Sheffield United have failed in their attempts to be
reinstated in the Premier League after an independent arbitration
panel dismissed their claim of an unfair punishment handed out to
West Ham United over the Carlos Tevez affair.
The Blades had wanted the panel to order a new disciplinary
commission deal with West Ham but had their claim dismissed on
Tuesday.
The Yorkshire outfit also lost another claim - made jointly with
Fulham - that the Premier League should have forced West Ham to
de-register Tevez and it means United will be forced to concentrate
on life in the Championship for the coming season.
A statement from the arbitration panel read: "The tribunal have
found in favour of the FA Premier League on both issues and
dismissed the claims of Sheffield United FC and Fulham FC."
