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What is Spygate 2.0? Middlesbrough make complaint against Southampton over ‘unauthorised filming’ before Championship play-offs

The Independent·Jack Rathborn·25 days ago
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The Championship play-offs are here and ‘Spygate 2.0’ has arrived to pack more drama into the Middlesbrough vs Southampton semi-final tie. There is now greater intrigue surrounding the tie after Boro lodged a complaint against Saints following claims that they spied on training sessions, with the English Football League (EFL) launching an investigation into the allegations. The sides meet in the Championship play-offs, with the first leg of the semi-final at the Riverside Stadium on Saturday before the return leg at St Mary's Stadium on Tuesday. The dispute between the clubs brings back memories from 2019 when Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds United were fined £200,000 by the EFL. A Leeds member of staff was caught acting suspiciously outside Derby County’s training ground before facing Frank Lampard’s side on 10 January, with the club later apologising.…

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