- Jul 7, 2003
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Rotherham fielded an ineligible player against Albion
- Thread starter El Turi
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Postman Pat
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He was by far their best player and the only reason we lost.......
He played the entire 90 mins, so had some impact.
Evans fuming............Thats a laugh, he was the stupid man that played the player. They should do it like the old rowing boats in the local park. ''Come in number 16'' yer 28 day loan period is up then the silly people like Evans wouldn't make such basic mistakes
- Jul 7, 2003
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Evans won't have anything to do with their contracts, despite his, ahem, colourful history of doing just that at Boston United.
They'll have some admin guy whose job it is to deal with player registrations, just like whoever it was who screwed up on the agent issue we got fined for earlier in the season.
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Ha ha I was about to say the same thing. Not like he doesn't have a history with all sorts of dodgy arrangements and such. It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if Evans had arranged the loan agreement and signed the paperwork!
SweatyMexican
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- Mar 31, 2013
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I should ask for my money back!
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Searching Google Images for photos of Steve Evans is rarely anything less than an utter joy, I find
KZNSeagull
Well-known member
Why do they need a hearing? He is either eligible to play (and they have the records) or he isn't. Or do they have to hear the club's excuse before deducting the points?
Box of Frogs
Zamoras Left Boot
What would their penalty have been if they hadn't won?
- Jul 7, 2003
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Yes! They have to allow the manager of the team in question the chance to stand up before them and plead that he's a man of great honour and unblemished good charact...oh.
That is probably true but when you bring a player in, surely the manager has a list of the fixtures ahead. if he cant work out in his mind what games that loan period will be covering him for then you shouldn't be managing a football team. perhaps if the Match v brightton was a re-arranged game he might be off the hook but I don't think it was.
fozzie's headband
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Just a fine. Blackpool fielded an ineligible player against Millwall earlier in the season and lost, therefore were only fined.
Gullflyinghigh
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- Apr 23, 2012
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That would be unusual for him!
Either way, could drop them into a position they'd rather not be in (dependent on Milwall and Wigan pulling their fingers out).
Oddly enough, I do think it's right that we don't get given the three points if they do take them away. We failed to win the game in the first place and the idea would be to punish Rotherham, not that we somehow get a reward for it...that said, if we were to be given them then that would be fine!
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
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due process.
KZNSeagull
Well-known member
I think he should stay well away or they may end up with a 10 point deduction.
- Jun 27, 2012
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I think its this.."any points gained" being key rule...
"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."
http://www.thefa.com/~/media/files/...e-association/2013-14/standardised-rules.ashx
They probably didn't have any points to deduct at the time
Superphil
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Of course, Rotherham could just go out and try and actually WIN a couple more games and make sure they're safe, rather than the way we do it which is to play all manner of utter garbage players, and HOPE everyone else around us loses.