National League News & Updates

Another twist in the tale of a board and its members:-

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56567072

It looks like Dover are taking legal action against the NL. They say they will not pay the £40K fine as it was at the NL's insistence the league program started with a promise of grants, followed by more grants not loans. Surely no team from the EFL can be relegated into this shambolic situation.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56550910

Chester are backing the no-confidence vote of the NL board.

https://nonleaguedaily.com/chester-back-national-league-board-no-confidence-motion/

According to this report, in NonLeaguedaily.com, Brian Barwick is going to resign as chairman of the NL.

"Matt Lawton at The Times is reporting the apparently imminent departure of the former FA chief executive.

The National League board have come under widespread criticism over the past year for their handling of the ongoing uncertainty for clubs, with the absence of further grant funding in recent months, which clubs believed was forthcoming when agreeing to commence the season, an especially huge factor.

A number of clubs have signalled their intention to issue a vote of no confidence in the board."

Barwick and his cohorts have caused no end of problems in the NL and then jumps ship before he has to face the music. Bullying clubs into a financial mess with debts lasting years, misleading clubs over govt. grants and then hasn't got the guts to stand and defend himself.

The NL is an absolute shambles and I sincerely hope we don't end up in such a quagmire.

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The vote of no confidence in the NLBoard takes another step forward
https://twitter.com/Ollie_Bayliss/status/1382251191770480642

seems that not all clubs have been that badly affected , with Altrincham announcing their first ever professional manager, with Phil Parkinson and his assistant going full time

Meanwhile the promotion race has suddenly got alittle more interesting with Torquay having beaten Sutton last night, who have suddenly got the jitters, having been well clear and cruising. Now haven't won in their last 4 games, whilst Torquay have won their last 4. Hartlepool now lead by a point, but Sutton have 3 games in hand and Torquay 2.
The 'big boys' fill the other play off places (Stockport, Notts, Chesterfield and Wrexham)

Quoted from forza ivano

BUMP-
The vote of no confidence in the NLBoard takes another step forward
https://twitter.com/Ollie_Bayliss/status/1382251191770480642

seems that not all clubs have been that badly affected , with Altrincham announcing their first ever professional manager, with Phil Parkinson and his assistant going full time

Meanwhile the promotion race has suddenly got alittle more interesting with Torquay having beaten Sutton last night, who have suddenly got the jitters, having been well clear and cruising. Now haven't won in their last 4 games, whilst Torquay have won their last 4. Hartlepool now lead by a point, but Sutton have 3 games in hand and Torquay 2.
The 'big boys' fill the other play off places (Stockport, Notts, Chesterfield and Wrexham)

If Hartlepool go up and we go down, the numpties will be back on here giving it some.

Will we become their feeder club again?

Be a travesty if Green, Rose, Scannell all decided to head up the A19 for next season...

Another problem has just hit the NL. This is a nationality one between England and Wales, as the Welsh Sports survival fund has just given Wrexham a £100K grant. The reason being the UK govt didn't. English clubs had to apply for a loan, so Wrexham has been given a financial advantage with the £100k being a grant.

It just proves once again what a mess the NL is when nationality takes place over what is supposed to be a level playing field.


https://nonleaguedaily.com/wrexham-receive-100k-grant/

Quoted from DB

Another problem has just hit the NL. This is a nationality one between England and Wales, as the Welsh Sports survival fund has just given Wrexham a £100K grant. The reason being the UK govt didn't. English clubs had to apply for a loan, so Wrexham has been given a financial advantage with the £100k being a grant.

It just proves once again what a mess the NL is when nationality takes place over what is supposed to be a level playing field.


https://nonleaguedaily.com/wrexham-receive-100k-grant/

Wrexham got nothing earlier in the season when the NL received grants for the first 3 months of the season. So if anything this has just evened out that.

Quoted from GollyGTFC

Wrexham got nothing earlier in the season when the NL received grants for the first 3 months of the season. So if anything this has just evened out that.

Surely it should be up to the NL to sort things out and not national govts.