Anyone with any knowledge of English football history will know that it is ridiculous for Southampton’s chief executive, Phil Parsons, to claim that their expulsion from the Championship play-offs is a bigger punishment than the 30-point deduction imposed on Luton Town in 2008 which led to relegation and almost throttled the life out of the club. Absolutely no comparison and completely weakens Southampton’s attempted argument that being thrown out of the play-offs is “manifestly disproportionate to every previous sanction in the history of the English game”.
There is some good stuff in Parsons’ statement: accepting culpability for Spygate, apologising to those clubs they spied on and apologising to their fans “whose extraordinary loyalty and support this season deserved better from the club”. Well said. But… the rules changed since Leeds United’s “similar offence” in 2019, there is no right to the £200m (it’s not a fine), and to play the whataboutery game and make the comparison with the Hatters is, fittingly, mad. Southampton’s reputation is certainly damaged but at least their very existence is not at risk. #SaintsFC #LTFC
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Will never forget when they livestreamed the England game right before the full time whistle blew during the Euros and went straight into Mr Brightside
UNREAL 🤩
We are sorry to report that Elijah Adebayo has suffered an injury to his hip, which will now rule him out of action for the remainder of the season.
Wishing you a smooth recovery, Eli. 🧡
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Just had my council tax bill through and it's gone up *considerably*.
Also had to pay extra for my green waste, again.
It immediately reminded me of this masterpiece.