Matlock Town say they've been informed by the Northern Premier League of a pending points deduction.
They are already six points behind Whitby with two games to play.
A player turned out during the Derbyshire side's 4-0 win at Hyde with normal rules resulting in a three-point deduction to remove the points gained by that result.
A statement on Matlock Town's website reads:
'Matlock Town FC can today confirm that our club has been notified of a pending points deduction due to an administrative error made by our club secretary at the Hyde United fixture.
The imminent punishment, namely the deduction of the three points gained from the fixture, will, unfortunately, seal our inevitable fate with relegation to the NPL Division One confirmed.
Everyone at the club is extremely upset at how this season has ended, none more so than our club secretary responsible for the error who has taken full responsibility and who has issued his unreserved apologies.
The penalty will be received due to playing an ineligible player, namely Joshua Smith, whose youth loan from Accrington Stanley had ended. This was not picked up by us nor his parent club until after the fixture due to him missing several weeks previously through injury.
Please be mindful at this difficult time that our staff are predominantly volunteers who dedicate large parts of their lives to the club. This is a human error and we are all saddened by our season’s outcome.'
The NPL Premier league table has yet to be adjusted, but a failure for Matlock to win at play-off-chasing Ilkeston tomorrow or a point for Whitby against Blyth would render the deduction irrelevant anyway.


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