Everton hit with further two-point deduction after second PSR case

Everton have been deducted a further two points after the outcome of their second Profit and Sustainability Rules case this season was announced.

After Everton handed an initial 10-point deduction in November – the biggest sporting sanction in 135 years of English top flight football at the time – which was later reduced to six points on appeal, the club were charged with a second breach of Premier League PSR in mid-January; which began a 12-week disciplinary process.

Everton set out its position in a three-day hearing last month amid what has been a process lacking in clarity or guidelines. The appeal panel for Everton’s first charge said that there had been two “legal errors” in the club’s original verdict but then the independent commission handling Nottingham Forest’s charge only handed them a four-point deduction for a breach 77% larger than Everton’s, acknowledged it could not be sure how even the reduced punishment handed to the Blues had been calculated.

After enduring a club record 13-game winless streak in the Premier League dating back to December 16, Everton finally tasted victory on the field for the first time on Saturday when they defeated Burnley 1-0 at Goodison Park. The team return to action a week today when they travel to London to face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.