| Checkatrade Trophy fines 18:21 - Nov 16 with 2944 views | robbowood |
EFL Clubs have today been notified of the fines issued for rule breaches in Round One of this season’s Checkatrade Trophy.
All of the offences punished were due to a failure to meet competition rule 7.3 of fielding a full strength team in and during all matches. The EFL did take into account a number of mitigating factors and also considered transgressions that were not within the spirit of the rules.
The ‘full strength’ policy for the season 2016/17 competition was five of the starting line-up must have started the previous or following game (a reduction from six in season 2015/16) or five of the starting 11 who have made the most starting appearances in League and domestic Cup competitions fixtures during the current season.
Invited category 1 Clubs were asked to follow a different set of criteria with 6 of the starting 11 required to be under-21 as of June 30, 2016. None of the invited clubs failed to comply.
The clubs penalised were:
Luton Town - £15,000 (£5,000 per match)
Portsmouth - £15,000 (£5,000 per match)
Bradford City - £3,000
Blackpool - £3,000
Bristol Rovers - £3,000
Milton Keynes Dons - £3,000
Millwall - £3,000
Charlton Athletic - £3,000
Peterborough United - £3,000
Sheffield United - £3,000
Southend United - £3,000
Fleetwood Town - £5,000
The 12 Clubs fined have the right to appeal to the EFL Board. The remaining 36 clubs complied fully with rules.
All 32 clubs still involved in the competition will be subject to the relevant selection eligibility criteria as per the 2016/17 rules.
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| Checkatrade Trophy fines on 18:28 - Nov 16 with 2915 views | KenBoon |
It's embarrassing. I thought the fa were useless, but the football league appear to have produced a stormer and won it in injury time. |  | | |
| Checkatrade Trophy fines on 18:47 - Nov 16 with 2866 views | dingdangblue |
| Checkatrade Trophy fines on 18:28 - Nov 16 by KenBoon |
It's embarrassing. I thought the fa were useless, but the football league appear to have produced a stormer and won it in injury time. |
I'm sorry but how can the league claim Luton played 2 understrength teams in games they WON away at Gillingham and home to West Brom! By all means fine them if they lose and finish bottom - but they qualified top!!! Joke. |  |
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| Checkatrade Trophy fines on 23:25 - Nov 16 with 2596 views | olympicdale |
Luton's brilliant response! I am flabbergasted at how the Football League are treating its lower league teams, yet giving the higher league teams a free pass to do whatever the fook they want, go Luton I say, utter embarrassment from the FL, evidence is becoming clearer that it doesn't care about its league, not unless its pumped with money.
“We entered those teams with our eyes wide open and we accept that we would be fined for doing so,” said chief executive Gary Sweet. “While we don’t feel we should be paying ‘fees’ to get our youngsters experience, we view that as an investment in their development. We are staggered, however, that we have been fined the maximum amount for our first offence, which was winning away from home at a club from the division above with half-a-dozen first-team regulars in their team.
“We played nine graduates of our academy in that game at Gillingham, and seven against a West Brom side containing four players, two of whom who were internationals and had been transferred for several million pounds, and still beat both.
“We believe our team selection has added value to a competition that was dying last season and is now — with low three-figure attendances at many matches so far — well and truly on its last legs.
“We had the second highest attendance in our one home game against a fellow senior EFL club, which we believe was only because we were playing our youngsters.
“We acknowledge our breach of the competition rules, but does our ‘offence’ make a mockery of the competition any more than a club substituting their first-choice goalkeeper after just a couple of minutes of the game to ensure they met the five-player starting rule.
“Which is more in keeping with the spirit of the game? Which supports the competition’s ethos of promoting young talent more?
“That is clearly disingenuous and by fining us this amount the EFL is effectively saying that promoting young talent is only acceptable if they’re with an EPPP1 club, and they are depriving their own member clubs’ young players access to first-team football.” |  |
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| Checkatrade Trophy fines on 08:02 - Nov 17 with 2450 views | KenBoon |
The Luton reply is very good, there was no need for the dig at Bratfut though. | | | |
| Checkatrade Trophy fines on 09:36 - Nov 17 with 2350 views | ParkinsGimp |
What happened to give youth a chance. I dont care about Luton fecking horrible club with even worse fans. But must admit very harsh. | | | |
| Checkatrade Trophy fines on 10:58 - Nov 17 with 2272 views | meeee |
The premier league and championship clubs are allowed to play and develop their youngsters but the rest of the clubs aren't? |  | | |
| Checkatrade Trophy fines on 11:24 - Nov 17 with 2230 views | fitzochris |
| Checkatrade Trophy fines on 10:58 - Nov 17 by meeee |
The premier league and championship clubs are allowed to play and develop their youngsters but the rest of the clubs aren't? |
Apparently not. This competition has been hijacked and turned into a training ground for 'elite' clubs' youth prospects.
The justification for the stance being taken will be: "How are the elite club youth players going to get a taste of the men's game if the men's teams are playing kids?"
Total farce of a competition. |  |
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