Wells & Bradford City Kicked Out Of FA Cup

Bradford City FC — which Bermudian Nahki Wells plays for — has been expelled from the FA Cup for fielding an ineligible player, the BBC is reporting.

Bradford fielded on-loan Newcastle defender Curtis Good in a match last Friday without registering him by the noon deadline.

A statement from Bradford City said: “Bradford City Football Club were charged by the FA of rule 15 (j) (i) on Monday 3 December 2012 in relation to their F.A Cup with Budweiser Second Round encounter with Brentford on the 30 November 2012.

“The nature of the charge is the playing of one of our loan players deemed ineligible due to the late submission for permission for him to play.

“Bradford City Football Club is very sorry to have to report such a matter and apologies to our fans. The error was of an administrative technical nature and not one to intentionally break competition rules.

“We presented a case of mitigation to the FA on Thursday 6 December, however the FA panel chose to enforce the full powers of its jurisdiction and have removed the club from the FA Cup competition.

“We are clearly disappointed by this decision and cannot comment further on this matter as the club is still actively conducting a full investigation. The club has until 5:00pm today (Friday) to lodge an appeal with the FA and we are currently reviewing our position in relation to this.”

Nahki Wells, a 22-year-old Bermudian striker, is Bradford’s leading goal scorer with 14 goals this season.

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