{"id":12914,"date":"2026-01-16T13:05:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=12914"},"modified":"2026-01-16T13:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:05:11","slug":"swindon-town-charged-with-fielding-ineligible-players-in-efl-trophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=12914","title":{"rendered":"Swindon Town charged with fielding ineligible players in EFL Trophy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;In respect of Ollie Clarke, the club maintains that the appropriate protocols and governance procedures regarding player suspensions were followed and that both the club and the player complied with the terms of the suspension as notified to them by the FA at all times,&#8221; Swindon said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swindontownfc.co.uk\/news\/2026\/january\/16\/club-statement--fa-charge\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">statement.<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Ollie Clarke will complete his suspension as notified and will not be available for the forthcoming fixtures against Salford City (League Two and FA Cup) and Bromley (League Two).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Robins top scorer Drinan, 27, was a half-time substitute despite not being named on the teamsheet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It took until the 64th minute for Drinan&#8217;s presence to be questioned, leading to an eight-minute delay in play, with the forward eventually staying on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Swindon boss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/cdexz49g713o\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Ian Holloway admitted the club expected &#8220;some sort of action&#8221;<\/a> over what they have now described as a clerical error.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;In relation to the matter concerning Aaron Drinan, the club acknowledges that his name was inadvertently omitted from the official team sheet,&#8221; Swindon said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This was a clerical error in the completion of match documentation. The club wishes to make clear that there was no intention to mislead, deceive, or gain any sporting or competitive advantage. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Aaron Drinan was, at all times, a fully registered and otherwise eligible player to participate in the fixture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The EFL said &#8220;the two matters will now be considered by an individual disciplinary commission&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/c4gv0lvnpd5o?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;In respect of Ollie Cla&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[251],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12914"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}