Premier League - Blades boosted in Tevez fight

Eurosport - Wed, 26 Nov 13:22:00 2008

Sheffield United have won a High Court battle with West Ham in the Carlos Tevez saga.

FOOTBALL 2006/07 Premier ELague Carlos Tevez celebrate's scoring the goal against Manchester United that kept West Ham up on final day of season - 0

Mr Justice Teare granted a temporary order stopping the Hammers appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over a ruling that they had breached Premier League rules in signing the Argentinian.

This will allow the Blades to go ahead with their arbitration claim for damages over their relegation from the Premier League last season.

The court battle over whether the arbitration tribunal's findings can be appealed to the CAS is expected to return to the High Court for a full trial next year, when Sheffield United will be seeking a permanent injunction.

An independent tribunal ruled that Tevez was not eligible to play for West Ham at the end of the 2006-07 season.

The Argentinian, who now plays for Manchester United, was deemed to have played a key part in the London club's Premier League survival as the Blades were relegated.

The South Yorkshire club are expected to claim up to £30million from the Hammers, but this will be assessed at a future arbitration hearing in private.

The Blades went to the High Court to stop West Ham appealing against the arbitration tribunal's findings that hiring Tevez was in breach of Premier League rules - and the South Yorkshire club were entitled to recover damages.

When West Ham filed an appeal from the arbitration decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland, the Blades claimed this was a breach of the arbitration agreement between the clubs and that the CAS had no jurisdiction to hear such an appeal.

The judge granted Sheffield United's application for a temporary order restraining West Ham from taking any further steps to pursue an appeal or challenge the tribunal's findings other than by way of an application to the High Court.

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  1. Why not let the two teams play a match to decide who­ pays up or shuts up.

    From TYGERZI, on Fri 28 Nov 8:38PM

  2. They say that Tevez was worth 3 points to West Ham and­ saved them from relegation. How many points is an­ England International worth over a season ?. Dean­ Ashton was injured whilst on duty with the Football­ Associations England team at the beginning of that­ seasonand missed the whole season. If we had had him in­ our side he would have scored 10/15 goals at least and­ therefore would had been worth at least 3 points. Does­ this mean that we can make a claim against the FA for­ any monies we need to pay out to Sheffile United ??

    From graham p, on Fri 28 Nov 5:09PM

  3. leighsmith,mate,brother,surly it would be better for u­ as a supporter to not ave our money and stay a second­ rate team wining the odd match of a wet saturday up­ north,than taking a bashing every sat in with the BIG­ BOYS,i'm only thinking of ur feelings it must be­ bad enough living in a s@~t town

    From tomo4468, on Fri 28 Nov 9:39AM

  4. Face it sheff united you are a joke ! you went down­ because you are @#$% nobody has ever heard of you . So­ go just shut up and accept the F.A. were right when­ they took note that West Ham are a better supported­ club than your @#$%!

    From robert h, on Thu 27 Nov 9:10PM

  5. Face it sheff united you are a joke ! you went down­ because you are @#$% nobody has ever heard of you . So­ go just shut up and accept the F.A. were right when­ they took note that West Ham are a better supported­ club than your @#$%!

    From robert h, on Thu 27 Nov 9:10PM

  6. malcbridger what a **** do you not remember liverpool­ putting out there reserves for you to beat a couple of­ seasons ago??????????

    From robert h, on Thu 27 Nov 9:05PM

  7. THE WHINGING SHEFFIELD UNITED SUPPORTERS/CLUB SHOULD­ SHUT UP AND WAIT FOR THE OUTCOME FROM THE COURTS,WHAT­ THEY DONT REALISE IS THAT THEY HAVE BROKEN PREMIERSHIP­ RULES BY CHALLENGING THE ORIGINAL RESULT.THEY FORGET­ THAT THEY WERE NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO REMAIN IN THE TOP­ FLIGHT AND HAVE THEY FORGOTTEN THEY WERE 10 POINTS IN­ FRONT WITH 10 GAMES TO GO, IF THEY WERE SO GOOD THEY­ SHOULD HAVE STAYED UP. SO MUCH FOR THEIR LOYAL MANAGER­ HE OBVIOUSLY WANTED TO STAY THE COURSE AND FIGHT TO­ RETURN TO THE PREMIERSHIP I THINK NOT..... A REAL­ BLADES FAN......... J BLACKMAN HAMMERS THROUGH AND­ THROUGH.

