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| Another points blow for Welshpool |
| Friday 17 December 2010 |
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TECHNOGROUP Welshpool have been dealt a new blow with the deduction of three more points. The Lilywhites were already 10 points adrift at the foot of the Huws Gray Alliance after being deducted 15 points for fielding ineligible players. The latest punishment follows a league disciplinary meeting on Wednesday night which ruled Welshpool had failed to fulfil its October fixture at Penrhyncoch. "This is a blow to the club as we felt we had strong grounds for appeal because of a number of factors," says general manager Liam Pritchard. "We don't feel we were given proper notice of the fixture being rearranged so we feel the deduction is unfair. "The board have spoken and there's not a lot we can do now because appealing is prohibitively expensive." Welshpool have endured the most turbulent two years in their history with the decline beginning when the club decided not apply for the FAW domestic licence last season. Following their relegation to the Alliance, manager Graham Evans resigned in the wake of the club's initial points deduction before replacement Mike Barton lasted just 26 days before falling out with chairman Mike Dawkins to plunge the club into further crisis. New manager Chris Herbert - the fourth of 2010 for the Lilywhites - has since snapped up a virtually new squad but faces a massive struggle with the club now 21 points adrift of their closest rivals. |