Dulwich Hamlet and Coronavirus

[Pink Panther]

Hampton & Richmond are voting null + void. They’ve just tweeted it.

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www.hamptonfc.net

 

[EDC]

The folly of allowing the season to begin behind closed doors becomes more grotesque by the week. I believe the National League's prime motivation to complete the season is to provide promotion candidates for the Football League. The likes of us are largely irrelevant, although we're probably becoming an increasing irritation to them by publicly challenging them and drawing attention to their serial ineptitude.

I'm sure the reason was to not lose money from BT Sport.

 

[pettyboy]

Hampton & Richmond are voting null + void. They’ve just tweeted it.

A welcome decision, but strange that they played on Tuesday night. Anyway - better late than never I suppose

 

[Nivag]

Or maybe he launches his own splinter league, The Richard Parsons Project?

If enough teams leave, then maybe the FA will have to consider that as an option.

 

[editor]

From Slough:

We are disappointed that
The National League
has found it necessary to charge us for not fulfilling fixtures at the present time.


We stand in solidarity with
Dulwich Hamlet Football Club
,
Bath City Football Club
, Southport and others in the same position – we are all in this together.


Our last statement on the matter, issued on 3 February, detailed the reasons for our decision and can be found here: https://sloughto

 

[Pink Panther]

I'm sure the reason was to not lose money from BT Sport.

Possibly, but I think there's also a perceived loss of face if they're unable to provide promotion candidates to the Football League. I've also heard it said that the Football League might use that as an excuse to cut the number of promotion and relegation places in future. Let's face it, there should already be 4 up / 4 down, thesame as it is between the bottom two divisions of the Football League.

 

[Roger D]

Maidstone have furloughed their players. If the league plays on they will look to field unpaid non contract and loan players.

Statement from Maidstone United - Maidstone United FC

With the notable exceptions of Bury and Macclesfield Town, very few clubs and their supporters will understand the devastating impact of when a football club goes out of business. Maidstone United were in that position in 1992. It is not a position the current owners will allow on their watch...

www.maidstoneunited.co.uk

 

[PartisanDulwich]

 

[StephenMac]

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Seems like an important moment. And entirely humiliating for the absurd league board.

 

[KentyinWeardale]

An update from twohundredpercent in which you get an honourable mention

The National League: Spiralling Out of Control | Twohundredpercent

 

[Nivag]

The national press are picking up the story

 

[Blitzwalker]

Hereford are the latest team to vote null and void.

 

[JoeBoy1959]

Over all 3 NL leagues, there are only a handful of matches today.
Looks like clubs are voting by not playing.

 

[baleboy_93]

Over all 3 NL leagues, there are only a handful of matches today.
Looks like clubs are voting by not playing.

Partly agree with this but also think the weather may have played a role as well, lots of frozen pitches about!

 

[Roger D]

Tonbridge furlough players and are looking for a new squad to play on if required. Presumably playing for free though that isn't stated.

Angels furlough 1st team squad - Tonbridge Angels FC

Players being recruited to fulfil fixtures

www.tonbridgeangels.co.uk

 

[Roger D]

Dover have now furloughed their squad and won't play on until funding is sorted.

CLUB STATEMENT – DOVER ATHLETIC FC

www.doverathletic.com

 

[Blitzwalker]

With my military history hat on and encouraged by Noss of this parish, we’ve been comparing the NLS teams into “Axis, Vichy, Allies” categories, so we’ve come up with so far:

Axis:
Chelmsford
Dartford
Dorking
Ebbsfleet
Havant
Hemel
Hungerford
Oxford
St Albans

Potential Vichy:
Billericay
Concord
Tonbridge

Unsure
Welling

The rest, including us are firmly in the Allied camp I think.

I haven’t researched the NLN fully but with the obvious dishonourable exception of Gloucester, most of them seem to be on the Allied side.

Obviously, any corrections welcomed.

