Spygate 2.0: Should Play-Off Final be CANCELLED? - The Sports Agents
The News Agents
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4.1 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Southampton's failed attempt to appeal their expulsion from the final for spying means that it will be Middlesbrough heading to Wembley to take on Hull in football’s richest game.
Espionage that could ‘cost’ upwards of £200 million… normally a story for Ian Fleming but in an end of the season that keeps on giving, this is the tale of the Championship play offs.
But what is the legality surrounding the decision? Is Tonda Eckart's sacking inevitable? and is there a case for the final to be voided and Hull to go up automatically?
Gabby is joined by Former Saints midfielder & EFL TV presenter David Prutton and top sports lawyer Tom Murray to debate the ramifications.
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| 0:35.6 | That article had been put in place legally and, of course, broken down. |
| 0:39.5 | And I would like to think they put it in thinking, well, no one's going to be daft enough |
| 0:42.5 | to do that again, pointing out leads, pointing out Chelsea, pointing out other football clubs. |
| 0:46.8 | Again, does not wash. |
| 0:48.3 | Is it any form of advantage? |
| 0:50.9 | Football's not four days or five asides and set pieces on a Friday anymore. |
| 0:54.0 | Do Hull have a legal case at all? |
| 0:57.0 | Well, their owner certainly thinks so. |
| 0:59.0 | The minute you scratch that away, that eats away at the integrity of the game, |
| 1:02.0 | it is away the popularity of the game, and the magic of the game. |
| 1:05.0 | Welcome to the sports agents. |
| 1:15.1 | We're talking Southampton today. |
| 1:17.2 | Espionage. |
| 1:18.2 | It's cost 200 million pounds so far to the club. |
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