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Insane Italian Serie B or maybe Serie C Insanity

Discussion in 'General Football' started by Fuzzy, Oct 1, 2018.

  1. Fuzzy

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    Has anyone heard of the Italian club Virtus Entella? No? They finished 19th out of 22 in Serie B last season which meant that they shoud have been relegated. However, 3 other Serie B clubs then went bust so they were given a lifeline. However, rather than just fill the gaps with 3 of the relegated clubs, the Italian FA decided that a play-off would be better which also opened it up to 3 clubs who did not get promoted from Serie C. However, one of the Serie B club's who went bankrupt (and since reformed in Serie D) was then retrospectively docked 15 points off which meant that Entella would have finished above them in Serie B last season so not actually have been relegated at all.

    So far Entella have played 1 match in Serie C and then had all of their remaining games postponed until the FA can work out which league they should be playing in and no decision will be made for at least another week.

    If you want to read more of the bonkers details...
    https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/sep/30/the-farcical-case-of-virtus-entella-a-ghost-club-without-a-league-to-play-in
     
    How, Jay and Interested Bystander like this.

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