Southampton Relegation please explain!

[Lordbenny]

So can someone tell me in basic English why exactly should Southampton (or any other club for that matter) be deducted 10 point for going into administration. It must be bad enough going into administration in the first place but they've got to spend next season in the first division....alongside Charlton ha ha ha

[JazD]

My understanding is that they overstretched themselves and/or mismanagement. I believe that the holding company is something in the region of £30 million in the red. The football league ruling is that any club that goes into administration gives itself an unfair advantage compared to clubs that are well run and prudent (the minority obviously). I think this all stems from Leicester going into administration having built a new stadium. Once this happened they had a considerable sum written off in terms of their debts and were percieved to have gained an unfair advantage.

Or at least I think thats the case...

[The jiffle king]

Saints have approx a 4m overdraft and a 26m mortgage.

The Leicester situation was the one which resulted in points deductions.. it's stuffed Luton and will probably stuff the Saints too

T-J-K

[Highway Star]

It stuffed us (Bournemouth) last season (deducted 10 points and went down by a couple) and nearly this season (deducted a further 17, but hopefully will stay up, four points clear with two games left).

[ZR1cliff]

I've read elsewhere it was the clubs that agreed on the 10 point deduction for all clubs that go into administration, not the League or FA.

[anonymous-user]

southampton have two options though, get relegated and take the ten point hit at the start of next season and start on a minus figure......or fight for their lives in their remaining two games, win them both, avoid the drop but take the penalty this season and get relgated, starting next season on zero.

personally i think league one will be tough next year and with the likes of noriwch, forest and charlton all possibly down there, it will be tought starting on a negative figure. if i were southampton i would go for it in their last two games and play for their lives to start on zero in 09/10... with any luck putting forest down too

[merc_man]

pablo said:

personally i think league one will be tough next year and with the likes of noriwch, forest and charlton all possibly down there, it will be tought starting on a negative figure.

All three (Norwich, Forest and Charlton) can't "possibly" go down to Division 1. Charlton are already relegated as are Saints with the 10 point penalty. Therefore it's a choice of Norwich and Forest out of that list that can join Charlton and Saints.

[Killer2005]

Highway Star said:

It stuffed us (Bournemouth) last season (deducted 10 points and went down by a couple) and nearly this season (deducted a further 17, but hopefully will stay up, four points clear with two games left).

Cost us automatic promotion last season too

[bridgdav]

Name 3 ships that have left Southampton














The Titanic



The Premiership




And the Championship..!

[sb-1]

Very funny....if your a Pompey fan!

[T66ORA]

Funny weather on the south coast, it was 15 deg in Portsmouth and -10 in Southampton