daftasfxxx wrote:Ffs Stan's right, the club has admitted it and its been reported as so
From the club website.........
“The 34-year was finally cleared to play for Newport County AFC having received his transfer certificate at the start of the window.
And after waiting three months to make his debut for the club, Hayes couldn’t have come much closer to a goal on his first appearance.“
You do realize the transfer certificate referred to is the International Transfer Certificate !!!
From FIFA player transfer regulations.....
“Players registered at one association may only be registered at a new association once the latter has received an International Transfer Certificate (hereinafter: ITC) from the former association. The ITC shall be issued free of charge without any conditions or time limit. Any provisions to the contrary shall be null and void. The association issuing the ITC shall lodge a copy with FIFA. The administrative procedures for issuing the ITC are contained in Annexe 3 of these regulations.
From Annexe 3
Issue of an ITC for a professional (Article 2)
All applications to register a professional must be submitted by the new club to the new association during one of the registration periods established by that association. All applications shall be accompanied by a copy of the contract between the new club and the professional. A professional is not eligible to play in official matches for his new club until an ITC has been issued by the former association and received by the new association.”
Guess what the registration period is..... June to End of September. We signed him in October. It is irrelevant that he was not contracted, for an ITC, a player must be registered in one of the two registration periods. That is why we had to wait until January.
You can look all you want. Paul Hayes was not registered with the FA for Hemel Hempstead . The monthly player registrations are there on the FA website. Go look.
Stan is wrong. End of.