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FANS HIT BACK AT CLUB'S PENALTY

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Vincent
Published date10 April 2024
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
The club were docked two points by an independent commission on Monday for an overspend under the league's profitability and sustainability rules (PSR) in the period ending with the 2022-23 season

Everton will appeal against the sanction, having already had a 10-point penalty imposed last November for a PSR breach covering the period up to the 2021-22 season cut to six on appeal.

Nottingham Forest were given a fourpoint sanction for breaching PSR last month which is also the subject of an appeal.

A statement from the Everton Fan Advisory Board (FAB) highlighted the four different outcomes from the commission hearings to date, arguing that they leave supporters 'with more questions than answers'.

"The only consistency throughout has been the inconsistency," the statement added.

"From the outset, it has been made clear that Everton Football Club has a case to answer, however the only certainty we have is the PL's failure to provide transparent, fair and effective regulation of its own rules."

The Premier League does not have a sanctioning framework for PSR breaches.

Clubs - understood to include Everton - opted against bringing one in when the matter was discussed at a meeting in 2020.

It was decided at that time that a rigid...

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