Southampton hit a ‘realistically disproportionate’ penalty

Southampton have appealed, saying their exit from the Championship play-offs was “out of proportion to the past failures in the history of the English game”.

The EFL Independent Disciplinary Commission on Tuesday night It knocked Southampton out of the play-offs. And now it’s back to Middlesbrough, who face Hull City in Saturday’s final.

St. Mary’s club also dropped four points in the championship in the following season.

The Saints’ appeal will be heard by an independent league arbitrator later Wednesday.

The statement added that the club “cannot accept a punishment that has nothing to do with the offence”.