UCC title furore rumbles on

University College Cork (UCC) may have been awarded last year’s Munster Senior League (MSL) title at arbitration but the controversy is set to rumble on, with the aggrieved parties meeting next week to consider their next steps.

On Wednesday, Avondale United saw their third successive MSL title won in May revoked after second-placed UCC were awarded two extra points arising from an unregistered Leeds player facing the Students in a drawn match back in November.

UCC’s failed protest to the MSL and subsequent appeals to the Munster FA and FAI seeking full points were both knocked back, leaving them pursuing the only remaining avenue open — arbitration