Derby County to Lodge Appeal Against 12 Points Administration Deduction

[Ericsladkilnhurst]

Derby County said to be lodging an appeal against the automatic 12 point deduction,
handed out for going into administration.
Derby County case for appeal is based on owner Mel Morris's belief that the move
to call in the administrators, was caused by the lack of gate receipts, as a consequence
of the coronavirus pandemic.
The cost of the appeal is said to be expected to set the administrators back £300,000
in legal fees.
It is hoped, if the appeal is successful, the club will be docked 6 points, instead of the
usual fixed amount of 12 points for clubs, who go into administration.

Summary - Derby County trying every avenue to try & beat the EFL rules, the owner
blaming the loss of gates receipts, due to the pandemic.
What about division 1 & 2 clubs, who were most hit with gate receipts, at least Derby
County like all championship clubs got television appearance money, & over £6m
for being in the championship.
I have said in other posts about Derby County Chief Executive Stephen Pearce, who
was on the EFL board, until he resigned this year, he will have knowledge of all
the rules & ins & outs of the system.
If the appeal is allowed, it goes to a independent panel to decide.

[rolymiller]

Derby County said to be lodging an appeal against the automatic 12 point deduction,
handed out for going into administration.
Derby County case for appeal is based on owner Mel Morris's belief that the move
to call in the administrators, was caused by the lack of gate receipts, as a consequence
of the coronavirus pandemic.
The cost of the appeal is said to be expected to set the administrators back £300,000
in legal fees.
It is hoped, if the appeal is successful, the club will be docked 6 points, instead of the
usual fixed amount of 12 points for clubs, who go into administration.

Summary - Derby County trying every avenue to try & beat the EFL rules, the owner
blaming the loss of gates receipts, due to the pandemic.
What about division 1 & 2 clubs, who were most hit with gate receipts, at least Derby
County like all championship clubs got television appearance money, & over £6m
for being in the championship.
I have said in other posts about Derby County Chief Executive Stephen Pearce, who
was on the EFL board, until he resigned this year, he will have knowledge of all
the rules & ins & outs of the system.
If the appeal is allowed, it goes to a independent panel to decide.

chuck it out then dock em another 12 points for cheek...

[Karl998yr]

I can see some brown envelopes stuffed with cash doing the rounds

[flourbasher]

They should mirror the rules for appealing a red card.
Think very hard about lodging an appeal because if it fails then the deduction is increased

Of course Derby were always going to appeal because this is their opportunity for their lawyers to throw their weight around and put the EFL into a panic. There will only be one outcome and it will favour those who throw the most money at it

The real question here though is how can Derby fund an appeal, which will cost a lot of money, but they can't pay their creditors and their own staff

[rolymiller]

They should mirror the rules for appealing a red card.
Think very hard about lodging an appeal because if it fails then the deduction is increased

Of course Derby were always going to appeal because this is their opportunity for their lawyers to throw their weight around and put the EFL into a panic. There will only be one outcome and it will favour those who throw the most money at it

The real question here though is how can Derby fund an appeal, which will cost a lot of money, but they can't pay their creditors and their own staff

I can't see em going down anyway they are not that far adrift... I reckon they are averaging about 1.27 points per game atm. That will give them 46 points after 46 games if they carry on at that rate. It will give them a very good chance of staying up even if they don't improve on that.

[MillerBill]

They'll get it halved like they did for Wednesday,you bet.The governing bodies are a complete joke,too many suspicious decisions are made and not brought to account.

[millertop]

They'll get it halved like they did for Wednesday,you bet.The governing bodies are a complete joke,too many suspicious decisions are made and not brought to account.

Agree

[Grumpy King of the West]

Football throws up weird symmetries at times. 2 years ago Barnsley avoided relegation because of a Wigan points deduction. Imagine if this season Barnsley get relegated as a result of Derby winning their appeal.

For the avoidance of doubt I don't want Derby to be successful. They've taken the pyss for far too long and it really would stink if they won their appeal.

[avondalemiller]

It's about time they nailed the -9 on them aswell, it's gone very quiet on the EFL front, come you f*cking whimps....

[frogmiller]

I can see some brown envelopes stuffed with cash doing the rounds

Peter Risdale is on the board now so that won't happen.....