19 May 2026 08:31:34
Now that PGMOL has agreed United's second goal should have been disallowed, what about an appeal to the Football League for United to be docked two points and Forest to be given an extra one?

1.) 19 May 2026
19 May 2026 10:12:26
Mate, if that was the case we'd be well up that league, mate?
Liverpool, for example.

2.) 19 May 2026
19 May 2026 10:44:53
I was thinking about those options, Bse. As far as my understanding of sports law goes, I believe that the golden rule is that results cannot be altered post game. Clearly, points can be deducted (ie FFP breaches), but never added.
The viable options, firstly, are that the game could be replayed (as per us v Newcastle in the early 1970's after the infamous pitch invasion). But there's no time in the schedule for this, and probably no appetite from either club to go down this route, especially with nothing much to play for and players wanting to get to the beach or prepare for the World Cup after a long, exhausting season.
Secondly, we could sue PGMOL, or more likely Salisbury himself, for financial loss from final league position, ie the couple of millions difference from finishing, say, 15th rather than 16th. Again, I don't think we are that sort of a club, and it will come across as heavy handed and vindictive.


However, Mr M is very litigious back home in Greece, and, if you remember, took Fawaz to court during his purchase of NFFC.
There is a legal precedent for suing to get compensation for injury or loss of money if a person recklessly or incompetently fails to use available technology (in this case VAR) to its full extent or ignores/overrules it. Obviously, we all know insurance companies penalise drivers who switch off things like proximity warning devices (even though there's no legal requirement to have them fitted), and there is a case of a taxiing pilot who bumped his plane on the runway because he switched off the audible warnings in his cockpit because he was arrogant and knew better. Sound familiar?
He was sacked, and his airline heavily fined.
But I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for any sort of justice in this case, mate.

3.) 19 May 2026
19 May 2026 12:48:59
A wise response, Stokey. I'm not a fan of litigation, but if a club has benefitted from an unjust decision there should be some form of redress, and I'm sure Mr. M is aware of this - look at the Crystal Palace debacle last year.


Not a good idea to bring the law into football, but perhaps VAR needs to change so that it can challenge a ref's critical decision on the pitch, perhaps by having a second ref within the VAR team to be consulted and make a decision which the one on the pitch has to follow?

4.) 19 May 2026
19 May 2026 16:12:43
Bse, my views on what changes need to be made to VAR are well known on here.
Basically, the system needs to learn from cricket and the 2 codes of rugby. Believe me, mate, rugby, especially Union, is much faster and quicker than football, with much more going on. Yet, they seem to cope very well.
So, clear daylight to give offside (as per Arsene Wenger's experiment in Canadian football). It’s just unreasonable to expect refs to give offside for a toenail.


Then, umpires call, with, say, 3 reviews per side per match by the on-field captain, after a maximum of 10 seconds following the goal, penalty, or red card. After you’ve blown your reviews, then it’s up to the referee.
As Cloughie said, "Football is quite simple, and it’s made complicated by people who don’t know how to win a game of dominoes." ???

5.) 19 May 2026
19 May 2026 17:38:58
Rugby Union is quicker than football, they stop every 30 seconds ffs.

6.) 19 May 2026
19 May 2026 17:30:34
Bring back hanging i say.

7.) 19 May 2026
19 May 2026 19:38:24
Oakham, mate, I've played both sports, rugby, mostly as a loose forward, number 8, and I found it like 80 minutes plus of unarmed combat at high tempo. Much tougher than football, and quicker, certainly as a forward. I've only played League once, and that was the quickest and toughest of the 3 sports by a long way....

8.) 19 May 2026
19 May 2026 19:59:22
Loose forward?
You should have been a number two. ??

9.) 19 May 2026
19 May 2026 20:15:59
Very good, DTP! I'm guessing you'd have been a whinger? Err, that should be winger. ?? ?

10.) 19 May 2026
19 May 2026 20:43:15
I love life Stokey and Forest End of. ??

11.) 19 May 2026
19 May 2026 20:49:56
We have that in common Dtp, mate. ??