Kelvin Thomas replaced Nick Merry as Oxford United chairman this season
Oxford United chairman Kelvin Thomas says the club will not be rushed into a snap decision to appeal the five-point deduction and fine imposed upon them.
The club received news of the punishment for fielding an unregistered player at a Football Conference hearing in Birmingham on Monday.
"We'll give ourselves a bit of time. There is a lot of raw emotion about the decision," Thomas told the BBC.
Oxford were punished for fielding Eddie Hutchinson without proper registration.
Thomas added: "We have requested a written explanation of the panel's decision. We will wait to see what the reasons are. Then we can make a clear judgement going forward."
The five-point deduction dropped the U's from 11th to 14th in the Blue Square Premier table, and 12 points from the play-offs - if a similar punishment against Crawley is upheld.
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