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Newport fined for wage error over loan midfielder Miley
Newport County have escaped a transfer window punishment from the English Football League (EFL) for not paying the wages of former loanee Jamie League Two club were fined and threatened with a "three-transfer window fee restriction" having been late paying the 21-year-old midfielder after taking him on loan from Newcastle appealed the initial decision citing "extenuating circumstances" and admitting the error was down to "an administrative muddle".The transfer window restriction was lifted after it was deemed a disproportionate sanction by an independent disciplinary commission, but the Exiles have still had to pay a £2,000 arrived at Rodney Parade in August 2024 on a season-long loan, but was recalled by Newcastle in January 2025 before joining National League side Hartlepool United almost immediately on a permanent transfer.
Miley only featured in six league games before he returned to St James' Park following an injury-hit time in south Newport were late paying his wages for his final two months at the club – totalling just over £3, their appeal the club said there had been initial confusion over who was due to pay Miley's wages after the player returned to his parent club on "numerous occasions" because of personal reasons, saying they were not invoiced by the Premier League club for this though, did not dispute they had not paid his final two months and offered the written details of the appeal, external, the commission wrote: "Newport County said that the failure to pay those invoices was as a result of administrative muddle and was not wilful."The club explained that they have taken steps to ensure that such administrative errors as occurred ought not to happen again."It is emphasised that when Newport County became aware that the invoices needed to be paid, they were settled in full on 28 April 2025."The commission accepted that Newport were not aware of the issue until after it breached the 30-day rule for late payments, with the EFL accepting the club did not seek or make any competitive advantage through the the fine remained, there was no further punishment to restrict transfer plans under new boss David club have also been removed from a Fifa transfer ban after an administrative dispute over an academy player was settled.
