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APPEALS COMMITTEE
AN Appeals Board met last night (6 May) to consider appeals by Paul Kirk and Tommy Wright against the sanctions imposed by the IFA Disciplinary Committee following the match Ballymena United v Lisburn Distillery on 22 March.
Both managers were suspended for six matches with a stadium ban. Following the Appeals hearing which considered presentations from both managers, their clubs and representatives of the Disciplinary Committee, it was decided that the sanctions should be reduced to a four match touchline/Dressing Rooms ban under the normal conditions of such suspensions. The Appeals Board accepted assurances from the two managers that there would be no repetition of such inappropriate behaviour.
In a further appeal the Appeals Board agreed with the NIBFA that, following a technical error by the referee, the semi final of the NIBFA Under 11 Cup should be replayed between Riada Soccer School and Aquinas.
