GFA not aware Manchester 62 players not paid until officially reported to them in September

The GFA says it only became aware that Manchester 62 players were not being paid after a player officially reported the issue on 11 September.

This follows GBC questions following their statement on Friday on the club being docked six points by the Association’s Club Licensing First Instance Board. It said this was the result of a series of serious financial and regulatory breaches.

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The Gibraltar FA still doesn't have an operational National Dispute Resolution Centre which would deal with matters such as unpaid wages.

In its absence, GBC asked the Assocation whether FIFA had dealt with any local player complaints over the past three years. It says some have succeeded in the past, but these were all international cases, as FIFA only accepts disputes with an international dimension.

Decisions of the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber are available on FIFA’s website.

GBC also asked why the NDRC, first introduced in Gibraltar in 2021, is still not available and will not be functional until the end of the year.

The GFA explained the process has been a long one, because when the body was ready to proceed, FIFA changed its framework which required a new application process which started in November last year.

This involved amending the GFA’s regulations and statutes to list the NDRC as a judicial body. The Association is currently conducting a governance review and hopes to have the revised statutes in place shortly.

For now, it says the NDRC can only handle national cases, such as disputes involving local and British participants. Regulations enabling it to formally hear such cases will be published soon.