Status
League One and Two clubs which compete in the Football League Trophy are also eligible to enter the FA Cup which is for the top ten levels of the football pyramid, and the Football League Cup which is for all four of the professional divisions. With the prospect of meeting bigger teams in those competitions, and with the financial importance of doing well in the league competition, the Football League Trophy is not considered a priority by many clubs, with some opting to field below-strength teams, particularly in the earlier rounds. This has earned the competition affectionate nicknames derived from the competitions sponsor, including "The Paint Pot" and/or "The Piss Pot".
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Famous quotes containing the word status:
“Knowing how beleaguered working mothers truly are—knowing because I am one of them—I am still amazed at how one need only say “I work” to be forgiven all expectation, to be assigned almost a handicapped status that no decent human being would burden further with demands. “I work” has become the universally accepted excuse, invoked as an all-purpose explanation for bowing out, not participating, letting others down, or otherwise behaving inexcusably.”
—Melinda M. Marshall (20th century)
“The censorship method ... is that of handing the job over to some frail and erring mortal man, and making him omnipotent on the assumption that his official status will make him infallible and omniscient.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“As a work of art it has the same status as a long conversation between two not very bright drunks.”
—Clive James (b. 1939)