Incapacitated

Admin mishaps once again plague Portadown as their appeal against NIFL's decision to award Newry City a 3-0 victory from their key meeting in December is dismissed by Irish FA. We spend time talking to the Belfast Telegraph's Keith Bailie, the man who originally broke the story, to get down to the roots of this case and decipherer what Portadown have been punished for. Could it have been avoided? What did the Mid-Ulster club base their appeal on? And does the punishment fit the apparent law break? Plus a round up of some of the other big stories to hit the league this week, including the end of the Mick McDermott managerial era at Glentoran, comments made by new Linfield GM David Graham and a look at some of the latest transfer news.