Resignation - LK Old Boys

I regret to announce the resignation of LK Old Boys from D6 with immediate effect. As is usual in such circumstances their playing record will be expunged and the divisional table adjusted accordingly.

The club will incur the financial penalty which follows a resignation. As the player registration window closes on 28 February, there is virtually no chance of their registered players getting cleared in time to be registered with another club this season.

Shame to see another side go under but I can't say I am surprised. I don't think they fielded a full team all season!

Doesn't make things any easier for my team Little Bowden. Thats another 6 points gone. 12 points we have been deducted now this season due to resigning clubs. :-(

Wish the LK lads all the best wherever any of them play next season though.

this is a little disappointing - they seemed like a good bunch of lads against us- managed about 13 players also. So I was surprised to hear week in, week out that they only managed 9-10 players each week.

Everyone is going to lose points on this so suppose it doesn't really make too many odds - I think Kilworth and Bowden lose 6 points though - so takes us to joint second??

Shame yes they are all pretty sound. Kibworth lose 3 so your probbly top niffy a. Does not matter that much everyone would have beat them anyway

yeah, bit of a shame for HPR who managed another 3 points against them today.

League will look a lot different anyway think we are down to 6 th. Looks like hotshots and npe have chance again now made it wide open

There go 5 of my goals for the season.

And two of mine

Simon Barby will have lost 5 aswell, bad times for the goalscorers.

Big time!

Goodbye golden boot.

haha, not yet Dan, Jay lost 3 goals on this as well so I think you 2 will be joint top scorers

1 FC Kibworth 12 9 2 1 56 34 22 29
2 North Kilworth Sunday 13 9 1 3 64 31 33 28
3 Niffy Rangers A 13 9 1 3 38 22 16 28
4 NPE 17 8 4 5 38 35 3 28
5 Harborough Hotshots 14 8 2 4 54 24 30 26
6 Little Bowden 15 8 2 5 41 24 17 26
7 Hat & Beaver 13 4 1 8 37 40 -3 13
8 AFC Sporting* 12 5 0 7 23 33 -22 12
9 Wigston Rangers 12 3 0 9 31 53 -22 9
10 Sporting Swapo** 11 3 0 8 25 51 -26 3
11 Hood Park Rangers** 16 1 1 14 19 79 -60 0

Jay Smith Niffy Rangers A 28
Dan Mitchell Wigston Rangers 28
Simon Barby Little Bowden 23
Kev Fisher North Kilworth Leicester 22
Matt Coyne Harborough Hotshots 21
Joe Moult FC Kibworth 19
Neil Rao Hat & Beaver 15
Paul Gordon Hood Park Rangers 15
Mike Gordon Hood Park Rangers 15

Sad to hear this! I know everyones on a about losing points but we still had to play them twice so disappointly means it's 2 less games we get to play this season.

Good to Lk lads anyway

Surely it would be worth considering special dispensation for any of these players to join H.P.R to aid another team from going under? Cracking result for the lads but still only able to field 9\10 players

5 of my goals i scored this weekend gone along with are second win .... Feels like a waste of time. The season cant get any worse!! Canit

L.K.F.C wrote:

Surely it would be worth considering special dispensation for any of these players to join H.P.R to aid another team from going under? Cracking result for the lads but still only able to field 9\10 players

True.. Though i dont think the league care on situations. We had no choice to postponed our game against FC Kilbworth as Dee ( our new manager) screwed us over. He was bring 5 players with him but failed to turn up. We got a heavy fine for that and point deducted though did explain this situation to the league.

Talk about kicking a team when its down!!!

We have a week off to have a think but things are not looking good as i believe the fine given for this is the final blow for HPR

MISFIT wrote:

L.K.F.C wrote:

Surely it would be worth considering special dispensation for any of these players to join H.P.R to aid another team from going under? Cracking result for the lads but still only able to field 9\10 players

True.. Though i dont think the league care on situations. We had no choice to postponed our game against FC Kilbworth as Dee ( our new manager) screwed us over. He was bring 5 players with him but failed to turn up. We got a heavy fine for that and point deducted though did explain this situation to the league.

Talk about kicking a team when its down!!!

We have a week off to have a think but things are not looking good as i believe the fine given for this is the final blow for HPR

For me a massive massive shame if HPR were to throw it in now, it looked like time and time again it was all over and yet you've kept fighting back and you've gained a lot of supporters along the way. The determination your guys have shown is a credit to you all and it'd be a shame to see you fall short of the finish line.

