FAT hits back at Thai clubs
[SOCCER] The Football Association of Thailand (FAT) has hit back at the two local clubs which were disqualified from the AFC Champions League - the Thailand Tobacco Monopoly (TTM) and the Provincial Electricity Authority PEA teams - saying the FAT is professionally run and followed every procedure.
After being criticised by the clubs on Tuesday, Thailand's governing football body denied the allegations, claiming they did not get enough co-operation from both teams. "It was very difficult to contact them, especially the TTM," said an FAT official. "The PEA brought their documents to the association on February 10, but there were some mistakes with the players' list so the papers were returned to the club. "FAT staff informed the PEA that the correct documents had to be re-submitted on the following day [Saturday] or even Sunday, which was the deadline, but they came back on February 14. In the case of TTM, the FAT sent notifications several times but all we got was silence." The Asian Football Confedera-tion sent the FAT a letter on January 5, informing them that the clubs must submit players' lists before the deadline and the association forwarded that information to the clubs two days later. On January 24 the AFC sent the regulations and details of registration to the FAT, who acknowledged the documents on January 25 before notifying the clubs to take them.
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