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Full written reasons: https://www.efl.com/contentassets/873a8914e09740d3b3a8848131ea10b8/210630---efl-v-derby-county---decision-on-sanction-final.pdf "Following the decision, the EFL remains disappointed that the Commission has determined that a £100,000 financial penalty is appropriate, when it was found the policy adopted for the amortisation of player registrations and the description in the notes to the Annual Accounts did not comply with Profit & Sustainability (P&S) rules. Alongside a financial penalty, the Club received a reprimand as to its future conduct and has been ordered to submit revised and restated accounts for the years ended 30 June 2016, 30 June 2017 and 30 June 2018 to the EFL by Wednesday 18 August 2021. While the EFL does not agree that those sanctions are commensurate to the breaches found, following consultation with our legal advisors, the EFL Board has regrettably determined that there are insufficient grounds to appeal the sanction imposed by the Independent Disciplinary Commission" "As a consequence of the EFL’s decision not to appeal, the divisional placings for season 2021/22 are to remain in accordance with the fixture list issued on 24 June 2021." Representing Derby, who are safe from relegation because the EFL aren't appealing, are Nick de Marco and Tom Richards (who was on High Court documents relating to our own case in February).

Exactly, but at least they're showing genuine ambition. Wonder where the club will be in 5 years? Championship if Ashley's here. Maybe 6th if a takeover?

Some typos in that piece I noticed, but point stands. They're here to do things differently and that I'm all for!

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/castore-exclusive-tom-beahon-newcastle-20959372 A "multi-year" - understood to be five year - partnership with Newcastle United is a foothill on the Everest of overturning the dominance of the likes of Nike, Adidas and Puma - the latter ousted after nearly a decade as kit supplier to Newcastle. --- "Newcastle is a perfect example of what is wrong with the market and where Castore thinks we can do things differently," he tells ChronicleLive in an exclusive interview. "If you're one of those 'big four', you partner with one of those big brands, you'd get a bespoke range, limited editions products opps, retro kits, accessories, lifestyle products and provide brilliant marketing support and plug them into the international distribution network. But for anyone out the big four we felt the model, simply,is broken. It was all standardised kits, very little by way of bespoke designs and even stranger, very little by way of marketing investment. "If you look at the size of Newcastle's fanbase and the love and deep passion they have for that club - it's passed through the generations and in families - why, as a brand, would you not want to make bespoke products? Why would you not want to invest in marketing and tell the club's story? "There won't be any templated kits from Castore. Every single thing we make in the Newcastle range, from a technical perspective, will be bespoke. First, away, third, training kit, anthem jackets they'll come out in the stadium to, lifestyle products - everything will be bespoke. It's a commitment we made at the start of this deal. "It's an opportunity for us to come in and shake things up. Why would you want to partner with a club like Newcastle in terms of size and stature and not really activate that partnership and bring it to life with creative marketing and story telling, content and the chance to do some cool stuff with the players?" "There's a lot of opportunity out there but we don't want to do every deal. We want to partner with clubs we feel match our own ambitions. We're very ambitious as a brand. We want to be number one globally in five years - that's an ambition - and we want to partner with clubs that are equally ambitious. "We know how deep and passionate the Newcastle fanbase is but the next stage really excites me: where can this club go and be in the next five years? That was a big driver behind drawing me to this opportunity." Next week will see the first Newcastle Castore kit launched with, Beahon reveals, a "nod to heritage and history". --- It is part of Castore's biggest ever kit deal which they're financially and "emotionally" invested in. "I care about this deeply," Beahon says. "This is a significant financial investment from my business in Newcastle and I'm very, very comfortable making that based on how big the fanbase is but also how passionate it is and the ambitions the club has the exciting journey the club will go on in the next five years. "Some of the stuff I've seen about the Reuben Brothers being investors or Mike Ashley are just fundamentally not true. I know each one of my investors on a first name basis, I've got all of their numbers in my phone and I speak to them quite regularly to discuss what's going on with the business. What is clear is that Castore will do things differently. Fans can expect lifestyle clothes, retro kits, limited edition match shirts and more between now and the start fo the season. "We all know the recent history of Newcastle but as an outside observer you just look at the club and think: 'There's so much we could do better'," Beahon says. "I touched on that with marketing and products but the retail experience is a big, big part of that. If I look at the website fans were buying off and going up to St James' Park, as I have been, the retail experience there's a lot we can do better. "If we're going to invest in the club partnership as we are, why would we not want to take over the retail? It just means it's in our gift to make it a success. It puts more pressure on us but shows we are totally commited to this partnership.

