With reference to any situation similar to the one that culminated in Spurs wishing to postpone a Premiership fixture at the weekend, Levy told the chairman of the FA Premier League in an open letter, yesterday, that its ‘decision making process and lines of communication need thorough and urgent review.'
Levy also criticised the FA for failing to honour the aims of its Charter for ‘running a professional league in a manner in which all of its member clubs are treated equally and in a professional, fair and objective way.'
In an initial response, the FA Premier League told BBC Sport last night that the contents of Levy's letter would be discussed at a meeting today.
After the club was threatened with having league points docked if they did not fulfil the fixture on the day, the Tottenham players were left with no choice but to play the game against West Ham on Sunday, also the last day of the season for all Premiership sides. If the penalty had been a hefty one, it could have shattered their qualification for the UEFA Cup, by knocking them out of the top six. At the end of what was a brave day by everyone associated with the club only Paul Robinson had to face a penalty on the pitch as he denied old boy Teddy Sheringham from scoring from six yards.
After the 2-1 defeat against his former club, which consigned Spurs to fifth place, Michael Carrick described the situation in the Spurs camp and what it was like playing on the day to the official website. "About ten of the boys were up through the night being sick so it was not good preparation, obviously, and I had to come off myself because I was gone, exhausted and didn't have any energy to carry on."
Tottenham's doctor Kalpesh Parmar said: "I don't know how they got through it to be honest - Michael Dawson playing 90 minutes after the state he was in and Michael Carrick, who had to come off, it was unbelievable."
Alan Pardew, the West Ham manager said: "You have to give credit to Spurs because they were not at full strength or ability and you could see that one or two were struggling. It was their biggest day of the season but it was difficult for Spurs, with their problems and, unfortunately, the Champions League place went against them."