Punishment By The Football Authorities Against Afc Wimbledon

EDM number 992 in 2006-07, proposed by Alan Keen on 27/02/2007.

That this House regrets that AFC Wimbledon of the Ryman League Premier Division has been deducted 18 points, fined and thrown out of the FA Trophy and the Surrey Senior Cup for registering a player without also completing an International Transfer Certificate, even through his previous club, Cardiff City, play in the Championship, which is in the English league structure, and he had retired from that club due to injury; believes that this is an excessive punishment for a minor administrative error, as the club sought no advantage and there was no dishonesty, and few people at a small community club would have realised he needed an international transfer; further notes that the error was only discovered when the player was given his first yellow card, and that if he had been a dirty player the mistake would have been uncovered earlier and the punishment would have been smaller; also notes that AFC Wimbledon was established when local fans set up their own community club after another injustice, the football authorities' decision to allow Wimbledon FC to move its franchise to Milton Keynes in 2002; congratulates AFC Wimbledon for regularly attracting crowds of several thousand and for rising from the bottom of the football pyramid to be just three promotions from entering the Football League; and regrets that if the deduction of 18 points is not reversed they will fall from top to only 13th in the Ryman League Premier Division and their fans will be robbed of the chance of celebrating promotion.

This motion has been signed by a total of 92 MPs, 4 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Alan Keen	27/02/2007	Feltham & Heston	Labour	Proposed
Bob Russell	27/02/2007	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
John Greenway	27/02/2007	Ryedale	Conservative	Seconded
Clive Betts	27/02/2007	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Seconded
Christine Russell	27/02/2007	Chester, City of	Labour	Seconded
Laura Moffatt	27/02/2007	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	27/02/2007	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Graham Allen	27/02/2007	Nottingham North	Labour	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	27/02/2007	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	27/02/2007	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Ian Lucas	27/02/2007	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	27/02/2007	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	27/02/2007	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	27/02/2007	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	27/02/2007	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	28/02/2007	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Rudi Vis	28/02/2007	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	28/02/2007	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hammond	28/02/2007	Wimbledon	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	28/02/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Gibson	28/02/2007	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	28/02/2007	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	28/02/2007	Islington North	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	28/02/2007	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	28/02/2007	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	28/02/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Lee Scott	01/03/2007	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Mike Gapes	01/03/2007	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
David Drew	01/03/2007	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	01/03/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hesford	01/03/2007	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Sarah McCarthy-Fry	02/03/2007	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
John Leech	02/03/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Crabb	02/03/2007	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Conservative	Signed
Edward Davey	02/03/2007	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Ottaway	02/03/2007	Croydon South	Conservative	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	02/03/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	02/03/2007	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	05/03/2007	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	05/03/2007	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Anderson	05/03/2007	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
John Austin	05/03/2007	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Lyn Brown	06/03/2007	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	06/03/2007	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	06/03/2007	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Marshall	06/03/2007	Glasgow East	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	06/03/2007	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Martin Horwood	07/03/2007	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Burrowes	07/03/2007	Enfield, Southgate	Conservative	Signed
Desmond Turner	07/03/2007	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	07/03/2007	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	07/03/2007	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	07/03/2007	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Mole	07/03/2007	Ipswich	Labour	Signed
Helen Jones	07/03/2007	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	07/03/2007	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	07/03/2007	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Pound	07/03/2007	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	08/03/2007	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
Susan Kramer	08/03/2007	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Howarth	08/03/2007	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gavin Strang	08/03/2007	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	08/03/2007	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	08/03/2007	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
John Horam	08/03/2007	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Adrian Bailey	09/03/2007	West Bromwich West	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	12/03/2007	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	12/03/2007	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Paddy Tipping	13/03/2007	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	13/03/2007	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Robert Key	13/03/2007	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Chris McCafferty	14/03/2007	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Damian Green	14/03/2007	Ashford	Conservative	Signed
Neil Gerrard	15/03/2007	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Anne Main	19/03/2007	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Justine Greening	19/03/2007	Putney	Conservative	Signed
Brian Binley	19/03/2007	Northampton South	Conservative	Signed
Peter Ainsworth	19/03/2007	East Surrey	Conservative	Signed
David Crausby	19/03/2007	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	19/03/2007	Dover	Labour	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	20/03/2007	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Nick Harvey	20/03/2007	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Salter	26/03/2007	Reading West	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	28/03/2007	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	25/04/2007	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	08/05/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	09/05/2007	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Julie Morgan	16/05/2007	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Sadiq Khan	Unknown			Withdrawn
Joan Ruddock	Unknown			Withdrawn
James Arbuthnot	Unknown			Withdrawn
Simon Burns	Unknown			Withdrawn

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