Non-League Paper

Are fines really the best way?

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
14 April 2019

MY local team, Welwyn Garden City, have been deducted a point and fined £250 for fielding an ineligible player in a 0-0 draw against Aylesbury United back in January. Nothing unusual about that, you’d probably say, but in this case the crime was playing three youth experience players in the same team when the limit is two.
This was due to our manager being sacked and subsequently persuading every player bar three to walk away from the club with immediate effect. As a result, we couldn’t get a team together in time to play Peterborough Sports, resulting in another fine of &...

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