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Southampton Make Derby Point in Spygate Statement as They Seethe at Sanction
Southampton say the punishment is disproportionate, noting Leeds were fined 200,000 pounds for a similar spying case.
- Southampton Football Club filed an appeal on Tuesday against the Independent Disciplinary Commission's decision to expel them from the Championship play-off final, with a ruling expected within 24 hours on Wednesday.
- Middlesbrough will now face Hull City at Wembley on Saturday after Southampton admitted breaching EFL Regulations 3.4 and 127 by filming opponents' training sessions within 72 hours of matches.
- Southampton CEO Phil Parsons apologized for the club's conduct but argued the expulsion is a "sanction which bears no proportion to the offence," noting the lost promotion opportunity worth around 200 million pounds.
- Parsons highlighted that Leeds United was fined £200,000 for a similar 2019 spying offense, contrasting this with Southampton's expulsion as the largest penalty ever imposed on an English football club.
- Beyond the playoff expulsion, the commission imposed a four-point deduction for next season's Championship, and Southampton plans to volunteer for an EFL working group on Regulation 127 enforcement.
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Southampton says playoff expulsion for spying ‘manifestly disproportionate’ ahead of appeal hearing
Southampton heads into its appeal against expulsion from the Championship playoff final believing its punishment is “manifestly disproportionate” to any previous sanction in English soccer history.
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