NeilBFormy

@SkySportsPL I'm only interested to see how empty it will be....going to be embarrassing

Manchester City announce that the newly-developed and expanded North Stand at the Etihad Stadium will be named ‘The Pep Guardiola Stand’ 🏟️🫡

@rioferdy5 Henderson over MGW when his link up team mate, Elliot Anderson is in the squad is baffling.....

"Teams win championships." Big quote from Thomas Tuchel! Let’s get behind the 26 players, manager & believe we can win the #FIFAWORLDCUP 🏆

@SaintsExtra @BILD League One is a distinct possibility next season imo

🚨 Southampton midfielder Caspar Jander (23) wants to leave the club this summer following the failure to achieve Premier League promotion #saintsfc @BILD

@TheSaintCentre It just keeps getting worse and worse...... indefensible

🚨EFL Statement: The EFL submitted that the evidence supported the conclusion that the observations were authorised at a senior level, with the task delegated to the intern in relation to both the Middlesbrough and Oxford incidents #saintsfc

@CraigHope_DM It just keeps getting worse........ Southampton deserve to implode

🚨 Southampton guilty of “DEPLORABLE APPROACH” in putting “PRESSURE” on junior staff to spy on opposition teams 🔍 “AUTHORISED” by head coach Tonda Eckert ❌ Club LIED about spying after allegations 💣 Bombshell written reasons into Spygate scandal… dailymail.com/sport/football…

@TheSaintCentre For me, he was the outstanding player of the season and the key to stopping attacks and pushing forward......if he goes, we'll, it's back to square one.

🚨Without promotion, Caspar Jander is expected to command a “significantly lower” transfer fee this summer, according to reports in BILD Bundesliga sides including VfB Stuttgart have been heavily linked with the midfielder #saintsfc

@henrywinter Knob

A night of Saints as villains. And Villans as saints.

@AlfieHouseEcho The club that once was Southampton FC are no more...... Goodbye

🚨 Full Saints statement on the decision. #SaintsFC

@EFL_Comms I hope Middlesbrough win so the EFL gets ripped to shreds.....stinks

A League Arbitration Panel has today dismissed Southampton Football Club’s appeal against the Independent Disciplinary Commission’s decision in respect of breaches of EFL Regulations. As a result, the original sanction remains in force. Southampton’s expulsion from the Sky Bet Championship Play-Offs stands, alongside the four-point deduction to be applied to the Club’s 2026/27 Championship record and the reprimand in respect of all charges. In accordance with EFL Regulations, the decision of the League Arbitration Panel is final. Following the conclusion of the proceedings, the Sky Bet Championship Play-Off Final between Hull City and Middlesbrough is confirmed as taking place at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 23 May, kicking off at 3.30pm. #EFL

@SouthamptonFC Money back NOW!

We have this evening been informed that the EFL’s League Arbitration Panel has upheld the sanctions imposed earlier this week.

@Boro Make sure the coach has a reverse gear

An update on travel for Wembley on Saturday 🚍🛤️🚘 Thanks for your incredible support, Boro fans. However you are able to get there, let’s make Wembley a sea of red 🔴🙌

@pjcboro No level of punishment to refer to and no reason why Middlesbrough are permitted a second shot at going up to the Prem after being soundly beaten in the semi final.

A lot of misinformed people still batting for Southampton or at least against Boro. I’ll try to make it very simple: A member of the S’ton coaching staff broke EFL regulation 127 with full knowledge and support of the head coach. Breach of the regulation requires a sporting sanction. The sporting sanctions available are expulsion (precedent below) or a 3-0 for the game impacted. Both result in Southampton leaving the competition. bbc.com/sport/football…

@slbsn Just have a look at which clubs are represented in by 3 EFL reps which delivered the punishment on Southampton.......the whole thing stinks

