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A fine is the likely outcome if the Bulls are charged for naming too many loan players in today's match.
The Bulls featured Peter Gulacsi (Liverpool), Josh Gowling (Carlisle), Marc Pugh (Shrewsbury), Jennison Myrie-Williams (Bristol City), and Andy Williams (Bristol Rovers) from the start, and had Febian Brandy (Man Utd) on the bench. Football League rules stipulate that only five can be named in the sixteen man squad regardless of how many enter the field of play at any point during the game.
Back in December 2006 Leeds were fined £2,000, with half the sum suspended, for naming six loan players in a match at Burnley a month earlier. As with the Bulls today they had one unused sub who was the sixth player, while last April Sheff Weds had two loan players as unused subs and received the same punishment. No side has received a points penalty for the offence, and any points deduction could only be made to the current season's totals under League rules.
While both the Bulls and Leeds lost their respective matches, Sheff Weds drew theirs with one of the loan players scoring their goal. Both Leeds and Sheff Weds were Championship clubs at the time of their offences.
