Thread: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
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Old 13-06-2005, 11:07   #239
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Re: The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
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Originally Posted by gazzae
But the Champions are allowed to defend it. The problem here was the number of teams. UEFA rules stated that no country can have more then 4 teams.

When this happened before in Spain - Real Madrid finished 5th but won the European Cup - the spanish FA excluded the fouth placed team, I think it was Real Zaragotha, and included Madrid in their four representatives. UEFA leave it to the countries FA to decided what teams are nominated - the Spanish FA made a decision, the English FA didn't have the balls to make one.
exactly the Fa have engineered us getting 5 teams in because they can't make their minds up about what to do so did nothing in the end.. The FA should have just put the holders in instead and have done with it..

of course if UEFA hadn't ruined the comp in the first place this wouldn't have happened anyway
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