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Tryasize10

Tryasize10

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The Heed have been banned from the National League playoffs by the EFL.

Shocking decision really, based on not being able to prove a 10 year minimum tenure on their stadium, which they rent from Gateshead Council.

Small clubs experiencing harsh penalties from the EFL again.
 
Absolutely disgraceful. Durham City were almost guaranteed promotion to the National League a few years ago but were told no artificial pitches. The sponsorship left the club, players, managers and supporters left and now they have been relegated from the Wearside league. The powers that be really don’t help grassroots football.
 
1AitorKaranka said:
Surely it's the clubs own fault, not sure why people are blaming the EFL. They knew the requirements and didn't meet them.
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It's not the club's fault. There's not a lot they can do about the situation. The ground is owned by Gateshead council, who like every council are struggling with their finances. Apparently they are losing £860k a year on the stadium and are looking for a new operator to take over the running of it and inject some capital. As part of the deal is a potential12 month break clause with the club, that might never be taken, and this is what is causing the bone of contention with the EFL as this stops there being a 10 year 'security of tenure'.

It's petty bureaucracy really, Gateshead have a stadium for next year and would have at least 12 months to find a new one should the break clause be enacted. They've been at the International Stadium since 1971-72 from what I've read so they've had a fairly lengthy 'security of tenure' to date.

Good luck to them with their legal challenge and hopefully they get to play their game, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
 
Wistow_Red said:
It's not the club's fault. There's not a lot they can do about the situation. The ground is owned by Gateshead council, who like every council are struggling with their finances. Apparently they are losing £860k a year on the stadium and are looking for a new operator to take over the running of it and inject some capital. As part of the deal is a potential12 month break clause with the club, that might never be taken, and this is what is causing the bone of contention with the EFL as this stops there being a 10 year 'security of tenure'.

It's petty bureaucracy really, Gateshead have a stadium for next year and would have at least 12 months to find a new one should the break clause be enacted. They've been at the International Stadium since 1971-72 from what I've read so they've had a fairly lengthy 'security of tenure' to date.

Good luck to them with their legal challenge and hopefully they get to play their game, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
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Yes, but they knew that the requirements to be promoted weren't being met whether they could do anything about it or not.
 
Aldershot are being quite salty about it too (the club who finished just outside of the playoffs). Their manager was happy as a pig in excrement during the interview after they just missed out on the final day. Presumably had heard about Gateshead's situation and presumed they'd be bumped into the playoffs.
 
Tryasize10 said:
The Heed have been banned from the National League playoffs by the EFL.

Shocking decision really, based on not being able to prove a 10 year minimum tenure on their stadium, which they rent from Gateshead Council.

Small clubs experiencing harsh penalties from the EFL again.
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Any case of a “big” club that doesn’t comply with the EFL ground regulations being allowed to be promoted? Because if there isn’t, then this isn’t a big/small club thing at all it’s a case of a club that didn’t comply with the rules having the rules applied. Not the most shocking thing I’ve ever heard of.
 
Zanzibobs said:
Absolutely disgraceful. Durham City were almost guaranteed promotion to the National League a few years ago but were told no artificial pitches. The sponsorship left the club, players, managers and supporters left and now they have been relegated from the Wearside league. The powers that be really don’t help grassroots football.
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That rule has moved up a step, in that the National League now allows such pitches, but the EFL still doesn’t so when Harrogate was promoted a few years back they had to dig theirs up, and Bromley will presumably need to do likewise if they come through the play-off. That rule certainly doesn’t help grassroots football. I’m not so easily persuaded that a rule about security of tenure is a bad thing given some of the nonsense we’ve seen in recent years.
 
Exactly. It’s easy saying the club knew the rules but they tried to do something about it. Should the same rule and situation not apply to clubs in the league already? I’m sure there have been a few clubs who have had to go to different towns to play as they had been kicked out of their home. Coventry being the best example I can think of.
 
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