If there are no away fans next season that softens the blow at losing most of our local derbies.

According to the Argus -

"Due to ongoing disciplinary matters, the final placings cannot yet be confirmed,"

EFL are also waiting on national league decision of when they might start next season as they seem reluctant to relegate a team to a league which may not start for a while but guess they can’t wait too long

I wonder if they might offer two promotion places to the National League. If so, that would see one team relegated. Stevenage's best chance would seem to be HMRC calling in their debt from Macclesfield. Back in court very soon I believe.

excessbee wrote:I wonder if they might offer two promotion places to the National League. If so, that would see one team relegated. Stevenage's best chance would seem to be HMRC calling in their debt from Macclesfield. Back in court very soon I believe.

Thought they would have to so league gets balanced out again but is all dependent on LG 2 relegation

Stow Hill Sid wrote:

Exile 1976 wrote:League 1 also cancelled, so welcome Bolton, Tranmere & Southend

Tranmere. I promise I'm not still bitter.

Me neither. Tee hee, snigger, snigger.

Sorry for Macclesfield supporters and I dislike Stevenage for their habitually awful football, but I really hope Macc go down. They have bggered the whole division round with conduct leading to regular deductions, so for chunks of the season the table has been invalid because of pending appeals. Enough is enough..

I can’t see there being anything other than a few more points being deducted and Macc getting relegated.

I think if Macclesfield survive, we will all be subjected to another season of their owner's cavalier attitude to his responsibilities. At least Stevenage completed all their fixtures on schedule and their players received wages on time.

Exile 1976 wrote:I can’t see there being anything other than a few more points being deducted and Macc getting relegated.

Agreed, but then we'll presumably need another round of appeals. Macclesfield don't appear to be viable as a L2 club. Others might soon be in the same situation, but they got there first. The tail has wagged the dog long enough.

Perhaps that's where the winding up order may step in to end this fiasco.

Edit: They'll probably dodge that bullet by getting another postponement. Coronavirus will come to their rescue. I think the due date is June 17th.

excessbee wrote:I think if Macclesfield survive, we will all be subjected to another season of their owner's cavalier attitude to his responsibilities. At least Stevenage completed all their fixtures on schedule and their players received wages on time.

This! *Thumbsupemoji*

Because of the way the EFL has calculated the PPG it looks certain to me that Macc will be docked a further 3 points for the latest non-payment of wages charge. Will be enough to send them down instead of Stevenage. An unfair system as surely any points docked should be applied after the PPG calculation - if that were the case then 6 further points would need to be docked to finish bottom of the league. Can see where the EFL are coming from as Stevenage more likely to survive next season than Macc but EFL do seem to make it up as they go along.

I wonder if that was just someone in too much of a rush to produce a revised league table for the website. I'm expecting ppg to be applied before points deductions.

faerun exile wrote:Because of the way the EFL has calculated the PPG it looks certain to me that Macc will be docked a further 3 points for the latest non-payment of wages charge. Will be enough to send them down instead of Stevenage. An unfair system as surely any points docked should be applied after the PPG calculation - if that were the case then 6 further points would need to be docked to finish bottom of the league. Can see where the EFL are coming from as Stevenage more likely to survive next season than Macc but EFL do seem to make it up as they go along.

Perhaps they will deduct 6 points in an attempt to stop any argument.