Final tickets on sale despite Spygate uncertainty
Tickets have gone on sale for the Championship play-off final, despite uncertainty over whether the match between Hull City and Southampton will go ahead as planned. Saints face a
Tickets have gone on sale for the Championship play-off final, despite uncertainty over whether the match between Hull City and Southampton will go ahead as planned. Saints face a hearing over the Spygate scandal, which saw the club charged by the English Football League (EFL) for observing one of Middlesbrough's training sessions within the 72-hour period before the semi-final first leg between t
Key points
- The hearing, conducted by an Independent Disciplinary Committee, will take place on or before Tuesday, 19 May.
- The EFL has said that the final could be delayed, dependent on the outcome of that hearing, and any possible appeal by either Middlesbrough or Southampton.
- Both Hull and Saints have received an allocation of 35,984 for the Wembley final, which is currently scheduled to kick off at 16:30 BST on Saturday, 23 May.
- However, the play-offs have been overshadowed by the allegations a member of Saints' backroom team broke EFL rules by 'spying' on a Middlesbrough training session last Thursday, two days before the…
- There is currently no framework in place for any possible sanction since this officially became part of EFL regulations.
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This article was independently rewritten by ManyPress editorial AI from reporting originally published by BBC Sport.