Club set to appeal for delay in ban

ST. PATRICK’S Athletic’s French full-back, Kharim El Kheybir, is set to appeal a one-match ban, that threatens his involvement in the final of the FAI Cup on Sunday week, against Longford Town at Lansdowne Road.

Kharim accumulated eight penalty points for yellow card offences, and the ban is due to come into force next week. To miss such a big game as the cup final seems a harsh penalty, and St. Pat's will push hard to have the penalty delayed.

Said St. Pat's manager Eamonn Collins: “We will base our appeal on several counts, and we are hopeful that the disciplinary board will accept our argument.”