[themaclad]

Barnsley have been kicked out of the FA Cup for fielding an ineligible player in their first-round replay win at non-league Horsham.

The seventh-tier side will now play League Two Sutton United in round two.

Barnsley had won the replay 3-0 last week after drawing 3-3 in the initial tie at Oakwell.

"We would like to apologise to our fans, players and staff for this regrettable error," they said in a statement on the club website.

"This mistake - although unintentional - falls way below the high standards we set at this club and is simply not what you deserve.

"We have already conducted a full internal investigation and have subsequently put safeguards in place to ensure this will never happen again."

[Lord Snooty]

I've heard some genuine mistakes over the years for playing ineligible players, but this one is just sheer incometence. Playing a player, recalled from loan who had played just days earlier.

Somebody's cocked up big style there.

[themaclad]

Great for Horsham and potentially Sutton who would probably have lost against Toby Tyke