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Post by Wolvensam on Dec 24, 2008 12:53:40 GMT
The FA can confirm that it is making enquiries into Droylsden's apparent fielding of an ineligible player in their FA Cup Second Round tie against Chesterfield last night.
The enquiries relate to defender Sean Newton, who picked up his fifth booking of the season on 9 December . According to The FA's Disciplinary Regulations, he was therefore suspended for one match from yesterday, Tuesday 23 December.
Droylsden were informed of the suspension on 10 December, which was then confirmed by the club four days later. Clubs are aware that they are responsible for checking that their players are eligible to play in any given match.
The matter will be dealt with by an FA Cup Committee hearing on Monday 29 December, in order to resolve it before the FA Cup Third Round match against Ipswich Town on 3 January 2009. All three clubs affected are being kept informed of developments.
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Post by Dawsey on Dec 24, 2008 12:58:29 GMT
For crying out loud, will this tie EVER end?!
(Although if guilty, they'll be slunged out, as per Bury the other year.)
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Post by Wolvensam on Dec 24, 2008 13:02:25 GMT
It was the bloke who scored the winner as well!
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Post by JoeLatics on Dec 25, 2008 12:38:47 GMT
It was the bloke who scored both goals, I think!
KTF Joe
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Post by Wolvensam on Dec 25, 2008 12:56:28 GMT
Even worse!
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Post by Tyler on Dec 26, 2008 0:22:27 GMT
I think they should just do a five a side game down the local astro, which then erupts into a fight. Whoever comes out on top wins.
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Post by Wolvensam on Dec 26, 2008 10:51:54 GMT
Droylsden should, rightfully, get kicked out. Appropriately so as well - their manager is a tit.
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Post by Wolvensam on Dec 29, 2008 15:36:31 GMT
Droylsden have been thrown out of the FA Cup after they were found guilty of fielding an ineligible player in their second-round win over Chesterfield.
Sean Newton scored both goals to help his side to a 2-1 win.
But Chesterfield asked the Football Association to intervene when they discovered Newton should have been serving a one-match ban on 23 December.
Chesterfield will now face Ipswich on 3 January, although Droylsden have lodged an appeal.
According to the FA website, any appeal must be made with the association by 0900 GMT on Tuesday 30 December, with the appeal to be heard the following day.
Droylsden manager and chairman Dave Pace told BBC Radio Manchester: "It is ludicrous as we have beaten Chesterfield fair and square on the field.
"It is not as if we have brought a ringer in at the last minute. Sean Newton is one of our players.
"It was a genuine mistake by our secretary. Fine us by all means but don't kick us out."
Chesterfield manager Lee Richardson said: "This has been a cup tie with many talking points and it seems that the FA has now had the last word.
"The outcome is no real surprise as the rules clearly set out what it likely to happen if a club plays an ineligible player."
An FA statement added: "The FA Cup prize fund payment of £30,000 should be redirected to Chesterfield.
"There is no fine imposed against Droylsden and the club's participation in future FA Cup competitions is not affected."
Bloods manager and chairman Pace had previously given his version of the Newton situation.
He said the club sent a fax to the FA explaining that as far as they were concerned, Newton would serve his ban in their league game on Boxing Day.
"If there was any doubt from our point of view that he should not have played against Chesterfield then he would not have," he told BBC Radio 5 Live at the time.
Pace then added that he would "go to the nearest bridge" and throw himself off if Droylsden were thrown out of the Cup.
The second-round match between the two sides was played four times.
The first and third matches were abandoned because of fog and floodlight failure, with a controversial 2-2 draw at Saltergate sandwiched in between.
The Blue Square North side had protested furiously when Jack Lester put Chesterfield 2-1 up, lobbing the keeper from a throw-in after the visitors had put the ball out of play for an injured player.
The home side then allowed Steve Halford to walk unchallenged into their half to tap the ball in for the equaliser.
In 2006, Bury were expelled from the competition for a similar offence.
In that incident, Stephen Turnbull played in Bury's second-round tie against Chester, who were reinstated and allowed through to the third round, where, by a bizarre twist, Ipswich were once again the waiting opposition.
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I still stand by the opinion that their manager is an utter tit.
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Post by Dawsey on Dec 29, 2008 16:56:53 GMT
Yup, I agree. There isn't really much of an argument is there, if you field an ineligible player, you get slung out. Exactly the same happened to Bury a year or two ago. It's harsh, but fair.
Although, does this now bring to an end the most epic cup tie EVER? To say it's had everything is an understatement!
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Post by Bismarck on Dec 29, 2008 17:13:57 GMT
I bet the FA would not do the same if a Prem team had done that (not that they would have made that mistake) but surely there should be checks in place to stop that sort of thing so its the FAs fault for not checking who was on the team sheets...
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Post by Tyler on Dec 29, 2008 19:23:44 GMT
Hold on a second. I'm slightly confused.
A) The club doesn't dictate to the authorities when a player serves his ban
B) You don't win fair and square by fielding an ineligible player who then goes on to score both of you're goals.
C) So is he throwing himself off this bridge then?
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Post by Dawsey on Dec 30, 2008 13:02:38 GMT
I bet the FA would not do the same if a Prem team had done that (not that they would have made that mistake) but surely there should be checks in place to stop that sort of thing so its the FAs fault for not checking who was on the team sheets... What do you want though, a FA official at every game in the country every week just to check that teams aren't playing suspended players? That isn't really practical is it? A team only really has one or two players suspended at any one time, and they get a load of official paperwork from the FA confirming this - is it really that hard for the team themselves to be responsible enough to then not play them?
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Post by Tyler on Dec 30, 2008 13:17:54 GMT
I believe they have an FA official at every game anyway.
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Post by FezNTFC on Jan 4, 2009 19:03:42 GMT
Looks like i'm not the only one who felt like smacking their manager. Bloody whinger.
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Post by Carl on Jan 4, 2009 22:09:44 GMT
Didn't he say he was gonna up and leave them or something?
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Post by Dawsey on Jan 5, 2009 12:38:54 GMT
Looks like i'm not the only one who felt like smacking their manager. Bloody whinger. Not at all. I've wanted to clump him one ever since the first abandoned game, where he ranted about how it would have never been called off if Chesterfield had been leading. Errr, it would, you couldn't see your hand in front of your face, let alone both goalmouths.
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Post by Wolvensam on Jan 5, 2009 12:42:54 GMT
I also recall him going nuts because a Chesterfield player scored when they were meant to be returning the ball back to the Droylsden keeper (or something like that), it was clearly unintentional but their manager saw it fit to stir some trouble on the side lines despite the fact Chesterfield let them go up the other end and score. Scrotum.
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Post by Dawsey on Jan 5, 2009 19:22:04 GMT
Indeed, he pretty much hit the Chesterfield manager. That was equally as pathetic, the bloke was barely looking in the right direction when he knocked that ball back, so there is no way in a million years he was trying to score. I'm also pretty sure that the Chesterfield players/management knew what the right thing was to do within seconds of that ball hitting the net. The way he acts is ridiculous.
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