(03 Apr 2014, 8:46 pm)marxistafozzski wrote Just seen on the news Sunderland have been fined by the Premier League and Football League(as he featured in a C1 Cup game) for fielding an ineligible player for 4 games at the start of the season...
It relates to Ji-Dong-Won...
Basically what happened was he went out on loan to Germany and when he came back, he had to have International Clearance to return back to Wearside, Sunderland forgot to do this, hence the Premier League/Football League Double whammy...
From the BBC Sport Website...
In my opinion they have got off quite lightly with just a fine, as a points deduction would probably have relegated them right now and anyway it is not like they gained anything in the 4 Prem games only gaining one point in that timespan...
There'll be hell on if a team is relegated by one point. Letter of the law says Sunderland should have been deducted that point.