Bloody hell. Could've been worse I suppose - they could have just given the tie to Barton*.
*I don't know the competition rules. Maybe they couldn't. But you know what I mean
Hope this helps. These are last year's but I doubt they've changed.
"(i) Only those players are eligible to take part who have reached the age of 15 years by
midnight on 31 August of the current season and not reached the age of 18 years as at
midnight on 31 August of the current season. (For season 2014-2015, a player must have
been born on or after 1 September 1996 and before 1 September 1999).
16. VALIDITY OF PLAYERS’ QUALIFICATIONS
(a) The Council shall have power to call upon a Player, and/or the Club to which he is
registered, or for which he played, to prove that the Player is qualified according to the
Competition Rules.
(b) Subject to (c) below, where an ineligible player plays for a club in a Competition matc h, the
Council shall remove the club from the Competition, and may impose further penalties
against the club.
(c) However, where the club satisfies the Council that the club (or any of its officers) did not
know and could not reasonably have known, even had it made every reasonable enquiry
(with the exercise of the utmost caution), that the player was ineligible, the club shall not be
removed from the Competition but may still be subject to any other penalty. (e.g. fine,
ordered to replay the match).