August 19 – English Premier League club Crystal Palace have been fined over how they obtained leaked details of an opponent’s starting line-up ahead of a fixture last season.
Palace beat Cardiff, who were ultimately relegated, 3-0 in April after which the Welsh side wrote to the Premier League alleging foul play.
Palace have now been found to be in breach of the rule that states “every club shall behave towards each other club and the League with the utmost good faith”.
The maximum fine for such offences is £25,000 but the Premier League has not said how much Palace must pay. Palace sporting director Iain Moody worked for Cardiff until earlier last season before taking up a post at the London club in November.
It was reported that Cardiff thought that Moody might have used his contacts at the Welsh club, or close to Cardiff, to find out which players would start against Palace. Moody rejected the allegations as “incredibly, extraordinarily untrue”.
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