www.theshots.co.uk
Outrageous propaganda. The "result" isn't remotely "convincing". The League politburo might have the result it wanted but whichever way you look at it, half their member clubs supported a vote of no confidence and several more failed to vote against.National League statement, as posted on the Shots website
National League Statement: EGM | Aldershot Town FC
An Extraordinary General Meeting has been held by The National League today at the request of 14 Member Clubs. The meeting was called for all Member Clubs to consider and vote on the resolution: “The meeting has no confidence in the Chairman and the Board”. The voting results were as follows...
Does feel like that at the moment. With multiple teams spending a fortune trying to get promoted each season, survival feels like the best we can aim for - and survival means remaining at the whim of the League who have zero interest in any club at Step Two until they get promoted.
To be honest, I enjoyed just about every part of the matchday experience more when we were in the lower divisions.
londonnewsonline.co.uk
Hmmm.... We all know The National League board are not fit for purpose, but failing to submit the appropriate financial records at an FA appeal hearing is a pretty shoddy effort by the club. Why on earth should we expect the league to provide information to an independent panel that is going to allow that panel to overturn the league's decision? Bonkers!!Hamlet chairman not impressed with the National League:
Dulwich Hamlet chairman’s reaction as they face £10k bill after attempt to overturn National League punishment ends in failure
Dulwich Hamlet chairman Ben Clasper has hit out after an FA independent appeal board upheld their £8,000 fine for not fulfilling fixtures during the Covid-19 pandemic.
It does sound like the club has been naive from reading that article, but 10 other clubs had their appeals dismissed too. Was every one of those clubs incapable of submitting a coherent and effective case? This is a report on Dover's failed appeal:
Good post, PP. I didn't think my opinion of the NL board could possibly get any lower, but it just has!It does sound like the club has been naive from reading that article, but 10 other clubs had their appeals dismissed too. Was every one of those clubs incapable of submitting a coherent and effective case? This is a report on Dover's failed appeal:
Parmenter: FA have failed us
Jim Parmenter says Dover have been failed by the football authorities after their appeal against a £40,000 fine and 12-point deduction was rejected.www.kentonline.co.uk
As Ben Clasper points out, the National League is now led by a CEO with 20 years experience as an FA compliance officer and he knows how to fight a case like this on technicalities without paying any real heed to the valid concerns of those appealing. Their argument is that there was no good reason for us not to fulfil fixtures despite having had no income for several weeks, and no prospect of being able to generate any income anytime soon. A total of 11 clubs had their appeals dismissed last week, with not one having its appeal upheld.
Three clubs had their fines and suspended points deductions halved in return for accepting all charges against them. It was widely reported beforehand that any club accepting the charges would have its sanctions reduced by 50%. Addressing a shareholders meeting last month, Clasper told Hamlet supporters that an official had told him verbally and off the record that the remaining 50% of the £8,000 fine could be conveniently overlooked and would not actually be levied if he accepted the charges. This is alluded to in Paragraph 17 of the document on the FA website relating to Dulwich Hamlet's appeal, which is linked below. Needless to say the National league now denies any such offer was made.
This corrupt organization will do anything to sweep its own incompetence under the carpet, kick any damning evidence into the long grass (i.e. the Bernstein report into the division of lottery finding among member clubs) and carry on as normal. Trying to get any sort of justice or reform with these bastards is like trying to fight a fair election in Belarus or Zimbabwe.
