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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to ask the Sports Minister, RH Richard Caborn MP, to intervene with the Football Association after my football club was "unfairly" docked points and thrown out of the FA Trophy, following a technical administrative error.
Submitted by Russell Smith – Deadline to sign up by: 03 September 2007 – Signatures: 10,382
Petition update, 16 April 2007, while petition was still open
The e-petition asking the Prime Minister to "ask the Sports Minister, RH Richard Caborn MP, to intervene with the Football Association after my football club was "unfairly" docked points and thrown out of the FA Trophy, following a technical administrative error" is on-going. This is a response in advance of the closing date from the Government.As this is a football issue, it wasn't a situation where the Government could intervene - it was for the Ryman League and ultimately the Football Association to decide upon.
The good news is that at an FA Appeal Board meeting, although the £400 fine imposed by the Ryman League was not reduced, the point's deduction imposed on AFC Wimbledon by the League was reduced from eighteen points to three points. The Appeal Board ruled that, although the Ryman League had not misinterpreted its rules on eligibility and the decision to deduct 18 points was in accordance with those rules, given the specific and unusual circumstances the original deduction was excessive.
Hopefully everyone, particularly supporters of AFC Wimbledon, is satisfied with the outcome.
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The Football Association - http://www.thefa.com/
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- John Braggins
- Geoff Whiteley (Reading fan)
- Mark Sugar
- Cassia Curran
- Keith Welch
- Philip Atkins
- Michael Spalding
- joe mathers
- Nancy Decker
- roy babbington
- Bert Davies
- Teri Davies
- Rose Johnson
- Rory Watson
- Andy Jackson
- Linda Branford
- Dominic Branford
- John Pottinger
- Edward Branford
- dave adams
- Penny Redsell
- Darren Abbabil
- Edd Hosking
- sophie hosking
- Rob Kirk
- David Fasham
- Kitty Hung
- alex richardson
- jason prior
- Dean Hodd (Manchester United)
- Amanda Hodd (Manchester United)
- Natalie Harris (England)
- Darren Mills (Liverpool)
- Paul Thomas (Liverpool)
- Claire White (Liverpool)
- Charlie Newman (Arsenal)
- Rishi Das (Southampton)
- Sheka Lemon (Newcastle)
- Judith Evans (AFC Wimbledon)
- Peter McSweeney (QPR
- Gary Blaber (Fulham)
- Ian Dowkens (Chelsea)
- Neil Dowkens (Chelsea)
- Kevin McKoen
- andy brackley
- M Warner (liverpool)
- Lee Dayers (Liverpool)
- Daniel Wilson
- David T Jones
- Gareth Thomas (AFC Wimbledon)
- caroline jeater
- phil smith
- Trevor Parry
- Jon Press (Brentford)
- Grace Hendey
- Jessica Hendey
- Warren Hendey
- Louis Hendey
- Paul Whiting
- Ethna Mertens
- Peter Mertens
- Gerard Mertens
- Katherine Mertens
- Justin Mertens
- Bernadette Mertens
- Yured Bheeruck (Carshalton Athletic)
- Simon Head
- Sandra Lowne (AFCW)
- Matthew Gilbert (Chelsea)
- Barbara Moulton
- Bob Bayliss
- Carl Stick
- Liam Jepson (Chelsea)
- Frances Stick
- Joseph Stick (WHUFC)
- Daniel Stick (WHUFC)
