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Jacob Raw

Fri 1 May 2026 17:00, UK

The Premier League’s accounts are overdue on Companies House, which comes after West Bromwich Albion‘s punishment by the EFL for a minor PSR breach.

You would think that the biggest organisation in English football would have their finances in check, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.

Then you have the Baggies, who were only over the EFL’s PSR limit by less than an estimated £1million total, and were handed a two-point deduction, leaving them on the brink of Championship relegation.

There is a clear inconsistency in footballing governance, and West Brom supporters, already feeling aggrieved with their club’s legal punishment, this once again shows that regulations feel uneven.

West Brom’s breach was one of the smallest in EFL history, according to financial expert Kieran Maguire, who has now called out the Premier League in light of the Black Country Club’s punishment.

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Maguire felt sorry for West Brom as his calculations showed that the Baggies stepped over the line by a few hundred thousand.

The EFL offered West Brom’s Independent Supporters Trust clarification over the matter, which was literally anything but an answer as to why Albion received the points deduction.

The ire from the Baggies comes due to the fact that their breach seemed to be so small, though there are other ongoing cases in the English football pyramid which seem a lot worse than how they went wrong, though punishment has been light or nothing at all.

Maguire spotted that the Premier League’s accounts are overdue, and while ranting on X, he pointed out that while they give out all of these points deductions and fines, it’s ironic how they can’t sort themselves out financially.

Premier League staff earn an average wage of £140,000, and they are setting a poor standard of what clubs are supposed to follow each year.

It was the EFL who charged West Brom, not the Premier League, but this delay raises a valid general question about credibility and consistent standards, and whether they are being applied across the game.

Is there any winning for West Brom moving forward?

So many clubs have financial issues, whether that be their own fault or from having unexpected strain put on them by the Premier League or EFL.

Look at Aston Villa, they have financial constraints by the Premier League and have had to accept a UEFA loss limit for this season alone, despite having heavy losses annually for the past few seasons.

It does seem like West Brom were given a deduction in a very cruel way, but Maguire did suggest, in football terms, that if you are offside by an inch, you’re still offside, regarding Albion’s breach.

All Shilen Patel and Co. can do is try to balance the books and get back in the EFL’s good books, no matter how unfair things seem at times.