The General Football Thread
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Good old chatbots:
What’s actually happening now (April 2026)
Sheffield Wednesday are facing a 15-point deduction for the 2026/27 League One season because:
The club has gone into administration
And the proposed takeover deal doesn’t meet the EFL’s creditor repayment threshold
The key rule (this is the crucial bit)
The English Football League has a strict policy:
The takeover led by David Storch / Arise Capital:
The 15-point deduction is automatic, not discretionary
Why this feels unfair (and why they’re arguing it)
The complication is the role of Dejphon Chansiri:
A large chunk of the debt is owed to him
He has not agreed to write it down
That inflates the “unsecured creditor” total
So the buyers are basically saying:
“We’re being punished because the former owner won’t reduce what he’s owed”
But the EFL’s stance is:
“The rules apply regardless of who the creditors are”
Why this is separate from the earlier deduction
These are two completely different breaches:
2025/26 deduction
One for breaking financial rules
One for failing the insolvency recovery rules
The brutal reality
Even if it feels harsh, the system is designed to stop clubs:
Dumping debt
Paying creditors pennies
Then restarting competitively “clean”
Wednesday’s case just looks especially messy because:
What’s actually happening now (April 2026)
Sheffield Wednesday are facing a 15-point deduction for the 2026/27 League One season because:
The club has gone into administration
And the proposed takeover deal doesn’t meet the EFL’s creditor repayment threshold
The key rule (this is the crucial bit)
The English Football League has a strict policy:
- If a club in administration repays at least 25p per £1 to unsecured creditors
→ they can avoid or reduce a points deduction - If they repay less than that
→ a 15-point deduction is applied
The takeover led by David Storch / Arise Capital:
- Is worth about £20m
- Only returns roughly 6p in the pound to unsecured creditors
- That’s way below the 25p threshold
The 15-point deduction is automatic, not discretionaryWhy this feels unfair (and why they’re arguing it)
The complication is the role of Dejphon Chansiri:
A large chunk of the debt is owed to him
He has not agreed to write it down
That inflates the “unsecured creditor” total
So the buyers are basically saying:
“We’re being punished because the former owner won’t reduce what he’s owed”
But the EFL’s stance is:
“The rules apply regardless of who the creditors are”
Why this is separate from the earlier deduction
These are two completely different breaches:
2025/26 deduction
- Caused by financial mismanagement (late wages, rule breaches)
- Responsibility: ownership under Chansiri
- Caused by administration + low creditor repayment
- Triggered by the structure of the rescue deal
One for breaking financial rules One for failing the insolvency recovery rulesThe brutal reality
Even if it feels harsh, the system is designed to stop clubs:
Dumping debt
Paying creditors pennies
Then restarting competitively “clean”
Wednesday’s case just looks especially messy because:
- The former owner is a major creditor
- The club already took a huge hit last season
- And now they’re likely starting League One on -15 points
Bednarek just sent off for Porto against Forest after nearly busting Chris Wood’s knee up again!
I read the biography recently of German goalie Robert Enke who died in similar circumstances - all very sad. Sometimes we can forget that players, even very good ones, are human beings and not immune from mental health issues.It’s being reported that he drove through a level crossing with the barriers down and a train hit his car. Police now investigating.
Jesus. I thought administration deduction was this season. Were they aware it was coming?Good old chatbots:
What’s actually happening now (April 2026)
Sheffield Wednesday are facing a 15-point deduction for the 2026/27 League One season because:
The club has gone into administration
And the proposed takeover deal doesn’t meet the EFL’s creditor repayment threshold
The key rule (this is the crucial bit)
The English Football League has a strict policy:
Why Wednesday are being penalised
- If a club in administration repays at least 25p per £1 to unsecured creditors
→ they can avoid or reduce a points deduction- If they repay less than that
→ a 15-point deduction is applied
The takeover led by David Storch / Arise Capital:
So under EFL rules:
- Is worth about £20m
- Only returns roughly 6p in the pound to unsecured creditors
- That’s way below the 25p threshold
Why this feels unfair (and why they’re arguing it)
The complication is the role of Dejphon Chansiri:
A large chunk of the debt is owed to him
He has not agreed to write it down
That inflates the “unsecured creditor” total
So the buyers are basically saying:
“We’re being punished because the former owner won’t reduce what he’s owed”
But the EFL’s stance is:
“The rules apply regardless of who the creditors are”
Why this is separate from the earlier deduction
These are two completely different breaches:
2025/26 deduction
2026/27 deduction
- Caused by financial mismanagement (late wages, rule breaches)
- Responsibility: ownership under Chansiri
So it’s not “double punishment” for the same thing — it’s:
- Caused by administration + low creditor repayment
- Triggered by the structure of the rescue deal
The brutal reality
Even if it feels harsh, the system is designed to stop clubs:
Dumping debt
Paying creditors pennies
Then restarting competitively “clean”
Wednesday’s case just looks especially messy because:
- The former owner is a major creditor
- The club already took a huge hit last season
- And now they’re likely starting League One on -15 points
I forgot. But i think it didn’t matter like with Wednesday because we would have been relegated regardless for the first one
They've had the entering administration deduction this season. This one is for not exiting correctly.
Sounds harsh but the rule is correct and fair to the other 23 L1 clubs.
No we didn't, we got a single deduction. It was just carried over because we went into admin after a certain date and were relegated anyway.
That doesn't apply to Wednesday as they went into admin months ago.
I feel for Wednesday fans. You'd think there must be a way Chansiri can write off some of the debt - as it stands he's only getting 6p for every pound he's owed - and get a higher percentage repaid, which works out not too different overall.
The ending to Rochdale v York was brilliant for a neutral following the drama
That last 10 minutes had an every single emotion it’s possible to have following your team. Amazing.
Incredible scenes. Ridiculous that Rochdale might not go up with over 100 points.
National league really should have 3 promotion places.
Thank **** for that. I don’t think I could’ve coped if Leeds had made the final