Leeds Utd officially relegated & in administration

[gosling]

Leeds United have finished bottom of the championship after 10 points were deducted, meaning there's no chance of survival by any means possible (not even 9 goals against Derby will do the trick ;)). They've also gone into administration. Do you laugh? Do you cry? To be honest, there was no chance of survival so the points should've been deducted for next season in league one! Ah well, good luck to 'em. I suppose this (http://i18.tinypic.com/47lo6lt.jpg) picture does apply now then!

BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leeds_united/6625751.stm

[Aflux]

They cheated the FA out of £35m.

They don't deserve to be even playing football.

[Jordie]

lol least we dont come bottom now:P

[Grainger@CUFC]

To be honest it's a total con. They've cheated the FA as said in the post above and cheated themselves out of next season. They've only gone into administration now to get the points deducted now when there's nothing to play for. They're just mapping a return to the Championship if they get back next season. They should get what Rotherham got at the start of this season and start on -10 for next season.

[VPSwow]

Yes fair enough we should of had our points deducted but we will be back

[Grainger@CUFC]

Yes fair enough we should of had our points deducted but we will be back

You have had your points deducted. What I'm saying is that it should have happened at the start of next season, not now.

[Aflux]

Yes fair enough we should of had our points deducted but we will be back
Let's hope not.

[Jordie]

Yes fair enough we should of had our points deducted but we will be back


yes thats if you actually have a club left:rolleyes:

[Dentafrice♥]

unlucky leeds

[edible]

im so blonde tbh, what's administration?!
lol.

[Dentafrice♥]

vicky im wondering that aswell

[VPSwow]

Basicly when a team does something really bad, in leeds case a pitch invasion. The FA/ Administration fine you ect. Leeds got 10 points deducted.

[edible]

I thought it was something quite, serious (not that's it not seriousishh, but what i meant I thought it had something to do with them playing football.

thanks for that Karl (:

[3d]

To be honest it's a total con. They've cheated the FA as said in the post above and cheated themselves out of next season. They've only gone into administration now to get the points deducted now when there's nothing to play for. They're just mapping a return to the Championship if they get back next season. They should get what Rotherham got at the start of this season and start on -10 for next season.
i dont follow championship news much what happened ? cheated FA? :S

anyway on topic heard this yesterday one word : ohwell

[Soka]

i'm a leeds fan and i'm happy that its happened now
stops them losing 10 points next season
clears their debts, ken bates is a very clever business man but sly

i like to think of it now as a renaissance period for leeds united, we will be back soon

[VPSwow]

i'm a leeds fan and i'm happy that its happened now
stops them losing 10 points next season
clears their debts, ken bates is a very clever business man but sly

i like to think of it now as a renaissance period for leeds united, we will be back soon


One problem some of our players will want to leave because of this :@

[Soka]

One problem some of our players will want to leave because of this :@

healy, blake, gray will almost likely leave
we will have to rely on the youngens to battle it up to championship, bring in some more money and slowly develop again
i'm sure we can, with our massive fans and potential

[edible]

One problem some of our players will want to leave because of this :@
I dont blame them.

How did they cheat the FA?! (Im a bit slow :P)

[trAsp]

I dont blame them.

How did they cheat the FA?! (Im a bit slow :P)

The club declared themselves bankrupt so it becomes somebody elses property (going into administration) and all the debts got whiped, £35m. Then Ken Bates bought it back 5 minutes later for £5m, apparently.

I got this info from teletext.

[VPSwow]

The thing i dont understand about leeds is that it is one of the most popular cities and wealthy cities in Yorkshire yet people will not put their money forward to Leeds or buy into a share of Leeds.

[Aflux]

I dont blame them.

How did they cheat the FA?! (Im a bit slow :P)
Basically, Leeds bought Leeds and cleared their £35m debt to the FA.

[trAsp]

The thing i dont understand about leeds is that it is one of the most popular cities and wealthy cities in Yorkshire yet people will not put their money forward to Leeds or buy into a share of Leeds.

A young computer seller is interested in buying Leeds outright, but Ken Bates said he wanted to see he had the money to buy players etc. He made his first million in Leeds market, selling computer hardware - then went to the states and now he's worth £70m. :)

[edible]

Oh right, I still dont understand what Aflux said by Leeds buying Leeds :S
How can you buy yourself?! Is that linked to what trAsp said? That they declared themselves bankrupt therefore they were someone else's property and then their Chairman (Or whatever Ken Bates is) bought Leeds back?

So they were they bankrupt in the first place?! and it was a scam to clear it, when Ken Bates had the money.

Btw, if Im making no sense, please say so ;)

[VPSwow]

You are grasping the idea, but because i am a Leeds supporter i am not going to say thats what happened.

Basicly we are out of debt and thats all that matters :D

[edible]

But you did cheat the FA right?!

[Aflux]

Oh right, I still dont understand what Aflux said by Leeds buying Leeds :S
How can you buy yourself?! Is that linked to what trAsp said? That they declared themselves bankrupt therefore they were someone else's property and then their Chairman (Or whatever Ken Bates is) bought Leeds back?

So they were they bankrupt in the first place?! and it was a scam to clear it, when Ken Bates had the money.

Btw, if Im making no sense, please say so ;)
Ken Bates, the owner of Leeds United Football Club Ltd put his company, Leeds United Football Club Ltd, on the market for sale - then bought it back himself but under a different company name.

Therefore, clearing debts of £35m and not paying them.

[edible]

Ken Bates, the owner of Leeds United Football Club Ltd put his company, Leeds United Football Club Ltd, on the market for sale - then bought it back himself but under a different company name.

Therefore, clearing debts of £35m and not paying them.
Oh right, thanks for that.
Ken Bates is a naughty boy!!

[danny-dyer]

Good.. 2bh

[Jamie!]

it may be sly but i'm sure if you were an owner of a club in the same position, you would have done the same thing.. i know i would have.

boston done the same thing yesterday 10min before the end of their game down at wrexham me thinks.

[piddle2k6]

Yes boston did do it... and also im annoyed that leeds didnt do it next season and do a rotherham drop 2 leagues in 2 seasons! cant wait for our game next year!We all hate leeds

[Grainger@CUFC]

i dont follow championship news much what happened ? cheated FA? :S


The club declared themselves bankrupt so it becomes somebody elses property (going into administration) and all the debts got whiped, £35m. Then Ken Bates bought it back 5 minutes later for £5m, apparently.

What he said :).

[summer]

lol least we dont come bottom now:P
Haha, exactly what I thought.

[ChampJames.]

i lol'd when i found out leeds had been relegated and i lol'd even more when I found out they cheated the FA out of £35million.

I don't like Leeds FC, but I don't like The FA even more :)

I do have one positive message for Leeds United Supporters, and this coming from a Blackburn Rovers Fan. If you want, you can keep Micheal Gray, he will never get back into our squad.

EDIT - Who made the picture that is linked in the first post? I wanna +rep them.