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I think we're arguing semantics. Clearly Cox had an agreement with Crawley, and Crawley had an agreement with Burgess Hill (and the player) that suited all three parties. But as Cox couldn't be registered as a Crawley player before January 1, there was also no way they could officially loan him...

He didn't; there was clearly an agreement in place between Cox and Crawley Town, but he couldn't be registered until January 1 2017 (screenshot of the FA Player registration booklet):-

That will be it, then.

I really should ignore your ramblings, but I'm going to bite. Cox COULDN'T sign for Crawley until the window opened in January; there was obviously an agreement between the player and the club, but he wasn't registered as a Crawley Town player until January 1. He therefore WASN'T on loan at...

I did see that. The only rational explanation would seem to be that his contract was actually terminated before September 1, but it is odd that the club didn't announce it until September 5 if that is the case. Starkey was certainly still with Swindon Town as of August 1 - REPORT: Chippenham...

Today it has been announced that former Albion development squad midfielder Jesse Starkey has signed a permanent deal with Gillingham until January - GILLS SWOOP FOR STARKEY According to the Swindon Town website, he was only released from his contract there on September 5th - Starkey Departs...