Milford FC assistant coach Nhlanhla Hlongwa has rubbished Upington City's accusations.
Upington accused Milford of violating the Under 23 rule in one of their Motsepe Foundation Championship fixtures this season.
Upington, who finished in sixth position on the log table, have taken their case to the SAFA Appeals Committee as they feel they should be awarded three points from their match against Milford.
Should SAFA rule in their favor, Upington, who are on 44 points will move to 47 points which will put them on par with Baroka FC who finished in third position.
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The Northern Cape outfit will then have a superior goal difference compared to the Limpopo club, which would confirmed their spot in the promotion/relegation play-offs.
"Upington's case was dismissed by the PSL, even the SuperSport cameras couldn't confirm what they were complaining about," Hlongwa tells KickOff.
"Upington they claim we substituted our under-23 player Olwethu Cele and did not replace him with another under-23 player, when in fact the player was never substituted in that game, he played the whole game.
"The reason their case was dismissed by the PSL is because the TV clip proved that Cele finished the game. Even the SuperSport TV people confirmed it.
"There is nothing wrong from our side, the player in question was never substituted. And the evidence is there.
"What is painful on our side is being accused of doing something we didn't do.
"If we substituted Cele it could have shown in the television footage.
"The rule says every team should start and finish a match with at least two under 23 players, but in the team sheet they are supposed to be five, and that's what we did.
"As a club that uses SAB League players, in our team sheet, we always had five or seven players.
"We seriously don't understand what's going on with Upington."
The promotion play-offs get underway on Sunday, with University of Pretoria taking on Baroka FC.
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