FANS have been left baffled after the Premier League released a rare statement in response to Sheffield United’s relegation.
The Blades’ long-anticipated relegation was finally confirmed by a 5-1 defeat to Newcastle.
GettySheffield United have been relegated pending the outcome of appeals[/caption]
PANottingham Forest could be docked more points for appealing their initial points deduction[/caption]
They are now ten points off 17th-placed Nottingham Forest with just three games left to play.
But the Premier League responded with an unusual statement regarding Sheffield United’s position.
It read: “Following their defeat to Newcastle, Sheffield Utd are relegated pending Everton and Nott’m Forest’s points-deduction appeals.”
One fan reacted to the statement saying: “Speculate with point deduction is sad af.”
Another added: “Pending what now?”
A third wrote: “Weird phrasing. What on earth do they mean?”
And another commented: “Are you implying there is a possibility you may take more points, pending this appeal.
“What exactly are you implying here. Sheff Utd can not get near Everton. What is it, you on the wind up or what.”
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Our beautiful game is broken, says Dave Kid
By Dave Kidd
WHEN Manchester United got lucky in their FA Cup semi-final, Antony’s first instinct was to goad heartbroken opponents Coventry. To rub their noses in the dirt.
Antony seems to be a vile individual but this isn’t really about Antony. Because Antony is merely a symptom of the hideous sickness within England’s top flight.
There is so much wrong.
After our elite clubs persuaded the FA to completely scrap Cup replays — which gave us Ronnie Radford and Ricky Villa and Ryan Giggs — without due recompense or reasoning with the rest of English football.
The previous day, after his Manchester City side had defeated Chelsea in the other FA Cup semi-final, Pep Guardiola whinged about the fixture scheduling of TV companies who effectively pay much of his £20m salary.
Up at Wolves, Guardiola’s friend and rival Mikel Arteta was playing the same sad song about fixture congestion, despite his Arsenal side having played two fewer games this season than Coventry — who don’t have £50m squad players to rotate with.
Chelsea, oh Chelsea. The one-time plaything of a Russian oligarch now owned by financially incontinent venture capitalists who have piddled £1billion on a squad of players who fight like weasels in a sack about who should bask in the personal glory of scoring the penalty that puts them 5-0 up against Everton.
Forest appealed against a four-point deduction in March in hope of winning some points back.
But in doing so they have risked their punishment being increased.
Premier League rules state that an Appeal Board can “vary any penalty imposed or order made at first instance”.
Meanwhile Everton were deducted an initial 10 points, later reduced to six upon appeal, for breaching financial rules by £19.5million.