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09-02-2007, 12:26
Skysports.com
Feyenoord's appeal against the decision to throw them out of the Uefa Cup following crowd trouble has been dismissed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Tottenham's bye into the last 16 of the competition has been confirmed as a result.
Europe's governing body took the decision to expel the Rotterdam outfit following crowd trouble involving their fans at a match at Nancy in France in December.
Feyenoord challenged the ruling and took their case to The Court of Arbitration for Sport, but they came down in favour of Uefa.
The CAS also imposed an additional fine of £41,000 on Feyenoord who were due to play Tottenham in the last 32.
"The court has dismissed the appeal filed by Feyenoord Rotterdam against the decision issued by Uefa to exclude the Dutch club from the Uefa Cup for the season 2006-2007," The CAS said in a statement.
"The CAS has confirmed in full the Uefa decision which, in addition to the exclusion, imposes a fine of 100,000 Swiss francs on Feyenoord."
With the initial ruling upheld, Spurs' progress to the last 16 of the competition has been confirmed.
MARTIN JOL ON UEFA CUP BYE
Martin Jol said that receiving a bye through to the last 16 of the UEFA Cup will provide welcome training time for the team this month.
Our Round of 32 opponents Feyenoord were disqualified by UEFA from the competition and Court of Arbitration for Sport today declared that the decision has been upheld following an appeal.
The result of this means Martin now has a clear week to work with the players ahead of our FA Cup 5th round trip to Fulham, while our visit to Everton has now been confirmed for February 21.
“I said before that we were happy to play anywhere and any time in the UEFA Cup because we want to play in Europe," reacted the manager to this morning's announcement.
“The decision allows us more time to work on the training ground though. We’ve played a tremendous amount of games in all competitions in the last three months so it’s an advantage for us to have a little rest and spend some quality time on the training pitch.”
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We are getting there, looks like we could win it now afterall. I had my doubts against these, and their crowd got them kicked out!
Feyenoord's appeal against the decision to throw them out of the Uefa Cup following crowd trouble has been dismissed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Tottenham's bye into the last 16 of the competition has been confirmed as a result.
Europe's governing body took the decision to expel the Rotterdam outfit following crowd trouble involving their fans at a match at Nancy in France in December.
Feyenoord challenged the ruling and took their case to The Court of Arbitration for Sport, but they came down in favour of Uefa.
The CAS also imposed an additional fine of £41,000 on Feyenoord who were due to play Tottenham in the last 32.
"The court has dismissed the appeal filed by Feyenoord Rotterdam against the decision issued by Uefa to exclude the Dutch club from the Uefa Cup for the season 2006-2007," The CAS said in a statement.
"The CAS has confirmed in full the Uefa decision which, in addition to the exclusion, imposes a fine of 100,000 Swiss francs on Feyenoord."
With the initial ruling upheld, Spurs' progress to the last 16 of the competition has been confirmed.
MARTIN JOL ON UEFA CUP BYE
Martin Jol said that receiving a bye through to the last 16 of the UEFA Cup will provide welcome training time for the team this month.
Our Round of 32 opponents Feyenoord were disqualified by UEFA from the competition and Court of Arbitration for Sport today declared that the decision has been upheld following an appeal.
The result of this means Martin now has a clear week to work with the players ahead of our FA Cup 5th round trip to Fulham, while our visit to Everton has now been confirmed for February 21.
“I said before that we were happy to play anywhere and any time in the UEFA Cup because we want to play in Europe," reacted the manager to this morning's announcement.
“The decision allows us more time to work on the training ground though. We’ve played a tremendous amount of games in all competitions in the last three months so it’s an advantage for us to have a little rest and spend some quality time on the training pitch.”
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We are getting there, looks like we could win it now afterall. I had my doubts against these, and their crowd got them kicked out!