O/T Farewell Macclesfield Town

[thedoc]

I saw on the telly last night that Macc have been saved by a local businessman and hope to start the long road back to the EFL next season in the North West Counties League. As the following article states, I'm old enough to remember us being in the original Northern Premier League with Wigan and themselves. For me, we have always been in the same boat with them: the Football League kept them out when they were better than most of the dross which played in the old Fourth Division and the speed with which the idiots at the EFL have booted Macclesfield out of its cosy club and relegated Wigan makes you wonder if either of them have ever really been welcome there. Plus - But For The Grace Of God...

http://d3d4football.com/farewell-macclesfield-town/

[Keith]

Well... while I'd be naturally drawn to agreeing with you, was it more likely that the Football League saw the writing was on the wall for Macclesfield, and their position was unrecoverable, so rather than let them start the season in League Two, then have us lose a club, they took a more pragmatic position and kept Stevenage? Otherwise, we'd be looking at just one team relegated again this season.

[thedoc]

was it more likely that the Football League saw the writing was on the wall for Macclesfield,

You've got a lot more faith in the EFL than I have Keith. To me, they are a bunch of overpaid, incompetent halfwits - and always have been. I personally think that the EFL would be far more likely to run into a wall than see the writing on it even if the letters were eighty feet high and floodlit into the bargain. We must remember that the shambles at Macclesfield (as well as Bury) is something their remit says they are supposed to be there to avoid - and not just sweep the wreckage under the carpet when the inevitable happens. As I say in the article, the prime purpose of the EFL is to regulate what happens on their watch. Top of the list here is its duty of due diligence. Putting people like the obvious chancers at Bury and Macclesfield in charge of anything - let alone a football club - is a simple dereliction of this primary duty.

[redrobo]

Let's not forget the shambles that our club could have been had the sale to those cowboys gone through.

[mrpotatohead]

Yes Neil, Peter nearly screwed us big time there didn't he?