Rent-a-quote Wigan Chairman Dave Whelan has vowed to continue his fight against West Ham - despite his team avoiding relegation yesterday.
Wigan - who lost their manager Paul Jewell when he resigned this morning - won 2-1 at Sheffield United yesterday afternoon thanks to a penalty from ex-Hammer and Blade David Unsworth. However Whelan insists that the fight to have West Ham United's £5.5m punishment increased will go on - despite his previous appeals having been all but laughed off by the Premier League."Charlton, Sheff United, Wigan, Fulham and Middlesbrough are all determined that we should get justice," bleated Whelan last night. "West Ham should have been deducted points.
"It has to be done quickly because the longer this goes on the less likelihood of the league reviewing it at all. We are going to fight and support Sheffield United - and we will fight with them to the end."
Meanwhile Sheffield United Chairman Kevin McCabe - understandably perhaps given the fact that his club are some £40m worse off this morning - backed Whelan's latest call for a review into the adjudcating panel's decision.
"I think most of the Premier League clubs and other football clubs support us over this injustice that has come about this season," he said.
"Four years ago the Blades had just lost in the play-off final and I felt gutted. This time I feel cheated.
"I think there is a consensus most clubs support an injustice so I hope we will get the vast majority of clubs in the Premier League supporting our case."
And speaking to SkySports this morning, McCabe somewhat bizarrely suggested that he was considering taking the case to the Human Rights Commission:
If there is any justice we will be in the Premiership next season," he ranted, "but I can see the Premier League will try and hide behind the Commission's rule-making process.
"I am prepared to go as far as is needed to protect the interests of Sheffield United - probably even into Europe to the Human Right Commission."
* Dave Whelan's Wikipedia entry has been placed on the website's 'semi-protected' list following numerous recent cases of vandalism.
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