original article<\/a><\/strong> itself – Alan Jones said “I in no way support what the club has done \u2013 in fact, I have had issues with the ownership pretty much since day one \u2013 but if a points deduction is to be applied, one going into the forth coming season is the only thing that seems appropriate \u2013 Wednesday, Birmingham etc. were not retroactively punished for cooking their books (and QPR, Aston Villa et al were not punished at all, as they were lucky enough to escape the questionable auspices of the EFL) so why should Derby be?”<\/p>\nGordon added to this with his view that “Derby went to the EFL years ago outlining its proposed amortisation accounting methodology, which was in line with standard business practice (It\u2019s the EFL that wanted and had adopted a straight line amortisation policy differing from other business sectors) but at the time the EFL did not have a concern Derby would amortise the way they have. Ie;- the EFL by default has projected their amortisation may not be the best way. In any event, the EFL failed to flag Derby\u2019s intended amortisation at the time Derby raised it with the EFL.<\/p>\n
“The real crux of the matter should now turn to what else Stephen Gibsons Middlesbro lawyers had been saying to the EFL behind the scenes, corresponding with the EFL over the last 2 years which is turning 2 football leagues in the UK into a complete shambles.<\/p>\n
“Feel free to go public anytime now Stephen, bit of transparency now on what your role has been in all of this and what exactly got you so bent out of shape. Sore that Derby finished 6th and Middlesbro 7th in the 2018\/19 season.. you better be sure of your facts to go on such a monumental witch hunt against your playing opponents off the field.”<\/p>\n
Whatever the wrongs and rights of the situation, the point of the original article remains in that this is a farcical situation and, less than six weeks before the season starts, we have two teams who have no idea which division they will start the new season in.<\/p>\n
And that can’t be allowed to continue?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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