Hartlepool United midfielder Mark Shelton has been ruled out their League Two trip to Scunthorpe - because he got a cotton bud stuck in his ear.Yes, you read that correctly. The 25-year-old won't travel south for the penultimate game of the season following a trip to the hospital this week to get the foreign object removed."Mark's had a cotton bud in his ear that has gone in too far," Pools boss Graeme Lee told BBC Radio Tees.