[shiven]

Can you imagine the fuss we'd kick off if we lost the title by one point because Liverpool fielded an ineligible player and he scored the winner to help them to the title.

That's a good point. I'd be well pissed off if that were the case for us.
Sheffield United didn't do anything wrong too IMO and you'd have to feel sorry for them really. Still they could finish in 2nd and get promotion or even win the play-offs yet.