Suspensions served for eircom League duo

Shelbourne's Stuart Byrne and Longford Town's Alan Murphy have both effectively served their eircom League suspensions, despite…

Shelbourne's Stuart Byrne and Longford Town's Alan Murphy have both effectively served their eircom League suspensions, despite last Saturday's game between the two clubs being abandoned due to a water-logged pitch.

The league sought clarification from the game's European governing body UEFA in relation to the status of the suspensions before adjudicating on the matter at a Board of Control meeting this evening.

The Board of Control then ruled that both players' had served their suspensions.

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