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Strange turn of phrase. Why 'out of our misery'?

RIP

does that make us top then?

For those who can't be bothered to click on the link, because it's a crap website can take a while to upload:

""AT THEIR meeting last week the Board of Directors of the League considered the position of this Club. The Club had confirmed that they wished to resign from the League and this would take effect at the end of the season.

The Club had also indicated that it had ceased to carry on its business. This is part of the definition of “Insolvency Event” in the Rules of the League and the Board decided that an Insolvency Event had occurred.

Accordingly the Club has been deducted 10 points and their League record so far this season will be expunged. Further, the balance of the Bond held with the League will be forfeited to the League and each club in Division One South which has not played Croydon Athletic FC at home this season will be paid the sum of £250 as a recompense.

The balance of funds after deduction of these payments and the deduction of all monies due to the League will be put into general League Funds and utilised in purchasing additional footballs. These will then be sold on to Clubs at a reduced price. In this way all Clubs can benefit from the unfortunate situation."

So we make £250 out of it, then other clubs who have made a healthy profit from a home game against them ALSO get discounted footballs?
Yep, that sounds fair!

We could reasonably have expected a crowd of around 500 for that game on Boxing Day. Let's say an average of £6 a head on the gate (taking into account concessions and season ticket holders), plus bar takings etc. I reckon we've lost upwards of £3,000 from the cancellation of that fixture.

Also, none of the other leading clubs beat them by more than two goals. Given that we've won seven league games by three or more goals this season, we've also lost a chance to boost our goal difference over our rivals.