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Non League Football 2020-21

By Tuna, in General Football and Sport

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stripeyfox

stripeyfox

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16 minutes ago, Tuna said:

Dover in trouble:

 

 

Probably going to be the first of many!
 

Statement in full:

 

"Chairman Jim Parmenter has released the following statement.

The Board have been busy assessing the clubs financial position and immediate future due to the very difficult circumstances of the COVID 19 pandemic.

The club is still unsure of its income in the coming season but the Board are clear income will greatly reduced.

The club has 14 players under contract for next season and at a meeting last week the clubs position was explained in detail to the players and staff.

At that meeting the players and staff were asked to accept a 20% short-term reduction in salary to assist the club in its efforts to stay solvent and keep the club alive bearing in mind the club will move from four to three days training.

The management have accepted the proposal, however, unfortunately the players have not agreed.

Therefore it is with great regret that I must announce that all of the squad are now available for free transfer as an initial immediate step.

I must further inform supporters that if a solution or further investment cannot  be found by the end of August it is likely that the Directors will consider the club insolvent and as a consequence will be forced to cease trading.

The directors are doing everything they can to keep the club afloat, but have reached an impasse and require the support of our playing squad.

Season ticket purchases are fully protected and a full refund will be issued if the worse happens, so supporters can continue to purchase in confidence"

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TiffToff88

TiffToff88

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50 minutes ago, purpleronnie said:

Kind of weird that Leicestershire have such a lack of non league teams at the higher level.

The only one i can think of that has played at a relatively high level was Hinckley United. Did they ever get to the 5th tier?

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CosbehFox

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59 minutes ago, purpleronnie said:

Kind of weird that Leicestershire have such a lack of non league teams at the higher level.

Largely caused by the (former) bottleneck pyramid system. 
 

Take a look at the maps for Conference North and South. There is a huge gap of the East Midlands and then out towards Norfolk. There is only Alfreton from Derbyshire. Then the two clubs from East Mids in the conference are traditional league clubs. 
 

West Mids, Northants and Oxfordshire greatly assisted by being aligned to the weaker Southern League. East Mids had to play in the very tough Northern League. Teams out East in the London based Isthmian. 

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boots60

boots60

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28 minutes ago, TiffToff88 said:

The only one i can think of that has played at a relatively high level was Hinckley United. Did they ever get to the 5th tier?

Came very close a few years back. Lost to Farsley Celtic in the national league north play off final at Burton.

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Fox92

Fox92

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On 05/08/2020 at 00:30, Leicesterpool said:

Not many teams from the midlands this year... for Solihull there nearest derby would be Notts County which is probably around 30 miles away from them.

There's 3, which is more than other counties. There's only Halifax from Yorkshire. Hartlepool and Dover well out on their own again.

 

Solihull will be further than 30 miles from Nottingham. It's just under 30 miles from Nottingham to Chesterfield. Speaking of which, hopefully this year Chesterfield actually have a decent season. Would be nice to see them finish top 10 at least.

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Fox92

Fox92

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24 minutes ago, SemperEadem said:

 

Came here to post this myself as I've just seen it.

 

Good to read! Hope it all works out. Better than someone not interesting getting hold of them.

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Leicesterpool

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7 hours ago, Fox92 said:

There's 3, which is more than other counties. There's only Halifax from Yorkshire. Hartlepool and Dover well out on their own again.

 

Solihull will be further than 30 miles from Nottingham. It's just under 30 miles from Nottingham to Chesterfield. Speaking of which, hopefully this year Chesterfield actually have a decent season. Would be nice to see them finish top 10 at least.

Got an horrible feeling Chesterfield may struggle again next season, conference is certainly not an easy level on have to ask ex football league teams like York and Stockport.

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