Blades launch High Court appeal

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The panel on Tuesday turned down the Blades' claim for a new disciplinary commission to be set up to deal with West Ham over the Carlos Tevez affair. Sheffield United, who were relegated from the top flight on the last day of last season, are demanding the Hammers be docked points for breaching league rules on third-party agreements.

A Premier League spokesman said in a statement: "The Premier League has just been advised by our legal team that Sheffield United have launched an appeal in the High Court under Section 69(2)(b) of the Arbitration Act 1996 against the award of our arbitration panel on Tuesday under Section S of our Rules."

The spokesman added: "Our legal team inform us that this is a very narrow window of appeal where Sheffield United are claiming that the arbitration panel under Sir Philip Otton made an error in law by failing to send back the original decision to the independent disciplinary commission for reconsideration.

"It is a matter of record that the Premier League has acted at all times in accordance with our rule book and procedures, as such we expect this matter to be expedited as quickly as possible and, again, we will not be altering any plans for next season."

Sheffield United's appeal comes after the arbitration panel dismissed the Blades' claim - but at the same time said West Ham should have been docked points.

The three-man tribunal refused to order a new disciplinary hearing, however, because they said the original decision to fine the Hammers £5.5million could not be judged "perverse or irrational".

Sheffield United, for whom relegation will cost £50million, also lost another claim - made jointly with Fulham - that the Premier League should have forced West Ham to de-register Tevez before the crucial last three matches of the season.

West Ham breached Premier League regulations by including third-party agreements when they signed Tevez and Javier Mascherano last summer, and as a punishment they were fined in April by an independent commission.