Whitey Grandad

Factor 72 at least.

If the EPL doesn't have a similar rule then they might decline.

We can safely ignore reg 3.4 since it is so wooly. Have Middlesbrough acted in the 'utmost good faith' towards us?

It's a technical possibility because any sanctions are unspecified but on what grounds? Preventing a club from taking part in a match is unprecedented. A retrospective points reduction is also open to challenge.

Such evidence would have to prove that it was within the 72 hours limit.

I've come across the reviews of the golf club in question:

Just Google "changing metadata on photos"

Exclusion is not a possibility. The legal case would be immense. If Saints had not got through to the Final what would the potential penalty have been? That is the only possible consideration. If we are deemed to have been guilty of course.

I'm not old enough to play golf. But I did read somewhere that it does your knees in.

£500k? How do you want that? Cash or card? 6 points? You're bloody joking mate. Where do we appeal?

Any other instances are not relevant. The committee can only consider the specific charges that have been made. Any evidence that has been obtained illegally or potentially illegally would also be dismissed with fingers in the ears and "la la la I'm not listening"

Thanks for the update but I'm too busy for another job at the moment.

Of course they do. It's impossible and impractical to prevent it. The Premier League don't. Anyone who describes it as 'spying' is an amateur journalist at best. The EFL has created a problem for itself by introducing a rule without specifying a sanction for transgression. Had we not been in the playoffs what action would Middlesbrough have taken?

Haven't we? Acknowledging the charges is not the same as accepting them.

You can't sack someone who doesn't work for you.

Any new information from them would extend the 14 day response period.

Indeed. But belief and proof are never seen in the same room together.

We were the only ones playing Middlesbrough two days later. The timing of all this stinks and that stink is coming from the North East.

Why should they bother?

By many clubs.

Just today?

Is that for real?

That might catch on. Where can I buy one? (In my size of course)

Trousers is Bungle. There is no other explanation.

Nonsense. I referee every match I watch. Either from the stands or my armchair. 😇 Besides, I'm nearly 77 years old and not as young as I used to be.