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The Castlebar Celtic side from last weekend's now-disputed 3-0 FAI Junior Cup loss to Villa FC. Pic: Mike Staunton
Mayo soccer club Castlebar Celtic are set to launch an appeal into their FAI Junior Cup loss to Waterford’s Villa FC last Sunday.
Stevie Gavin’s side lost 3-0 in their February 16 clash in the South-East. However, Villa are alleged to have fielded a player who has played for a team in a League of Ireland competition this season, thus ruling him out of last Sunday’s clash.
READ MORE: Castlebar Celtic boss Gavin reflected on the Mayo side's now-disputed FAI Cup exit
Castlebar Celtic are believed to be meeting later today to finalise the details of a report, which will need to be submitted before tomorrow’s (Friday’s) deadline.
Rule 13.2 of the Football Association of Ireland Junior Challenge Cup Competition Rules 2024/2025 states that ‘A player who has played in the FAI Senior Cup with a League of Ireland Premier or First Division team during the season of this competition is not eligible to participate in the FAI Junior Cup’.
Rule 2(f.) from the FAI Junior Challenge Cup 2022/23 rulebook states the following:
“If the Competition Manager/Area Manager has any doubt as to the qualification of any player taking part in the Competition they shall have the of power to call upon such player or team to which he belongs, or for which he has played , to prove he is a qualified according to the rules and failing satisfactory proof, the disciplinary committee may disqualify such player and may remove the team from the competition.”
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