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Young Drachma · 02-13-2011, 01:05 AM

May 16, 2005

NELOXIAN FA, CONFEDERATES TO MEET
The Confederate League, the association of fifteen Neloxian football clubs across several FA divisions have agreed to a series of meetings. The Confederate League formed last year and staged a series of friendlies amongst its members to gauge interest in the new league format during the lengthy Neloxian football off-season. Reception to the new venture was enormous around the country with foreign teams also being invited to select matches, again to huge receptions.

"We just want to prove the concept," said Swenton Town Manager Ches O'Shea, in his tenth year with the club and second season as the head man. Swenton, once a juggernaut in the Neloxia football scene has been relegated to the third division and last claimed a title nearly sixty years ago at the top level. They've just yo-yo'd since then, which fuels the argument that many upstart fans have that expansion advocates just want to be granted magic premiership access for not earning it.

"We're not demanding anything other than fair share of the revenues," said Cerise Chairman Anton von Goolsby. "A dozen clubs generate more interest globally than the entire Premiership. Amongst those clubs, we haven't been successful in recent years. Why? We're sharing this money to teams who take our money they don't earn by being better and beating us with it; stealing our players and still their fans don't come out like ours do."

Neloxian football TV ratings continue to drop and despite a strong showing by Brewery the past three years in the Champions League, they've lost three years in a row. "We're not the organisation we once were and the [Confederated League] wants to fix that by building a better organisation for everyone," said O'Shea, who says he noticed the flaws with the game during his time as a player and now as a manager.

Still, no plan exists. With talks between the group and FA beginning in earnest, many hope this near-decade long strife can be ended sooner than later.

"We need to get back to what matters," said von Goolsby. "That's football and nothing else."

02-13-2011, 01:05 AM	#87
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	May 16, 2005 NELOXIAN FA, CONFEDERATES TO MEET The Confederate League, the association of fifteen Neloxian football clubs across several FA divisions have agreed to a series of meetings. The Confederate League formed last year and staged a series of friendlies amongst its members to gauge interest in the new league format during the lengthy Neloxian football off-season. Reception to the new venture was enormous around the country with foreign teams also being invited to select matches, again to huge receptions. "We just want to prove the concept," said Swenton Town Manager Ches O'Shea, in his tenth year with the club and second season as the head man. Swenton, once a juggernaut in the Neloxia football scene has been relegated to the third division and last claimed a title nearly sixty years ago at the top level. They've just yo-yo'd since then, which fuels the argument that many upstart fans have that expansion advocates just want to be granted magic premiership access for not earning it. "We're not demanding anything other than fair share of the revenues," said Cerise Chairman Anton von Goolsby. "A dozen clubs generate more interest globally than the entire Premiership. Amongst those clubs, we haven't been successful in recent years. Why? We're sharing this money to teams who take our money they don't earn by being better and beating us with it; stealing our players and still their fans don't come out like ours do." Neloxian football TV ratings continue to drop and despite a strong showing by Brewery the past three years in the Champions League, they've lost three years in a row. "We're not the organisation we once were and the [Confederated League] wants to fix that by building a better organisation for everyone," said O'Shea, who says he noticed the flaws with the game during his time as a player and now as a manager. Still, no plan exists. With talks between the group and FA beginning in earnest, many hope this near-decade long strife can be ended sooner than later. "We need to get back to what matters," said von Goolsby. "That's football and nothing else."