Cliftonville captain Kelsie Burrows has been cleared of assaulting a match official.
In an inventory of suspensions printed on the Irish Soccer Affiliation’s web site, Burrows’ ban was listed as 16 matches for “assault on a match official (whether or not or not inflicting bodily hurt)” after Cliftonville’s Girls’s Premiership win over Glentoran on 25 July.
The Northern Eire defender was proven a purple card by referee Simon Bickerstaff after the incident involving certainly one of his assistants.
Nevertheless, it has now emerged that Cliftonville submitted an “apparent error problem”, which was profitable after consideration from the County Antrim disciplinary committee and match officers, with Burrows subsequently cleared of the preliminary cost.
In consequence, Burrows’ purple card nonetheless stands and he or she now faces a shorter two-match ban on a reclassified offence.
The incident got here after the ultimate whistle of the victory over Glentoran, which put Cliftonville proper within the combine on the prime of the desk as they presently sit six factors off leaders Linfield with two video games in hand.
Cliftonville coach Brendan Lynch was handed a three-match ban from the identical sport for “getting into the sector of play to confront a match official”.
The County Antrim FA has been contacted by BBC Sport NI for remark.
