League One 2026/2027

[MC Prussian]

MK Dons again.

Oh dear.

 

Hoping for Notts County to get promoted.

 

Cambridge or Swindon would be interesting.

 

I suppose Notts will be the derby of the season. 

Followed by Burton, Peterborough and Mansfield.

 

No real rivalries. Sad.

[fox_favourite]

2 minutes ago, MC Prussian said:

MK Dons again.

Oh dear.

 

Hoping for Notts County to get promoted.

 

Cambridge or Swindon would be interesting.

 

I suppose Notts will be the derby of the season. 

Followed by Burton, Peterborough and Mansfield.

 

No real rivalries. Sad.

A lot of teams quite a distance from us as well 

[Fox1980]

11 minutes ago, MC Prussian said:

Lascelles is probably one of the last CBs or defenders that would get stick from me. Faes and Okoli are the first ones I'd mention, followed by Ricardo, Nelson and Thomas. Kristiansen's been out injured for most part.

Vestergaard has been rather good this season, despite his age and limitations.

Captain Hamza 

[Wycombe Fox]

Clutching at straws but on the bright-side, I won’t have far to go for our away game at Wycombe.

 

I’ve always preferred away games since we left Filbo so I’ll be quite close to Oxford (barring a miracle), Reading, Luton and MK.

 

Like I said, straw-clutching, but sadly that’s all that’s left now.

[Sly]

 

[Stuntman_Mike]

2 minutes ago, Sly said:

 

Hate it because it's us, but this is why you can't beat the English football pyramid.

[Foxin_Mad]

Found some interesting information on the FFP in League 1 from Cardiff City:

 

Financial restrictions in League One

At our AGM on June 19th, I briefly mentioned the different EFL financial restrictions which our club will have to abide by in League 1. So I hope you find this more detailed note useful to understand how different it will be from the restrictions on Championship clubs which applied to us last season.

 In the Championship club annual losses are restricted to an average of £13m a financial year (provided £8m of this is covered by non-refundable cash injections into the club by its owners) over a three year period.

Some adjustments are allowed to the reported loss figure by things like spending on youth and stadium development but this is the “base” figure.Any breach of these limits can lead to transfer embargos or points deductions.

In League 1 and League 2 these profitability restrictions don’t apply. Instead the restriction is based on player wage costs under what is known as Salary Cost Management Protocol (SCMP). League 1 club total player wages costs must not exceed 60% of turnover (55% in League 2). There is no restriction on transfer fees paid, just on wages.

Compliance with the above rules is closely and regularly monitored by the EFL based on projections submitted by the club and if a club looks like it is heading for a breach, then a transfer embargo will be applied until a club becomes compliant again.

The definitions of turnover and player wages are important in the above calculation

1. Turnover would normally just include match day income, commercial sponsorship and TV revenue. It can also include profits from hospitality events as many clubs use their stadium facilities far  more often than on match days.
2. However in League 1 turnover is also allowed to include cash injected by the club owner by way of new non-refundable share capital ( i.e not loans).So an owner can greatly increase the allowable limits of player wages by this method
3. Turnover also will include any profit on player sales, but only when the cash from those sales is actually received – many deals tend to be done on an instalment basis to ease cash flows
4. The wage cost for players loaned out in the season are excluded from the calculation for the period in which they are loaned out.
5. An exclusion from wage costs also applies to players on a professional contract who are  under 21 at the start of a season who  have come through the club`s youth development scheme and have been with the club for three years or more.
6. Cardiff City also have another potential favourable interim wage adjustment as a club that has just been relegated from the Championship. If a player was signed before September 2024 on a contract of over three years then their wage is also excluded. This exception is aimed at protecting relegated clubs from committed longer term contracts entered into before their relegation. I must be honest here and haven’t checked to what extent this will benefit our club, if at all,

I hope this note is useful to understand where we stand as a club on this important issue for next season. Any questions, please raise through the usual Trust channels

[Rubbersoul]

Salford away is on 

[Corky]

Bromley are interesting, Salford aren't. Would rather Cambridge or Notts County were promoted.

[Conscript Fox]

https://www.facebook.com/61556251987496/posts/122299143194208399/?app=fbl

 

 

Jesus 

[Danizen]

Round one of the FA Cup 🤢

[STEVIE B]

11 hours ago, Sly said:

 

Harborough Town could be posting similar in a few years time ! 

[Sly]

5 minutes ago, STEVIE B said:

Harborough Town could be posting similar in a few years time ! 

The rise of Bromley is basically the same. 

[Twitcher]

14 hours ago, filthyfox said:

The only result i will accept is automatic promotion.

What, with an admin. points deduction very much on the cards?

If by some miracle we avoid that, we'll have inexperience going up against physical seasoned pro's.

I hope you get what you want, but I've a feeling you won't, and the current things we know about support that. 

Edited 24 April by Twitcher

[Lesta2014]

11 hours ago, Foxin_Mad said:

Found some interesting information on the FFP in League 1 from Cardiff City:

 

 

Financial restrictions in League One

At our AGM on June 19th, I briefly mentioned the different EFL financial restrictions which our club will have to abide by in League 1. So I hope you find this more detailed note useful to understand how different it will be from the restrictions on Championship clubs which applied to us last season.

 In the Championship club annual losses are restricted to an average of £13m a financial year (provided £8m of this is covered by non-refundable cash injections into the club by its owners) over a three year period.

Some adjustments are allowed to the reported loss figure by things like spending on youth and stadium development but this is the “base” figure.Any breach of these limits can lead to transfer embargos or points deductions.

