Galway confident of Premier Division reprieve

GALWAY UNITED have formally appealed their denial of a league licence and have expressed confidence they will continue to play Premier Division football at Terryland Park.

The FAI have confirmed that the club’s appeal against the decision — which would see them drop from the Premier Division to the A Championship — will be heard tomorrow morning.

If Galway United fail in their bid to regain their top-flight clearance, then their place for the 2011 campaign will be taken by Monaghan United, who have already expressed their readiness to seize an opportunity which had seemed to pass them by in heartbreaking fashion when they lost their play-off game with Bray Wanderers in a penalty shoot-out at the end of last season.