Club shocked as team drop to second bottom in table after commission finds them guilty of breaching profit and sustainability regulations
  • Demiansmark@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    You commit one breach, you lose 10 points.

    You commit a hundred breaches we’re almost going, “Well done! You committed a hundred breaches? You must get up very early in the morning. I can’t even get down the gym! Your diary must look odd: “Get up in the morning, breach, breach, breach, breach, breach – lunch- breach, breach, breach -afternoon tea - breach, breach, breach - quick shower…”

  • BritBeetree@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    They are lucky it’s only 10 points and that it’s been done this season with such weak relegation candidates.

  • TheTelegraph@alien.topOPBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    From The Telegraph’s Chris Bascombe:

    Everton have been docked 10 points for breaching the Premier League’s spending rules in an unprecedented punishment for a top-flight club.

    An independent commission set up to examine the club’s losses during the era of Farhad Moshiri has found the club guilty.

    It means Sean Dyche’s side drop into the bottom three of the Premier League with immediate effect, second from bottom.

    Everton are reeling after the decision and have vowed to appeal to the Premier League board.

    Club officials are shocked and bewildered that their mitigation was rejected.

    The Premier League recommended in October that Everton face a maximum 12-point deduction for breaching profit and sustainability rules, as reported by Telegraph Sport.

    The top flight recommended the punishment to be extremely severe.

    Everton’s case was heard by the independent commission after they recorded financial losses of £304 million over a three-year period, which is well over the permitted amount of £105 million set out by the Premier League.

    Article link ⤵️

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2023/11/17/everton-deducted-10-points-premier-league-financial-rules/

  • badgerscurse@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Wow, imagine how many points they would be deducted if they had committed hundreds of breaches?

  • TheAxe11@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    And still Waiting to hear about City’s 115 breaches… we will probably be saying that for the next 50years…

    • Beet_Generation@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I honestly don’t think City will get a lick of punishment. They’re owned by Abu Dhabi who have so much money and power invested into the sport that they’ll get a slap on the wrist and do whatever it take to get the media to sweep it under the rug

      • dweir82@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        City’s breaches should result in the owners not being able to run a club, they would have proven themselves unable to run a club. That and a relegation. They can keep the titles but have an asterisk against them.