Player given five-year ban for assaulting match official

FAI confirmed an independent hearing had decided on the sanction. Picture: iStock

A footballer has been given a five-year ban from all football-related activity by the FAI after he assaulted a match official earlier this month in Louth.

The incident took place after the Division 1 match in the North East Football League between Bay FC and Sporting BJD in Muirhevnamor in Louth was abandoned with five minutes remaining in normal time.