striker cleared to play

Defoe in the clear over Carling Cup appearance

January 26, 2009
By Soccernet staff
The Football League has confirmed that Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe was eligible to play against Burnley in the Carling Cup semi-final second leg, after the Championship side had questioned whether the striker should even have been allowed on the pitch.

The former Portsmouth ace was not signed in time for the first leg, but scored in the second and the Clarets wrote to the Football League to ask if the rule applies to the tie as a whole therefore ruling him out of the second leg as ...

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