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Two members of the 3 person panel that threw Southampton out of the Championship Play Offs allowing Middlesbrough to contest the Final had links to Boro - David Winnie is a former Middlesbrough player while Lydia Banerjee works for Littleton Chambers, a law firm that, until recently, represented Middlesbrough.
Mafia man John "Clown" Colquhoun is desperately trying to bury this story of a corruption he perpetrated.
And so he should as his relationship with Winnie goes back over three decades - they were both players at Heart of Midlothian in 1995 / 1996.
Why didn't Winnie and Banerjee recuse themselves?
Why are the EFL refusing to comment?
Why is an organised crime boss trying to get this story out of the media?
Sport Resolutions who put the panel together has a company motto "Enabling Fair Play" - how, exactly did that apply in this case?
Also.
Who was behind the extensive insider trading on Middlesbrough before the panel had even reached its tilted opinion?
Why is English football allowing arbitrary and seemingly random punishments to be meted out to clubs from behind firmly closed doors?
Furthermore, Sir Philip Sycamore, the Tribunal Chair, is based at 2 Hare Court Chambers which is shared with both of the EFL barristers at the hearing - Brendan Kelly KC and Amina Graham KC.
Inside World Football state: "The Southampton spygate case has become a major challenge to the EFL's governance and the integrity of its disciplinary function. It is a case that now goes right to the heart of the fundamental legal concept of Natural Justice that frames procedural fairness."
After Spygate 1.0, Marcelo Bielsa and Leeds United were fined £200K...
... after Spygate 2.0, Southampton were prevented from participating in a Play Off Final worth £200 million to the winner.
Is this not just slightly disproportionate?
Kim Hellberg, the 'Boro manager, stated after the Hull City defeat that it had been "very difficult" for his players to deal with the "rollercoaster" of emotions and that training had been "impossible".
But not as impossible as for Hull City!
At least Middlesbrough knew who they were to be playing whereas Hull City had less than three days to focus on 'Boro rather than Southampton after the panel's decision was made public. This bifurcated Hull's planning for the Final.
Even with one of the Clown's puppeted referees Jarred Gillett on the Play Off Final, Boro lost.
Although it is worthy of note that there were supposed to be 8 minutes of injury time but this mysteriously became 15 minutes after Hull City scored a goal in the 95th minute.
The best laid plans of Clowns & Crooks...
For Network members, check the Cork Server for details of other inappropriate liaisons between Sport Resolutions and organised crime boss Colquhoun where the latter got the outcome he requested.
Our Network are happy to provide other extensive supportive evidences to Southampton if they wish to take legal action.
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