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[Mrs Warbouys]

Dumps workington into the relegation mix anyway...


Workington fc have been docked 4 points And fined £500 for will vaulks being ineligable v altrincham (won 2-1) and gainsborough drew (1-1) .
The club statement is that Tranmere did not forward the necessary paperwork to the fa in time on our behalf, despite the fa receiving and acknowleding his registration. The conference argued we had failed to notify them despite him being registered as our player on their members section of the conference website. The board went to Wembley to appeal today but the original decision was upheld by the FA.

[Hamilton]

On the grounds that no team got any of the infamous 18 points we lost I can't see that happening - and we know how consistent the FA are!

[Number23]

I'd rather oppose the points deduction altogether.
Points deductions should be, used where teams have deliberately tried to get around the rules. I know the club statement may only tell one side but it doesn't seem like there was anything suspicious going. This is about paper shufflers ganging up to justify their importance.

[roytonmike]

I'd rather oppose the points deduction altogether.
Points deductions should be, used where teams have deliberately tried to get around the rules. I know the club statement may only tell one side but it doesn't seem like there was anything suspicious going. This is about paper shufflers ganging up to justify their importance.

100% agreed.

[JDN]

No, but we should be demanding 3 points from tonights game

[Iateallthepies]

No,  we Should not get 3 points We lost. The fact the other club  got 4
Points deducted, don't make any difference. 

[Mick]

I'd rather oppose the points deduction altogether.
Points deductions should be, used where teams have deliberately tried to get around the rules. I know the club statement may only tell one side but it doesn't seem like there was anything suspicious going. This is about paper shufflers ganging up to justify their importance.

I see your logic, but where do you draw the line on this ? Genuine errors, genuine stupidity, or blatent manipulation. How do you really know ?

Say a team we are about to play sign a superstar player and try and register him on the day of a midweek game. They know the paperwork is in, but they haven't got the email back from the Conf by 5pm before the game. He plays - scores a debut hat-trick and we lose.

Later the team claim it's a genuine oversight - they thought they had registered the player - hence they receive no penalty.............is that fair on us and other teams ?

Unfortunately in the words of the dastardly Mr Peake - rules are rules

[Derek Stubbs]

If it had been an FA CUP tie, we would have gone through instead of Workington.

Therefore we would have been awarded the win to progress to the next round.

[Mallorca Alty]

It seems to be a another cock-up by FA. How can the FA accept his registration then say 4 weeks later say he is not eligible?

[Mallorca Alty]

If it had been an FA CUP tie, we would have gone through instead of Workington.

Therefore we would have been awarded the win to progress to the next round.

Bradford played an ineligible player against Brentford this season in the FA Cup. Instead of kicking Bradford out of the competition the FA ordered the game to be replayed.