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The biggest points deductions in football history as Everton hit with 10 point deduction

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Published 14:32 17 Nov 2023 GMT

The biggest points deductions in football history as Everton hit with 10 point deduction

Everton aren't the only team to have been hit with a points deduction in recent years.

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The biggest points deduction have been revealed amid Everton's hefty sanction by the Premier League.

Everton have been hit with a 10 point deduction by the Premier League for breaching financial fair play rules.

The points deduction sees the Toffees plunge into the relegation zone, with four points on the board.

It's not the first time a team has been deducted points for breaching rules as the first known case of a points deduction is believed to have happened all the way back in 1890.

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But there have been a whole host of points-related punishments beyond England. Here are the top ten:

15 - Leeds United

When Leeds were in League One in the 2007/08 season, they started the campaign with -15 points.

Football League clubs voted on their fate for failure to comply with rules on insolvency but they still finished in the play-off places.

17 - Bournemouth

A year on and the Cherries were hit with another almighty points deduction for the second consecutive season.

This time it was the tune of -17 because they were still in administration, but, miraculously, Eddie Howe kept them in League Two after taking the job in the middle of the season.

Eddie Howe during his Bournemouth spell. Image: Getty
Eddie Howe during his Bournemouth spell. Image: Getty

17 - Rotherham

The Yorkshire outfit had the very same punishment as Bournemouth in League Two but they too stayed up, with Mark Robins leading them to 14th.

18 - Genoa

At the time, you only got two points for a win and so the 18-point penalty Genoa received for bribery in 1960 was monumental.

They also had a ten points taken off them for the following season, though it was later reduced to seven.

19 - Arminia Bielefeld

Next on the list is the only German representatives on the top ten. A bribery scandal took place in 1971, with Arminia Bielefeld being hit with a 19-points deduction.

They only won six games anyway and finished bottom on 19 points.

21 - Derby County

The Rams had an eventful autumn in 2021 where they were hit with a 12-point deduction for going into administration, as well as a further nine for breaching EFL accounting rules.

Without the docking of points, they would have finished 17th and avoided relegation from the Championship.

30 - AC Milan, Fiorentina and Lazio

A trio of Serie A clubs had 30 points removed from their total in the 2005/06 season due to their involvement in the shocking Calciopoli scandal, while Juventus ended up in the second tier for their wrongdoing.

30 - Luton Town

In the same season where Bournemouth and Rotherham received deductions, Luton Town had a massive 30 points taken off them.

There were two separate offences, ten for illegal payments to agents and a further two for not leaving administration properly.

The Hatters would have had 56 points without the deduction but ended up finishing bottom and sinking into the National League.

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Topics: Everton, Football

Josh Lawless
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Josh is a sports journalist who specialises in football and WWE. He has been published by Curzon Ashton FC, Late Tackle, Manchester City FC, The Mirror, Read Man City and Manchester Evening News. He provides coverage of professional wrestling and has covered two WrestleMania events for SPORTbible.

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