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@JohnHammett3 @AlfieHouseEcho If you want abhorrent mate I direct you to one @DomShawEcho who thinks the Southampton fan base and employees of the club who had no part in this should be penalised further. You want a local journo who stirred this up even more than needed then look closer to home 😡

@AlfieHouseEcho Alfie as a a journalist i have to say you have been absolutely abhorrent... everything that is wrong with society you have nailed.. you must be proud to be an upstanding pillar off the ( false ) truth.. you deserve to absolutely rot in the duldrums of british society

Saints fans singing: "Same old Boro, always cheating." Which you'd have to say is quite funny. #SaintsFC

@DomShawEcho Oh dear, how sad, never mind 😜

This place, this pain. thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/26134394…

@SkySportsNews Yeah cos Saints fans and every single player and employee of the club who this had nothing to do with aren’t suffering at all today are they? Absolute twat. You should be better than this SkySports 😡

"I think Southampton have got off lightly!" The Northern Echo's Dom Shaw discusses Southampton's expulsion from the Championship play-off final.

@timosullivan81 @AlfieHouseEcho That’s the bit that really gets me as well 🙁

@AlfieHouseEcho There's us thinking he was a decent bloke

🚨 Head coach Tonda Eckert authorised spying, which led to Saints being kicked out of the Championship play-off final. Operations were delegated to a junior member of staff, an intern, who told hearing that he felt pressured to carry them out. #SaintsFC dailyecho.co.uk/sport/26129740…

@AdamBlackmore Season Ticket renewal time will be interesting 🤦🏻 They’ve got some serious work to do with that one alone 😡

Statement by #SaintsFc “While tonight is a painful moment, this football club will respond with humility, accountability and determination to put things right” They need to ….desperately …especially the accountability!

@AlfieHouseEcho Their incompetence is almost next level. They should have issued a statement yesterday saying Saints have appealed their decision, shouldn’t have publicly reinstated Boro until that appeal was lost. If SFC win the appeal the EFL look ridiculous. Feel so sorry for Hull City!

🚨 Interesting official update from EFL who confirm that Saturday's Championship play-off final will kick-off at 3.30pm if it's Hull vs Middlesbrough, but 4.30pm if the ongoing appeal process results in Hull vs Saints. #SaintsFC

@JournoHonest @tommywalkertv @henrywinter @motleysfool Shoulda, Coulda but were not !

@beatlesaint @tommywalkertv @henrywinter @motleysfool Should have been 5-0up in the first leg at half time

Southampton kicked out of Championship play-off final for spying. Correct decision, especially as it transpires they spied on three clubs in total. This is about more than a bloke standing behind a tree with an iPhone. It’s about how seriously the game should take cheating. EFL independent disciplinary commission have struck a blow for fair play, for integrity, for the need for respect between clubs, for coaches to have an expectation of privacy in training. 25% of goals scored in the Championship this season were from set-pieces. Clubs practised them. Understandably, coaches don’t want their plans revealed. EFL sending a strong message with this punishment.  Spygate 2 different from Spygate 1. Rules tightened and punishments introduced since Leeds United’s offence. Appeals, of course. It’s tough for Southampton fans to be denied the trip to Wembley and the chance of a return to the Premier League. It’s particularly tough that many have forked out for tickets, travel and accommodation. Their frustration and anger should be directed at their club. Southampton should recompense fans. It’s not the fans’ fault.  The stupidity in all this is that Southampton would probably have beaten Boro anyway. Better team, stronger bench. But this is so damning… “Southampton admitted breaches of Regulations requiring Clubs to act with the utmost good faith and prohibiting the observation of another Club’s training session within 72 hours of a scheduled match,” says EFL. “The admitted breaches concern fixtures against Oxford United in December 2025, Ipswich Town in April 2026 and Middlesbrough in May 2026.” So the punishment is proportionate. It should act as a deterrent. Honesty matters.

