blahblahblah 2 Posted May 16, 2013 Could you imagine a re-formed premier league without an Everton, or an Arsenal ?Well, it''s happened in womans'' football. The Doncaster Belles, who have been in the female top flight for 22 years, have been removed from the top tier of the reformed womens football league structure - being replaced by a Man City team who have only ever played in the second division.http://popularstand.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/the-belles-toll-on-the-fas-relegation-of-the-doncaster-belles/"...it is not for football that the Belles have been removed from the top flight. In the first two seasons of the Super League they have not finished bottom, instead Liverpool have grasped the wooden spoon on each occasion. They have not been taken from the top flight due to facilities as in the Keepmoat Stadium, of which they are fully-fledged co-tenants, they boast the best regular home ground in the league. And they have not been kicked out due to a lack of support, because whilst the Belles crowds could be higher, they have not been the lowest in the league, and they’ve certainly not been the quietest. Instead, they have been demoted and removed simply because the name doesn’t fit, and the pounds in their bank account couldn’t match the pound signs rolling around the eyeballs of those at the FA who make these decisions.The new Super League set-up is full of inexplicable non-reasoning to the extent that is arguable the Belles are not even the hardest hit. (There is no place for Leeds in either division despite the fact they remain in with a shot at the Premier League title, whilst Lincoln have been allowed to completely rebrand themselves as Notts County and retain their top flight status despite abandoning the city which has backed them for the last decade). But come next season the Belles will be the most notable absence from the top-flight table; people will look at the Women’s Super League standings and think “What happened to Doncaster?” And you can’t simply reply “oh, they had a bad year and were relegated,” because they didn’t. Instead they were simply not wanted. Shafted and scratched out by an FA who have made it abundantly clear they care more about finance and ‘partners’ than the people and the teams who did more than they ever could to establish the women’s game in this country in the first place." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Indy_Bones 441 Posted May 16, 2013 Absolute disgrace. I knew the FA were biased incompetents, but this goes beyond a joke...Wonder if an online campaign and petition would help? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stig 0 Posted May 16, 2013 That is sickening. That really is horrifying. I can''t imagine how the Doncaster team feels, surely there is some legal proceedings to this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murphy and the Bricks 0 Posted May 16, 2013 Total disgrace.... how can anyone think of Women''s football without thinking of Doncaster Belles.I bet if you asked just about anyone to name a Women''s football team they would come up with the Belles.Shocking....what can we do to help???? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norfolkbroadslim 223 Posted May 16, 2013 I agree, what a disgrace! The whole thing stinks!!!! This is real life FFS, NOT some computer game! Corrupt, Barstewards!!!!!!!!! [:@][:@][:@] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blahblahblah 2 Posted May 16, 2013 Well I don''t know what good it would do, but I guess you could always hammer the contact mailbox for the fa ?info@thefa.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yelloow Since 72 54 Posted May 16, 2013 Absolutely disgusting! How can the FA claim that they''re not dominated by the big clubs after that! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hackedoff 0 Posted May 16, 2013 Which got me thinking about the Premier League!! Does anyone think that they would demote Man Utd or Chelsea. Ok it wouldnt be in the same context but along the lines of what happened in Serie A in 06. As much as people claim the Italian League is corrupt at least their FA are not afraid to do something about it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murphy and the Bricks 0 Posted May 16, 2013 [quote user="Hackedoff"]Which got me thinking about the Premier League!! Does anyone think that they would demote Man Utd or Chelsea. Ok it wouldnt be in the same context but along the lines of what happened in Serie A in 06. As much as people claim the Italian League is corrupt at least their FA are not afraid to do something about it.[/quote]Rangers in Scotland....putting them in the 3rd divison has probably done more harm to Scottish football than to Rangers....but would the Premier League have the balls to do the samething to say Man City, Chelsea etc etc?I still cannot believe they can so this!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QHcanary 0 Posted May 16, 2013 "Rangers in Scotland....putting them in the 3rd divison has probably done more harm to Scottish football than to Rangers....but would the Premier League have the balls to do the samething to say Man City, Chelsea etc etc?I still cannot believe they can so this!!"The difference being that the Scottish FA didn''t really demote "Rangers". Absolutely disgusting behaviour from the FA here. It really is the equivalent of just kicking Everton out of the league. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blahblahblah 2 Posted May 16, 2013 Just found out the fa have a twitter account -https://twitter.com/FAWhat you do with this info is out of my hands :)... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
city4eva 209 Posted May 16, 2013 Its disgusting, hope enough people cause a stink to make them change their minds Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Syteanric 1 Posted May 16, 2013 how sad and Sickening... i hope the man city team turn out to be useless and get relegated!It really is a sad state of affairs for football when such things should happen and the fair get punished. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crabbycanary 2 Posted May 17, 2013 That is beyond any reasonable persons thinking. Absolutely farcicalI can remember watching the Belles (purely in the realms of research) back in 1984 (?) at a Cup Final at Carrow Road Share this post Link to post Share on other sites