The inevitable has happened........
Apr 14th 2009, 9:48 am
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Re: The inevitable has happened........
well as much as it was inevitable, have to say that Im sorry to see Luton fall out of the league. Never had much love for them during the 80's as they deprived West Ham of a couple of cup finals, but 17 years ago they were founder members of the Premier League, and are arguably the biggest club to fall out of the football league yet.
Will be interesting to see if they can come straight back up, but I guess that depends on whether or not they are going to keep their their players professional for a season or two or whether financial constraints mean they have to go part time.....maybe The Dean knows ?
Will be interesting to see if they can come straight back up, but I guess that depends on whether or not they are going to keep their their players professional for a season or two or whether financial constraints mean they have to go part time.....maybe The Dean knows ?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/foot..._3/7997286.stm
Apr 14th 2009, 10:03 am
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Re: The inevitable has happened........
I think pretty much all of the Conference teams are Full Time these days. They is no way Luton would get promoted if they went part-time.
Instant re-promotion is not that simple though. there are some decent teams down there. Don't forget Oxford United spent some time in the top league not that many years ago and they havnt been able to get their three sided ground back into the league.
Instant re-promotion is not that simple though. there are some decent teams down there. Don't forget Oxford United spent some time in the top league not that many years ago and they havnt been able to get their three sided ground back into the league.
Apr 14th 2009, 12:08 pm
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Re: The inevitable has happened........
I think pretty much all of the Conference teams are Full Time these days. They is no way Luton would get promoted if they went part-time.
Instant re-promotion is not that simple though. there are some decent teams down there. Don't forget Oxford United spent some time in the top league not that many years ago and they havnt been able to get their three sided ground back into the league.
Instant re-promotion is not that simple though. there are some decent teams down there. Don't forget Oxford United spent some time in the top league not that many years ago and they havnt been able to get their three sided ground back into the league.
And when Barry Fry's Barnet was sold off to pay Stan Flashman's gambling debts (Andy Clarke, Paul Showler, Keith Alexander, etc), they totalled a couple of million - huge money back then for part-timers.
I'd forgotten Oxford........ I was starting to worry that Luton were the first team that has played in the highest division to later fall out of the League. Phew.......
Apr 14th 2009, 12:09 pm
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Re: The inevitable has happened........
Without the 30 point deduction they would have been half way up the league.
Apr 14th 2009, 1:30 pm
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Re: The inevitable has happened........
Agree - that's why so many Conference teams have good Cup runs. If Stevenage hadn't been shamefully refused their League place a few years ago (the FL 'clarified' the ground eligibility rules), they'd be in the Championship by now - what a good team that was.
And when Barry Fry's Barnet was sold off to pay Stan Flashman's gambling debts (Andy Clarke, Paul Showler, Keith Alexander, etc), they totalled a couple of million - huge money back then for part-timers.
I'd forgotten Oxford........ I was starting to worry that Luton were the first team that has played in the highest division to later fall out of the League. Phew.......
And when Barry Fry's Barnet was sold off to pay Stan Flashman's gambling debts (Andy Clarke, Paul Showler, Keith Alexander, etc), they totalled a couple of million - huge money back then for part-timers.
I'd forgotten Oxford........ I was starting to worry that Luton were the first team that has played in the highest division to later fall out of the League. Phew.......
