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Southampton spying compendium thread

Black_Cats1879 said:
Here’s the juicy detail
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Just read this part.......

" In addition to the sporting sanctions a reprimand is considered appropriate in the present case because of the way in which junior members of staff were put under pressure to carry out activities which they felt were, at the least, morally wrong. Such staff were in a vulnerable position without job security and with limited ability to object to, or resist the instructions given to them. "


Absolutely shocking to learn that William Salt - and others - were forced to do the spying, doubtless in fear for their jobs.

Whoever was involved in this , manager, officials etc. should get a long, long ban from being involved in any sphere of football.
 
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Rammstein said:
Just read this part.......

" In addition to the sporting sanctions a reprimand is considered appropriate in the present case because of the way in which junior members of staff were put under pressure to carry out activities which they felt were, at the least, morally wrong. Such staff were in a vulnerable position without job security and with limited ability to object to, or resist the instructions given to them. "
Absolutely shocking to learn that William Salt - and others - were forced to do the spying, doubtless in fear for their jobs.

Whoever was involved in this , manager, officials etc. should get a long, long ban from being involved in any sphere of football.
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It’s disgusting like, imagine your a young person out of college dying to break into a professional football club on the coaching side. You’d do anything they asked.
 
Pancho said:
I'm pretty sure it's a civil matter at worst and not criminal - but @Pantomime Mackem should be able to confirm.
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Remember the "Coughing Major" who cheated to win the jackpot on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire"? You might have thought that it was just a matter of him being disqualified and not getting the prize money but he ended up in a criminal court and getting a (suspended) prison sentence.

There is a huge amount of money ( £200+ million) at stake here. If Southampton conspired to break the rules of the competition and went to some lengths to do so with the intent of obtaining an unfair advantage over the other competitors to get that money -that may well be considered to have been a criminal act. Cheating in sport for financial gain is punishable by law.

When the authorities realise that their was considerably more than just a football trophy to be won I think that they are going to look in to all this very closely. Perhaps they will wait and see what is turned up by the FA's investigation.
 
Rammstein said:
Just read this part.......

" In addition to the sporting sanctions a reprimand is considered appropriate in the present case because of the way in which junior members of staff were put under pressure to carry out activities which they felt were, at the least, morally wrong. Such staff were in a vulnerable position without job security and with limited ability to object to, or resist the instructions given to them. "


Absolutely shocking to learn that William Salt - and others - were forced to do the spying, doubtless in fear for their jobs.

Whoever was involved in this , manager, officials etc. should get a long, long ban from being involved in any sphere of football.
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@seahamstar See where I was coming from?
 
Rammstein said:
Just read this part.......

" In addition to the sporting sanctions a reprimand is considered appropriate in the present case because of the way in which junior members of staff were put under pressure to carry out activities which they felt were, at the least, morally wrong. Such staff were in a vulnerable position without job security and with limited ability to object to, or resist the instructions given to them. "


Absolutely shocking to learn that William Salt - and others - were forced to do the spying, doubtless in fear for their jobs.

Whoever was involved in this , manager, officials etc. should get a long, long ban from being involved in any sphere of football.
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This is one of those rare instances where it would be appropriate to apply salt to the wound.
 
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Wonder how many of the bleating Southampton fans live in Basingstoke.

This punishment happens at every level, every year. This "Hull should be automatically promoted" is utter nonsense.

Swindon were removed from the EFL trophy this season and Luton reinstated.

It happened in the last 16 of the U16 schools trophy, it happened in the FA qualifiers to Guernsey, it will have happened in ever Sunday county cup in the country.
 
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Ferryhill Exile said:
@seahamstar See where I was coming from?
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Yes, I certainly do and would accept that I 'condemned' him without fully knowing the facts on this.
Also, to his credit, I believe he was part of the 'whistle blowing' and spoke out about him being pressured into acting the way he did.
If that's the case then good on the lad - not accepting their 'lone wolf' crap that they spouted in an attempt to hang the lad out to dry.
 
seahamstar said:
Yes, I certainly do and would accept that I 'condemned' him without fully knowing the facts on this.
Also, to his credit, I believe he was part of the 'whistle blowing' and spoke out about him being pressured into acting the way he did.
If that's the case then good on the lad - not accepting their 'lone wolf' crap that they spouted in an attempt to hang the lad out to dry.
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Hadn't looked obviously - what was it like booking trains/hotels last minute for Boro fans?

Was travel subsidised at all by the club? Must be an even more expensive than usual weekend for those booking very last minute?
 
seahamstar said:
Yes, I certainly do and would accept that I 'condemned' him without fully knowing the facts on this.
Also, to his credit, I believe he was part of the 'whistle blowing' and spoke out about him being pressured into acting the way he did.
If that's the case then good on the lad - not accepting their 'lone wolf' crap that they spouted in an attempt to hang the lad out to dry.
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Are you going down to Wembley tomorrow?
 
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