In League 1 and League 2 these profitability restrictions don’t apply. Instead the restriction is based on player wage costs under what is known as Salary Cost Management Protocol (SCMP). League 1 club total player wages costs must not exceed 60% of turnover (55% in League 2). There is no restriction on transfer fees paid, just on wages.

Compliance with the above rules is closely and regularly monitored by the EFL based on projections submitted by the club and if a club looks like it is heading for a breach, then a transfer embargo will be applied until a club becomes compliant again.

The definitions of turnover and player wages are important in the above calculation

1. Turnover would normally just include match day income, commercial sponsorship and TV revenue. It can also include profits from hospitality events as many clubs use their stadium facilities far  more often than on match days.
2. However in League 1 turnover is also allowed to include cash injected by the club owner by way of new non-refundable share capital ( i.e not loans).So an owner can greatly increase the allowable limits of player wages by this method
3. Turnover also will include any profit on player sales, but only when the cash from those sales is actually received – many deals tend to be done on an instalment basis to ease cash flows
4. The wage cost for players loaned out in the season are excluded from the calculation for the period in which they are loaned out.
5. An exclusion from wage costs also applies to players on a professional contract who are  under 21 at the start of a season who  have come through the club`s youth development scheme and have been with the club for three years or more.
6. Cardiff City also have another potential favourable interim wage adjustment as a club that has just been relegated from the Championship. If a player was signed before September 2024 on a contract of over three years then their wage is also excluded. This exception is aimed at protecting relegated clubs from committed longer term contracts entered into before their relegation. I must be honest here and haven’t checked to what extent this will benefit our club, if at all,

I hope this note is useful to understand where we stand as a club on this important issue for next season. Any questions, please raise through the usual Trust channels

If point 6 is true this could be quite good for us! Skipp okoli Kristienson etc don’t come into the equation? Could be massive if I have read and interpreted that correctly. 

[Foxin_Mad]

3 minutes ago, Twitcher said:

What, with an admin. points deduction very much on the cards?

Uf by some miracle we avoid that, we'll have inexperience going up against physical seasoned pro's.

I hope you get what you want, but I've a feeling you won't, and the current things we know about support that. 

In reading the above that only really happens if Top either runs out of money or stops putting anything in. He’s probably going to have to invest something. Looking at the above information players signed before I assume October 25 on a more than 3 year deal ARENT included in the SCMP calculations, that means any players we can’t shifts wages aren’t included for the first year to ease championship clubs into league 1. It actually seems more logical version of PSR. 

[Foxin_Mad]

1 minute ago, Lesta2014 said:

If point 6 is true this could be quite good for us! Skipp okoli Kristienson etc don’t come into the equation? Could be massive if I have read and interpreted that correctly. 

That’s what I’m thinking, we haven’t signed a new player in about 2 years anyway! Means we HAVE to get promoted next year but it’s more feasible to do an all or bust attempt if the club have the sense. 

Edited 24 April by Foxin_Mad

[Pliskin]

Can we delete this thread and just pretend this isn’t happening? 

[Number 6]

If you drop down but are on a sound financial footing, you can probably just carry a squad which is too good for the division and hop back up as a mid-table Champ team. We are not in that position.

 

Fire sale will get rid of bad characters but will also starve us of quality. I'm expecting us to finish somewhere between mid-table and playoffs.

[Free Falling Foxes]

On 22/04/2026 at 10:44, David Hankey said:

Life in the third tier.

 

Presumably the Club will block off one side of the ground as the 16K plus can be accommodated on 3 sides.

 

The away supporters can have a section of 500/1000 max.

 

That'll make some savings.

Isn't there a club whose ground on one side is actually part of a supermarket? 

We could let Lidl or Morrisons develop a new store to replace East stand perhaps?

 

[Sly]

15 minutes ago, Lesta2014 said:

If point 6 is true this could be quite good for us! Skipp okoli Kristienson etc don’t come into the equation? Could be massive if I have read and interpreted that correctly. 

I read that exactly the same.

 

Same with Winks as well, if he got that extensions.

 

Again though, unfair on every other club in the division! 

[Lutterworth Fox]

39 minutes ago, STEVIE B said:

Harborough Town could be posting similar in a few years time ! 

3 years l reckon

[Foxin_Mad]

10 minutes ago, Sly said:

I read that exactly the same.

 

Same with Winks as well, if he got that extensions.

 

Again though, unfair on every other club in the division! 

Tbh I don’t think we want some of them to stay but it might mean shifting the deadwood is enough, and some could be part of a rebuild. We still have to be conscious of losses as PSR applies over a 3 year period if we go back up. 

[Pliskin]

5 minutes ago, Foxin_Mad said:

Tbh I don’t think we want some of them to stay but it might mean shifting the deadwood is enough, and some could be part of a rebuild. We still have to be conscious of losses as PSR applies over a 3 year period if we go back up. 

Surely PSR won’t apply? League 1 has a completely different financial model, and owner can inject as much as they want into the club, without punishment provided the wage to revenue ratio is adhered to. So, it wouldn’t be fair to then count that period into a three year PSR cycle surely? 

[Sly]

15 minutes ago, Foxin_Mad said:

Tbh I don’t think we want some of them to stay but it might mean shifting the deadwood is enough, and some could be part of a rebuild. We still have to be conscious of losses as PSR applies over a 3 year period if we go back up. 

Yes, I don’t personally want any of them at this point