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85 to 89 according to this, still could have been worse, you could have been caught talking to Arsenals left back in a hotel

May, 1994 – Irregular Payments

During the previous year’s High Court proceedings caused by the acrimonious fall-out between Chairman, Alan Sugar and Chief Executive, Terry Venables, details of irregular payments to players came to light. On 12th May, 1994 the Football Association formally charged Spurs with misconduct for the alleged irregular payment to a number of players. These had been made under the previous regime and were allegedly paid to players between 1985 and 1989. In the hope for clemency and that the authorities would treat them leniently, Spurs co-operated with the FA and assisted them by handing over documents which appeared to show that the payments had been made.

The FA, however, were treating the matter very seriously and a fortnight later before any judgement had been given by the inquiry team, they announced the arrangements should Spurs be demoted from the Premier League to Division 1 as a result of their misdemeanours. Sheffield United who had finished 20th in the Premier League would be the beneficiary’s of Spurs punishment by retaining their place in the top flight.

It was looking bad for Spurs and when the FA Commission gave their verdict in mid-June, it wasn’t much better. The investigation covered 40 charges of malpractice which involved payments made to fifteen players. The inquiry found Spurs guilty and imposed a record fine of £600,000. They imposed a deduction of 12 points from their total at the end of the 1994-95 season and Tottenham were expelled from that season’s FA Cup.

These were the severest punishments ever handed out and shocked the football world. The punishments amounted to relegation by a slow and painful process. Fans were devastated and a heavy cloud of despondency hung over the club. Alan Sugar was so infuriated at the heavy-handed nature of the FA’s treatment of the club that he immediately announced an appeal. He regarded the punishment as ‘a deliberate vendetta against our club and against me personally.’

Tottenham Appeal Against Punishment

The appeal against the penalties imposed by the FA inquiry into the charge of misconduct was held in early July. Chairman, Alan Sugar, was the man for the occasion – he presented Spurs’ case against all of the punishments. Having considered the case, the Appeal panel halved the points deduction to six but increased the fine to £1,500,000 as well as maintaining the Cup ban.

A Second Appeal

Jun 2, 2013; Washington, DC, USA; USA head coach Jurgen Klinsmann smiles before the game against Germany at RFK Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Paul Frederiksen-USA TODAY Sports
Sugar was still not satisfied and immediately announced that Spurs would again appeal against the penalties that had been imposed against the club. Sugar felt most aggrieved that the misconduct charges had been under a previous regime at the club and also that he had tried to co-operate with the FA over the investigation.

Spurs’ season started under the burden of a six point deduction but the arrival of Jurgen Klinsmann had given the club a much needed boost. The appeal, however, didn’t take place until early December.

On This Day, 9th December, 1994

Alan Sugar had his finest hour as he battled successfully against the Football Association to secure Spurs’ re-instatement to the FA Cup. Sugar had been so enraged by the punishment that he had promised to have the decision over turned. He was as good as his word and kept up the fight in spite of various set-backs and won the day, much to the delight of the fans who would be able to look forward to a 3rd Round home tie against Altrincham in January.

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Chuckles, I believe the spurs offences were committed in the mid 80s, but weren’t brought to light until the 90s.

Initially I’m sure they wanted to relegate you, then there were discussions and it ended up with a fine and points deduction, and then after appeals it ended up as a much bigger fine…..Pagan

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Mid 90s Chuckles, you were found guilty of some financial irregularities I believe, I think they wanted to relegate you, then they docked you points and gave you a fine, in the end it was just a fine. I think that’s roughly correct…..Pagan

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Chuckles, Spurs being one that springS to mind, bought yourself out of a relegation if memory serves me right???…..Pagan

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UEFA, as pure as pure can be, absolutely no way they’re looking on this as a way to take the odd backhander…..Pagan

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Chuckles, Team A will have made a horrendous loss this season and a massive shortfall on expected income, oh the joys of creative accounting…..Pagan

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Chuckles, so Team A has overspent by £100+m over 3 seasons and may be allowed to have a cash injection to stop them going to the wall, if they don’t let teams that have broken even or even made a profit over the same period have the same ability then they’re getting penalised for sticking to the rules, yet another money earner for the lawyers…..Pagan

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The transfer window could be very interesting, the governing bodies are going to have to write off FFP for this and next season, they’re not going to let clubs go bust when the owner is offering to put money in, and if that’s the case some clubs may be creative…..Pagan

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Mav, I think you have confused the word silly with honest…..Pagan

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9, great table, but I suspect it’s just had the halves cut a 40 mins, however get it more accurate they’d to remove minutes 41 to 45 Of each half and then still count the goals scored in time added on…..Pagan

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Coin toss could be done on Skype, so that’s the social distancing box ticked, I’m sure Sky could work their magic and make it a spectacle…..Pagan

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BBC reporting that Dave Greenfield, keyboard player in The Stranglers has passed away from Coronavirus. Great band The Stranglers, RIP Dave…..Pagan

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I think we should have a vote, run it for four days, close it on day three, we could then have a chat about whether we count the current votes, average the votes per day or void it…..Pagan

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Chuckles, I took trial to mean test run, but if it’s a “trial” who’s going to represent him and do you think we have the numbers to make up a jury?…..Pagan

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Chuckles, don’t mention the league????…..Pagan

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I’m a bit disappointed to be honest Chuckles, thought during the lock down you’d been reading self help books and are now trying to better yourself????…..Pagan

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Thanks for the update on Nil Ed……Pagan

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Chuckles, regarding Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, he’s had that accusation quite a while, however he is innocent, that is unless you can prove him guilty.

Nice to see you want to pretend to be a Chelsea fan, people always want to pretend to be something they aspire to be??…….Pagan

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9, expect resistance from Gordon Taylor and the PFA, he needs to justify his £2m salary…..Pagan

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The BBC are reporting that

“A growing number of Premier League clubs are open to playing the remaining fixtures at neutral venues but with the threat of relegation removed.”

Which begs the question why bother then??? Oh yeah money…..Pagan

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