A BIRMINGHAM Gaelic footballer may lose part of an ear after allegedly being bitten during a brawl which prompted a game to be abandoned.

The player, believed to be 22-year-old John Dowling, was injured when a fight broke out at a match between Bickenhill-based Sean McDermotts and Coventry’s Roger Casements at Coventry Sphinx Sports and Social Club on April 3.

Keith Sweeney, chairman of Sean McDermotts, said: “He has got to go back to hospital again. It may be a case of part of the top of his ear being removed.

“He says it has been bitten, and there’s medical evidence of that, but Roger Casements say none of their players would do that. There’s a chance people could be called in front of the board.”

Roger Casements were unavailable for comment.