@leigh_christian@EFL_Comms@SportsPeteO No, not correct you dumb fuck.
That would be down to the referee to impose the appropriate decision as per football since the dawn of the sport.
Cheating at a club level deliberately to gain advantage has repercussions that have now been given by two independent boards.
@Saintal1976@jaffa12760 And if that cheating action for the penalty gets caught you get penalised. What’s your point?
You could loose a playoff final (worth 200 mil) by diving??
It’s done now. Two separate independent boards have found Southampton guilty.
Time to get back to football.
If you are still complaining, you don’t understand the gravity of what has been done. May the best team in the day win on Saturday
@Nicks648@EFL Feel sorry for you. Hope the final date stands and I can understand your situation but unfortunately you will be the minority. A lot more people would have been let down, both directly and in future if Southampton were allowed to continue through cheating to get there
@IonianFarmers@WestHamViews_ Echo the reply above. There was a cost (apart from potential fines) by sending a guy the length of the country to do so. Clearly someone at Southampton thought it was a justified cost and/or risk to do so. Arguing it wasn’t an advantage is directly against what your club thought
@DanBadminton Also the evidence for the cheating against Oxford and Ipswich might have only came about from checking the credit card records gained by Boro of the guy buying coffee close to the traing ground
@dettmer93@bradinho8@EFL No, it would be at least a 6 point deduction mid season, which would mean you wouldn’t be even in contention for playoffs you thick c*nt
@southampton_fc You admitted to spying on the only teams you didn’t beat. There is no chance you didn’t spy on other games but it’s no coincidence that the ones admitted to, would still have you in the playoffs if dismissed. Potentially lots of cases from clubs just outside playoffs otherwise 🧐
An Independent Disciplinary Commission has today expelled Southampton from the Sky Bet Championship Play-Offs after the Club admitted to multiple breaches of EFL Regulations related to the unauthorised filming of other Clubs’ training.
In addition, the Club has received a four-point deduction that will be applied to the 2026/27 Championship table.
The effect of today’s order is that Middlesbrough are reinstated into the 2026 Play-Offs and will proceed to the Play-Off Final against Hull City. The final remains scheduled for Saturday 23 May, with the kick-off time to be confirmed.
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