After finishing with 17 points from 18 games, Churchill Brothers has been relegated to the second division football for the next season...

Churchill Brothers got relegated to second division of the I-League after they lost 1-0 to Minerva Punjab, in Panchkula on Thursday. But, Goal can confirm that the Goan side has requested the All India Football Federation (AIFF) to review Churchill's relegation on two grounds.

Firstly, the Churchill management is extremely unhappy with the string of refereeing decisions that has gone against the club and secondly, they argue that the club is the only representative from Goa in I-League. The argument is if Churchill gets relegated, then Goa will have no representative which will be detrimental to Goan football.

"After the Indian Arrows match I am very unhappy with the refereeing standards of the league. They have denied us legal goals and have not awarded us clear penalties which were in our favour. Then from Goa there is only one I-League team. To benefit Goan football there must be at least one representative in the top division," said Alemao Churchill, owner of Churchill Brothers.

When Goal contacted AIFF, senior officials of the apex body refused to comment on this issue.