I thought that too, but look at the date on this article and look who's popped up at the bottom of the list. http://www.hullcityafc.net/page/NewsDetail/0,,10338~2408162,00.html Fishy?
Something legal perhaps? "What do you mean? We didn't freeze him out, look we gave him a squad number!"
Maybe this whole suspension malarkey was just an elaborate bit of banter. Jimmy 'n' Nige... what jokers!
Perhaps you were so discombobulated too that you spelt 'discombobulated' incorrectly? Thus creating irony.