league. Relegation, combined with what was a golden age in Div 1, I would imagine many fans started following Man U, Liverpool during these years. We never recovered from it.
I know this is not the correct thread and, I'm not going to start googling but, those stats you just mentioned in respect of attendances in the first five years....Was it one of those years where Brian McManus scored a late winner in a night match against the then mighty Scarborough to keep us from being relegated?. If I'm right, I'm guessing there wont be many of us who can remember!.

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Post by behind the goals » Fri Apr 17, 2020 10:25 pm

Brian McManus did score in a 2--1 win, we finished next to bottom 23rd one of five teams to finish on 33pts in those days it was goal difference,Fleetwood finish bottom and resigned from the league, the crowd was 484 and I was at the game. In those days the NPL had re election so no relegation.

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Post by Pedro » Sat Apr 18, 2020 12:07 am

behind the goals wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2020 10:25 pm Brian McManus did score in a 2--1 win, we finished next to bottom 23rd one of five teams to finish on 33pts in those days it was goal difference,Fleetwood finish bottom and resigned from the league, the crowd was 484 and I was at the game. In those days the NPL had re election so no relegation.
He was a good player.
Not sure if that was a match towards end of the season and Scarborough had a FA Trophy Final to play,Neil Warnock.was there.

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