Leeds Points Penalty

[anas123]

http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2141456,00.html


Leeds United's hopes of returning to the Championship at the first attempt appear to have been destroyed after the Football League last night announced that the beleaguered club will start their League One campaign with a 15-point deduction.
Having imposed that sanction - a punishment for failure to comply with the competition's insolvency policy for clubs which go into administration - the League did return to Leeds their vital golden share. Without it Ken Bates's club would have been unable to function in League One and might have folded. The Football League insisted the share was being returned due only to Leeds' "exceptional circumstances".

 

[Zlatan]

From semi-final CL to 15 points down in the League One in six or so years. It's funny how quickly a club can fall down this much...

 

[Falco88]

What a shame for a team that used to be a regular on the Premier....now they are on the place where some of the big teams are...hell=Football League 1 =S

 

[Bobby]

Hopefully them and Millwall go down again.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Happened to Man City a few years ago. Not because of money problems, just because they sucked.

 

[pede54]

Do not let Ken Bates anywhere near the club you love. If Roman hadn't have stepped in when he did, this is where Chelsea would be right now, but we aint. ( some would wish we were).

I know Leeds started to get into trouble during the Risdale days, but once you let Bates into an ailing club you are asking for trouble. He is a pig farmer and thats what he should concentrate on.

 

[FFC2004]

they could always just split in two, one become AFC Leeds and the other move to Milton Keynes and become MK Leeds.

Thrilling option...