Derby will play in the Championship next season after the English Football League decided not to appeal against a decision to just fine the club for their accounting policies.
The Rams were fined £100,000 and ordered to resubmit their accounts by an EFL disciplinary commission.
The EFL could have appealed against the verdict and demanded a points deduction – which would have brought relegation.
But the EFL believed it had no realistic chance of winning any appeal.
A statement read: “While the EFL does not agree that those sanctions are commensurate to the breaches found, following consultation with our legal advisors, the EFL Board has regrettably determined that there are insufficient grounds to appeal the sanction imposed by the Independent Disciplinary Commission.”
The EFL had developed an interchangeable fixture list for next season for Derby and Wycombe Wanderers – who had finished one point behind the Rams – while the process was finalised.
Derby’s £100,000 fine came after an independent arbitration panel decided the club had not followed standard accountancy rules in making their original submissions.
More to follow.
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