Curzon Ashton deducted points

At a Regulatory Commission hearing this week, Curzon Ashton FC were deducted five points and fined £1,350. A further five point deduction and £1,350 fine were suspended.

The club admitted 27 breaches of FA Rules relating to financial irregularities. The club admitted that certain payments to players between 2005 and 2008 were made with money provided by a third party benefactor without the club declaring those payments in its financial records or making them subject to PAYE or NI.

The FA is concerned that illicit payments of this kind not only place clubs at risk of financial hardship but also distort competition between clubs.

The five point deduction will be imposed with immediate effect and will be deducted from the club’s points total in the Northern Premier League First Division North for the 2009-10 season. The remaining five point deduction will be suspended until the end of the 2010-11 season and will be invoked if the club is found guilty of similar offences. The remaining part of the fine will be suspended for a period of five years.

Curzon Ashton Chief Executive Harry Twamley admitted nine breaches of FA Rules relating to financial irregularities. Twamley admitted knowingly having made false declarations regarding the payments to players. Twamley was fined £270 and warned as to his future conduct. He was also given a suspended 12 month ban from all football and football management and administration. This sanction will be suspended for a period of five years.