Drogs rise above confusion

WHILE Drogheda United are celebrating an unlikely return to the top-flight just weeks after they flirted with extinction, huge uncertainty still surrounds the final make up of the Premier and First divisions of the Airtricity League with less than three weeks to go until the 2011 campaign kicks off.

Galway United have confirmed that they will appeal the decision of the Club Licensing Committee to deny them a Premier Division slot while, in the First Division, Limerick have until Thursday to satisfy the committee that it has the security in place to meet financial commitments outlined in the club’s budget.

A spokesman for Limerick said they were studying the correspondence from the licensing authorities yesterday and expressed confidence that the club would be able to clarify matters – believed to relate in the main to sponsorship – ahead of the deadline and thus get clearance to play in the First Division this season.