# 2024–25 Belgian Division 3

The 2024–25 Belgian Division 3 is scheduled to be the ninth season of the division in its current format, placed at the fifth tier of football in Belgium.

## Team changes
### In

* Promoted from the Belgian Provincial Leagues were:
** Champions for each of the provincial leagues: Bevel (Antwerp), Sporting Bruxelles (Brabant ACFF), Rotselaar (Brabant VV), St-Ghislain Tertre Hautrage (Hainaut), Geer (Liège), Achel (Limburg), Harre-Manhay (Luxembourg), Biesme (Namur)
** In East-Flanders, Drongen took over the promotion spot of champions Munkzwalm, who did not ask for a license and were hence ineligible for promotion.
** In West-Flanders, provincial league champion K.S.V. Diksmuide merged with neighbours Oostende who ceased to exist after going bankrupt. The new club continues with the matricule number of Diksmuide under the name Diksmuide-Oostende.
** Due to teams folding or voluntarily relegating at this and higher levels, extra spots opened up:
*** Two extra teams were promoted from Liège: Aubel and Eupen 1963
*** One extra team was promoted from West-Flanders: Lauwe.
** Winner of the interprovincial round on VV side: De Kempen.
** Winners of the interprovincial round on ACFF side: Buzet, Evere, Libramont, Loyers, Tilff and R.A.FC Oppagne-Weris
* Clubs relegated based on their finishing position in the 2023–24 Belgian Division 2: City Pirates, Hamoir, Londerzeel, Mandel United, Overijse, Rebecq and Wetteren.

### Out

* The four division champions were directly promoted to the Belgian Division 2: Westhoek (VV A), Termien (VV B), Onhaye (ACFF A) and Union Hutoise (ACFF D).
* Also promoted via promotion play-offs were Aywaille, Berg en Dal, Crossing Schaerbeek, Habay-la-Neuve, Manageoise, Ostiches-Ath, Raeren-Eynatten, Pelt, Roeselare and Wellen.
* To increase the number of U23 teams in the Belgian Division 2 Seraing II were also promoted.
* Relegated to the Belgian Provincial Leagues based on their finishing position were: Aalter, Couvin-Mariembourg, Diest, Eksel, Herstal, Longlier, Pepingen-Halle, Symphorinois, Tamines, Wambeek Ternat, Wanze/Bas-Oha, Witgoor and Wolvertem Merchtem.

## Belgian Division 3 VV A
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Mandel United | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 20 | +25 | 43 | Promotion to the 2025–26 Belgian Division 2 |
| 2 | Hamme | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 26 | +20 | 43 | Qualification for the Promotion play-offs VV |
| 3 | Diksmuide-Oostende | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 17 | +13 | 39 | Qualification for the Promotion play-offs VV |
| 4 | Kalken | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 38 | Qualification for the Promotion play-offs VV |
| 5 | Wetteren (X) | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 34 | Qualification for the Promotion play-offs VV |
| 6 | Lede | 21 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 32 | |
| 7 | Wervik | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 23 | −1 | 30 | |
| 8 | Lauwe | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 32 | −6 | 30 | |
| 9 | Blankenberge | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 29 | |
| 10 | Elene Grotenberge | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 30 | −8 | 27 | |
| 11 | Erpe-Mere | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 27 | |
| 12 | Drongen | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 24 | |
| 13 | St-Denijs Sport | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 26 | −6 | 23 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs VV |
| 14 | Wielsbeke | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 17 | Relegation to the 2025–26 Belgian Provincial Leagues |
| 15 | Beerschot U23 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 43 | −19 | 16 | Relegation to the 2025–26 Belgian Provincial Leagues |
| 16 | Stekene | 21 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 44 | −22 | 12 | Relegation to the 2025–26 Belgian Provincial Leagues |

### Period champions

* First period: Wetteren (23 Points)
* Second period: TBD (Hamme or Mandel United)

