Cliftonville Women have been kicked out of the Electrical Eire Girls’s Problem Cup.
The Reds’ hopes of profitable an historic double have been ruined after they have been discovered responsible of fielding two ineligible gamers of their Cup Quarter-Ultimate win over Linfield Women two weeks in the past.
The Irish FA Girls’s Problem Cup Committee decided that Nicole Adams and Hannah Doherty have been ineligible to play within the match on September 16, which Cliftonville received 7-1.
Linfield, who made a protest, will now go into the hat for the Semi-Ultimate draw after they escaped with only a tremendous after Cliftonville lodged an attraction of their very own.
As revealed by the Belfast Telegraph final week, it appears Cliftonville have been caught out by the summer time switch window being shifted as a result of Girls’s Premiership season stopping for 2 months due to the Girls’s Euro 2022 Finals, which moved the deadline previous the July 31 date by which gamers needed to be registered for the Cup.
An announcement from the Girls’s Problem Cup committee mentioned: “In accordance with Rule 4e of the Girls’s Problem Cup Guidelines, a participant registering along with her membership after 31 July in any season is not going to be eligible to play within the competitors.”
The assertion added: “The members of the committee famous that two Cliftonville Women gamers, Nicole Adams and Hannah Doherty, participated within the match registered for the membership on 8 August and 10 August 2022 respectively.
“The members agreed that this was a breach of Rule 4e, and in accordance with Rule 3 Cliftonville Women be dismissed from the competitors and Linfield Women be reinstated.”
Each golf equipment have been deemed responsible of itemizing greater than the permitted 5 substitutes for the sport, however every used solely three.
The committee’s assertion continued: “In accordance with Rule 6b of the Girls’s Problem Cup Guidelines, golf equipment might nominate a most of 5 substitute gamers, from which solely three substitutions shall be permitted. The members famous that Linfield Women nominated six substitutes and made three substitutions within the sport.
“The members additionally famous that Cliftonville Women nominated seven substitutes and made three substitutions within the sport.
“Following dialogue the committee decided that each golf equipment had breached Rule 6b and Cliftonville FC’s protest be upheld. The committee additionally decided that each Linfield Women and Cliftonville Women be fined £25 for a breach of Rule 6b.”
The Semi-Finals had been scheduled for Friday night time, however the draw was postponed after the dual protests have been lodged and there has but to be affirmation of recent dates for both.
Holders Glentoran Girls, final season’s runners-up Crusaders Strikers and 2017 winners Sion Swifts Women will probably be joined by Linfield in that draw.
Each side can attraction the rulings.
In Wednesday night time’s Premiership motion at Midgley Park, Linfield Women defeated Lisburn Women 2-1.
Vivienne McCormack put Lisburn in entrance after 13 minutes earlier than Emily Reid equalised on the hour mark. Ebony Lecky then struck the winner for the Blues six minutes earlier than time.