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Clubs to appeal over Chester Expunging
Posted on: Fri 19 Mar 2010
Oxford United have confirmed that they are one of ten clubs that have registered an Appeal with the FA and Football Conference concerning the expunging of points, following the recent demise of Chester City.

The 125 year old club was expelled from the Football Conference after a vote by clubs at an EGM, following their failure to fulfil fixtures. They had until 5 March to appeal the decision. Having not done so, on 8th March, the Football Conference announced the board decision to expunge all points gained by any teams in matches against Chester City.

A spokesperson 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% of the playing season had passed and we believe it would have been fairer to all to have awarded teams 3 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 Football Conference has until 8 April (21 days) to serve a reply, after which the FA will announce a date for a Hearing.









Seems a no-goer to me.

If he really wants a run in a team which is of his standard then fair play.

Vics? 

He didn't seem to want to develop the 'Alty Attitude' the the present squad have grown between them.

A bit surprising really as we are likely to be playing at the highest standard he can aspire to. I never thought I'd see an ex- Rochdale big-time charlie!

Hoping for a win, happy with a draw. Any points from this one would be fine by me - they're a team in form.

Also, we've jinxed ourselves by beating them away! (e.g. Ebbsfleet, Barrow, Grays, Chester)







PS: This is an extra reason why we're going to take all three points at Mansfield next tuesday! 

What a thouroughly enjoyable performance. Those who stayed away missed a good game of football, there loss. I'm already looking forward to next season and we haven't finished this one yet. I hope we can find the resources to sign Ryan Brown, I also hope Carden stays. Nicky Clee just gets better and better. The 10 minutes before halftime were immense, not forgetting this is a team who are 5th and just had a good result at Oxford !

Also enjoyed the banter with Nathan Abbey, one of the things i love about football.

I think with the pressure off we have a few surprises up our sleeves against the likes of Oxford/ Stevenage...

Don't say THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think you're right though. Last night was a fabulous team performance and I was genuines surprised and pleased with the lads who have come in - and who I didn't expect that much from. Just shows how astute the management team is here!

Come on you Supers!

This topic seems to come around every now and again, and as you'd expect from Alty fans there is always no shortage of offers from those - including me - with relevant skills / technology / contacts.

I played golf with a friend on Altrincham Municipal on Saturday afternoon, and...having recently moved to the area, he asked me how much it was to go and watch, as we could hear the crowd prior to the York game. He was quite noticeably shocked, when i delivered the "Roughly £14.00" news...

Key to any marketing activity at Alty, whether in pubs, schools, bus stations, ice rinks or whatever...is a proposition that represents clear value. The noise coming from ML on Saturday clearly attracted the interest of my mate, he was further hooked by me telling him that York would bring a big crowd, and we even do "Tikka" flavour pies!

£14.00 however, just doesn't sit with those that are not engaged with Altrincham Football Club in the way everyone on here is.

It's been said many times on here...but the free entry / £5 for subsequent games type offer is surely worth giving a whirl, in filling some of the couple of thousand spaces we have at every game.

Comments about us paying £15 each for a round at Alty, duly expected! :-D

It's not the cost of the round ... but when you were playing it - and where you should have been (you bad lad!) 

Thought (hoped) you'd flounced off?

200-odd there last night