A proposal to allow two sides from the one club compete in the same division of the Clare District Soccer League (CDSL) has been defeated.
An emergency general meeting (EGM) of the CDSL was held on Monday evening to discuss changing Rule 41 following a proposal by Rhine Rovers at the CDSL’s AGM which took place in June.
Rule 41 states that no club can have two teams playing in the same division and when the proposal was first raised at the AGM, it resulted in strong views on both sides. Chairman of the CDSL, Jason Ryan told the AGM this summer that the issue was “too big” to vote on at that meeting.
However on Monday evening, the motion to change the rule was defeated 34-20.
In recent years, both Avenue Utd B and Newmarket Celtic B have claimed First Division honours but have not been promoted to the Premier Division due to the rule and instead sides that finished in fourth and fifth place of the second tier have been promoted.
