Droylsden chucked out of FA Cup

[Trigger]

Poor sods.

 

[surrey jim]

didnt they field an illegible player??

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

Haha! Shame those other cheats got through though.

 

[RM-Taylor]

So after 4 games it all proved pointless

 

[Finchley Seagull]

To be fair I dislike Chesterfield as much as the next person but there is a certain justice here. They were 2-0 up at Droylesden in the replay when the floodlights went out. Also, the ineligible player scored both goals so it was not like he had no influence on the game.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

didnt they field an illegible player??

Or possibly an ineligible one?

 

[Buzzer]

Or possibly an ineligible one?

Perhaps he was hard to make out, what with the floodlights failing.

 

[junior]

Whilst its obviously a shame for the "romance" of the FA Cup,if it had been Man Utd that had fielded an illegible player,we'd all be going nuts about it.So i guess its fair.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Perhaps he was hard to make out, what with the floodlights failing.

Or perhaps we're both wrong, and it was an illiterate player?

Sort of like Charlie Oatway. Or Wayne Rooney.

 

[sten_super]

The problem here is that the FA rules make absolutely no sense. As I posted on a previous thread some weeks back, if a player is signed (either on loan or permanently) after the initial game was meant to take place, but before the rescheduled fixture, he cannot play in that game. However if a player receives a ban after the initial game was meant to take place, but before the rescheduled fixture, it applies to that game. How does that even vaguely make sense?

 

[Gazwag]

Whilst its obviously a shame for the "romance" of the FA Cup,if it had been Man Utd that had fielded an illegible player,we'd all be going nuts about it.So i guess its fair.

or West Ham

 

[bhaexpress]

Fancy somebody having the nerve to cheat The Cheats

 

[Slough Seagull]

good! their chairman/manager came across as a complete cock...

 

[Trigger]

good! their chairman/manager came across as a complete cock...

Says he's going to throw himself off a bridge if they don't get reinstated!

 

[Simster]

who cares? IT'S ALL ABOUT THE PAINT POT THIS SEASON.

 

[Nottseagull]

didnt they field an illegible player??

That would be why his name was writen incorrectly on the teamsheet.

 

[otk]

That would be why his name was writen incorrectly on the teamsheet.

Or perhaps his name was written incorrectly on the teamsheet?

 

[Nottseagull]

Or perhaps his name was written incorrectly on the teamsheet?

Damn! I'm tempted to claim it was a deliberate error You've spotted a rarity there.

 

[Acker79]

Whilst its obviously a shame for the "romance" of the FA Cup,if it had been Man Utd that had fielded an illegible player,we'd all be going nuts about it.So i guess its fair.

And Sir Alex would make out like it was a conspiracy against man utd, an unjust campaign by the Man Utd haters at the FA...

 

[Bry Nylon]

The problem here is that the FA rules make absolutely no sense. As I posted on a previous thread some weeks back, if a player is signed (either on loan or permanently) after the initial game was meant to take place, but before the rescheduled fixture, he cannot play in that game. However if a player receives a ban after the initial game was meant to take place, but before the rescheduled fixture, it applies to that game. How does that even vaguely make sense?

Its quite straightforward really.

Follow this link to a clip of US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld explaining FA rules on player eligibility...

YouTube - donald rumsfled known unknowns