From the Non League Newspaper:
AC London, the club formed in the wake of the 2011 London riots to keep youngsters off the streets, have been booted out of the Combined Counties League. The decision to blow the whistle on the club came after the conclusion of the F.A. appeal hearing into the decision by fellow league clubs to expel AC London last summer, partially because of their high number of red cards. The club had been given dispensation to start the new season while the appeal process was under way.
Following an emergency board meeting last Tuesday, the league's board of directors issued a statement which summarised stated that the F.A. had thoroughly investigated and found submissions to be false along with fabricated evidence. They have sanctioned the perpetrator and concluded the appeal.
The Combined Counties League acted in line with laid down procedure and AC London will be removed from the league with immediate effect.
Academic Club London were founded by 16 year old Prince Choudary as a youth team in July 2012 and went open age the following season. Choudary, whose uncle's shop was hit in the riots, then became the youngest manager and chairman in senior football and later the youngest to manage in the F.A.Cup.
AC London joined the Kent Invicta League (now the Southern Counties East League Division One) and later moved sideways to the Combined Counties League Division One.
It was at an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) where a vote concluded that the organisation and management of the club had fallen below the standards appropriate to membership of the competition. The team's disciplinary record on the pitch came under fire with 14 red cards shown before last christmas. The club also failed to fulfil two fixtures at the end of the season.
New AC London chairman Paul Armstrong said "We want to keep the club going and I understand the stance of the Combined Counties League, but we will look to carry on and find a new league for next season.
I, personally, support the CCL as too many times in my youth a team that used violence to intimidate the opposition were the ones that won the league while my teams enjoyed socialising with other teams that felt the same as we did about serial bully boys. This, however, is professional football and we hear every time Graeme Souness is on TV that the way to beat a skilful team like Arsenal is to kick them off the park. This is professional advice. Violence wins.
Good luck to AC London as you continue to act on the advice of Graeme Souness.
AC London, the club formed in the wake of the 2011 London riots to keep youngsters off the streets, have been booted out of the Combined Counties League. The decision to blow the whistle on the club came after the conclusion of the F.A. appeal hearing into the decision by fellow league clubs to expel AC London last summer, partially because of their high number of red cards. The club had been given dispensation to start the new season while the appeal process was under way.
Following an emergency board meeting last Tuesday, the league's board of directors issued a statement which summarised stated that the F.A. had thoroughly investigated and found submissions to be false along with fabricated evidence. They have sanctioned the perpetrator and concluded the appeal.
The Combined Counties League acted in line with laid down procedure and AC London will be removed from the league with immediate effect.
Academic Club London were founded by 16 year old Prince Choudary as a youth team in July 2012 and went open age the following season. Choudary, whose uncle's shop was hit in the riots, then became the youngest manager and chairman in senior football and later the youngest to manage in the F.A.Cup.
AC London joined the Kent Invicta League (now the Southern Counties East League Division One) and later moved sideways to the Combined Counties League Division One.
It was at an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) where a vote concluded that the organisation and management of the club had fallen below the standards appropriate to membership of the competition. The team's disciplinary record on the pitch came under fire with 14 red cards shown before last christmas. The club also failed to fulfil two fixtures at the end of the season.
New AC London chairman Paul Armstrong said "We want to keep the club going and I understand the stance of the Combined Counties League, but we will look to carry on and find a new league for next season.
I, personally, support the CCL as too many times in my youth a team that used violence to intimidate the opposition were the ones that won the league while my teams enjoyed socialising with other teams that felt the same as we did about serial bully boys. This, however, is professional football and we hear every time Graeme Souness is on TV that the way to beat a skilful team like Arsenal is to kick them off the park. This is professional advice. Violence wins.
Good luck to AC London as you continue to act on the advice of Graeme Souness.
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