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Awkward - themaclad - 22-11-2023
Barnsley have been kicked out of the FA Cup for fielding an ineligible player in their first-round replay win at non-league Horsham.
The seventh-tier side will now play League Two Sutton United in round two.
Barnsley had won the replay 3-0 last week after drawing 3-3 in the initial tie at Oakwell.
"We would like to apologise to our fans, players and staff for this regrettable error," they said in a statement on the club website.
"This mistake - although unintentional - falls way below the high standards we set at this club and is simply not what you deserve.
"We have already conducted a full internal investigation and have subsequently put safeguards in place to ensure this will never happen again."
RE: Awkward - Lord Snooty - 22-11-2023
I've heard some genuine mistakes over the years for playing ineligible players, but this one is just sheer incometence. Playing a player, recalled from loan who had played just days earlier.
Somebody's cocked up big style there.
RE: Awkward - themaclad - 22-11-2023
Great for Horsham and potentially Sutton who would probably have lost against Toby Tyke