claret&blue Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 St Teath v Godolphin postponed due to Godolphin being unable to raise a team again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foul Throw 3 Posted December 8, 2019 Report Share Posted December 8, 2019 Shocking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodsense Posted December 8, 2019 Report Share Posted December 8, 2019 I was due to officiate this game was informed of the cancellation at 12. 18 . No fault of StTeath. Who were informed by Godolphin at around 12.15. Just to compound things my game today was cancelled due to lack of players from the away team . Pretty poor all round . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St George Posted December 9, 2019 Report Share Posted December 9, 2019 What a shambles! This is the 4th time this season already they have called a game off through not being able to raise a side but they have 56 players registered to play!!!! Making a complete mockery of the ECPL. What is the league doing about it? Can they do anything about it? The G Army's battle cry used to be "we're only just a pub team" well am not even sure they are even that now. Also heard the 1st team had to 'borrow' players again from local Duchy sides to fulfil their fixture at Launceston. Absolute joke.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shouter Posted December 9, 2019 Report Share Posted December 9, 2019 It's becoming a joke and the league need to act. I feel sorry for the hard working committee members at Godolphin who have given up a lot to get the club where they are, but that's the fourth time this season they have handed 3 points to the opposition - all away games I hasten to add. That's more than a quarter of their scheduled games. The current rule around failing to fulfill fixtures is not fit for purpose. It benefits and punishes the wrong clubs, in the wrong way. Godolphin's inability to put a team on the field could decide championships, or relegations. That's not right, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bartlam Posted December 9, 2019 Report Share Posted December 9, 2019 So long as the club pay the subsequent fines that the league issues, the league's hands are tied on the matter. League's can't just boot clubs out, they have to follow FA ruling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mead Posted December 9, 2019 Report Share Posted December 9, 2019 6 hours ago, St George said: What a shambles! This is the 4th time this season already they have called a game off through not being able to raise a side but they have 56 players registered to play!!!! Making a complete mockery of the ECPL. What is the league doing about it? Can they do anything about it? The G Army's battle cry used to be "we're only just a pub team" well am not even sure they are even that now. Also heard the 1st team had to 'borrow' players again from local Duchy sides to fulfil their fixture at Launceston. Absolute joke.... I don't think those working hard behind the scenes at Godolphin see the situation as a joke! I'm sure nobody will be laughing. It's also quite normal for struggling Clubs to have a large number of registered players; it reflects that they are trying their best to get a team together! Let's hope they can over-come the current difficulties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldeneye Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 On 8 December 2019 at 12:47, Foul Throw 3 said: Shocking! I agree - shocking that a lot of players walked out on the club!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazzer Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 When Newquay failed to field a team for two games when in the combination league they were fined a lot of money and threatened with expulsion from the league , what rules do the ECPL follow. The biggest problem in the Newquay area is to many teams and not enough committed players, I expect there are teams in other areas suffering the same problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedgerow Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 It is not in the ECPL rules that a club should be expelled from the league Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countyman Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 Wow......so....should a side consistently fail to raise a team for the entire season does this mean that at the end of the season, when they are minus, say 30 points, and bottom of the table, and with no deal in place any more with the Duchy League, that they retain their status in the ECPL? Mad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adlestrop Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 If that were to happen as bottom Club they would have to apply to be re-elected.There is NO way any of the clubs would support them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bartlam Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 12 hours ago, countyman said: Wow......so....should a side consistently fail to raise a team for the entire season does this mean that at the end of the season, when they are minus, say 30 points, and bottom of the table, and with no deal in place any more with the Duchy League, that they retain their status in the ECPL? Mad It happened to Madron - they went to -30 odd points. They continued to pay the £50 charge imposed on them so they couldn't get booted out because they were following rules. The Committee could of course call an EGM/SGM to put it to a club vote if they felt it was in the best interest for all. Some Clubs are happy to throw the towel in - then others take the financial penalties whilst attempting to try and sort things out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foul Throw 3 Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 Godolphin are paying average 1st teamers just shy of £50 so why not pay the fine and try and regroup? I imagine that's what they are doing. There are definitely too many teams, in most areas! Just look at the St Austell area, with 2x sides from StAustell, 2x Sticker, 2x Foxhole, 2x StDennis (recently used to be 3), 2x St Stephen, and recently Nanpean reformed. You can walk between some of those clubs and when a nucleus of players move from A to B it's no wonder clubs struggle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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