Feyenoord thrown out by Uefa
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Feyenoord thrown out by Uefa
Tottenham's Uefa Cup opponents Feyenoord have been thrown out of the competition by the European game's governing body.
Uefa will meet on Monday to discuss the ramifications for Spurs, who had been scheduled to travel to De Kuip for the first leg of their Round of 32 clash on 15th February.
Martin Jol's side will either receive a bye to the next round or face the fourth-placed team from Feyenoord's group, the Poles of Wisla Krakow, who ironically were the last club to be thrown out of Europe, for similar reasons in 1998.
The expulsion relates to an incident on 30th November last year when Feyenoord fans rioted at Nancy's Stade Marcel Picot, forcing police to use tear gas.
Feyenoord were originally fined and handed a suspended sentence to play two matches in an empty stadium following the crowd trouble.
The sanction was imposed by an independent Uefa board, but the organisation called for a greater punishment and their appeals body have now taken a much firmer line.
Feyenoord's financial director Onno Jacobs revealed the club are considering an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
"We could appeal against the verdict to the CAS in Lausanne. We will take that decision after we have studied the arguments that led to the verdict," Jacobs said on the club's official website.
"This is a severe blow for the club in every way and in this situation there are only losers. We explained that we warned Uefa and the local authorities about a group of people who travelled on their own authority. We could not take responsibility for people we don't know."
The Dutch club were also fined by Uefa for the behaviour of supporters during their group stage clash with Blackburn which took place just a week before their trip to France. -
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gd chance for Spurs