Barnsley

Have been thrown out the FA Cup due to fielding an ineligible player... I can't remember many instances of something like this happening but very strange for a club at the top of L1 to field an ineligible player against Horsham  

Haha this is exactly the sort of thing I expected us to do back in the JF era.

Quoted from LocalLadGTFC

Have been thrown out the FA Cup due to fielding an ineligible player... I can't remember many instances of something like this happening but very strange for a club at the top of L1 to field an ineligible player against Horsham  

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Criminal at that level someone is going to be concerned about their job!!!

Horsham reinstated. Seems Sam Cosgrove was the ineligible player, but I can’t seem to work out how or why.

https://www.horshamfc.co.uk/2023/11/22/club-statement-emirates-fa-cup/

How did they manage to field an ineligible player against Horsham, can’t imagine him being cup tied at that stage so somebody didn’t do basic player checking beforehand

A player on loan at York for first game (did not play for them anyway but not relevant).  Recalled and played in replay.  (This is against FA rules).

Quoted from Chalky

How did they manage to field an ineligible player against Horsham, can’t imagine him being cup tied at that stage so somebody didn’t do basic player checking beforehand

On further digging, it seems it was Aiden Marsh, who was still on loan at York when the original game was played (Barnsley beat Horsham 3-0 in the relay).

In effect, he had to have been eligible for the original game for him to play in the replay. It seems like a potentially tricky technicality to fall foul of, but perhaps I’m being to easy on people who’s job it is to keep tabs on this sort of thing.

Quoted from Poojah

On further digging, it seems it was Aiden Marsh, who it seems was still on loan at York when the original game was play (Barnsley beat Horsham 3-0 in the relay).

In effect, he had to have been eligible for the original game for him to play in the replay. It seems like a potentially tricky technicality to fall foul of, but perhaps I’m being to easy on people who’s job it is to keep tabs on this sort of thing.

From the FA Cup rules:

Replays, Postponements and Abandonments
103. Subject to Rule 104, a Player shall only be eligible to play in a Replay, or a Competition Match
that was previously postponed or abandoned if:
103.1. the Player was eligible to play in the original Competition Match; and
103.2. the Player’s registration with the Club has been continuous from the date of the original
Competition Match to the date of the Replay or rearranged Competition Match.

Quoted from Poojah

On further digging, it seems it was Aiden Marsh, who was still on loan at York when the original game was played (Barnsley beat Horsham 3-0 in the relay).

In effect, he had to have been eligible for the original game for him to play in the replay. It seems like a potentially tricky technicality to fall foul of, but perhaps I’m being to easy on people who’s job it is to keep tabs on this sort of thing.

Ahhh thanks for that Poojah,I didn’t even realise that if you had a player on loan elsewhere they couldn’t play in a replay tbh

Quoted from bedders78

From the FA Cup rules:

Replays, Postponements and Abandonments
103. Subject to Rule 104, a Player shall only be eligible to play in a Replay, or a Competition Match
that was previously postponed or abandoned if:
103.1. the Player was eligible to play in the original Competition Match; and
103.2. the Player’s registration with the Club has been continuous from the date of the original
Competition Match to the date of the Replay or rearranged Competition Match.

You'd think in this day and age there'd be some sort of universal computer-based system that keeps a record of appearances, suspensions etc. against each respective competition's rules, but apparently not.