- Peter Flack (Bath City)
- Richard Blake
- Charlotte Blake
- Elle Blake
- Lesley Giddings (Orlando Pirates fan)
- Karen Blake
- michael maidment
- Patrick McLaughlin
- michael beatty
- liz beatty
- mark harding (chelsea)
- craig brewer (chelsea)
- John Lemon (Newcastle)
- Roy mallett
- Frank Hung
- igbal hussian (man utd)
- charlotte beatty
- Arnold Bibby (everton)
- ashley beatty
- joshua beatty
- Jonathan Ling
- Dave Boxall
- Beryl Bibby
- Steve Lonsdale
- Jayson Gibbs
- Sam Elliott (Arsenal & AFCW)
- Alice Elliott (Chelsea & AFCW)
- Sue Elliott
- libby wood (dorchester Town FC)
- jenny wood
- gerry fulham fc
- Rosemary Wood
- pam sayers
- stuart absolon
- Andy Robinson
- Chantal Woodruff
- Craig Bracegirdle (Crystal Palace)
- Cullen Henshaw
- Steve Brown (Crystal palace)
- Terry Beacon (Leyton Orient)
- Wayne Griffiths
- Steve Woolnough (Liverpool)
- Malcolm McKenzie
- Eileen McKenzie
- tim mclaughlin
- Bill McDonagh
- Paula Field
- Peter Braniff (Everton)
- Ashley Field
- Alan Coldwell
- Nicole Field
- Matthew Bailey (Chelsea)
- Emma Holmes (Chelsea)
- Roger Squires (Chelsea)
- Linda Squires (Chelsea)
- HJ Dickenson
- sophie day
- Tom Braggs (QPR)
- James Braggs (QPR)
- Erin Day
- Carolyn Yelf
- John Lemon (Newcastle)
- Dean Hodd (Manchester United)
- Darren Mills - Liverpool
- Paul Thomas - Liverpool
- jane ellis
- Charlie Newman - Arsenal
- Rishi Das - Southampton
- david ellis
- Nick Burge - Southampton
- Andrw Rutherford - Derby
- Alex Perkins - Spurs
- Toby Ellis
- johnny gould
- Jonny Heap - Arsenal
- John Calaghan
- Andrew Day
- Peter McSweeney - QPR
- Hayley Abbott ( West Ham Utd)
- ian Dowkens - Chelsea
- Judie Ellis
- Lee Sayers - Liverpool
- M Warner - Liverpool
- Steve Ellis
- Matthew Gilbert
- Matthew Saw
- Liam Jepson - Chelsea
- Martin Ellis
- Alan Daly
- Annie Campbell (Hoddesdon)
- roger Squires -Chelsea
- Edward Ellis
- Joanne Mullin (Hoddesdon)
- Linda Day
- Ben Reynolds
- Kerry Yates (Hoddesddon)
- Benedict Yelf
- peter white
- Lisa Dunning (Hoddesddon)
- Chris Tydeman (Cheshunt)
- holly white
- Debbie Williams(Cheshunt)
- Gaby White
- Joe Solazzo
- Kerry Madden (Cheshunt)
- Lisa Fitzgerald (Cheshunt)
- Michelle Kirkland (Cheshunt)
- damon white
- Michelle McCarthy (Cheshunt)
- Neil Haynes (Cheshunt)
- Paul Leadley (Cheshunt)
- Yvonne Read (Cheshunt)
- Jill white
- Roger white
- Martin Hargreaves
- Roger Lake (Norwich)
- Adrian Coote (Norwich)
- Alec Cockburn (Norwich)
- Carl Crabtree( Frome Town Fan )
- eddie abley
- Amanda Dodds (Norwich)
- Amy Fincham (Norwich)
- Angela Woodhouse (Norwich)
- Zack
- Rob J Wills
- kay hawker
- Liz Ellis
- J Crowley
- Patricia Haly
- Jamie Pope - Chelsea
- Anny Galbraith - Glasgow Rangers
- Kelly Pearce - Chelsea
- Charlie Soto - Afc Wimbledon
- Sarah Lockie - Newcastle United
- Mollie Allwood - Afc Wimbledon
- Jake Allwood - Afc Wimbledon
- Gordon Law
- Lorraine Wardell - Afc Wimbledon
- Jackie Wardell - Afc Wimbledon
- David Scott - Arsenal
- Denise Harris
- Anne Bullingham (Norwich)
- Annie Benton (Norwich)
- April Carlin (Norwich)
- Bill Linton (Norwich)
- Bryan Baxter (Norwich)
- Cameron Black (Norwich)
- Catherine Lund (Norwich)
- Catherine Mundin (Norwich)
- Steve Feguson (AFC)
