I'm not much of a football fan, but was watching the results today and one team, I think it was Crawley down in the Conference or something, had -1 points, how?
Also, what did Rotherham get their 10 point deduction for?
2006-08-26 05:14:52 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football ➔ English Football
Yes, as stated above it was because they went into administration (see news item below).
Seems very harsh - talk about kicking a team when they're down.
Though looks like they have made a pretty good start to the season if they're only -1 now.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crawley_town/5041350.stm
2006-08-26 07:39:48 · answer #1 · answered by daveheez 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crawley Town went into administration after spending a load of money on crap players; there was a bidder to save them but Crawley rejected them and thus received the penalty.
Rotherham did something similar, I believe.
Chelsea have a suspended 3 point deduction after tapping up Cashley Cole; that is, if they are found guilty of anything else, the points deduction will come into play. Let's hope they're found guilty of tapping up those Leeds players!
2006-08-26 19:59:27 · answer #2 · answered by A M 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The reason why rotherham are on -10 points is because they went bankrupt. The FA have rule that states a club will be deducted 10 points if they go bankrupt.
2006-08-26 12:41:42 · answer #3 · answered by blobbot14 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not 2 sure why but maybe they did something wrong last season for the FA to deduct points. Like the fans didn't cooperate in the match day.
2006-08-26 12:19:58 · answer #4 · answered by -mystery- 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both teams went into administration and automatically get deducted 10 points.
2006-08-26 13:41:36 · answer #5 · answered by brogdenuk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the most common thing for points deduction's is for finances, theres an automatic deduction if a club go's into administration, they also get a bigger one if there books don't add up suggesting they are play dodgy, also illegally approaching players
Juventas got relegated and -30 points for match fixing!
2006-08-26 12:23:55 · answer #6 · answered by Jamie S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know unless it is for penalities - and that's probably why Rotherham got -10 points!@
2006-08-26 12:18:17 · answer #7 · answered by nswblue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can get negative points for asking dumb questions on Yahoo Answers. If you have negative points that's a clue... they are trying to tell you something.
2006-08-26 12:19:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think you're talking about the goal difference. if they keep losing they're goal difference is for example -3, and the winning team's is 3.
2006-08-27 03:05:49 · answer #9 · answered by soccacrazy 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Maybe a foul
2006-08-26 12:30:33 · answer #10 · answered by Alicia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