Originally Posted by
bombers_away
Well everyone loves an opinion and you are entitled to yours - however wrong it may be.
But here are some facts (as an official of the club):
1. The game against Garden Suburbs - we ****ed up. Playing All Age C Grade players in a First Grade game is against the rules (even though they were off the bench). The coach has put his hand up and apologised to the blokes on the park and taken responsibility for it. We have lost the points and copped our punishment sweet.
I can categorically say that is the only time an all age player has played in First Grade as a Borrowed player. We have 7 Multi Registered players who do regularly play Zone League. Whether you believe me or not, that's up to you.
To say this mistake is 'cheating' is ridiculous. Not knowing the rules is not an excuse and I am not making one. But if we were cheating why would we have marked the wrong box? Why would we have admitted it to the Suburbs official on match day? There was no attempt to deceive. It was honestly a mistake which was owned up to on the day and the punishment delivered swiftly. End of story.
2. The game against SMFC - we played Multi Registered players. Not borrowed players. I will happily provide a photo of the teamsheet with the players names and their Multi Rego invoice as evidence if you would like? Given SMFC clearly made it known to the association do you not think this would have already been dealt with had we been in the wrong?? We also got a heads up from the association about our lack of numbers on the teamsheet that day. Had it been an official ref I am sure it would not have got to the kick off without the numbers. But it was a club ref.
So for anyone who wants to jump on the bandwagon please ensure you have facts before making baseless accusations.
On a side note, does anyone even agree with the rule an all age player cant play first grade??
Not sure why it is even a rule to be honest. Should be encouraged. Surely a first grade team with all age players is not gaining an unfair advantage by having them fill in?
If a player in all age is good enough to play first grade it can only help to get them involved and to make the jump from all age teams to the zone league competitions.
