Everton have filed an appeal against their 10-point deduction by the Premier League, the club said on Friday.<\/p>\n
The Merseyside club were docked points with immediate effect last month after being found to have breached profitability and sustainability rules (PSR) relating to losses.<\/p>\n
“Everton Football Club has today lodged with the Chair of the Premier League’s Judicial Panel its appeal of the decision by a Premier League Commission to impose a 10-point deduction on the club,” Everton said in a statement.<\/p>\n
“An Appeal Board will now be appointed to hear the case.”<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, the Premier League said Everton admitted that they had breached profitability and sustainability rules during a hearing.<\/p>\n
The resultant sanction was the biggest of its kind since the creation of the Premier League.<\/p>\n
The deduction, which saw Everton drop from 14th in the standings into the relegation zone with four points, was labelled “wholly disproportionate and unjust” by the club.<\/p>\n
Everton fans protested the deduction during last week’s 3-0 loss to Manchester United, with thousands of supporters holding up bright pink signs at Goodison Park that read “Corrupt” under the Premier League’s lion-head logo before the teams were introduced.<\/p>\n
Last week, Everton fan group The 1878s flew a banner that read “Premier League = Corrupt” over the Etihad Stadium during Manchester City’s 1-1 draw with Liverpool.<\/p>\n
Everton travel to face Nottingham Forest on Saturday.<\/p>\n