Brazil lose three qualifying games in a row to leave them 6th in the 2026 WC Qualifying table and the first ever defeat on home soil in their 65th WC Qualifier.
CONMEBOL has the ridiculous and unfair advantage that seven of the ten teams can qualify.
To be fair the teams in CONMEBOL are high up the FIFA rankings.
It's the AFC region which has a huge number of places compared to the official rankings when all this was decided in March 17.
AFC have 8 places plus a playoff spot yet they only had two teams ranked in the Top 48 in March 2017. The lower ranked teams who benefit from this weighted advantage include
The article suggests the player in question was on loan on 3rd November but then recalled 3 days later. He then played in the replay on 14th November. He was illegible because he had to be on the Barnsley books not only for the replay but the first game as well. He had not played in the FA Cup already.
Yeh, you understand how it happens to clubs run by volunteers (although it doesn’t seem to that often!) but Barnsley literally pay someone to make sure this doesn’t happen.
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Utter dribble from England tonight, and with a poor ref they never looked like creating a second goal.
San Marino scored a goal!!
Officially better than Gibraltar!
Gibraltar U21s just beat Moldova 2-1, even managed to afford to miss a penalty.
This goal the pick of the day from MOTM, 17 year old CB Tayler Carrington: https://twitter.com/LlanitoNL/status/1727014536132305210
Thank God you only played the North of Macedonia. A full Macedonia might have spanked you.
Dominic Gape forced off injured in Sutton’s football league trophy match at Charlton after 44 minutes
The poor guy can't catch a break. There is nothing worse than a great talent who has a career blighted by injuries.
He pulled up and was taken off straight away. Hope it’s not as bad as it sounds.
Messi leads Argentina off the pitch after Brazilian police attack their fans at the Maracana. It's all kicking off big time.
Messi led the team off the pitch before KO.
Brazil lose three qualifying games in a row to leave them 6th in the 2026 WC Qualifying table and the first ever defeat on home soil in their 65th WC Qualifier.
CONMEBOL has the ridiculous and unfair advantage that seven of the ten teams can qualify.
I hope you aren't suggesting anything improper at FIFA
To be fair the teams in CONMEBOL are high up the FIFA rankings.
It's the AFC region which has a huge number of places compared to the official rankings when all this was decided in March 17.
AFC have 8 places plus a playoff spot yet they only had two teams ranked in the Top 48 in March 2017. The lower ranked teams who benefit from this weighted advantage include
Saudi Arabia 57th
UAE 68th
Qatar 84th
China 86th
Plus a few others
Nothing improper going on here @StrongestTeam
Barnsley kicked out of the FA Cup for fielding an ineligible player. Horsham back in.
Amazing scenes!!
Club caught doing something against the rules apologises, not sure that will catch on
Gawd Barnsley will be well up for it in the League after that debacle!
Was Stanley Matthews playing?
Always baffles me how clubs manage that
Very true - you also would think a player would raise their hand and say that they were already involved in the competition.
Barnsley are the only club to have won the Cup at a Yorkshire venue
The article suggests the player in question was on loan on 3rd November but then recalled 3 days later. He then played in the replay on 14th November. He was illegible because he had to be on the Barnsley books not only for the replay but the first game as well. He had not played in the FA Cup already.
Ban-sley
The Horsh has bolted
Yeh, you understand how it happens to clubs run by volunteers (although it doesn’t seem to that often!) but Barnsley literally pay someone to make sure this doesn’t happen.
What does non-literal payment look like? Cheeky favours?
Thanks for the clarification - that is an interesting rule!
illegible? we'd better buy some new fountain pens for the office just in case!
Bramall Lane?
"the most illegible bachelor in town"
I thought loans could only be recalled during the transfer window?
I think it's different if they're loaned to non-League