Sunday, April 20, 2008
Football Club Chairman Suggests Promote Four Teams if Leeds Appeal Leeds to Points Restoration and Promotion
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An idea which might have certain implications for teams already in the Championship!
News of the World - Ryan wants FOUR teams to go up
DONNY LEEDS FURY - DONCASTER chairman John Ryan will insist that FOUR teams are promoted to the Championship if Leeds' bid to reclaim 15 points costs any of the leading clubs in League One.
A tribunal will meet again tomorrow and reveal its findings by May 1.
Ryan predicts a storm of protest from Rovers, Carlisle, Nottingham Forest, Southend, Walsall and Brighton if the decision effectively cost someone promotion.
He said: "If anyone is denied their rightful place in the Championship then I think an extra club should be promoted.
Timing
"It's ludicrous that a promotion issue should be settled in court and teams who have done nothing wrong should be affected.
"The timing of the whole thing is scandalous, too.
"I promise that Doncaster and, I suspect, a host of other teams will not roll over and die about this.
"Imagine if Manchester United won the Premier League then someone else denied them by reclaiming 15 points. It wouldn't happen, would it?"
Leeds were docked points at the start of the season for breaking rules over their insolvency. News of The World
An idea which might have certain implications for teams already in the Championship!
News of the World - Ryan wants FOUR teams to go up
DONNY LEEDS FURY - DONCASTER chairman John Ryan will insist that FOUR teams are promoted to the Championship if Leeds' bid to reclaim 15 points costs any of the leading clubs in League One.
A tribunal will meet again tomorrow and reveal its findings by May 1.
Ryan predicts a storm of protest from Rovers, Carlisle, Nottingham Forest, Southend, Walsall and Brighton if the decision effectively cost someone promotion.
He said: "If anyone is denied their rightful place in the Championship then I think an extra club should be promoted.
Timing
"It's ludicrous that a promotion issue should be settled in court and teams who have done nothing wrong should be affected.
"The timing of the whole thing is scandalous, too.
"I promise that Doncaster and, I suspect, a host of other teams will not roll over and die about this.
"Imagine if Manchester United won the Premier League then someone else denied them by reclaiming 15 points. It wouldn't happen, would it?"
Leeds were docked points at the start of the season for breaking rules over their insolvency. News of The World
