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Victor Gladwish on the FA... |
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 FA do not represent the teams!
It is with dismay that I read in the NLP today
that the FA are not having a Midland League at STEP 4 after all the work and
effort put in by clubs and sponsors alike last season to get a new Midland
League. The FA are there to represent the football league teams that subscribe
to the FA. The Midlands deserve a league and (and indeed have leagues just as
old as The Isthmian league) we all wanted a 1-2-4-8-16 system and that would
regionalise things the best making less travelling and more local derby?s.
To change the structure to have two Isthmian leagues is
silly and why do we do it? The Isthmian league is rubbish, how many clubs have
made it to the Football League from there? The Hellenic talking against a
new Midland League is also ridiculous. In reality we have a bunch of old men
(or young men with old brains) who do not want to see their leagues reduced in
teams and want to let the Isthmian get away with expanding their league instead
of division 2 disappearing. It?s the old boys thing. We wanted at least a
1-2-3-6-12 system that means that the formation of two new (Midland) leagues at
step 4 and reduction of Step 5 by 3 leagues to simplify promotion and
relegation and it would also mean that approx 3 clubs from each of the Step 5
leagues will be promoted this season. I have spent a million pounds on
sponsorships in the last 3 years and there must be a return and that return
comes from local derbys and bigger gates and all I can see is the reverse happening.
I think if the FA cannot back the pyramid system properly then sponsors like me
will disappear.
Victor
Gladwish
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