Appeal over 12-point deduction also dismissed by EFLWayne Rooney’s side now bottom of table with -3 pointsDerby County have been deducted a further nine points after admitting to breaches of the EFL’s profitability and sustainability rules over the £81m sale of Pride Park to former owner Mel Morris, taking their total deductions this season to 21 points.
The club’s administrators confirmed on Tuesday that they have agreed the deduction with the EFL, plus a further suspended three points. The decision brings to an end a long-running saga of nearly two years, after Derby were initially charged in January 2020. A statement on Derby’s website also confirmed that their appeal against a 12-point deduction for entering administration has been dismissed, leaving them facing relegation to the third tier for the first time since the mid-1980s.