The reason I didn’t think they’d be booted out as that I didn’t think the EFL would have the courage to do it. Actually impressed with them.

3 games they’ve admitted to. Wonder how many it actually was.

I’d imagine that Wrexham must be about to launch a legal challenge to say that they should be playing Boro for a chance to go to Wembley….?

Soton were always going to get expelled from the playoffs for this, and it’s the right decision. Such a daft thing to do on so many levels - the intern analyst even used his bank card to buy a coffee there.

Whoever wins now out of Hull and Boro must be a good shout to beat the Derby all time low points total

Terrible mistake by Southampton- can have made no real difference even if they got away with it and they are clearly a much easier team to make an example of than certain others (naming no names… Man City…) with bigger budgets and fiercer lawyers.

Wonder what pompy fans think

£90 one way for borro fans to come down they bumped up the fares already And there’s engineering works on as well unlucky

Didn’t realise it was an intern that went/was sent and got caught.

Sounds like they admitted a load of stuff so any appeal can only really be on the severity of the punishment. (Bloke on Sky reckons it could get worse if the FA go after them for bringing the game into disrepute.) I can’t see the EFL backing down on appeal because it would make logistics for the final an absolute cluster - but then I couldn’t see them expelling them in the first place so what do I know?

Wow - what about the 36,000 tickets sold, can those fans still go to the game….? 🤪

King’s Cross station will be busy then on sat

Oh wow, thats massive news! They need the bloke we used to get us off of our Jermaine Darlington punishment !

And a 4 point deduction next season in the Championship too.

Saints expelled from the playoffs and Boro will play in the final instead.

Gimps could we delete my 16:51 post in case it damages my hard-earned football credibility on here please?

No way!

I can understand that viewpoint Alan. I’ve never been there but someone told me that the whole site is quite open and accessible (deliberately so for “normal” patrons to enjoy). Sounds like The Saint both took his task far too seriously and wasn’t the right man for the job.

I've no sympathy for Boro, even though I wanted them to win the playoffs. Any side worth their salt, would have screens at ground level to prevent this. Drones are a different thing altogether, but since this was done via peeking through a fence, I'd say its fair game.

Yeah they were never gonna be thrown out. Will still be interesting to see what the authorities do though because if it’s seen like they got away with it or lacked any meaningful punishment then it’s a green light for clubs to get their spying game going.

Doubt they will be thrown out, just fined

Apparently EFL have let Southampton sell 36,000 tickets for Saturday. What are the odds of them being thrown out after that?

CW - that means Sinner wins again… 🎾

Carlos Alcaraz withdraws from Wimbledon tennis, shame as he’s one of about 4 layers who could actually win

Hash-sadly he’s probably some sort of hero in Ramsgutter, probably has a pic of that incident on his caravan wall