COLIN BOAG
The debate on pro-motion and relegation is absolutely at the heart of the English game going forward.
If you want a strong England side, you need strong and sustainable clubs, and as many of them as possible.
Sadly there aren’t enough of them at this stage, and I don’t see any others, bar possibly Ealing, hammering on the door of the Premiership.
Abolishing promotion and relegation would be a disaster, but a moratorium for a few years, so that the existing 13 (or even 14) rebuild their finances, seems to me to be essential, as long as the door is left open ...
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