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Andy, I appreciated and respected your comments last night and the same for your post here but at the end of the day, whether the Farley Dukes are shuffled up into Div.1 (which they are going to be after my discussion with Mark Bannister this morning and within the permitted committee discretion given to us by the members at the AGM you mentioned) ........ It still is a quick fix.

What is needed is clear defined guidelines re setting up a league and the sticking point is with relegated and shuffled up teams. We are using a system I believe is outdated now as a relegated team has in fact finished in a higher position than any shuffled up team from the previous season. It does not make my job any easier when Divisions are increased by a further 2 teams as well but a simple solution is always the best one.

The closing date for entries for the 2014 Summer season was the 19th March and here we are on the 9th April and I am no nearer to knowing team status’s. I am trying to find a happy medium should I say to be fair to 99.9% of the membership and I think that I have found it but am open to constructive suggestions.