Southampton FC got awarded a 10 point deduction by the FA today and now face heading into the abyss of the lower leagues and football obscurity!
And an unemployed reprobate living on the Island of the damned commonly known as the Isle of Weight, or IOW abbreviated is in wild celebration along with other Skates!
Yet there have been other clubs that have spent time in the abyss and have come back. The oldest example is Accrington Stanley who was a founding member of the Football League 1888. But Carlisle FC are probably the best example of that, but then again Aldershot had it even worse. They went out of existence and look at them now! There are some that havent Oxford right now are not showing many signs of a revival.
Regarding those celebrating Skates I notice that Portsmouth FC paraded the FA Cup round the Dell in 1939.
Also during WW2 the Dell was bombed, and Saints home games where played at Fratton Park.
Maybe worth a mention?
So the Saints have been punished for being sinners.
As a fan of a club hit by a similar short-sighted imposition by the FA I wish them well in turning things around.