Young Roar Win Reversed
Football Queensland has confirmed that Brisbane Roar Youth’s win in the PlayStation 4 National Premier Leagues fixture against SWQ Thunder FC on Tuesday June 28, 2016 at Clive Berghofer Stadium has been reversed due to an error on the official team sheet.
A review of the matter conducted by Football Queensland with the full co-operation of Brisbane Roar FC determined that a last minute change to the match day squad led to incorrect information being listed on the official team sheet at the commencement of the fixture.
As a result, SWQ Thunder FC receive three (3) competition points by a margin of four (4) goals for this fixture in accordance with competitionr regulations.
The PlayStation 4 National Premier Leagues Queensland 2016 Registration Rules section 3.1 and 3.2 (b) state:
3.1. It is the Clubs absolute responsibility to ensure that only eligible Players take the field in any PlayStation 4 National Premier Leagues match.
3.2. A player is eligible to play in a PlayStation 4 National Premier Leagues match, provided:
(b) their name appears on the team sheet prior to the commencement of the match;
Football Queensland has enacted PlayStation 4 National Premier Leagues Queensland 2016 Registration Rules section 3.3. It states:
3.3 Any club who fields an ineligible player will automatically be deemed to have lost the match and be fined. In the case of loss of points, the opposing team will be awarded the full points and be deemed to have won the match by score of three (3) goals to nil (0) or the actual goal difference, whichever is greater.
Brisbane Roar have advised they will work on improving procedures around their PlayStation 4 National Premier Leagues program and put measures in place to ensure that this does not happen again.
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