By DPA
London : The Premier League said that Sheffield United will take their appeal against relegation from the Premiership to the High Court.
An arbitration panel ruled Tuesday that they could not overturn the original disciplinary commission's decision that West Ham should be fined but not docked points over irregularities in the registration of Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano.
The panel expressed sympathy with Sheffield United, and admitted it would probably have docked West Ham points – which would have led to them being relegated instead – but decided that as the initial decision was neither "irrational nor perverse" it had to stand.
A Premier League spokesman Wednesday said: "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 yesterday under Section S of our Rules.
"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."