FA double standards and a laugh at the mackem’s expense

North of Watford? Then piss off

From the Football Association’s web site 5th May 2005:

The FA confirmed today that the top four teams in the Premiership at the end of the season will enter next season’s UEFA Champions League.

This will not be changed whatever the outcome of Liverpool’s Champions League Final in Istanbul on 25 May.

So in other words, if Liverpool win the Champion’s League, yet finish outside the top 4 in the Premiership this year, they’ll not be in the competition next season. The FA have said they’ll ask UEFA for an extra Champion’s League place if this occurs, but there’s bugger all chance of that happening, let’s be honest.

Now… from the FA’s web site on 10th March 2004:

Should Arsenal or Chelsea win the Champions League, they will automatically qualify for next season’s competition but England will not gain an extra Champions League place, even if they finish outside of the top four in the Premiership.

In other words, tough nuts to the team who do finish fourth. But shouldn’t this decision have set a precedent by which Liverpool should be entered into the competition as champions (if they win – still 90 minutes to decide that!) at he expense of whoever finishes fourth this year? Or does that decision only hold if the winning team’s from London? Or is ManUre?

I bet the FA are sat there crossing their fingers that either Liverpool finish fourth, or they get beaten in the final so this doesn’t matter. *******. As usual.

Sunderland aims at count record

According to BBC News: “Sunderland South could set a new record if it declares its result first for the fourth time.”

Can I point out that this is purely because so few mackems can spell “X” properly.