Tag: points

Leicester City: Foxes should ‘take medicine’ of points deduction, says Matty Fryatt
7 February 2026 Off

Leicester City: Foxes should ‘take medicine’ of points deduction, says Matty Fryatt

By Total Football News

Leicester described the punishment as “disproportionate” and added that they would consider their options with an appeals process open to them.

Fryatt had “expected worse” for Leicester, saying he anticipated a double-figure points punishment for his former club.

The maximum penalty that could have been imposed was 12 points, but it is understood that the Premier League had been pushing for 20 points to be docked because of aggravated breaches.

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Leicester City: How did we get here and what does points deduction mean for Championship club?
6 February 2026 Off

Leicester City: How did we get here and what does points deduction mean for Championship club?

By Total Football News

Leicester spent just over £100m to sign six players across the 2021-22 and 2022-23 campaigns.

It was not just the transfer fees which were to cause issues, it was the salaries and the contracts.

The club’s wage bill ballooned to £206m.

“Everybody assumed that they would a top-eight club,” Football finance expert Kieran Maguire told BBC Sport.

“They effectively budgeted for that and didn’t take into consideration the potential downside.”

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Leicester City opinion: Silver lining of points deduction is the end of uncertainty
6 February 2026 Off

Leicester City opinion: Silver lining of points deduction is the end of uncertainty

By Total Football News

After years of speculation and legal battles, Leicester City have finally been given the points deduction that had been looming for so long.

Given there were rumours suggesting the punishment could hit double figures, six points does not seem too bad in the end.

For a club that has insisted it is fighting for promotion back to the Premier League, a deduction of that size should be an inconvenience, a

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Leicester City: ‘Lucky escape’ or ‘nonsensical’ points deduction? – your opinions
6 February 2026 Off

Leicester City: ‘Lucky escape’ or ‘nonsensical’ points deduction? – your opinions

By Total Football News

After Leicester City’s six-point deduction for breaching profit and sustainability rules was confirmed by the EFL on Thursday, we asked for your thoughts on the outcome.

Here are a selection of your responses:

Rishul: With talks of a 10-point-plus deduction, this is a far better outcome for us than expected. The club have done reasonably well to argue for a decreased punishment (as we all know the PSR rules, whether

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Leicester City docked six points by EFL for financial breaches
5 February 2026 Off

Leicester City docked six points by EFL for financial breaches

By Total Football News

Leicester City have been docked six points by the English Football League for breaching financial rules.

The deduction will be applied immediately meaning the Foxes fall from 17th to 20th in the Championship and are only outside the relegation zone on goal difference.

It comes after Leicester were charged by the Premier League in May for a profit and sustainability (PSR) breach in the three years up to 2023-24.

Leicester

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Charlton Athletic 1-2 Middlesbrough: Boro move within five points of leaders Coventry
11 December 2025 Off

Charlton Athletic 1-2 Middlesbrough: Boro move within five points of leaders Coventry

By Total Football News

Kim Hellberg’s perfect start as Middlesbrough boss continued with a 2-1 Championship win over Charlton Athletic at The Valley.

First-half goals from Riley McGree and Morgan Whittaker were enough on a mostly comfortable evening for Boro, who moved within five points of leaders Coventry.

George Edmundson’s own goal halved the deficit nine minutes from time but Boro held on for Hellberg’s third win since replacing Rob Edwards last month.

Boro’s

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Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Oxford United: Points shared at Ewood Park
9 December 2025 Off

Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Oxford United: Points shared at Ewood Park

By Total Football News

Blackburn Rovers and Oxford United shared the points in a tight bottom-half battle at Ewood Park.

Oxford struck first when Ciaron Brown smashed home a half-volley in first-half stoppage time after a scrambled free-kick.

Rovers improved after the break and levelled through Todd Cantwell’s composed penalty on 77 minutes following a handball by Jack Currie.

Both teams had chances in the final 15 minutes but a lack of quality in

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Newcastle v Spurs: The cost of dropped points
3 December 2025 Off

Newcastle v Spurs: The cost of dropped points

By Total Football News

Newcastle, though, will rue the manner of that second Tottenham equaliser.

On a night when Spurs had not exactly peppered the Newcastle goal, the hosts kindly gifted their visitors their second shot on target in the dying minutes.

Aaron Ramsdale, who is filling in for injured goalkeeper Nick Pope, elected to punch substitute Mathys Tel’s corner but it did not clear the box and the ball looped up invitingly inside

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Sheffield Wednesday: Owls deducted six points as Chansiri banned
1 December 2025 Off

Sheffield Wednesday: Owls deducted six points as Chansiri banned

By Total Football News

Sheffield Wednesday have been given a further six-point deduction by the English Football League for regulation breaches leaving them 27 points from safety in the Championship.

Former owner Dejphon Chansiri has also received a three-year ban from owning or being a director at any EFL club.

BBC Radio Sheffield reports their latest deduction follows the failure to pay players in March, May and June, as well as other non-payments to

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