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The somewhat obscure law is a nonsense. It is perfectly legal to 'spy' up to 3 days before a match (in fact many clubs allow the public to watch training) but it's taboo 3 days before a game. That said intuitively football fans know after the Leeds experience it's wrong. The punishment is disproportionate to the crime given the wealth of information out there on clubs and tactics (all matches are readily available to watch). Any advantage gained is miniscule and a very unpleasant media campaign by Middlesbrough and others is behind the verdict arrived at.
That said 'ignorance of the law's is no defence.
It was a stupid thing to do and I feel hurt and abused by my own club. As always it's the fans that suffer. It's the end of my love affair with Southampton.
Brilliant for me. At my son's in London helping out with my grandson and couldn't do Saturday but can now pop round the M25 on Sunday and get to the match on my way back to Somerset.