0 If a football player is cup-tied, they cannot play in a cup competition for their current club, because they have already played for a different club in an earlier part of the competition:
Breaching the cup-tied rule can result in a result being declared invalid, with serious consequences for the offending club.
He was called into action on a number of occasions due to other players being cup-tied, making a total of 92 appearances for the club.
