There was conroversy last week after the FAWNL refused to postpone its opening league games which clashed with England's first ever Women's World Cup final, with mixed results for clubs involved...
It needs to be noted that clubs in tiers 5 & 6 were affected by this issue. Common sense appears to have prevailed and games were postponed. The issue here was simple. The date of the World Cup Final was known months of not years in advance. After winning the Euros and the optimism generated the 20 August had to a date to avoid in the fixture list. Any excuse given for this is utter rubbish.
It's to be hoped common sense is seen and clubs are not punished for their decisions to postpone, but then when do they FA apply common sense?
Competitive game which resulted in the one manager sent to the stands.....
A point that needs to be made is that the Clubs when choosing the 20th only had a choice of the 20th so whilst the FAWNL tried to blame clubs for choosing the 20th they didn't have a choice.... I would also add there are at least two spare weekends that the game could have been played & planning by a proactive league could have started after England got to the SF's.....
It needs to be noted that clubs in tiers 5 & 6 were affected by this issue. Common sense appears to have prevailed and games were postponed. The issue here was simple. The date of the World Cup Final was known months of not years in advance. After winning the Euros and the optimism generated the 20 August had to a date to avoid in the fixture list. Any excuse given for this is utter rubbish.
It's to be hoped common sense is seen and clubs are not punished for their decisions to postpone, but then when do they FA apply common sense?
Competitive game which resulted in the one manager sent to the stands.....
A point that needs to be made is that the Clubs when choosing the 20th only had a choice of the 20th so whilst the FAWNL tried to blame clubs for choosing the 20th they didn't have a choice.... I would also add there are at least two spare weekends that the game could have been played & planning by a proactive league could have started after England got to the SF's.....