Everton supporters call on Premier League to suspend all PSR hearings after points deduction 'chaos'

The Everton Fan Advisory Board (FAB) has today called for the Premier League to suspend all current hearings into breaches of Profit & Sustainability Rules (PSR), given what it sees as the lack of any transparent, consistent and established sanctions guidelines.

They are also calling for Parliament to ensure that the new independent regulator has full oversight and powers on profit and sustainability rules.

In a Fan Impact Statement, submitted to Everton and the Premier League ahead of the club's second commission hearing, the FAB sets out the implications a further potential charge would have for supporters, the community, staff, and the broader football family. It highlights a supposed failure of the Premier League to establish and agree any common sanctions guidelines, and the inconsistency and contradictory approach in referring some clubs to a commission but not others.

Nottingham Forest’s PSR case concluded with a four-point deduction on Monday after they exceeded their allowable losses by £34.5million. Everton were given an initial 10-point deduction in November after being found guilty by an independent commission of exceeding losses by £19.5million. Although they appealed against the decision, which reduced the punishment to six points, it was still two points more than the punishment that the East Midlanders received.

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The FAB also calls into question the practice of applying a possible second sanction covering a time period for which supporters and Everton have already been penalised. Dave Kelly, Chair of the FAB said: “It looks