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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Louise Taylor

Sheffield United deducted two points by EFL for defaulting on payments

Sheffield United react after an Arsenal goal in their heavy home Premier League defeat.
Sheffield United are bottom of the Premier League and nine points short of safety. Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters

Sheffield United’s board has accepted the club must kick off its next ­season in the Championship on minus-two points after reaching a ­“negotiated settlement” with the English Football League.

An independent EFL disciplinary commission has imposed the sanction after the club defaulted on a number of payments due to other clubs during the 2022-23 season, when they won promotion to the Premier League.

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