Crystal Palace have been fined by the Premier League for their part in the ‘spygate’ saga involving Cardiff City last season.
The
top-flight authorities found that Palace had breached their ‘good
faith’ rule - B16 - by obtaining information about Cardiff’s team ahead
of their 3-0 win in Wales on April
Victory: Crystal Palace won the game 3-0 at Cardiff to move seven points clear of the drop zone
Claim: Vincent Tan (left) made the complaint following the 3-0 defeat in April
Cardiff
complained in a five-page letter to the Premier League that their
former head of recruitment, Iain Moody, now the director of football at
Palace, had contacted Cardiff employees for information.
The size of the fine is unknown, although the maximum for the breach is £25,000.
The
then-Crystal Palace boss Tony Pulis strongly denied the accusations at
the time, saying: ‘You look at it, for three weeks we have picked the
same formation and same team, we haven’t changed anything.
‘Irrespective
of who or where it has come from it is pure speculation until the
team-sheet comes in. Although I try to avoid it myself, I have known
managers change the team 10 minutes before the team sheets have gone in
so it is very difficult to say it is definitely going to be that team.’
Sportsmail
revealed the complaint in April, with the club requesting an
investigation into Palace’s conduct. They later denied that they
requested the result of the match be overturned.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2727887/Crystal-Palace-fined-Premier-League-head-recruitment-Iain-Moody-accused-spying-former-Cardiff-Premier-League-clash.html#ixzz3AlaM4GGj
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