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And the FAPL Arbitration Panel upheld the decision NOT to deduct points.

Maybe not but the FA obviously does and even foresaw this happening by allowing for just a fine in such cases.

Well the FA obviously see the two cases as different as their rules specifically lay out. In the general case their rule states:- "Any club found to have played an ineligible player in a match shall have any points gained from that match deducted from its record and have levied upon it a fine"...