Time to get carried away with City’ early season form (erasing whatever happened against Barnet from the memory banks). Imagine the season ends with Cardiff occupying the same automatic promotion place that they currently hold. Cue dancing in the streets, the keys to the city for David Jones and the prospect of top flight football in Wales. Exciting stuff!
But hang on a minute, I don’t want to pee on your parade but didn’t somebody somewhere mention once that only English clubs are eligible to play in the Premiership.
Would a chairman in the third from bottom relegation spot of the Premiership staring down the barrel of a loss of funds, loss of profile, loss of star players maybe weigh up a legal challenge to the veracity of Cardiff City’s promotion? The opportunity cost of the legal fees v the loss in revenue of falling into the Championship.
And while we’re at it what happens if City win the English FA Cup (again)? Will they be eligible for European competition or will the English runners up (discounting the unlikely scenario that it’s an all Welsh affair!) take precedent.
I wonder how the Old Firm clubs view this, perhaps it’ll open the way for a fast track into the Premiership, on the basis that a team from a different governing body (FAW) is playing in the FA run Premiership should Cardiff be accepted.
We live in interesting times…