🚨Hull's promotion straight to the Premier League is not absurd. Are Middlesbrough already out of the Play Off Competition? I guess the theory goes like this. The Southampton v Middlesbrough game has not been awarded to Boro rather that after the event, Southampton have been expelled. So Hull say that all other teams in this distinct Play Off Competition are already out - Southampton expelled with Boro and Milwall knocked out. Unfortunately, therefore, Hull say, they have nobody to play. A number of Boro fans did suggest their own statement did not state Boro should go through, just that Southampton shouldn't. Of course, that was nonsense and Boro pushed for the place. In the Swindon EFL case, although the Commission did not expressly award the place in the EFL Trophy Quarter Final to Luton, the EFL did so. So a Hull v Boro final replicates that approach. I don't think Hull would be able to get a Commission established in time to hear the case or that a Commission would award them a bye but it is not completely impossible. There is an obvious argument that Boro have already (and finally) been knocked out regardless of the retrospective punishment to Southampton. This is not a case where the Commission gave Middlesbrough a 3-0 first leg win - they simply expelled Southampton. But in 2026, who knows... 🍿

@Betfair @alanshearer Look at which clubs the 3 EFL reps are from

"I'm not sure the crime meets the punishment" @alanshearer on the Spygate saga...

@SouthamptonFC Who were the EFL 3? One from Hull City and another from Middlesbrough??!? got to be a joke surely?

A statement from Phil Parsons, Chief Executive, Southampton Football Club.

@DomShawEcho We're the EFL 3 compromised of a rep from Preston, Hull & Middlesbrough!?!?

🗣️🤔 Southampton chief executive Phil Parsons: 'On the appeal itself: we accept that there should be a sanction. What we cannot accept is a sanction which bears no proportion to the offence' 📜 Southampton's statement in full 👇 | #Boro thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/26124697…

@AlfieHouseEcho We're 2 of the 3 EFL reps from Hull City & Middlesbrough? This really stinks

🚨 Saints CEO Phil Parsons full statement: "We have appealed yesterday's decision by the Independent Disciplinary Commission to expel Southampton Football Club from the Sky Bet Championship Play-Offs, and to impose a four-point deduction for the 2026/27 season. Before turning to that appeal, I want to address our supporters, our players, and the wider football community directly and without equivocation. What happened was wrong. The club has admitted breaches of EFL Regulations 3.4 and 127. We are sorry to the other clubs involved, and most of all to the Southampton supporters whose extraordinary loyalty and support this season deserved better from the club. We have provided our full co-operation to the EFL's investigation and disciplinary process. Following the appeal, we will also be writing to the EFL to volunteer our participation in a working group on the practical application and enforcement of Regulation 127 across the Championship. Contrition without change is hollow, and we intend to demonstrate change. On the appeal itself: we accept that there should be a sanction. What we cannot accept is a sanction which bears no proportion to the offence. Whereas Leeds United was fined £200,000 for a similar offence, Southampton has been denied the opportunity to compete in a game worth more than £200 million and one which means so much to our staff, players and supporters. We believe the financial consequence of yesterday's ruling makes it, by a very considerable distance, the largest penalty ever imposed on an English football club. Luton Town's 30-point deduction in 2008/09 — to date the most severe sporting sanction in the English game — was levied against a club already in League Two, with no comparable revenue at stake. Derby County's 21-point deduction in 2021 cost them their Championship status. Everton's eventual six-point deduction in 2023/24 followed losses of £124.5 million, a figure dwarfed by what has been taken from Southampton in a single afternoon. The largest financial penalty ever levied by the Premier League, against Chelsea in March of this year, was £10.75 million, and was accompanied by no sporting sanction whatsoever despite involving £47.5 million in undisclosed payments over seven years. We say this not to minimise what occurred at this club, which we have accepted was wrong. We say it because proportionality is itself a principle of natural justice. The Commission was entitled to impose a sanction. It was not, we will argue, entitled to impose one that is manifestly disproportionate to every previous sanction in the history of the English game. Our appeal will be heard today, and we will provide a further update in due course." #SaintsFC

@Paddy_Baller @DomShawEcho Why are we here?

We need a flag at Wembley simply saying: Show some respect @DomShawEcho #Boro

@Boro Lose the semi final, get promoted (?) Stinks

We're pleased to confirm ticket information for Saturday's play-off final 🎟️⤵️

@chopmoose @Boro You lost the semi final but still win promotion.....fuck all to do with us? 🙄

@b_formy @Boro Fuck all to do with us daft arse 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Saturday under the arch 🏟️ Kick-off time ✅ Ticket info 🔜