Comments on: Hard Times For Halifax http://soccerlens.com/hard-times-for-halifax/6587/ Football News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:36:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Gary Andrews http://soccerlens.com/hard-times-for-halifax/6587/#comment-83720 Gary Andrews Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:51:35 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/hard-times-for-halifax/6587/#comment-83720 I've got a lot of sympathy for Gretna's fans, although it's another case of a club pushing too fast forward too quickly whilst being entirely reliant on one person's money. It's happened so many times in the conference, I've lost count. Telford. Canvey. Weymouth. The list goes on. Sadly I seriously doubt if FIFA will do anything. I’ve got a lot of sympathy for Gretna’s fans, although it’s another case of a club pushing too fast forward too quickly whilst being entirely reliant on one person’s money. It’s happened so many times in the conference, I’ve lost count. Telford. Canvey. Weymouth. The list goes on.

Sadly I seriously doubt if FIFA will do anything.

]]> By: Ahmed Bilal http://soccerlens.com/hard-times-for-halifax/6587/#comment-83710 Ahmed Bilal Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:27:22 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/hard-times-for-halifax/6587/#comment-83710 Spare a thought for <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/g/gretna/7300296.stm" rel="nofollow">Gretna</a> as well. It'll be interesting to see how Fifa responds to this situation, especially considering that this is no where near as high-profile as the possibility of Cardiff qualifying for Europe, or homosexuality in football, or preserving the traditions of the game (even at the cost of much-needed progress), or <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/birmingham_city/7300439.stm" rel="nofollow">high profile injuries that allow for Fifa to play the good guy</a>. Spare a thought for Gretna as well.

It’ll be interesting to see how Fifa responds to this situation, especially considering that this is no where near as high-profile as the possibility of Cardiff qualifying for Europe, or homosexuality in football, or preserving the traditions of the game (even at the cost of much-needed progress), or high profile injuries that allow for Fifa to play the good guy.

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