Portsmouth in the poop, so...

[PrawNZ]

Pompey facing expulsion from the league at the end of this season should the never ending takeover from their supporters trust not go through...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21376866 :thumbdown:
Not wishing to kick a man while he's down but would this mean an extra league 2 side getting promotion should this happen? I can't see us finishing top 3, perhaps forth at a push!

 

[Silencer]

Would hope so (not that I wish bad on Pompey for one minute), saying that though, maybe relegating one less side from League One is also an option with a third Blue Sq side coming up.

Some decent sized clubs in the Blue Square....Grimsby, Wrexham, Luton, Lincoln.

We all know by know that the FA just make things up as they see fit

 

[Crabby Shrimper]

I'd have thought it'd just be one less relegated all the way down the league system. Seems the fairest way anyway

 

[paddysat]

Pompey facing expulsion from the league at the end of this season should the never ending takeover from their supporters trust not go through...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21376866 :thumbdown:
Not wishing to kick a man while he's down but would this mean an extra league 2 side getting promotion should this happen? I can't see us finishing top 3, perhaps forth at a push!

Nothing like an optimist! :stunned:

 

[bazzashrimper]

Portsmouth probably gonna get relegated anyway, so with the normal 4 teams going up, the gap would be in league 2.

 

[Charisma]

It wouldn't be decided until the end of the season, but it would probably be a case of an extra team going up.

 

[A Century United]

I'd have thought it'd just be one less relegated all the way down the league system. Seems the fairest way anyway

So failure is rewarded instead of success? It should be an extra team promoted but no doubt the FA will dither and mess it up as usual.

 

[united we stand]

this was looked at before I can't recall why but am fairly sure that someone found something from the FA rules . For sure the answer was one less team is demoted

 

[Angell Delight]

It'll definitely be one less team relegated in L1 and lower down the pyramid, it's the only way or it'll bugger up all the play-offs. The FA have got it right.

Fingers crossed it doesn't happen, we were (are!) in very dire straits and it's not nice to support a club in financial turmoil - hope the takeover goes ahead.

 

[fbm]

It'll definitely be one less team relegated in L1 and lower down the pyramid, it's the only way or it'll bugger up all the play-offs. The FA have got it right.

Fingers crossed it doesn't happen, we were (are!) in very dire straits and it's not nice to support a club in financial turmoil - hope the takeover goes ahead.

So if Portsmouth finish in bottom 4 of L1, then 4 teams go up from L2 as normal but only 3 come down, so the gap is in L2. Does that mean only the bottom team is relegated and 2 come up from the Conference?

And if Portsmouth beat the drop but fold anyway, then presumably L2 stuff is unchanged but only 3 teams from L1 drop.

Is that right?

 

[Crabby Shrimper]

So failure is rewarded instead of success? It should be an extra team promoted but no doubt the FA will dither and mess it up as usual.

I'd think of it more as Portsmouth effectively receiving multiple relegation s

 

[Colchester and proud!]

So if Portsmouth finish in bottom 4 of L1, then 4 teams go up from L2 as normal but only 3 come down, so the gap is in L2. Does that mean only the bottom team is relegated and 2 come up from the Conference?

And if Portsmouth beat the drop but fold anyway, then presumably L2 stuff is unchanged but only 3 teams from L1 drop.

Is that right?

Yes spot on

If they last to the end of the season then what would happen is, that 3 teams would be relegated to league 2 from 1, 4 would come up from 2, 1 would relegated from 2 to the conference, with two coming up from the conference.

This was stipulated last year when the same discussions where happening about if Pompey would start this season.

 

[Rattus Norvegicus]

I can't see us finishing top 3, perhaps fourth at a push!

Edited for accuracy ......... as they say ...............

 

[BrettieAngell]

Pompey facing expulsion from the league at the end of this season should the never ending takeover from their supporters trust not go through...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21376866 :thumbdown:
Not wishing to kick a man while he's down but would this mean an extra league 2 side getting promotion should this happen? I can't see us finishing top 3, perhaps forth at a push!

3rd place is very much open for someone to grab at the moment, big week coming up for us with games against Cheltenham and Northampton.

 

[Ayrshire Blue]

Someone just needs to pull the plug on Portsmouth and be done with it. Getting sick of hearing about all their problems now, taken the **** for far too long.

 

[PrawNZ]

But aren't we getting a points deduction from the seats incident? :liar:

 

[Angell Delight]

So if Portsmouth finish in bottom 4 of L1, then 4 teams go up from L2 as normal but only 3 come down, so the gap is in L2. Does that mean only the bottom team is relegated and 2 come up from the Conference?

And if Portsmouth beat the drop but fold anyway, then presumably L2 stuff is unchanged but only 3 teams from L1 drop.

Is that right?

As I understand it yes.

 

[Kris]

Someone just needs to pull the plug on Portsmouth and be done with it. Getting sick of hearing about all their problems now, taken the **** for far too long.

Harsh but fair. I do genuinely feel for Pompey's fans but at the same time I have no sympathy for the club whatsoever. It spent well beyond its means, not once but twice, and showed unbelievable naivety (at best) and arrogance (at worst).

 

[buffalowolf]

I feel sorry for Pompey , but at the same time .I wonder ,WOULD THE F.I.F.A or WHOEVER BEEN AS TOLERANT IF IT WAS SOUTHEND IN THIS TROUBLE.ME THINKS NOT:sad:

 

[Cockle43]

Someone just needs to pull the plug on Portsmouth and be done with it. Getting sick of hearing about all their problems now, taken the **** for far too long.

Whoa, boy. Be careful what you wish for, this could very easily be us and it's someone else's passion.....