The Football.....

[Mike_P]

Wonder how they will correct the number of teams in the National League for 26/27 as it will have notable knock on effects in other leagues.

 

[Pblakeney]

Wonder how they will correct the number of teams in the National League for 26/27 as it will have notable knock on effects in other leagues.

I'd go down the promotion route and keep the numbers. Give the little guys some extra light.
Not popular? There's probably too many teams in the lower leagues these days to be sustainable anyway and the leagues should be reduced.

 

[Chislenko]

I'd go down the promotion route and keep the numbers. Give the little guys some extra light.
Not popular? There's probably too many teams in the lower leagues these days to be sustainable anyway and the leagues should be reduced.

Yes, I think from memory we have had leagues in the past with an odd number of teams in them, I feel sure I recall one year where a team went bust halfway through a season and their results were expunged, or did I dream that?

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Yes, I think from memory we have had leagues in the past with an odd number of teams in them, I feel sure I recall one year where a team went bust halfway through a season and their results were expunged, or did I dream that?

I believe it was Bury in 2019.

 

[PaulSB]

Wonder how they will correct the number of teams in the National League for 26/27 as it will have notable knock on effects in other leagues.

The same may apply to the Championship if Wednesday go under. I imagine clubs simply play two less games.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

The same may apply to the Championship if Wednesday go under. I imagine clubs simply play two less games.

That's how it works. The numbers are re-adjusted the following season with an extra club promoted from each lower tier.

If Wednesday go they will be the biggest club ever to go bankrupt, albeit historically rather than on present status.