We will have hired a legal team to defend ourselves against further punishment from the EFL. More clubs will have come forward with accusations and we’ll hopefully defend ourselves properly this time. Might get down to -1 per game they can prove
Saints expelled from Play Offs by EFL
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'You legend. Manager loved it' - Southampton's Spygate WhatsApps revealed
New WhatsApp messages have revealed how Southampton orchestrated a spying campaign against their Championship rivals.
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'You legend. Manager loved it' - Southampton's Spygate WhatsApps revealed
New WhatsApp messages have revealed how Southampton orchestrated a spying campaign against their Championship rivals.
Nothing we didn’t already know, except that there is definitely someone else involved who received the info rather than directly to Tonda himself
If that's a selection of the worst of the messages then I really don't think they're that damning
Statement from the club much of what we already know and expect in honesty. Surprised it’s taken them this long to come out with that crap! Guess it’s meant as a direct response to the final EFL release.
Club statement: 1st June 2026 | Southampton FC | News
Southampton Football Club notes today’s publication by the Arbitration Panel of the written reasons behind our unsuccessful appeal of the sanctions the Disciplinary Panel previously imposed on us in the EFL proceedings.
www.southamptonfc.com
Absolute a huge lot of **** all in that statement. The SR way....
Bit of a nothing statement. 'We accept our responsibility but we don't think the EFL handled this well' effectively. Well, yeah - but what are we gonna do about it? It's been three weeks now...
It’s still being blown vastly out of proportion by the majority of fans. Only gotta read the comments or ask any neutrals to see that they think us and Tonda are scum of the earth… is beggars belief that people think their own clubs aren’t complicit lol especially when Prem clubs can do this without breaking any rules!
Really just wanna see the club back Tonda, keep the intern, approach this like reasonable adults and let every fan hate us now!!
Club saying they don't believe some of the biggest claims against the club came without evidence. And mentions the Boro link to the panel.
I assume this statement (pretty wishywashy nothingspeak) is a response to the full report from the EFL, to appease sponsors and not legally put our foot anywhere.
Not exactly a statement on how the club are going to move forward - which I expect to come, surely?
I assume this statement (pretty wishywashy nothingspeak) is a response to the full report from the EFL, to appease sponsors and not legally put our foot anywhere.
Not exactly a statement on how the club are going to move forward - which I expect to come, surely?
It’s took this long to basically say the same again? Where’s the accountability, where’s the future plans and actions. Where’s the hierarchy off the club coming out to us fans etc???
Nothing, “review internal processes and hope like **** more clubs don’t have evidence we did it to them”
Not a huge amount in that statement except an acknowledgement we didn't take it seriously enough in the beginning and a dollop of "wah, it's not fair".
Certainly doesn't sound like we plan on taking any further action either which I personally think is correct but some people will be unhappy about.
Certainly doesn't sound like we plan on taking any further action either which I personally think is correct but some people will be unhappy about.
Why ain't that **** Parsons resigned yet?
Yep, a total nothing statement other than to publicly admit that we didn't take the charges seriously to begin with. And yet Parsons is still in his job.
I’m ****ing fuming with that.
Absolute spineless ****s. The lot of them.
We bent over backwards in the hearings, and bent over again now.
They can **** right off.
We should be suing the EFL.
I’m speechless it has taken almost two ****ing weeks to produce that.
Absolute spineless ****s. The lot of them.
We bent over backwards in the hearings, and bent over again now.
They can **** right off.
We should be suing the EFL.
I’m speechless it has taken almost two ****ing weeks to produce that.
Have to say I find the club crying about the panel ridiculous. They would have had the option to challenge them and so this means they clearly didn't know at the time.
I find it astonishing that they wouldn't have done some basic digging beforehand, and then after a fan has done their job for them they want to give it the 'woe is me' bollocks.
Yet another episode which highlights the staggering incompetence under this ownership.
I find it astonishing that they wouldn't have done some basic digging beforehand, and then after a fan has done their job for them they want to give it the 'woe is me' bollocks.
Yet another episode which highlights the staggering incompetence under this ownership.
Reading it again and the only other thing that jumps out is that I reckon they definitely want to keep Tonda on if not banned.
Full 39-page report from the EFL appeal disciplinary hearing available here: https://images.gc.eflservices.co.uk/4863abd0-5dc8-11f1-9347-83110955f550.pdf