Kanye West 7,346 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Sheffield Wednesday Football Club has today filed its response to the charges brought against it by the English Football League for alleged misconduct concerning the sale and leaseback of Hillsborough stadium and the inclusion of the profit on that sale in the Club’s 2017/18 accounts. The Club has informed the EFL that the charges are themselves unlawful and, without prejudice to that fact, are all denied by the Club and the other Respondents. The Club has reserved all of its rights against the EFL and will take all such actions as are necessary to protect its rights and integrity, and those of its current and former officers, including in relation to inaccurate reporting. The Club has also notified the EFL that it stands ready to bring a claim against the EFL to obtain compensation for its conduct. The Club maintains that it consulted with the relevant executive officers of the EFL in connection with the stadium transaction and that it acted in good faith. The Club has in its possession numerous emails, letters and other documents in which the EFL gave authorisation to the transaction, and on which authorisation the Club understood it could rely. That authorisation gave rise in law to a legitimate expectation that the transaction would be accepted by the EFL, which is binding on the EFL. The EFL is acting in breach of that binding legitimate expectation by retrospectively treating as misconduct that which it had itself previously authorised, and this makes the charges themselves unlawful. The Club is accordingly bringing its own claim against the EFL to establish that it is acting unlawfully, as well as standing ready, if necessary, to vigorously defend the charges. The Club will make no further comment at this time. Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Kanye West 7,346 Posted December 4, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 4, 2019 1 16 Link to post Share on other sites
BARMYARMY2010 3,086 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Goooo on Mr Chairman!! Link to post Share on other sites
lanzaroteowl 6,082 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Fuckem! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
gingerknob1 306 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Well said Link to post Share on other sites
stoff 156 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Good. The EFL pissflaps. Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Meadows 936 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 fizz the EFL got the big hitters behind this Link to post Share on other sites
adelphi1867 3,170 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 IF we win this case will we be given extra points 6 Link to post Share on other sites
striker 8,027 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 (edited) Good statement, I'm fully behind the club. Notwithstanding my dislike of the EFL, if we have the evidence inferred, hope we take them to task. DC isn't someone to roll over and don't think we are the soft target the EFL might have hoped. Compensation would be quite ironic, £39m no less Edited December 4, 2019 by striker Link to post Share on other sites
southstand 164 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Promotion to premier league and 80 point start next season you heard it here first 1 Link to post Share on other sites
doubleo 1,786 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Go For it DC. EFL = Unfit for purpose. Link to post Share on other sites
alanharper 33,431 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 34 minutes ago, Kanye West said: Sheffield Wednesday Football Club has today filed its response to the charges brought against it by the English Football League for alleged misconduct concerning the sale and leaseback of Hillsborough stadium and the inclusion of the profit on that sale in the Club’s 2017/18 accounts. The Club has informed the EFL that the charges are themselves unlawful and, without prejudice to that fact, are all denied by the Club and the other Respondents. The Club has reserved all of its rights against the EFL and will take all such actions as are necessary to protect its rights and integrity, and those of its current and former officers, including in relation to inaccurate reporting. The Club has also notified the EFL that it stands ready to bring a claim against the EFL to obtain compensation for its conduct. The Club maintains that it consulted with the relevant executive officers of the EFL in connection with the stadium transaction and that it acted in good faith. The Club has in its possession numerous emails, letters and other documents in which the EFL gave authorisation to the transaction, and on which authorisation the Club understood it could rely. That authorisation gave rise in law to a legitimate expectation that the transaction would be accepted by the EFL, which is binding on the EFL. The EFL is acting in breach of that binding legitimate expectation by retrospectively treating as misconduct that which it had itself previously authorised, and this makes the charges themselves unlawful. The Club is accordingly bringing its own claim against the EFL to establish that it is acting unlawfully, as well as standing ready, if necessary, to vigorously defend the charges. The Club will make no further comment at this time. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Flat Owl 6,221 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 1 hour ago, lanzaroteowl said: Fuckem! Nukem! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
matthefish2002 13,663 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Interesting development. Will have to wait and see how it all plays out as not being a lawyer I have not got a clue how it will end. Link to post Share on other sites
dewsburyowl58 2,835 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Will this and promotion is nailed on Link to post Share on other sites
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Chansiri is king 210 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 7 minutes ago, paulrs said: Anyone know who our lawyers are? Lawyers with balls !!! Looking at the statement Link to post Share on other sites
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