Match Day Thread Play Off Final. Hull City v Boro

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HullCityInEurope said:
If Southampton are expelled, it has to be a City bye.

You cannot say the competition was “tainted” enough to remove Southampton, but then selectively restore Middlesbrough while ignoring every other club potentially affected across the season. If Boro are reinstated because Southampton allegedly gained an unfair advantage, then clubs like Wrexham could equally argue they were denied playoff places by the same misconduct.

At that point, there is no clean line to draw.

City are the only innocent club left completely untouched by the allegations. Making them suddenly prepare for a different opponent days before Wembley creates a second unfairness caused by Southampton’s actions.

A bye is the only outcome that:

  • removes the offending club,
  • avoids rewriting the entire season,
  • and prevents new sporting disadvantages for uninvolved teams.
The punishment should fall on Southampton alone, not create further chaos for everyone else.
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I agree with this HCIE. Whilst there is no such precedent and someone with a legal mind or understanding will clarify, a precedent has to be created whereby such actions in the future have a legal ramifications from a previous event. Of course I might have just been watching the Crime channel too much on Sky...
 
It’s not going to sell out to members, not even close. I would be surprised if there’s any less than 15,000 left after the initial members sale.
 
If tickets are going on sale and ko time is decided....i think that means Southampton are only going to get a slap on the wrist and nothing of consequence will happen to them.

Ps. Ko time is **** for us northerners.
 
I'm already confused, it says:
Stage 2 – Supporters who have purchased during the 2025/26 campaign
Sunday
Stage 3 – Supporters who have purchased tickets during the 2024/25 & 2025/26 Campaign.
Monday, I guess, if any tickets left.
Surely people who have bought tickets in the last 2 seasons would be higher priority than people who had only bought this season? Doesn't make any difference to me as I qualify in both cases but I feel like I must be missing something?
 
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Ric Glasgow said:
I actually saw a clip earlier on where a Southampton player ran up to a Boro player and mocked him by mimicking holding up a set of binoculars to his eyes....
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It was Harwood-Bellis, their captain and the same **** who mocked Ayling’s stammer. Their fans, players and coaching staff think it’s hilarious that they’ve cheated an honest club out of a play-off place.

I hope McBurnie has a field day winding up Harwood-Bellis.
 
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Oregon Tiger said:
A good place to train would be at Portsmouth FC. That would be one in the eye for The Sinners. And probably the place they would be least welcome.
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AlRawdah said:
I wonder if Southampton are trying to pin this on Eckert and make him the fall guy - it’s all his fault, the hierarchy knew nothing, we are as shocked as everyone, etc. He might be gone by the end of the day, the creepy ****er.
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Creepy , really ?
 
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