Nivag
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As of this moment, no.
Dulwich Hamlet and Coronavirus
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Pink Panther
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Slough have primarily cited the financial stupidity of making their most expensive away journey of the season on Saturday, as well as playing on for a further week, when there's a good chance the results will be void anyway.
The National League has now ordered them to travel to Eastbourne on Saturday, although it only needs one of their players to report virus symptoms on the morning of the match and presumably it'll have to be called off anyway the same as our game on Tuesday.
National League crisis - Slough say they don't want to travel to Eastbourne Borough - but league says: You have to
The National League crisis has taken a new twist - with Eastbourne Borough's opponents on Saturday, Slough Town, being told by the National League they must fulfil the fixture - even though they don't want to.
www.eastbourneherald.co.uk
StephenMac
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So we have potential for a comedy stand-off if the league dig in, where clubs unwilling to play just report that someone has symptoms every match day until somebody gives in. Probably the ending the season deserves.Slough have primarily cited the financial stupidity of making their most expensive away journey of the season on Saturday, as well as playing on for a further week, when there's a good chance the results will be void anyway.
The National League has now ordered them to travel to Eastbourne on Saturday, although it only needs one of their players to report virus symptoms on the morning of the match and presumably it'll have to be called off anyway the same as our game on Tuesday.
National League crisis - Slough say they don't want to travel to Eastbourne Borough - but league says: You have to
The National League crisis has taken a new twist - with Eastbourne Borough's opponents on Saturday, Slough Town, being told by the National League they must fulfil the fixture - even though they don't want to.
Dodger
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That would be amazing I’d actually pay to see that!
Paula_G
Flitting in & out like Tinkerbell on Meth
Concord are refusing to play any matches but with Havant & Waterlooville imposing a ten day self isolation break on Health & Safety grounds means Saturday’s game at Concord between the two is currently “off”. The announcement makes for pretty sobering viewing. What action the League is going to take there will be very interesting indeed..
Paula_G
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Exactly what Havant have done...
StephenMac
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Yep. I have no great love for Havant but good for them.
Nivag
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Two week suspension with immediate effect
www.thenationalleague.org.uk
National League Statement | Two-Week Suspension to North and South Season - The Vanarama National League
A statement from The National League Board.
www.thenationalleague.org.uk
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
No way it's starting up again in a fortnight is there? More than likely that's the end of the season tbh.
It's probably no coincidence this gives them until the first game in February to try and sort this mess out.
I can't see the majority of North and South clubs wanting to trigger February's wages unless a grant mysteriously appears from somewhere. Without that, the season seems done.
Roll on the League AGM. Should be a nice friendly meeting this year. Will the clubs look to throw out the Management Board?
I can't see the majority of North and South clubs wanting to trigger February's wages unless a grant mysteriously appears from somewhere. Without that, the season seems done.
Roll on the League AGM. Should be a nice friendly meeting this year. Will the clubs look to throw out the Management Board?
Paula_G
Flitting in & out like Tinkerbell on Meth
The voting structure of the National League would probably make it very difficult to throw out the Management Board. Am struggling to find the Articles of Association which presumably state the criteria for the composition of the Management Board but the voting system normally is heavily weighed against the North & South clubs. All 24 teams in the National League get one vote each while teams in the North division share four votes as do those in the South (32 votes in total). In the current case any proposal must get a total of 17 votes to pass. Given that the bulk of the NL clubs still finished up better off under the grant scheme I’m sceptical that dissatisfied clubs could gather enough support to clean out the current board.
pompeydunc
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Zero transparency on NL website on governance. Pretty shocking in this day and age. The Board members are in the handbook that is shared with clubs, but not put this proactively on the website is poor....and as you say the Articles can't be found publicly that I can see. The league rules are there, but not how the league itself is run.
Pink Panther
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Is anyone able to list the board members and the clubs they represent? I assume the League Handbook is not a private and confidential document and I'm sure a lot of people would be interested to know.
Stuart Fordyce
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Could someone do an FOI request to the FA?
Paula_G
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The signatories to the letter to the NLP in regards to the furore over the distribution of DCMS grant funds were:
Anthony Kleanthous (Barnet)
Jim Parmenter (Dover)
Mike Coulson (ex-Gateshead)
Richard Parsons (Hampton & Richmond)
Shahid Azeem (Aldershot)
Stephen Thompson (Dagenham)
Timothy Murphy (Solihull Moors)
Add to those:
Chairman, Brian Barwick
Vice-Chairman, Jack Pearce (Bognor Regis)
Chief Executive Officer, Michael Tattersall (To be replaced)
Can’t find any club affiliation for Barwick & Tattersall who I guess are career sports administrators.
How can someone from Bognor be on the board, as they're not in the National League any more? Surely they have to resign if their club goes out of the league?
Paula_G
Flitting in & out like Tinkerbell on Meth
Jack Pearce is vice-Chairman which I would presume is an honorary position though I’m guessing (lack of transparency again) it still has voting rights much as the likes of Jack & Primo would have had in the Dulwich Hamlet committee days...
Paula_G
Flitting in & out like Tinkerbell on Meth
Jack Pearce’s career biography from the FA website rather brings to mind that of a defrocked Tory cabinet minister:
“Jack was appointed onto the FA Board in 2015, having first been appointed as a divisional representative on the FA Council in 2001 and is a vice-chair of The FA. Jack serves on the National Game Board, Remuneration Committee, Judicial Panel, National Game Finance Committee and Alliance Committee, the latter of which he chairs. Jack was formerly a player and manager of Bognor Regis Town and continues to serve the club as its general manager and vice-chairman. Jack is a board member of the National League and a council member of Sussex County FA as well as being a trustee of the Football Foundation.”
Paula_G
Flitting in & out like Tinkerbell on Meth
Obviously now that the league is suspended clubs will presumably be in a position to look at possibly considering furloughing players. Intrigued to whether the FA &/or the National League has prepared any advice for clubs as I believe the PFA advised their members not to accept furlough. There is also the question of “breach of contract” which might open up a can of worms in regards to “free transfers” etc. Non-contract players? Well I guess they just don’t get anything?
Pink Panther
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Barwick had senior roles with the FA and RFL in the past, so I guess he's genuinely neutral. I'm sure someone told me recently that Tattersall lives in the Hampton area and is a regular attender at their home games. .
pompeydunc
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I added the list of clubs that have representatives on the NL Board to the spreadsheet. When purely based on average attendances from 19/20, the club's they represent were over compensated by almost £0.5m.
Pink Panther
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And Maidstone and ourselves alone, the two biggest losers in the South Division, were under compensated by almost half that figure.
Paula_G
Flitting in & out like Tinkerbell on Meth
Based on those figures 16 NL clubs were overcompensated where 7 were under-compensated. In the NLN the majority of clubs appear to be under-compensated while the reverse is true of the NLS because of the larger number of 1000+ gates in the better supported North due I guess to larger groups of travellers. I can see the North’s four votes going against the board but with Dorking Wanderers the only club “profiting” under this system to speak out against the board I feel it will be difficult to get those fours votes in any attempt to oust the board. That is of course based on an assumption that these are allocated on a majority decision by NLN/NLS clubs. Again (no surprise!) no information on that anywhere...
PartisanDulwich
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Don't think FOI cover non public bodies - unfortunately
