This hearing was for players they had not registered properly in their first 2 games in which they took 4 points.
Tomorrow they have a seperate hearing about their striker Aaron O'Connor who was ineligible due to still (technically) being on contract at Grays. They earned 10 points in the games he played (including the opening 2 games).
If the verdict is the same again tomorrow they would face losing a further 6 points.
All a bit sillly really, I've never thought that these things should make a difference and it should be fines only. However, I suppose precedents have been set, even if they were ignored for Accy and Wimbledon.
Unlucky Stags
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From ydays NLP (so could be bollox)
Mansfield face the first of their two hearings into player registration problems tomorrow, which could end with the Blue Square high-flyers being deducted points.
The Stags' new owners, led by chairman Andy Perry, will be at the Conference's HQ in Birmingham to present their case against a claim they hadn't faxed details of several new players in time for their first fixture at Ebbsfleet.
The following day they must answer a charge of breaching FA Rule C.1(i(i)), which states that a player under written contract may only play for the club for which he is registered.
Town played striker Aaron O'Connor in their first five games - and took ten points - when it is understood he was still under contract to Grays, who had taken up their option.
A Soho Square spokesman said: "Mansfield originally had until September 30 to come back. But due to the volume of information they've had to collate, they requested an extra seven days, which was granted."