[St Charles Owl]

I've read that apparently Wolves didn't send any paperwork to Chesterfield to be signed to then be sent off to the FA. So who is to blame Wolves or us?

I would assume it is incumbent on the team the player plays for to make sure all the necessary paperwork is on time and up to date, so I am not sure Turner can use that in his defence!!  In reality someone at Wolves and someone at Chesterfield screwed up, but I would imagine its you guys who will take the fall!!

Yeah we will take the fall for it, I just can't see us being allowed to carry on in the cup. I wonder what would happen if it was a Premier League team? slap on the wrist? a fine?

I think the rules are fairly well defined with this one and there seems to be no wriggle room in terms of the punishment!! This is the same rule with regards to Celtic being allowed back into the CL earlier this season when Legia Warsaw fielded an ineligible player.

You are right though, it would be interesting to see what would happen if say Man City did this. I suppose its highly likely that they have personnel solely dedicated to this type of player HR, whereas most teams outside the Prem probably have a guy wearing many hats who has the responsibility!! The chances of a mistake being made by them is greatly reduced if this is the case!!

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Here is a precedent that could give you some hope!!

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/20696090

I suppose it now all depends on the timeline and circumstances that led to the paperwork not being filed in time!! Are Wolves backing your case that the player could play like Newcastle did in the Bradford case?