Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup
Gary Stohrer and Shaw Lane will be playing the Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup next season
Shaw Lane AFC have been fined £1,420 and warned about their future conduct over their controversial withdrawal from the Senior Cup final in April.
Shaw Lane were meant to face Frickley Athletic in the Bramall Lane final on Tuesday 26th April, but after the Evo Stik League ordered them to play their play-offs semi-final on the following night, chairman Craig Wood pulled his team out of the competition.
He said it was unfair for his club and their semi-professional footballers to have to play two nights running. He also had concerns over the welfare of his players.
Frickley have been awarded the trophy after the Sheffield FA hierarchy met for the final time to discuss the issue.
Shaw Lane were fined £1,000 – the additional £420 being the Association’s expenses – after an appeal brought the figure down.
It means Shaw Lane can still play in the competition next season, a decision that will upset many people as there was a call for the Sheffield FA to ban them from it.