Bow FC win NWCFA Junior Cup appeal – but opponents have now counter-appealed!
Bow FC have won their appeal to the FAW to contest the NWCFA Junior Cup Final – however the team which has been eliminated as a result have counter-appealed!
CPD Y Glannau are refusing to accept the FAW’s decision relating to the claim that they fielded an ineligible player in the semi-final.
On February 17, Y Glannau beat Bow 8-1 in the semis of the competition to set up a meeting with Llanfairpwll in the showpiece game at Colwyn Bay FC on May 11.
After the semi, Prestatyn-based Bow lodged a protest with the North Wales Coast FA, claiming Y Glannau had fielded an ineligible player – Thomas Ryan Anthony Jones – who came on in the 81st minute as a substitute when the St Asaph team were 8-1 up.
It was alleged Jones also played 90 minutes for Prestatyn Wanderers in an 8-1 defeat at Llangoed and District in round one of the Junior Cup earlier this season, back on September 23, 2023.
Rules state a player cannot represent two clubs in one competition in the same season.
The NWCFA disqualified Y Glannau and allowed Bow passage to the final.
However, a Y Glannau appeal went before a NWCFA special committee and they won.
Bow insisted a rule had been broken and appealed to national body the FAW in a bid to reverse the previous area association decision.
The FAW confirmed today that Bow had won their appeal, but added: “A further appeal has been submitted. The FAW is attempting to hear the case as early as they possibly can under the Rules due to the impact on the competition.”
It is believed, though not confirmed, that Y Glannau’s counter-appeal surrounds a claim that one of the teams in the Prestatyn Wanderers v Llangoed tie back in September failed to ‘sign off’ details of the game on the Comet app, as the rule requires, thus rendering the game void.
However, the saga goes on and it is hoped the delays in determining the final will not affect it taking place.
Llanfairpwll wait patiently for confirmation of who they will face on May 11 or otherwise.