In theory Southampton have two weeks to respond to the charge and though the EFL can hurry them along, they probably have a legal case if not allowed that time. Then you have to appoint a board to examine, let them look at the evidence and come to a conclusion. There is probably also a right to appeal, even up to CAS. So if the EFL hurry it they could face a lawsuit for however much money you get for one year in the Premier League.

 Yes OI and Boro looked defeated as a team by then. They were similar in the first leg tbh. Heavy legs at this stage of the season whereas Southampton were full of energy.

 What I’m really interested in knowing is if it’s relatively standard practice amongst football clubs and they just happened to be the one* that got caught.

 Casteldine certainly didn't look ready for that sort of game but he is still very young so plenty of time to improve.

 When Leeds were fined there was no specific rule about spying. It was just frowned upon. The EFL changed the rulebook after that so it just makes what Southampton did even more stupid. I don’t think it’s out the realm of possibility they get booted out the playoffs.

 Yeah the option of putting Boro into the final doesn’t seem to work at all.

 We've sent Paper's out on many a bush spying mission:-)

 Leeds just got fined Trigger, I can't see anything much different happening and I suspect nothing at all will happen till well into June.

 I was laughing spygate off but the more I read about it the more serious (and stupid) it appears. I can’t see Southampton getting booted out of the playoffs but they have taken a reputational hit. I wonder what the end result will be.

 The only problem arises because so many left leaning, “virtuous”, my shite doesn’t stink types, keep stepping way over that line, while believing that because they use the word genocide etc then everything they do is virtuous and justified.

 It’s not that fine a line really. What the state of Israel is doing is a political situation that you’d be mad not to view as out of control. Taking that a free go at any individual Jew or Jewish communities in other countries is attacking people for what they are and that’s different. It’s really not difficult and boycotting a music “competition” because the political entity, state, country of Israel is in it isn’t anti semitism.

 I think if you look at the make-up of both boards theses days they are largely run by a group of capitalists and that is not an insult, I'm sure I qualify as a capitalist.

 Should add that's coming into contact with us, not coming here

 Steve Bruce- Blackpool, Gary Waddock - Wycombe and Stuart Maynard- Notts County

 Surrey Bob-didn’t people work on Saturday mornings in those days so May have come straight from work?

 doughtmeistergeneral - all I can say on your second but last post is obviously they don't know that managers under pressure who come here usually get the tik-tak shortly after

 Not sure what happened to the GB there (Timmy's post seems innocuous enough). Getting lots of out of memory errors, so doubled the memory and restarted the server.

 Southampton were a disgrace both on and off the pitch. I hope hull thump them. Doesn’t matter anyway, either of them will be straight back down

 Unprovoked ! lol

 With that interpretation. DO, no-one, country or individual, can criticise or object to, Israel's brutal wars in Gaza or Lebanon, without facing the charge of being antisemitic. Am I anti-american or anti-russian for objecting to their unprovoked wars?

 Sorry for the football post, but I’m glad Southampton got to Wembley… 👏

 TTK?

 Knowing how the club is run by the Leftwaffe, it can come as no surprise to anyone that TTK and his wingman were allowed on site. Quite shocking when you think about it.

 OTD today! - great to see how people dressed so formally back then for a leisure pursuit

 That relates to yesterday's OTD which has just changed