CAT cases are all public unless it deals with... https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/40/schedule/4 Schedule 4, 1(2): (2)In preparing that document the Tribunal shall have regard to the need for excluding, so far as practicable— (a)information the disclosure of which would in its opinion be contrary to the public interest; (b)commercial information the disclosure of which would or might, in its opinion, significantly harm the legitimate business interests of the undertaking to which it relates; (c)information relating to the private affairs of an individual the disclosure of which would, or might, in its opinion, significantly harm his interests.

https://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/newcastle-united/premier-league-issue-no-comment-response-to-newcastle-united-takeover-challenge-3294301 "And when asked by the Gazette for their stance on the matter, the Premier League expectedly replied with the following: “This isn’t something we’re commenting on at the moment.” Does this suggest they will comment at some point? When arbitration is finished, I assume they can go public with a decision in some form. But the "At the moment" bit stands out for me

"If the EPL continues to insist that the Club’s claim must be determined behind closed doors, the Club asks that MPs, the government, the media and the general public call on the EPL to finally accept public scrutiny of its decision-making process." Adding pressure to the PL, sustained pressure, would do a world of good to support transparent governance in the future. At both Newcastle regardless of this particular takeover, and at the organisational level

That is, if the retained list ever comes out! Carroll etc are meant to be gone, even if talk of a new contract in his case has surfaced. The absolute irony in today's statement I can agree with Caulkin and the rest there!

Written in the rules, I do understand the need for privacy. The line about "both parties can agree" is interesting as I didn't know that. "The proceedings of an arbitration convened under this Section X shall be confidential and shall be conducted in private" / Section X : Arbitration

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11678/12346662/newcastle-call-for-premier-league-to-end-secretive-nature-of-takeover-arbitration "The Premier League declined to comment when contacted by Sky Sports News." Updated line

We definitely won't get the reception of the Super League, because most the football world hates the idea of the Saudis buying any club, let alone us

Do you think any of the ITK's knew about this? In fairness Keith tweeted just before the drama started we'd hear something from Sky

Get spamming the Twitter again I say, call the MPs whatever you want. Club-mandated now!

Because PL provides arbitration to be heard in private in their rules I imagine nothing will change. But it's nice for some form of communication about the process anyway.

https://www.nufc.co.uk/news/latest-news/club-statement-010721/ The Club continues to receive requests for updates on its current arbitration claim against the Premier League (‘EPL’) considering the lawfulness of the EPL’s decisions regarding the proposed takeover of the Club involving the PIF. Unfortunately, the Club is unable to make any comment about the arbitration. The EPL Rules provide the entire arbitration process is confidential. However, both parties can agree for it to be in public. The Club believes it should be. The issues at stake, including the lawfulness of the EPL’s decision making process and the widely publicised alleged influence of the EPL’s commercial partners on the EPL’s decisions, are of far wider interest to other football clubs, fans and the public in general. The recent attempted breakaway by some EPL clubs - and the reaction of the government and public to it - has again highlighted the need for transparency and fairness in football governance. Gone are the days when important decisions that affect clubs and their fans should be made secretly, behind closed doors and away from the public eye. The Club has nothing to hide with respect to the arbitration and invites the EPL to agree that it should no longer be held behind closed doors. If the EPL has acted lawfully and properly, it should have no reason to be afraid of the public spotlight. To date the EPL has strongly resisted any public scrutiny of its decision-making process. It tried, and failed, to prevent the High Court’s judgment about elements of the arbitration being published last February. It is currently attempting to prevent the competition courts considering a claim by the Club’s sellers from taking place in public, arguing that too should be held in confidential arbitration. So the Club has invited the EPL to agree - as the claim raises such important issues of sports governance, transparency and openness - that it should be held in public. The Club is prepared for every stage of the process to be in public: the public should be able to see the parties’ evidence and arguments as well as the full decision of the Tribunal when it is made. The government quite rightly threatened to intervene in reaction to the proposed breakaway from the EPL earlier this year, and the reaction of football fans and the wider public was instrumental in stopping the emergence of the European Super League (ESL). If the EPL continues to insist that the Club’s claim must be determined behind closed doors, the Club asks that MPs, the government, the media and the general public call on the EPL to finally accept public scrutiny of its decision-making process.

Confirmed

If a journalist hasn't committed it to writing in an article, don't consider it at all. It's just another opinion as valuable as yours or mine going off a tweet

It's the fans who don't question these rumours that saddens me, just being strung along by each one that inevitably falls to pieces. And itk accounts are the most deceiving of the lot, trying to pass information off as a genuine insider for a following and support, but really they're creating more division in the Twitter community and fuels more and more arguments on hearsay and speculation

Tbf Everton seem to be backed by Usmanov who has a net worth (which isn't a total guide on how much they have available hence the "wallpaper" argument) of 20 billion dollars

I put it in the braindead tweets thread. Felt more apt to put it there

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