Irish FA Licensing Committee grants record number of club licences
The Irish Football Association’s Licensing Committee has granted a record number of licences to clubs in Northern Ireland.
The UEFA, Premiership, Promotion and Championship licences are valid for the 2021-22 season and were awarded following “an immense effort” during unprecedented times, according to Licensing Committee chairman Allen McKinstry.
As part of the Irish FA’s ongoing implementation of club licensing policies, the committee met via video conference last night to consider applications for the award of the various licences – and granted a record 55 licences in total.
In line with current UEFA, Premiership, Promotion and Championship Licensing manuals, applicant clubs were assessed in five key areas: sporting, infrastructure/safety, personnel and administration, legal and financial.
THIS season s Welsh Cup competition has been scrapped, the Football Association of Wales has had to concede. The Wales National Cup Board has announced that it has cancelled this season s competition, after the ongoing Covid crisis made it impossible to make the competition viable. The 2019-20 national tournament was also cancelled, ahead of last year s semi-finals, because of the pandemic. It means that the third-placed team in the Cymru Premier will now play in next season s Uefa Europa Conference League. The FAW Women s Cup and FAW Futsal Cup competitions have also been cancelled for this season, but the FAW Girls Cup can go ahead.
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