@tommywalkertv @henrywinter @motleysfool Like bollocks they were, both matches they were dead on their feet after 60 mins. We’ve been kicked out, end of, but don’t pretend the better team lost anyway 😡

@henrywinter @motleysfool Boro were the better team and had more chances, penalties and fouls against them that turned the result. Southampton cheated to get the first leg without conceding.

@AlfieHouseEcho I find it disgusting that the club are yet to issue a statement to the people they’ve let down most, the fans 😡

Saints fans and players massively let down. #SaintsFC

@SouthamptonFC Can I ask why it says against Monday’s “All other season ticket holders” subject to availability? All ST holders are guaranteed a ticket surely?

Tickets will go on sale tomorrow to eligible Season Ticket holders 😇

We can now confirm ticket information for the @SkyBetChamp play-off final 🎟️

@SkySports Underlying your position as a serious Sports broadcaster 👏👏👏 Well done Sky, cutting edge stuff. What’s next? A montage of all those players who put their fingers to their lips in front of opponents fans? 🙄

Southampton captain Taylor Harwood-Bellis appeared to mock a Middlesbrough player with a binoculars celebration amid allegations that Saints were spying on Boro training before their play-off clash 😬

@middy1989 @AlfieHouseEcho Yes, only season ticket holders can purchase for themselves and other season ticket holders before your category 😊

@AlfieHouseEcho Will it make it down to the paid members 1+ matches? Thats the category I fall in

🚨 Ticket sale windows for Championship play-off final on May 23! 👇 #SaintsFC

@TheRealZotac @AlfieHouseEcho Season ticket holders can only purchase tickets on behalf of other season ticket holders who match the criteria, they can’t buy for anyone else. You’ll be fine, we got 36,900 last time so this will probably be the same.

@AlfieHouseEcho That's a joke, I hope that you can't get more then one ticket per person, because I don't go to away games as it costs too much, so I can't get a ticket until 18th even tho I have been to all matches at home -_- piss take

@AlfieHouseEcho Is that it? Not exactly James Bond level is it?

Look at all that professional recording equipment! 🤥 In all seriousness, this image changes nothing. Saints never denied the charge, and that’s been public for ages. Should be punished proportionately for breaching the EFL regulations. #SaintsFC

@SkyBluesAlfie @SouthamptonFC How sad are you following & trolling the clubs official X account? 🤦🏻 I’d be more worried about how Frankie boy will keep you up next season given his exemplary track record in the Premier League!! Off you trot, must be time for your first lesson isn’t it?

@SouthamptonFC Cheating cunts

One FINAL date for your diary 🗓️

@jonathangrade 🤣🤣🤣

That 5-1 home defeat is starting to make sense now. #cafc #spygate

@bridportlion No mate, he really doesn’t.

Really hope Boro do them, he thinks it’s funny smirking and smiling like they’ve got away with it

@Boroshirts 1. we haven’t disrespected every team 2. this is not the fault or responsibility of the players or supporters of Southampton 3. had you been able to hit a barn door with a banjo yesterday the tie would be over already. Finally yes, this has ruined the play offs for me personally

Can i ask any non boro or Southampton followers? Would you be happy getting through to wembley, then winning. Knowing your club had disrespected every other team in the league by cheating

@tom7lawrence Mate don’t even bother, they don’t want to hear it, they’ve already made their decision. Had they converted their chances yesterday and won 3-0 most of this forfeit the game shite isn’t even on here today 🤦🏻

@GraemeBailey Wow poor journalism. They haven’t admitted guilt they have acknowledged the charge made against them you fool. This is the issue with online tools, just along shit up

Having thought about #SpyGate and Boro boss Kim Hellberg is right, Southampton cheated. The Saints have accepted their guilt. So, what can be done? A fine doesn't help Boro and they won't be thrown out. So for me, the second leg should be played without home fans.

@Dabs06721990971 Of course you would 🤣 You didn’t complain back in 96/97 then?

@GraemeBandeira 100% - I would be absolutely disgusted if Boro had done this, and I’d be demanding we withdrew ourselves from the competition. If you can’t win fair and square then don’t play at all.