 

[Pink Panther]

With my military history hat on and encouraged by Noss of this parish, we’ve been comparing the NLS teams into “Axis, Vichy, Allies” categories, so we’ve come up with so far:

Axis:
Chelmsford
Dartford
Dorking
Ebbsfleet
Havant
Hungerford
St Albans

Potential Vichy:
Billericay
Concord
Tonbridge

Unsure
Welling

The rest, including us are firmly in the Allied camp I think.

I haven’t researched the NLN fully but with the obvious dishonourable exception of Gloucester, most of them seem to be on the Allied side.

Obviously, any corrections welcomed.

Welling are definitely Axis, unless they've done an Italy and changed sides in the last day or two. They played yesterday and lost 5-0 to remain bottom of the table, so if the season finishes they could find themselves swinging from a lamppost.

 

[Blitzwalker]

Welling are definitely Axis, unless they've done an Italy and changed sides in the last day or two. They played yesterday and lost 5-0 to remain bottom of the table, so if the season finishes they could find themselves swinging from a lamppost.

I stand corrected!

 

[StephenMac]

With my military history hat on and encouraged by Noss of this parish, we’ve been comparing the NLS teams into “Axis, Vichy, Allies” categories, so we’ve come up with so far:

Axis:
Chelmsford
Dartford
Dorking
Ebbsfleet
Havant
Hemel
Hungerford
St Albans

Potential Vichy:
Billericay
Concord
Tonbridge

Unsure
Welling

The rest, including us are firmly in the Allied camp I think.

I haven’t researched the NLN fully but with the obvious dishonourable exception of Gloucester, most of them seem to be on the Allied side.

Obviously, any corrections welcomed.

Concord were Vichy who didn't get the promotion they'd been promised and so switched sides. Not to be trusted.

 

[Noss]

With my military history hat on and encouraged by Noss of this parish, we’ve been comparing the NLS teams into “Axis, Vichy, Allies” categories, so we’ve come up with so far:

Axis:
Chelmsford
Dartford
Dorking
Ebbsfleet
Havant
Hemel
Hungerford
St Albans

Potential Vichy:
Billericay
Concord
Tonbridge

Unsure
Welling

The rest, including us are firmly in the Allied camp I think.

I haven’t researched the NLN fully but with the obvious dishonourable exception of Gloucester, most of them seem to be on the Allied side.

Obviously, any corrections welcomed.

I think we can add Oxford City into the Axis camp, although they are pretty silent about the whole affair, they are gleefully playing on and are giddy with excitement about their league position.

Their Twitter feed is littered with low budget adverts, like listening to Capital in the 70s, e.g.

 

[PartisanDulwich]

Defend Stalingrad and towards a Second Front

 

[Blitzwalker]

I think we can add Oxford City into the Axis camp, although they are pretty silent about the whole affair, they are gleefully playing on and are giddy with excitement about their league position.

Their Twitter feed is littered with low budget adverts, like listening to Capital in the 70s, e.g.

Sorry, I meant to include Oxford. I’ll edit to add them.

 

[Cyclodunc]

Bit weird

 

[EDC]

Love the way this thread is going.

 

[Blitzwalker]

Bit weird

You should know me by now!

 

[Pink Panther]

Bit weird

Pandemics seem to be like that, from what I can tell.

 

[Roger D]

Darlington are not fulfilling their fixture on Tuesday and have given the league both barrels in an impressive statement.

Statement from the Board of Directors of Darlington FC - News

darlingtonfc.co.uk

 

[Blitzwalker]

Darlington the latest NL team who won’t play any further. Sorry, just noticed Roger’s post covering the same.

 

[Pink Panther]

Darlington are not fulfilling their fixture on Tuesday and have given the league both barrels in an impressive statement.

Statement from the Board of Directors of Darlington FC - News

darlingtonfc.co.uk

This is a fairly damning indictment of the League Management Committee:

"At the start of the season, in a letter to all clubs from the National League, we were informed that each club would receive “compensation for lost net gate revenue each month for the period that clubs are prevented from admitting supporters”.

So they clearly misled clubs to believe grant money sustained for as many months as needed until supporters were allowed back.