United appeal against Chester deduction (From The Oxford Times)
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United appeal against Chester deduction
8:00am Saturday 20th March 2010 in
Oxford United are one of ten clubs who have appealed to the Football Association in a bid to overturn the Football Conference’s decision to have Chester’s results expunged.
They have discovered that the Conference acted against their own rules in wiping out all the results of Chester City, who folded mid-season.
Their regulations state there was the option of either having the results expunged, or awarding three points to those clubs who still had to play them in their remaining league fixtures.
Yet the clubs were never given the chance to vote on which option they preferred.
Oxford had three points taken away, and Stevenage six wiped out, through Chester’s results being expunged, but Luton Town gained massively, having twice drawn with Chester during the season.
Luton could today go above Oxford United into second place if they win at Ebbsfleet.
Oxford United and the other nine clubs issued a joint statement last night.
It said: “The strength of feeling within the clubs that have appealed is that the decision to expunge points so late in the season was not the right way of dealing with this situation.
“We don’t think that it was fair or reasonable when the Conference as a whole is considered.
“By the time Chester were expelled, 80 per cent of the playing season had passed and we believe it would have been fairer to all to have awarded teams three points for the unplayed games, a solution the FA has previously implemented.
“This way all events that happened on the field of play, whether they be points gained or lost, bookings, injuries, bonus payments, goals scored etc all count, which is as it should be.
“We do not believe it fair that points and the record of goals scored are expunged, yet bookings incurred in those games remain in force and count towards match bans.”
The precedent involved Spennymoor United, who failed to play several of their scheduled Unibond League games in 2005.
The Football Conference have until April 8 to serve a reply, after which the FA will announce a date for a hearing.
Comments(12)
south stand upper
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9:53am Sat 20 Mar 10
state of pitch, Chester are all side issues and all unimportant
we have the quailty on and off the pitch to reach our goal just lets all pull to together and push hard to cross the line in top spot thats all that is important
AND WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER !!!
STFC-Steve
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10:24am Sat 20 Mar 10
hughcurran
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10:49am Sat 20 Mar 10
STFC-Steve wrote:fair play mate....but always remember ''what goes round will always come back round''....we will meet again make no mistake....remember this...
Desperation. Enjoy yet another season in the Blue Square Premier. Must be depressing seeing the superior Swindon winning at Southampton on Tuesday and facing Norwich today, whereas you bottlers face a trip to TAMWORTH! Enjoy it, I'll be at the Norwich game, all jealous at the thought of you lot competing in such a bigger game than us today.
hughcurran
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10:51am Sat 20 Mar 10
hughcurran wrote:PS....UP THE 'GAS' LOL.....
STFC-Steve wrote: Desperation. Enjoy yet another season in the Blue Square Premier. Must be depressing seeing the superior Swindon winning at Southampton on Tuesday and facing Norwich today, whereas you bottlers face a trip to TAMWORTH! Enjoy it, I'll be at the Norwich game, all jealous at the thought of you lot competing in such a bigger game than us today.fair play mate....but always remember ''what goes round will always come back round''....we will meet again make no mistake....remember this...
badger86
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3:53pm Sat 20 Mar 10
STFC-Steve wrote:Ha! But you have to live in Swindon. I feel for you, I really do. What a loser!
Desperation. Enjoy yet another season in the Blue Square Premier. Must be depressing seeing the superior Swindon winning at Southampton on Tuesday and facing Norwich today, whereas you bottlers face a trip to TAMWORTH! Enjoy it, I'll be at the Norwich game, all jealous at the thought of you lot competing in such a bigger game than us today.
oxford81
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5:51pm Sat 20 Mar 10
STFC-Steve
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10:30pm Sat 20 Mar 10
hughcurran wrote:Yeah, maybe in the FA Cup one season if you're lucky enough to get through the PRELIMINARY rounds! Poor guys, I almost feel sorry for you.
STFC-Steve wrote:fair play mate....but always remember ''what goes round will always come back round''....we will meet again make no mistake....remember this...
Desperation. Enjoy yet another season in the Blue Square Premier. Must be depressing seeing the superior Swindon winning at Southampton on Tuesday and facing Norwich today, whereas you bottlers face a trip to TAMWORTH! Enjoy it, I'll be at the Norwich game, all jealous at the thought of you lot competing in such a bigger game than us today.
Joe1
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11:33am Sun 21 Mar 10
We can do it!!!
"COME ON YOU YELLOWS"
hughcurran
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11:59am Sun 21 Mar 10
rickenback
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12:38pm Sun 21 Mar 10
rickenback
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12:57pm Sun 21 Mar 10
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9:25am Sat 20 Mar 10
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