Referees will no longer be provided for a Dublin team's matches after a "cowardly" assault on an official in his 60s.
The incident happened last Saturday during a game the victim was officiating at.
The alleged culprit chases the referee onto the pitch and assaulted him
And the bicycle belonging to the referee was damaged to such an extent that he was unable to cycle home.
The Irish Soccer Referees Society said "things could have been much worse" if the home team hadn't come to the assistance of the official who was there by himself.
The society said: "The Dublin Branch Committee have decided that enough is enough.
"Again, over the past weekend one of of our members was assaulted while officiating.
"The referee is a long standing and respected referee in his 60s, he was chased into the field of play and assaulted by the culprit."
"The referee who cycled to the fixture also had his bicycle purposely damaged and was therefore unable to cycle home due to injuries obtained from this cowardly assault and the damage done to his bicycle by another member of the offending team."
The ISRS added that they will not provide referees to any games the unnamed offending team are involved in.
The attacked referee is "still shaken by the event but is recovering well", the ISRS said.
The assault and the damage done to the bicycle have been reported to the gardai.
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