YEOVIL MP David Laws has received a letter from the Football Association after he wrote to them asking questions about the Boston United fiasco.

Last season's Nationwide Conference champions Boston were promoted to the Football League despite admitting to breaches of FA rules. An enquiry was set-up and Boston were fined £100,000 and had four points deducted from the start of this present season.

It left supporters of other Conference clubs incensed and Mr Laws said the punishments were nothing short of sanctioning a Cheat's Charter.

Mr Laws has now received a letter from the FA's director of corporate and legal affairs, Nic Coward, who said that it was their proposal to have deducted Boston the points from last season. That would have seen Boston remain in the Conference and Dagenham and Redbridge - who missed out on the title on goal difference - would have taken their place in the Football League.

Mr Coward said: "It was the FA position view that it would have been appropriate for the deduction of points from Boston to have been effective for last season. Indeed, the FA proposed this sanction during the course of the disciplinary hearing.

"As you will appreciate, the FA in cases such as this act as the 'prosecutor' before an independent jury. Human rights legislation requires that members of a FA Disciplinary Commission are truly independent.

"On this occasion, the Commission took a different view from that of the FA and decided that the penalty of the deduction of points should take effect during the current season."