Sheffield Wednesday and Derby have still got financial misconduct hearings pending (Birmingham got away with a guilty verdict but no points deduction last month - but Wednesday and Derby are facing more serious charges).

That could save Boro (along with the Wigan penalty).

A lot of the pundit speculation is for a 9 point penalty for Wednesday - that would put them in 23rd place. I haven't heard much about the Derby ground sale fiddle recently - but the charge is similar to Wednesday's.

Barnsley were threatening legal action if they are relegated without the Wednesday and Derby cases being resolved - i.e. soon!