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Friday, March 31, 2006

Accrington Charged Over Ineligible Player

Accrington have been charged with fielding an ineligible player, according to the NLP.

James Robinson, who played a number of times for the reserves but never featured in the first team, was released by Crewe in the summer but spent a spell in Iceland before returning to English football. The charges relate to Accrington not obtaining international clearance from the Icelandic FA.

The player later played a number of games for Altrincham, joining them in November. Altrincham have not been charged as they signed him straight from an English club and had no reason to believe he was registered elsewhere.

Accrington are likely to receive a fine for the offence. No points deduction from the Conference side is likely since the player did not play a game for the first team.