December 19, 20195 yr Author Macclesfield Town have been docked six points by the English Football League after pleading guilty to charges over non-payment of wages and failing to fulfil their fixture with Crewe.
December 20, 20195 yr They've still got a chance of staying up, especially now there's only one team going down this season! I'd imagine they'll have some unhappy players now though which might be a factor.
December 21, 20195 yr I always forget the effect of Bury being out of the league in terms of promotion and releagation!
December 21, 20195 yr Macclesfield Town have been docked six points by the English Football League after pleading guilty to charges over non-payment of wages and failing to fulfil their fixture with Crewe. A further four point deduction was suspended. That is now likely to be invoked after today's game was also called off. If so, they go to the bottom of the table.
December 21, 20195 yr Okay I'll take back what I said, this really doesn't look like a good situation for them.
January 2, 20205 yr Mansfield Town have sacked manager John Dempster after seven months in charge. The Stags have not won a league game since 26 October and are six games without a win in all competitions. Dempster's last game in charge was Saturday's 1-1 draw at Crewe, which left the club 18th in League Two and 12 points below the play-off spots. As I posted in the League One thread, they have since appointed Graham Coughlan. Gabriele Cioffi has parted company with Crawley and they have since appointed John Yems.
January 2, 20205 yr Author Daryl McMahon has resigned as manager of financially-troubled Macclesfield Town, the club have confirmed.
January 2, 20205 yr Along with assistant Steve Gritt. It must be very difficult for all the staff concerned, mortgages and bills to pay, food on table etc.
January 2, 20205 yr Author Yes, it is. I do worry on the future of Macclesfield Town. I hope that can be sorted soon and not another Bury.
January 3, 20205 yr With a further points deduction likely, it seems probable that Macclesfield will drop out of the league one way or another. It's just a question of how many adjustments the Conference etc. need to make to sort their numbers out for next season. We know what the Football League are doing to allow for the loss of Bury, but I'm not aware of any changes lower down yet.
January 5, 20205 yr Author The Football Association has confirmed it is "looking into" an alleged antisemitic tweet made by Port Vale forward Tom Pope, which the player has since deleted. Pope made the tweet in the early hours of Sunday morning, having scored against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium in the FA Cup on Saturday. Quote-tweeting one of the Vale striker's tweets from June 2019, in which the 34-year-old had suggested he could score "40 a season" playing against City defender John Stones, another Twitter user wrote: "please predict the #WWIII result you king". Pope quote-tweeted back, writing: "We invade Iran then Cuba then North Korea then the Rothchilds (sic) are crowned champions of every bank on the planet", adding a series of smiley-face and thumbs-up emojis and also writing "the end."
January 17, 20205 yr Author Macclesfield Town have named ex-Republic of Ireland winger Mark Kennedy as their new head coach.
February 3, 20205 yr Scunthorpe have parted company with Paul Hurst. Later discovered that Under 23 boss Russ Wilcox was in charge for this past weekend's fixture. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51298306 Cambridge have parted company with Colin Calderwood. Mark Bonner in temporary charge. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51295965 Oops, somehow missed this. Ross Embleton is named as head coach at Leyton Orient. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51021422
February 4, 20205 yr Another change, Bradford have parted company with Gary Bowyer and Stuart McCall has been appointed. Bowyer link: - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51359137 McCall link: - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51371650
February 12, 20205 yr Wilcox has been appointed until the end of the season. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51476318
February 16, 20205 yr Author Stevenage manager Graham Westley has resigned with the club bottom of League Two, ending his fourth spell as boss. Former Stevenage forward Alex Revell, 36, has been placed in charge for the final 12 matches of the season. Former England Women head coach Mark Sampson will remain at the club in his role as first-team coach.
February 27, 20205 yr Author Grimsby Town major shareholder John Fenty is stepping back from day-to-day involvement to allow manager Ian Holloway to "drive the club forward". Fenty, 58, was chairman until 2011 and remained on the board as a director. Holloway was appointed in December after more than 18 months out of management since leaving QPR. "He will have more freedom and autonomy to shape on-the-field matters than any other manager within the English Football League," said Fenty. The Mariners are currently 14th in League Two, having been 21st when Holloway took over, but are 11 points below the play-off places.
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