- Chris Rushmer (Norwich)
- Christina Mitchell (AFC)
- Darren Leader (Norwich)
- Darren Neave (Norwich)
- David Flynn (Norwich)
- David Taylor (Norwich)
- Dean Heaviside (Norwich)
- Debbie Fox (Norwich)
- Ellie Barber
- Darren Barber
- Jean Wheeler (Fulham)
- Eamonn Hever
- Eric Wheeler (Chelsea)
- Anne Wheeler
- Bob Wheeler (Chelsea)
- Jack Moon - Man U
- Jamie Wardell - Afc Wimbledon
- Steven Wardell - Afc Wimbledon
- Jamie Pope - Chelsea
- Karn Hever
- TONY BLAIR
- Luke mackenzie
- Joan Wilson
- Valerie Wilson
- Tate Pilgrim
- Paige Pilgrim
- Tayla Pilgrim
- Bradley Barber
- Lisa Barber
- Mark Barber
- Freda Fisher (Man Utd)
- George Fisher (Chelsea)
- Jordan Barber
- tim padfield
- Jonny Campbell- Manchester United
- Siham Begdouri
- Ed Fells
- jess barnes
- kelly wilson smith
- Alison Kenny
- Kym Cazzolato
- Lisa Derry
- Darren Thomas
- Martyn Penny (T.H.F.C)
- ian mcalonie
- Daniel Miles
- Graham Clare
- Ian Jones
- Ben Naylor
- Clare McCalvey
- david malcolm ditchfield
- Oliver Smithers
- Reg Pridmore
- R Pridmore
- Kevin Platt
- Adam Downes
- Martin Ritchie
- Walter Wilkinson
- Daniel Smith
- Gary Lewis, Bath City supporter
- Carl Harriman
- Glyn Culham
- Michael Riordan
- Asa Wilkinson
- Steve Gray (LOFC)
- Good luck today 18 points is a disgrace Just goes to show what the FA think of grass roots football
- Peter Stewart
- hunter willson (eastbourne town)
- Tara Quinn
- Carolyn Rainback
- Caroline Walsh
- Donna Wrate
- sam press
- vincent boyle
- Martin Cook (Blackburn Rovers)
- Annette Derry
- Chris Hosking
- Gary Richards (Everton)
- robert dunford
- Richard March
- Nick Eames
- Paul Russell
- Neil McNab DCFC
- Tony Lloyd
- Michael Bushnell
- Jonjo Billingsley (Derby)
- Owen Fulda GOONER!
- Keith
- Kevin Houston
- Lee Spender
- Jamie Hinton (Reading FC)
- Joe Monks
- michael McDonald
- Robin Edmonds
- ben clay pompey fan
- Jonathan Walton
- Greg Francis (chelsea)
- phil whitehead (Northwich Vics)
- William Aitkenhead
- Rick Stoakes ( DCFC)
- Steven Watson
- Philip J Sparrow
- Trevor Matthews
- Lewis Brian Mitchell
- martin dyer
- Jerry Bermingham
- Chris Lawton
- john
- patrick eccles-williams
- Thomas Houghton
- David Young
- ash carroll
- Mark Tyler - Ipswich Fans
- tony coleman(celtic supporter)
- Mark Sims
- JOSEPH POPPLEWELL
- tony west-kelsey
- Neil O'rourke
- matt doe
- Seán Smith
- Kenny Stuart
- mark woolmer afcw
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- David Wright
- darren moran
- Craig Hopper
- karen pickering
- Angela Robbins
- Jane Kots
- Andrew Hunt
- Mr Batu (Leicester City)
- Paul Hills (Leicester City)
- Stephen Papps
- lee boyle
- Luke Thornley
- Heidrun Darley
- Richard Ely
- George Varvaritis
- Jonathan Boyd
- Gareth nicholas
- Dave Smith
- joe press
- Karen West
- Barney Speller
- raekenny ( hibernian fc )
- Owain
- Alex Florence
- Jeff Evans (Swans)
- wesley jago
- Dave Beattie - Hibs
- Duncan McKay
- Kieran panico
- Daryl Baptie(Hibernian and Scotland Fan)
- Jonathan Valentine
- Chris Gibson
- Sean Bond (Happy Hibee)
- Akin Akintayo
- Peter Berring
- Maureen Thomson
- Kevin McCabe (Hibernian)
- Allan Warren
- MARY MAGUIRE
- james vaughan
- Anthony Richardson (This is disgusting F.A sort your selves out!!!!!)