L.K.F.C wrote:

MISFIT wrote:

L.K.F.C wrote:

Surely it would be worth considering special dispensation for any of these players to join H.P.R to aid another team from going under? Cracking result for the lads but still only able to field 9\10 players

True.. Though i dont think the league care on situations. We had no choice to postponed our game against FC Kilbworth as Dee ( our new manager) screwed us over. He was bring 5 players with him but failed to turn up. We got a heavy fine for that and point deducted though did explain this situation to the league.

Talk about kicking a team when its down!!!

We have a week off to have a think but things are not looking good as i believe the fine given for this is the final blow for HPR

For me a massive massive shame if HPR were to throw it in now, it looked like time and time again it was all over and yet you've kept fighting back and you've gained a lot of supporters along the way. The determination your guys have shown is a credit to you all and it'd be a shame to see you fall short of the finish line.

I will second that LKFC! HPR boys played us with 9 men, took an absolute pasting but still fought for every ball and never gave up. Cracking bunch of lads. Would be shame to see you throw in the towel now.

If hood park were to fold then surely kibworth would go on to win the league as they are the only top side to drop points against them.

yeah it is a shame in these situations that the league doesn't show some more leniency - I know it's caused an inpact to Kibworth as they showed up to a game and had no opposition. But surely sometimes common sense should prevail and the league should do everything they can to try and keep a team in the league.

If they do then we're down to 10 teams in the league?!?

Also have to agree that the 2 points theoretically gained by Kibworth would almost gift them the league at this point.

The league do their absolute best to support all clubs 100% of the way, and always try and assist wherever necessary. But the trouble is, if you start blurring the lines of established rules and regulations, you set a dangerous precendent and open it up to all sorts of appeals and excuses. If one team are shown leniency then others will jump on the bandwagon and the rules will become farcical. I happen to have huge respect (and sympathy) for HPR, but rules are there for a reason, even if clubs fall foul of them through no fault of their own. And as for a 10 team league, the team that wins it will be based on how they performed against the other 9 sides compared to their rivals, so there should be no hard luck stories.

Polska legend II wrote:

The league do their absolute best to support all clubs 100% of the way, and always try and assist wherever necessary. But the trouble is, if you start blurring the lines of established rules and regulations, you set a dangerous precendent and open it up to all sorts of appeals and excuses. If one team are shown leniency then others will jump on the bandwagon and the rules will become farcical. I happen to have huge respect (and sympathy) for HPR, but rules are there for a reason, even if clubs fall foul of them through no fault of their own. And as for a 10 team league, the team that wins it will be based on how they performed against the other 9 sides compared to their rivals, so there should be no hard luck stories.

Not so much a hard luck story, but just means less games for everyone still left in the league. I understand rules are there for a reason but should everything not be considered on a case by case basis - rather than a black and white idea....surely there are grey areas as with everything in life?!?

If only rules were grey! Might have saved me a few parking tickets...

I've managed to get out of parking tickets due to grey areas in the law - only in London but saved me a few £100. I think if a club puts forward a strong enough case then maybe it should be considered, maybe the punishment could be lessened due to circumstance. It seems hitler-ish that rules cannot be challenged.

I think all circumstances are able to be challenged through appeals etc.

Hang in their Hood Park, We are struggling at Wigston too. The bottom sides just need to hang in their.

Polska legend II wrote:

The league do their absolute best to support all clubs 100% of the way, and always try and assist wherever necessary. But the trouble is, if you start blurring the lines of established rules and regulations, you set a dangerous precendent and open it up to all sorts of appeals and excuses. If one team are shown leniency then others will jump on the bandwagon and the rules will become farcical. I happen to have huge respect (and sympathy) for HPR, but rules are there for a reason, even if clubs fall foul of them through no fault of their own. And as for a 10 team league, the team that wins it will be based on how they performed against the other 9 sides compared to their rivals, so there should be no hard luck stories.

agreed u have to have rules otherwise theres bloody uproar. in certain circumstances exceptions can already be made if its done through the proper channels

Hood Park will survive, dont worry about it! We are fighters

Lads all chipping in to pay fines, but we'd love for some LK guys to sign for us if they wanted to / can ?!

i think its funny they've gone under, i used to play for them and anyone who wernt in their little kettering click got outcast and stuck on the bench despite clearly being better players, they did this to a lot of players and your asking for trouble with that mind set within the team

When a bunch of us left LK to head to pastures new, we were told we wouldnt be accepted into the league and that we wouldnt be able to afford it, here we are still!!! Shame to see it happen but I kind of expected it.