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Originally Posted by Phang
WEST HAM DID NOT FIELD INELIGIBLE PLAYERS.
West Ham fiddled the documentation on two signings, both of which had clauses they were worried about the FA agreeing with in the space of time available.
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Surely if you haven't got the right paperwork, you can't be eligible to play.
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The FA's finding was that they were in the wrong for fiddling the paperwork but given the other circumstances at the club this was not a points-docking offence. There was no precedent for the specific type of third-party agreement in place so the FA created one and said they'd void Tevez's registration if the agreement was not removed. West Ham satisfied this demand (nobody is entirely clear on what happened at this stage).
There is no precedent from previous points-docking offences from the English FA and thus none from relevant case law for Sheffield United to use. If FIFA do take a look at it, however, there is obvious precedent from the SPL in the form of Hassan Kachloul - despite technically being illegally registered and deliberately so, this was due to a bureaucratic ...misunderstanding rather than his having not been able to legitimately sign at the time.
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The point is that some of the circumstances are actually related to things that are irrelevant such as West Ham's fanbase and status. For a lot of the smaller clubs in the premiership this is potentially a dangerous precedent - simply because it means the premiership can save it's more established members from a points deduction yet apply things to the letter of the law whenever they want to too. West Ham deceived the league in a way that if things were properly disclosed, would have led to Tevez and Mascherano's ineligibility, so if anything it's
worse than your regular fielding of an ineligible player.
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Originally Posted by JonnyBGood
Plus the fact neil warnock is a bitter ****ing loser whose team played rubbish football all year and added nothing to the premiership makes me want to see them stay the hell out of top flight football.
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No doubt that on football alone, Sheff United deserved to be relegated, as since they've lost Hulse to injury, they simply haven't been able to cope. However to say they added nothing to the prem is a bit harsh, I thought some of their home matches were fantastic blood and thunder stuff.