RKFC to move court against AIFF’s decision to forfeit match points

Real Kashmir Football Club (RKFC) spokesperson on Sunday said that RKFC will move court against the All India Football Federation’s (AIFF) decision to forfeit the match against Churchill Brothers in November last year. Will have to During the match against RKFC, popularly known as ‘Snow Leopards’, there was an allegation of fielding four foreign players and one Asian player, whereas according to the rules, a club can field only three foreign players and one Asian player in the match. Is.

This violated the rules of the club and apart from losing the match, it was also fined Rs 60,000 by the disciplinary committee of the AIFF. In the match played on November 28 last year in Srinagar, RKFC defeated Churchill Brothers Football Club 1-0. RKFC officials said that in the 64th minute of the match, RKFC mistakenly called for a substitution but within a minute it was rectified by the club’s head coach Mehrajuddin Vaadu.

But the officiating fourth umpire and the match referee asked RKFC to replace the player as it was written on the board. He said that the player was not substituted even after being told by the fourth official and that could be clearly seen in the video evidence the broadcaster provided. Churchill Brothers FC approached the AIFF’s Disciplinary Committee which in a meeting gave a decision in favor of RKFC on December 23 last year. The Disciplinary Committee found that based on the video evidence and the submissions of the match officials, the player had not been substituted as no player came out from inside the ground and no player entered from outside.