    From Gillian B, on Thu 27 Nov 5:51PM

  8. tevez why did you leave man u

    From vathi, on Thu 27 Nov 4:23PM

  9. well said,can't be any clearer than that,

    From tomo4468, on Thu 27 Nov 3:46PM

  10. i am a west ham fan, i sympathise with sheff utd but­ you cant blame your whole dismal season and relegation­ on one player? WHU played as a "team" the­ whole season especially towards the end, yes tevez­ scored some goals, but he was not the only player on­ the pitch!! you only needed a draw to stay up, we­ needed to beat MAN UTD!! WHU have already paid (£5.5­ million) for what they did, surely the law states­ "you cannot be tried for the same crime,­ twice"? this whole fiasco is a joke!!

    From jeff, on Thu 27 Nov 3:00PM

  11. neither would west ham without tevez

    From chris h, on Thu 27 Nov 3:00PM

  12. sixtyninerhoney,its simple sheffield utd were not good­ enough from start to finish,we've been fined­ we've lost kit sponcers,our chairman is broke,and­ were still blowing bubbles,not blaming all round us

    From tomo4468, on Thu 27 Nov 2:47PM
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    West ham cheated full stop.Yes United did not do well­ enough to stay up.Has for the lousy 5.5million pound­ fine which west ham fans think is alot,just a drop in­ the ocean,where was the 15 point penalty demotin.Look­ at rotherham,luton little less known clubs which have­ been hammered by the usless and bully like run london­ FA,yet west ham had 2 illigal players.I think youre­ grinnin big time real west ham fans no they have got­ away with it upto now,no legs to stand on justice is­ coming.

    From sixtyninerhoney, on Thu 27 Nov 11:52AM

  14. How come Sheff Utd can claim West Ham will breach the­ rules by going to CAS, and get them stopped from doing­ so, when they breached the FA rule saying they­ weren't allowed to take it further after the £5.5m­ fine WH paid???
    If the FA weren't such obvious­ tossers, they would threaten Sheff Utd with a fine that­ equals whatever they are awarded for thier earlier rule­ breach!

    This whole episode is so sickeningly greed­ oriented and absolutely nothing to do with football.

    From A G, on Thu 27 Nov 9:58AM

  15. I think it is about time the real villains of the­ case,the F.A and Football League stepped into the­ frame.West Ham have paid the fine levied and accepted­ their punishment meted out by the arbtration­ panel,Sheffield United should be suspended from the­ Football League for bringing the game into disrepute by­ their constant whining that they would have stayed in­ th P.L,they are not good enough now and they­ weren't then.And yes i am a west ham fan.

    From stevebrooker95, on Thu 27 Nov 9:11AM
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    Sheffield United were relegated thanks to Tevez almost­ single-handedly bolstering a westham team who would­ have dropped to the Championship if it wasn't for­ his qualities and for the vital goals he scored,­ especially towards the end of the season. As a Fulham­ fan, I wish the Blades all the best as this illegal­ situation continues to be under scrutiny, the only fair­ outcome being the demotion of westham and reinstatement­ of Sheff U, plus heavy fine. Cheating should not be­ tolerated, and the powers to be must make a precedent­ to make sure this doesn't happen again. Furthermore­ I would like to see the other relegation candidates­ (including Fulham) offer their support to the blades,­ as it could of been one of us cheated of top flight­ football. Good luck the Blades.

    From malcolm, on Thu 27 Nov 8:57AM

  17. At the end of the day, Sheffield United are where they­ are due to their underperformance. You can't expect­ to stay in the top stage with performances of a 2nd­ Division outfit. That is how things are in the real­ world. All those complainers have nothing but sour­ grapes. Mr Tevez must be enjoying the attention that he­ is getting whilst on his overinflated salary with­ Manchester United. The whole English league is nothing­ but a circus run by foreigners.

    From sappercommando25, on Thu 27 Nov 8:32AM

  18. rayalen03, comment 11,
    Don't you think that maybe­ you are on the wrong site with that comment? Can you­ think at all?

    From sappercommando25, on Thu 27 Nov 8:18AM

  19. shellbell1471, comment 18,
    And what do you know about­ "quality football"?

    From sappercommando25, on Thu 27 Nov 8:14AM

  20. the only reason Sheffield United are runnin to the­ courts for this,
    is because, they are having big­ financial troubles, therefore they found a loop hole so­ that they can get some cash to pay their bills

    if they­ dont, you might get another Leeds United or Gretna. i­ understand why their doing it even if it is­ outrageous

    survival of the fittest. they werent fit­ enough to stay in the prem. theyre tryin to survive­ economically

    From Yannick P, on Thu 27 Nov 3:00AM
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