A non-league club will lose thousands in revenue after being expelled from the FA Cup due to non-payment of a £10 fine.

Litherland REMYCA were found guilty of playing an ineligible player in a 4-2 win over Charnock Richard in the extra-preliminary round of the competition on August 11.

The club – from the ninth tier of English football – say the breach was due a technicality with a summer recruit who believed a £10 fine for a booking last season was paid by his former club after he gave the club the money.

Last summer Warren Jevons, 22, moved to Litherland from Knowsley North – formally of the Liverpool County Premier League Division One. Jevons received a yellow card playing for Knowsley North last season, which incurred the fine.

Litherland – who play in the North West Counties Premier Division – say they were unaware of the yellow card and unpaid punishment when signing the player and were only alerted to the issue after their FA Cup tie win.