Sligo Rovers forfeit win over Dundalk after fielding ineligible player

RULING: FAI headquarters. The FAI have decided that Sligo Rovers will have to forfeit their win over Dundalk. Pic: Matt Browne/Sportsfile

Sligo Rovers will have to forfeit their win over Dundalk on August 29 due to the fielding of an ineligible player.

Rovers won the SSE Airtricity Premier Division encounter 2-0 but an FAI disciplinary committee has now ruled that the game will be awarded to Dundalk on a 0-3 scoreline.