Coleraine striker Eoin Bradley has been hit with a six-game ban for urinating on the pitch during the Irish Cup semi-final on July 27.
The former Derry Gaelic football star was found guilty of misconduct by the IFA after urinating during the clash with Ballymena United, which was televised live on BBC 2.
Bradley scored in the game, which ended 1-1 after extra-time, before Ballymena advanced with a penalty shootout win.
Coleraine kick off their NIFL Premiership campaign next month and face Portstewart in the Eventsec North-West Cup quarter-final tonight.
Boss Oran Kearney said: “For us it will count as competitive games and Skinner has a six-game ban to fulfill and ideally for us, we want to get through to the next round.
“If we can go a couple of rounds in it and get to the final – it would kill three games of his ban.
“It will also do no harm as people need minutes as well.”
