The Toffees are set to appeal the verdict handed down by the Premier League, which is the largest points-related sanction issued in the history of English football’s top flight.
Everton’s ten-point deduction plunges the Merseyside club into the bottom three, joint on four points with basement club Burnley after what has been a relatively promising start to the season for Dyche’s men.
The decision mirrors Leeds United’s ten-point deduction in 2005/06 which was brought by the Football League for the club entering administration. It was followed months later, with the team by then in League One, by a separate 15-point deduction for failing to exit administration correctly.
Everton’s punishment is not quite as severe as the 30-point deduction handed to Luton Town in 2008/09 which caused the Hatters to drop out of the Football League, nor is it as many as the 21 points Derby County were docked in 2021/22 for financial difficulties. However, the ten-point decision is the largest deduction issued to a Premier League club. Only two other sides have been docked points whilst competing in England’s top flight: Middlesbrough – 3 points in 1996/1997 for failing to fulfil a fixture – and Portsmouth – 9 points for entering administration in 2009/10.
Here is every points deduction in the English league system since the beginning of 2013/14 compared to the new sanction faced by Everton.