Read an Athletic article about it, just last night, and slightly misremembered the timeline. They had an interview with the guy who presided over Bolton’s administration a few years back.
As you say tho, given the PL’s propensity for making it up as they go along, who knows what they might just decide on. Precedent be damned!
”You get an automatic 12-point penalty when you enter administration but when it is actually imposed depends on when the administration happens. If it happens before the fourth Thursday in March, it is imposed that season. But it if happens after the fourth Thursday in March and you would have been relegated with or without the 12-point penalty, it is imposed the following season.
That is what happened at Bolton. I was appointed in May, which had its advantages because the season was over, but it meant we started the following season on -12 points and with about 25 kids in the squad!”
The mess they have been making for Leicester and Sheff United, suggests the two leagues need to agree to any sanction.
....say we are relegated before we play Arsenal. Administration is seen as inevitable.
If we do it before the Arsenal game do we lose 9 points there and then, or in the Championship next season?
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