- steven donaldson
- craig easton
- vincent bailey
- Sean Doogan
- natalie whitworth
- Katy & Cherry & Sophie
- Steven McDonough
- Lyam Bradley
- Oliver Williams
- Philip Dopolop (RFC)
- Jerry Pine
- TIM Palmer
- Lara Jordan (DUFC)
- tony jordan(DUFC)
- Tom Clark
- Stacey Cavanagh
- jordan campbell
- rebecca jukes
- Louise Watson
- David McBride (Glentoran - Belfast)
- Scott Pudsey (Scunthorpe United)
- Justin Rayner
- kasim lone (liverpool FC)
- Matthew Watson
- Gavin Goulds
- Mike Davies (Plymouth Argyle fan)
- Mike Hughes
- JASON BAKER
- Jake James Polyblank - Liverpool FC rule and this ruling stinks - fecking gimps
- Ruth Polyblank
- John Moralee
- Frank Peabody
- Alan Kennedy - Tranmere Rovers
- Dan Boyns
- Ross Keen
- Lynsey Warren- Afc Wimbledon
- Justine Lennon
- Owen Craik (Norwich)
- Ross Connor
- Jenny
- Paul G
- ray carvin
- Dominic Palterman
- Richard wright
- David Wallace (Sunderland)
- Martyn Kennedy
- Nicole Lynam
- Alex McKinney
- Robin Gilbert
- Mark Townsend (Cheltenham Town)
- Sandra Brogan
- Lee Fido
- matt jones
- tim flanagan ( hereford united )
- Richard Thimbleby
- danny smith
- Ben Stanley Clarke
- Sean Harris (Walsall)
- Ben Williams
- Jason Lee Ried
- Martin Warburton
- Stuart Blakeman
- Kieran McAnespie
- Darren Northcott
- simon booth
- Kim Reed
- Rees Arnott Davies
- Charles Macmillan
- Rachael Kinniburgh
- Stephanie Leaver
- Eileen Gregory
- Gemma Drake
- Sally Ramsell
- David McColl
- Eric Hoffbauer (Stoke City)
- Georgi Hagi
- Dan Crosby
- Rob Hancock
- sam aldred
- Nick Powell
- Tom Parsons
- John Hyde (FCUM)
- John McDonald
- wendy villafan jordan
- adrian green
- plisko
- Stephen Jackson
- Jennifer Broadbent
- Nikki Westwood
- Gary Newman
- Andrew Craigen- so you take 18 from them, but none form west ham, a bloody digrace
- BRIAN SAVAGE .
- Ben Tonks
- peter shearman
- Sam Atherton
- MARY-JO TITTERTON
- Matt Garson (Bury FC)
- Andy George (Crystal Palace)
- Joseph Steer
- Robert Fraser (Plymouth Argyle)
- G.D. Cunningham
- John Fower
- Christopher Adams
- Debbie Morris
- Paul Edmond
- SIMON MOOREHEAD
- Adam Davis
- Craig Lawes
- nigel ruchpaul
- Robert Hall
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