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Turner's view prevails

Graham Turner's fight to keep three up and three down at the bottom end of the Conference appears to have succeeded. Turner voted against the move, but the decision to extend the league to 24 instead of 22 - which would have meant just the bottom club from the league being relegated - was passed at a meeting last month of the Nationwide Conference chairman. This week the FA's Registration and Sanctions committee met and recommended that there be no change this season. The FA Council are expected to ratify the decision on June 21st.

Turner's argument was that it was unfair to change the rules in mid-season and his view seems to have prevailed.

He spoke to BBC Hereford & Worcester about the situation. "The word on the street is that three clubs will still be relegated," he said. "The FA and the feeder leagues will not accept just before the close of the season a change in the rules like this, so I think it will still be three clubs going down."

Graham Turner should be congratulated on his stand.

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