Consider
this scenario: a football club fields an ineligible or
suspended player in a match. That club wins the match. The player’s
ineligibility or suspension is then discovered and the offending club is
subjected to a form of disciplinary process and is penalised.
The
innocent, losing club has no points from a match in which the opposition
fielded a player who should not have been on the pitch in the first place.
Should the match be replayed?
Grahame Anderson explores the issues in his blog for LawinSport.com
To read the full blog, click here.
Littleton’s Sports Group deals regularly with high profile disputes in the UK and abroad. For more information, and to instruct a barrister, please contact our dedicated sports law clerk, Tim Tarring.
