Fixtures in Limerick District League suspended with immediate effect

ALL junior fixtures in the Limerick District League have been suspended with immediate effect owing to a dispute with local referees.

The decision to halt games in the league was confirmed in an email sent to all clubs in the LDL on Wednesday evening.

A number of junior soccer fixtures, including two Premier League Fixtures, as well as an FAI Junior Cup game had been due to take place on Thursday night.

In the email sent to LDL clubs, the League said that 'over the last number of weeks there has been numerous of correspondence between the referee's societies, MFA, FAI and LDL in relation to the new demands from the referees in relation to the match day/spectator set up at some grounds with Astro pitches in the Limerick area and roping off of grass pitches.'

The email continued: 'With no resolution to date between the Referees Society, MFA, FAI and the LDL, the LDL have no choice but to Stop all Football with immediate effect from tomorrow Thursday 12.9.24, until a complete resolution is agreed between all parties.' 

In a statement issued to Limerick Leader sport on Thursday, Sean Slattery, President of the Irish Soccer Referees Society, said that over the past few weeks they had been made aware of 'some problems regarding the positioning of spectators within the confines of  some Astro pitches in Limerick'.