Southampton ‘Spygate’ hearing may not take place until Tuesday
Spying charges against Southampton may not be heard until Tuesday, placing a question mark over the scheduling of next week’s Championship play-off final.
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Hull back in Premier League after McBurnie's last-gasp playoff winner
LONDON, May 23 : Hull City fought their way back to the Premier League with a 1-0 win over Middlesbrough in the Championship playoff final thanks to Oli McBurnie's stoppage-time goal at Wembley on Saturday.
Middlesbrough keen to put 'Spygate' behind them and focus on playoff final
May 21 : Middlesbrough manager Kim Hellberg is keen to put the "Spygate" scandal behind him ahead of facing Hull City in the Championship playoff final, a game that can put his team back in the Premier League for the first time in nine years.
Southampton manager Eckert authorised spying scheme, commission says
May 21 : Southampton manager Tonda Eckert accepted that he had signed off on the plan to spy on opponents' training sessions that led to the club's expulsion from the Championship playoff final, an Independent Disciplinary Commission said in its ruling.
Leo Scienza: Southampton’s play-off expulsion over ‘Spygate’ is ‘heartbreaking’
Winger Leo Scienza admitted Southampton’s expulsion from the Championship play-offs for spying offences was “heartbreaking” and that the club’s fans “definitely deserved better”.
FA investigates Southampton over ‘Spygate’ scandal
Southampton are now under investigation by the Football Association in relation to the ‘Spygate’ scandal.
Southampton CEO calls playoff final expulsion "manifestly disproportionate"
May 20 : Southampton's expulsion from the Championship playoff final and a four-point deduction for next season is a "sanction which bears no proportion to the offence", the second-tier club's CEO Phil Parsons said on Wednesday.
'Manifestly Disproportionate': Southampton Executive Reacts To Championship Playoff Expulsion
Southampton heads into its appeal against expulsion from the Championship playoff final believing its punishment is "manifestly disproportionate" to any previous sanction in English soccer history.
Spying scandal rocks English soccer as Southampton expelled from world's richest match
SOUTHAMPTON, England, May 19 : Southampton have been thrown out of Saturday’s Championship playoff final – the richest game in world soccer – after being found guilty of spying on semi-final opponents Middlesbrough in one of the harshest punishments imposed in the English game.