The English Football League wanted Sheffield Wednesday’s 12-point deduction for breaching Profit and Sustainability rules imposed during the 2019-20 season, which would have relegated them, but an independent panel ruled against it. The panel’s written reasons showed the South Yorkshire club to have backdated a Heads of Terms agreement while also failing to supply all relevant documentation to the EFL. Wednesday have confirmed following the release of the written reasons of the case that they will appeal the decision. The commission handed them a 12-point penalty but decided it would have been unfair to impose it during the truncated 2019-20 season – a sanction that would have seen the Owls relegated from the Championship. Charlton went down instead and the London club challenged the decision, but it has now emerged in the written reasons that the governing body contested for the penalty to be imposed immediately.

Source: Express August 17, 2020 09:22 UTC