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East Kilbride boss 'perplexed' over decision to reinstate Auchinleck Talbot in cup

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East Kilbride boss Kevin Rutkiewicz is ‘perplexed’ by Auchinleck Talbot winning an appeal that saw Kilby booted out of the South Challenge Cup.And while Rutkiewicz says it’s unlikely that the K-Park club will counter-appeal, he says there must be ‘clarity and transparency’ from the powers that be, as to the competition rules.West of Scotland Premier League giants Talbot beat Kilby 1-0 at Beechwood Park on March 4 to move into the quarter-finals against Caledonian Braves on April 1.East Kilbride appealed, because Talbot fielded goalkeeper Joshua Bradley-Hurst, who they had signed on an emergency loan from League One club Clyde, and who had played for Clydebank against Pollok in an earlier round.Talbot say they signed Bradley-Hurst because they knew Marc Fisher, who played for Troon in an earlier round, was cup-tied, but were told that the Clyde shot-stopper wasn’t.Rutkiewicz said: “On the day, fair and square, Talbot beat us and I have absolutely no objection to the game itself.

They were the better team on the day.“But rules are rules, and I’m a wee bit perplexed as to how they’ve arrived at the decision, because whatever has happened doesn’t make the player any more eligible than what he was.“ I’m not going to sit here and gripe about it.

It’s not how I wanted to progress in the cup, and if that’s the decision I wish Talbot all the very best in the cup, going forward.“But it’s a wee bit perplexing to know that however many teams entered the competition have abided by the rules, and they seem to have, on the face of it, just been bent a wee bit.“It had no major impact on the game on the day, I need to emphasise that, but at the end of the day we were without five players on that day, two of whom had played every game-

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