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Burnley gaffe almost saw Clarets kicked out of FA Cup before late intervention

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Burnley were minutes away from potential disqualification from the FA Cup ahead of their fifth round tie against Bournemouth at Turf Moor.

Sean Dyche fielded a relatively strong line-up for the encounter - and included left-back Erik Pieters in his starting 11. This was despite the fact the Dutchman had picked up a yellow card in each of the previous two rounds of the competition, and therefore was suspended for the clash against the Cherries.

And it was only after the Clarets were alerted to the error by a reporter that they made a change, replacing Pieters with Anthony Driscoll-Glennon just before kick-off.

Speaking about the incident, BT Sport commentator Paul Dempsey said: "It was a very late change to the Burnley team selection

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