After the attack, the referee, Daniel Sweeney, had to undergo five hours of surgery.
Three soccer players have been banned from the sport for 40 years following an assault on an amateur referee that occurred earlier this month.
A spectator who was also involved in the incident – who had previously been banned from playing for a previous assault – has also been banned from coaching, managing or having any role in a club committee.
After the decision was made, the Combined Counties Football League said that the “vicious, unprecedented level of violence” aimed at referee Daniel Sweeney was “unprovoked, unwarranted and unjustifiable”.
Mr Sweeney suffered horrific facial injuries in the assault, which happened following a recent game between Horseleap and Mullingar Town on 11 November. Following the attack, he had to undergo five hours of surgery where plates needed to be inserted into his jaw.
The three Mullingar Town players involved in the attack have now been banned from all football activity under the jurisdiction of the FAI for 40 years each.
This means that they cannot play, coach, manage or be part of a club committee for that period.
In an interview with Virgin News, Mr Sweeney also spoke about the incident.
“I consider myself a man of faith, I want to say that I bear no animosity towards them whatsoever for what’s happened. I actually would forgive them and that would be my message: I forgive you for what happened and hold no grudge,” he said.
Mullingar Town’s chairman, Martin Moore, released a statement last week apologising to Mr Sweeney.
Mr Moore said that the incident “is and forever will be a black day for our club and for sport in general”.
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