Romford chucked out of Cup?

[Scoreline]

Accoring to the ETFC website Romford fielded a dodgy one in the first leg and been 'removed from the competition'. Sawbo in the semis then. Shame, I was genuinely looking forward to the second leg.

[The Realist]

Your website is an "official source" then. Okay we wont turn up on Saturday I will put the word round

[Chopper]

I Hear it is true as well !

[Gazza]

Yeah & me, and Chopper wouldn't lie would you Chopper!!!

[Mailreader]

Please have a heart and say Removed instead of chucked.

 

It has been confirmed on our website and were all dissapointed, but hey these things happen. Our Chairman has taken responsibility but you sometimes wonder why, when this thing happens the player himself does not understand.

 

Even when I played Sunday Mornings, I knew what competition I was playing in.

 

Oh well, better take my water pistol back to the shop, I was looking forward to a head to head with Junior!

 

How are gate receipts splits worked out now?

[theabbeyabbott]

With a calculator.........one of those moods........

[zody]

press all the buttons and then remember to switch it on for the answer

[theabbeyabbott]

I use an abacus...........

[zody]

just goes to prove how old you are, old bean, bet still old man

[theabbeyabbott]

My middle name is Babbage

[zody]

lol

[Tom S]

As Oscar Wilde almost said

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To field one ineligible player in a season may be regarded as misfortune. Two looks like carelessness.

[Southport - TOWNER]

...and i thought Romford used to have a brewery, surely they could organise a... nah forget it

[zody]

south, that isnt very nice, especially when you were so nice when we met,

[Cyclops]

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Southport - TOWNER said:
...and i thought Romford used to have a brewery, surely they could organise a... nah forget it

They did, and it produced that bloody awful version of John Bull Bitter. And it was probably thanks to them Chas & Dave got in the limelight.

[zody]

and the song, rabbit rabbit, dedicated to my mates south and chopper, ha ha and me of course

[Mr Happy]

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Son of Robin said:
Please have a heart and say Removed instead of chucked.

It has been confirmed on our website and were all dissapointed, but hey these things happen. Our Chairman has taken responsibility but you sometimes wonder why, when this thing happens the player himself does not understand.

Even when I played Sunday Mornings, I knew what competition I was playing in.

Oh well, better take my water pistol back to the shop, I was looking forward to a head to head with Junior!

How are gate receipts splits worked out now?

I don't want to sound nasty but this [****!!****] up by Romford will cost ETFC a good sum of money in the loss of gate receipts, 50/50 tickets and other merchandising. I take it an invoice for this loss of revenue will be sent to Romford Boro FC!!!

[theabbeyabbott]

Well you made someone's day.........

[Robson]

When the "mistake" came to light, did the FA automatically throw Romford out of the cup, or did they consult ETFC and the League and ask if they wanted Romford thrown out?

 

From what I have seen/read, the player was only used in the 1st leg of the quarter-final, and was not involved in any other games for Romford. So therefore, it seems to be a genuine mistake and Romford were not trying to cheat in any way. Therefore, throwing them out of the competition altogether seems highly unnescessary, considering they have progressed this far in the cup purely on merit, as opposed to using illegitimate players to give them an "advantage"...

 

Rules are rules I guess and some clubs do deliberately use players they know shouldn't play - but common sense should prevail in a situation like this.

[theabbeyabbott]

So no one loses points either from league games where genuine mistakes are made, great news.

 

Do you seriously think the opposition should be consulted, what do you think they would say? Oh yes we want to play them cos we need the money, bang lose 2-0, chance of a final gone another semi with money.......er boing boing boing