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⚽️ Championship playoffs, 8pm BST kick-off ( first leg: 0-0 ) ⚽️ Saints launch review into spying allegations | Mail Luke What a week it’s been in the world of association football. Fisticuffs at Real Madrid and a seismic VAR decision involving Premier League-chasing Arsenal and relegation-threatened West Ham feature in the highlights (or lowlights). But juiciest of all? The spying allegations levelled at Southampton by Middlesbrough before their Championship playoff first leg last week. Southampton were charged with misconduct last Friday, after an individual was allegedly discovered creeping around in the bushes at Boro’s training ground, and this morning Southampton confirmed that an internal investigation has been launched. The English Football League intend to convene a hearing “at the earliest opportunity”, but clearly it is a situation that could get extremely messy, depending on the result tonight. Continue reading...
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