indeedido
Well-known member
In my opinion that is a very naive take.People are the same the world over, football fans are no different.
Derby fans love their club just the same as we love ours. They're no different from us.
They didn't make the decisions that left them in this mess, Morris did.
It has happened through no fault of their own. A club with a rich heritage.
Football clubs ARE the fans.... not the owners and players come and go.
I have every sympathy for them.
We've been there, right on the brink, and some of you forget that.
There has to be accountability and consequence for such industrial scale cheating.
There will be a Derby County for their fans, but not the Premier League one.
To compare our situation in 86 is bizarre.
The sums of money involved were paltry by comparison, we had already been relegated and our only offence was then being placed in Admistration.
We had not spent ridiculous sums of money, we had not broken rules that didn't even then exist. Our actions did not impact any other club.
We had to repay all our debt in order to continue trading/playing.
There were no blind eyes from the Authorities, no helping hands, no leniency.
At the time I don't recall supporters of any other club rallying in our plight.
Derby will continue, the fans will still have their club, but that club can not simply pretend it did not cheat, did not lie and did not arrogantly swagger around thinking they were above even soft rules and punishments.
Fūčk em.