Nobby Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Feyenoord will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne over their UEFA Cup exclusion, the Dutch club said on Friday. The Rotterdam-based club said in a statement they believe they cannot be held responsible for the crowd disturbances before and during their group-stage match against Nancy in France on Nov. 30 for which they were banned. "We want to have the verdict of the (UEFA) Appeals Board tested in juridical terms as we have the feeling that justice has not been done," the club's financial director Onno Jacobs said. Feyenoord qualified for the first knockout round but the UEFA ban handed their English opponents Tottenham Hotspur a bye into the last 16 of the competition. "Pending our appeal we will continue our preparations for the matches against Spurs and we will urge the Court of Arbitration for Sport to make a quick decision," Feyenoord said. CAS secretary general Matthieu Reeb told Reuters on Thursday the court was confident the case could be heard and a verdict announced in time for the first leg of the first knockout round tie to go ahead if it ruled in Feyenoord's favour. During the trouble at Nancy in November, tear gas was used to control rioting Feyenoord fans who spilled onto the pitch. The match was suspended for half an hour. (Additional reporting by Mark Ledsom in Switzerland) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crumpy Gunt Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 How come any Italian team hasn't been banned the way them cowardly horrible two faced cunts go on? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 from the way that article is written, it looks like they might get reinstated Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howaythelads Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Does anybody really give a shit? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 It interests me, yes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 it could make a difference to who we play Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howaythelads Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 It interests me, yes. It would. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Monkey Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 it could make a difference to who we play ha ha. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 I think that they have a better than average chance of reinstatement. For starters, I think that UEFA has frightened the supporters and ultimately that was their first goal. Second, it is very difficult to make a case against a corporation (ultimately to penalize the corporation) when those at issue are not employees or directors and have no direct relationship. You could make the case that the ticket transaction ties them to the corporation but that has been disproven many times and is why there is the fine print on the back of the ticket holding the corporation harmless. Besides, I want the spuds to get seven shades of shite kicked out of them at every turn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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