‘No integrity in finishing on points per game’
THERE is “absolutely no integrity whatsoever” in deciding to finish the League Two season on a points-per-game basis, according to Stevenage chairman Phil Wallace.
League Two clubs voted to end the campaign earlier this month without clubs being relegated to the National League but the EFL has included demotion in its framework. Stevenage are currently bottom of League Two.
Should the season be finished on a points-pergame basis with demotion still in place, the Boro would be relegated to the National League.
Wallace said on
Stevenage’s website: “There is absolutely no integrity whatsoever in using a mathematical formula to expel a club from the EFL. That is unjust and wholly wrong.
“As the rules stand, we should play it or void it.
“We can introduce a rule change for PPG for promotion and play-offs, I have no problem with that but it’s wholly wrong if that artificial formula is then used to relegate a club that has a reasonable chance of surviving by playing.
“Since the National League season wasn’t completed in the way it was intended, one option is to leave League Two as it is, with no relegation, and promote one club from the NL this season instead of two, to bring the EFL back to 72 teams, but with 3U3D (three promoted, three relegated) established and in place for next season.
“No lawsuits, no clubs bankrupted and something created for the National League that appears to be impossible to achieve.”