Fans were left stunned after the Premier League released a rare statement in response to Sheffield United’s relegation.
The Blades’ long-awaited relegation was finally confirmed with a 5-1 defeat to Newcastle.
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They are now ten points behind 17th placed Nottingham Forest with just three games remaining.
But the Premier League responded with an unusual statement about Sheffield United’s position.
It said: “Following defeat to Newcastle, Sheffield Utd have been relegated pending points deduction appeals from Everton and Nott’m Forest.”
One fan reacted to the statement by saying: “Speculating with point deduction is very sad.”
Another added: “Pending what now?”
A third wrote: “Strange sentences. What the hell do they mean?”
And another commented: “Are you implying that there is a possibility of you taking more points while waiting for this appeal?
“What exactly are you insinuating here? Sheff Utd can’t come close to Everton. What is this, are you running out or what.”
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Our beautiful game is broken, says Dave Kid
By Dave Kidd
WHEN Manchester United got lucky in the FA Cup semi-final, Antony’s first instinct was to provoke heartbroken opponents Coventry. To rub your nose in the dirt.
Antonio appears to be a vile individual, but he is not really Antonio. Because António is just a symptom of the horrible disease in the English top flight.
There is so much wrong.
After our elite clubs persuaded the FA to scrap World Cup replays completely – which gave us Ronnie Radford, Ricky Villa and Ryan Giggs – without due reward or reasoning with the rest of English football.
The previous day, after Manchester City defeated Chelsea in the other FA Cup semi-final, Pep Guardiola complained about the match schedule of the television companies that actually pay a large part of his £20 million salary.
At Wolves, Guardiola’s friend and rival Mikel Arteta was playing the same sad song about fixture congestion, despite his Arsenal team having played two fewer games this season than Coventry – who have no £50 players million to switch.
Chelsea, oh Chelsea. The former toy of a Russian oligarch now owned by financially incontinent venture capitalists who have spent £1 billion on a team of players fighting like weasels in a sack over who should enjoy the personal glory of scoring the penalty that puts them 5-0 up against Everton.
Read Dave Kidd’s full column as he takes aim at Nottingham Forest, Fulham ticket prices, Game 39, VAR and more…
Forest appealed a four-point deduction in March, hoping to get some points back.
But in doing so, they risked their punishment being increased.
Premier League rules state that an Appeals Committee can “amend any penalty imposed or order made in the first instance”.
Meanwhile, Everton suffered an initial 10-point deduction, later reduced to six following appeal, for breaching financial rules by £19.5m.
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