tbh i have been pondering this whole spurs out because chelsea won it thing since a friends of mine explained it to me last night.
got to be honest, theres something not quite right about it? especially as spurs got 4th. i dont know how i feel about it exactly but does it seem slightly injust to anyone else?
maybe not.
I agree, i find it bizare to be honest, its like going through a whole season just to get 4th then get it taken away from you. I don't know how they resolved our situation on 2005 but I clearly remember Everton participating even though they were 4th. Surely they have to allow Spurs in somehow through a qualification stage?
You're correct. The year we won it, we finished 5th and Everton finished 4th. There was a debate as to whether we should be allowed in next season to defend our title, and they let us in from the start of the qualifiying rounds. Everton went into the 3rd qualifying round (they only had to play 1 2-legged round to qualify for the group stages) and they lost it so ended up in the Europa League.
Had they qualified, there would have been 5 english teams in the CL that season. After that, UEFA made a new rule that would have the 4th CL spot in the league presented to a team from that country who won it and finished outside the top 4 - in other words, Chelsea last night getting Spurs' spot. It's harsh, but those are the rules, and I can see how it's reasonable. 5 teams from 1 country isn't very fair on smaller countries who only have 1 or 2 spots.
