To the Board of Directors, Owners, and Executive Leadership of Southampton Football Club,

We, the undersigned supporters, season ticket holders, and community stakeholders of Southampton FC, write to express our fury, profound embarrassment, and total loss of faith in the executive leadership of this club.

The Independent Disciplinary Commission's decision on 19 May 2026 — to expel Southampton FC from the Championship Play-Off Final and impose a four-point deduction for 2026/27 — is a catastrophic, self-inflicted wound. A season of extraordinary effort by players, manager, and coaching staff, backed by the unwavering financial and emotional commitment of the fanbase, has been destroyed by an institutional failure of integrity.

By admitting to multiple breaches of EFL Regulations 3.4 and 127 — specifically systematic, unauthorised spying on Middlesbrough, Oxford United, and Ipswich Town — this administration has dragged the name of Southampton Football Club through the mud. You have stripped us of a historic day at Wembley, cost the club tens of millions in potential Premier League revenue, and damaged our sporting reputation for years to come.

The players won our place in the final on the pitch. The executive leadership lost it in the bushes.

Our Demands:

1. Immediate Executive Resignations and Accountability

We demand the immediate resignation of all executive staff, performance directors, and senior management who authorised, organised, or wilfully ignored these spying operations. Those responsible for embedding this culture must leave the club now.

2. A Full and Transparent Independent Review

We demand a fully independent, published investigation detailing: how an analyst was deployed to spy on opponents; who sanctioned the budget and instructions; and why systemic breaches across multiple fixtures occurred without board intervention.

3. Financial Redress for Supporters

Thousands of fans may have incurred non-refundable costs for Wembley travel and accommodation. We demand that the ownership group establishes a compensation scheme to reimburse supporters financially penalised by the club's own misconduct.

4. Urgent Reform of Club Governance

We demand transparent steps are taken, including meaningful fan representation, to ensure sporting integrity can never again be compromised by rogue executive behaviour.

Conclusion:

Southampton Football Club belongs to its community — not to executives who compromise our values for cheap, illegal competitive gain. While the club pursues any remaining avenues of appeal, the damage to our identity is already done.

We deserve leadership that acts in good faith. If the current ownership cannot provide that, they must step aside.

We serve notice that if the club fails to take meaningful, visible action on these demands, or other similar action that meet with fans approval, within 28 days, we will have no choice but to escalate. That may include organised supporter boycotts, withdrawal of commercial engagement, coordinated action through supporter groups, and other measures to be determined collectively. We do not take this lightly — but we will not be ignored.

Sign this petition to demand that those who disgraced our badge are held fully accountable.