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  1. 07-09-2009 06:10 PM #1
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    Livi appeal fails

    how they thought it would work anyway is beyond me.......

    Hope the new administration can start again...from the bottom
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  2. 07-09-2009 06:11 PM #2
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    Good.

    At least some consistency for once.
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  3. 07-09-2009 06:18 PM #3
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    Toodle pip Livingston.

    Haste ye back if you can learn how to live within your means and fanbase.
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  4. 07-09-2009 08:21 PM #4
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    Was always going to be the case sadly - I think most Livingston fans will be content with the outcome - at least there is a stable infrastructure to allow the club to build again in division 3.

    The SFL/SFA have set a ludicrously dangerous precedent with this though, as any other clubs who face financial difficulty will simply HAVE to follow suit, or the SFL/SFA open themselves to legal action against the governing bodies.

    Of course, they will argue that there is no precedent for automatic relegation midway through the season, so will be forced to relegate any such team at the end of the season - in which case, the situation becomes a whole new farce, as any games played until the end of said season are null and meaningless.

    At least the club now know where they stand and can start to rebuild, without a sugar daddy trying to launch them to unploughed levels. Livingston FC, as a concept, is a very good business plan if it is run as a community club. Hopefully, the fans, businesses and governing bodies will now support the new regime at Livingston and assist them in sustainable restructuring.
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  5. 07-09-2009 10:28 PM #5
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    Can't help but feel they've maybe been shafted a bit

    http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com...ine.5621701.jp
    This is how it feels
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    God a wish that was Hearts.. i truly do.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jonnyboy View Post
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    Can't help but feel they've maybe been shafted a bit

    http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com...ine.5621701.jp
    It looks like it, but the original problem was caused by their own unscrupulous behaviour.
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  8. 07-09-2009 10:52 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peevemor® View Post
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    It looks like it, but the original problem was caused by their own unscrupulous behaviour.
    Of the outgoing hierarchy surely?
    This is how it feels
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peevemor® View Post
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    It looks like it, but the original problem was caused by their own unscrupulous behaviour.
    The behaviour of certain individuals.

    The "new brigade" are (afaik) pretty decent blokes.
    I hope they do well now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jonnyboy View Post
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    Of the outgoing hierarchy surely?
    True, but had they lived within their means from the outset, would they even have been in the 1st division?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peevemor® View Post
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    True, but had they lived within their means from the outset, would they even have been in the 1st division?
    Possibly not, I agree

    Are Hearts living within their means?
    This is how it feels
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    God a wish that was Hearts.. i truly do.

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  14. 08-09-2009 12:51 PM #14
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    Quote Originally Posted by HibbyAndy View Post
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    God a wish that was Hearts.. i truly do.
    Stick around Andy!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scott M View Post
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    Was always going to be the case sadly - I think most Livingston fans will be content with the outcome - at least there is a stable infrastructure to allow the club to build again in division 3.

    The SFL/SFA have set a ludicrously dangerous precedent with this though, as any other clubs who face financial difficulty will simply HAVE to follow suit, or the SFL/SFA open themselves to legal action against the governing bodies.

    Of course, they will argue that there is no precedent for automatic relegation midway through the season, so will be forced to relegate any such team at the end of the season - in which case, the situation becomes a whole new farce, as any games played until the end of said season are null and meaningless.

    At least the club now know where they stand and can start to rebuild, without a sugar daddy trying to launch them to unploughed levels. Livingston FC, as a concept, is a very good business plan if it is run as a community club. Hopefully, the fans, businesses and governing bodies will now support the new regime at Livingston and assist them in sustainable restructuring.


    This is a farce. Unless the SFL are prepared to demote clubs who go into administration mid-season, how can this be fair? If Livi had struggled on for another few weeks until the season started, they would probably still be in the 1st Division, but with a points deduction.

    Consistency?? Not any here, as far as I can see.

    And what happens if an SPL club goes into administration? I know it's a different governing body, but surely they should be demoted as well?
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