“Gary missed this game at Wycombe and now Tuesday against Stockport and will be available for Colchester next weekend,’’ said Pools’ boss and director of sport Chris Turner.

“We were informed by the FA on Tuesday morning he was suspended for the Brighton game.

“But that’s all I want to say, we have an FA enquiry. I believe we are innocent and three or four different things have conspired to the situation.

The FA, so I am led to believe, are understanding about it.

“The bottom line is what manager or coach in the world would select a player to play in a team if he wasn’t eligible to play?

“It’s less than Sunday league stuff. End of story.’’

Only quote he's made all season that could be classed as correct. It sums up the entire season under his so called leadership.