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So then.... how is it that Sunderland get (what I think it's fair to assume) is a mediocre fine for an ineligible player playing in 4 (FOUR!) games whilst if memory serves me at least three lower league teams were kicked out of the FA Cup for incredibly similar incidents?!

 

Sunderland's Fine

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26878545

 

Bradford Kicked Out

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20639664

 

Gainsborough Kicked Out

http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/Gainsborough-Trinity-kicked-FA-Cup-fielding/story-19898302-detail/story.html

 

Droylsden Kicked Out

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1102630/Giantkillers-Droylsden-kicked-FA-Cup-fielding-ineligible-player.html

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So then.... how is it that Sunderland get (what I think it's fair to assume) is a mediocre fine for an ineligible player playing in 4 (FOUR!) games whilst if memory serves me at least three lower league teams were kicked out of the FA Cup for incredibly similar incidents?!

 

Sunderland's Fine

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26878545

 

Bradford Kicked Out

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20639664

 

Gainsborough Kicked Out

http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/Gainsborough-Trinity-kicked-FA-Cup-fielding/story-19898302-detail/story.html

 

Droylsden Kicked Out

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1102630/Giantkillers-Droylsden-kicked-FA-Cup-fielding-ineligible-player.html

The mistake seems a minor one - genuine misinterpretation of the rules BUT the player turned out in several matches . Even a one point deduction would send out a message.

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It does seem genuine. But from memory so were several of the lower-league kerfuffles too. Wasn't one player signed but he's signed the wrong page of the contract or something ludicrous? I've not managed to find that, so it may be a figment of my imagination.

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I think it's interesting how the news leaked out. Apparently Sunderland paid the fine earlier this year but it's now April . If the FA wanted to ensure clubs knew of the requirement to get paperwork of this type spot on then surely it should have given it more profile?

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So then.... how is it that Sunderland get (what I think it's fair to assume) is a mediocre fine for an ineligible player playing in 4 (FOUR!) games whilst if memory serves me at least three lower league teams were kicked out of the FA Cup for incredibly similar incidents?!

 

Sunderland's Fine

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26878545

 

Not that I agree entirely with Sunderland's punishment, but given how little he contributed to help Sunderland achieve anything at all a points deduction or harsher punishment might be rubbing salt in the wounds a little.

 

Sunderland lost 4 of the 5 league games in which he played. And in the other game, they drew, with Southampton scoring the equaliser after he came on as a sub.

 

In the one League Cup game he played, Sunderland were 0-1 down at home to MK Dons. The 4 goals they scored to turn the game into a 4-2 win all came after he'd gone off as a sub.

 

For me the only dubious decision is the FA Cup one. He played 63 minutes (no goals, no assists). Would a cup ban for next season be appropriate maybe?

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'It does not matter if they did it with intention or not, the only decision they can make in this instance - and I would say the same if my team were the guilty party - is to give the three points to the opposition.'
-Guy Poyet, 2010.

 

(after Hartlepuddle played an ineligible player against them)

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'It does not matter if they did it with intention or not, the only decision they can make in this instance - and I would say the same if my team were the guilty party - is to give the three points to the opposition.'

-Guy Poyet, 2010.

 

(after Hartlepuddle played an ineligible player against them)

BEAUTIFUL!

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