### Results

| Home \ Away | MAN | HAM | DIK | KAL | WET | LED | WER | LAU | BLA | E-G | E-M | DRO | STD | WIE | BEE | STE |
| Mandel United | — | 2–5 | 3–2 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1 Mar. | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | |
| Hamme | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | | 0–4 | | | 2–1 | | | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 |
| Diksmuide-Oostende | | | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Kalken | | 2–1 | | — | 0–1 | | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 6–2 | 5–1 |
| Wetteren | 3–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 3–2 | | | 0–4 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | | | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Lede | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Wervik | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | 0–1 | | | 1–0 | 2–1 | | | 0–2 | 4–2 |
| Lauwe | 0–2 | 1–5 | 0–2 | | 0–2 | | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | | | |
| Blankenberge | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | | — | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 2–4 | | 0–0 | |
| Elene Grotenberge | 2–1 | 2–3 | | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | — | 0–3 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Erpe-Mere | | | 2–0 | 1 Mar. | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | | | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | |
| Drongen | 1–6 | | 0–2 | | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | — | 0–2 | 5–3 | 1–0 | |
| St-Denijs Sport | | 2–0 | | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2 Mar. | 0–0 | 0–3 | | | — | 2–2 | | 0–2 |
| Wielsbeke | 2–5 | 1–1 | | 1–6 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | | | 3–1 | — | | 1–1 |
| Beerschot U23 | 0–3 | | | 1–3 | 2–4 | | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 4–3 |
| Stekene | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–6 | | | | — |

## Belgian Division 3 VV B
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Londerzeel (X) | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 17 | +29 | 42 | Promotion to the 2025–26 Belgian Division 2 |
| 2 | Schoonbeek-Beverst | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 22 | +15 | 40 | Qualification for the Promotion play-offs VV |
| 3 | Nijlen | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 39 | Qualification for the Promotion play-offs VV |
| 4 | Overijse | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 34 | 23 | +11 | 36 | Qualification for the Promotion play-offs VV |
| 5 | Rotselaar | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 33 | Qualification for the Promotion play-offs VV |
| 6 | De Kempen | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 32 | |
| 7 | Zwarte Leeuw | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 26 | −2 | 31 | |
| 8 | Achel | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 29 | |
| 9 | Geel | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 27 | |
| 10 | Zepperen-Brustem | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 25 | |
| 11 | Turnhout | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 24 | |
| 12 | Sint-Lenaarts | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 24 | |
| 13 | Lommel SK B | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 21 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs VV |
| 14 | City Pirates | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 21 | Relegation to the 2025–26 Belgian Provincial Leagues |
| 15 | Betekom | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 25 | 50 | −25 | 11 | Relegation to the 2025–26 Belgian Provincial Leagues |
| 16 | Bevel | 20 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 54 | −32 | 10 | Relegation to the 2025–26 Belgian Provincial Leagues |

### Period champions

* First period: Londerzeel (22 Points)

### Results

| Home \ Away | LON | S-B | NIJ | OVE | ROT | DEK | ZWL | ACH | GEE | ZEP | TUR | STL | LOM | C-P | BET | BEV |
| Londerzeel | — | 3–0 | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 2 Mar. | | | 1–0 | 5–2 |
| Schoonbeek-Beverst | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 2 Mar. | 0–0 | | | 2–1 | | 4–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | | 5–1 |
| Nijlen | 1–0 | | — | 0–1 | 1 Mar. | 2–1 | | 3–1 | | | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Overijse | 2–1 | | | — | | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1 Mar. | 3–0 |
| Rotselaar | 0–4 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | | | 1–5 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 |
| De Kempen | | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–3 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | | | 1–0 | | 3–1 |
| Zwarte Leeuw | | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1 Mar. | 2–2 | 2–1 | | | 2–1 |
| Achel | 2–0 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | | — | | | | 3–0 | 1 Mar. | 2–1 | 6–2 | 0–1 |
| Geel | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–5 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 1 Mar. | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | | 0–0 |
| Zepperen-Brustem | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | | |
| Turnhout | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 2–3 | — | | 2–5 | 1–2 | 3–0 | |
| Sint-Lenaarts | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | | 4–0 | — | 3–3 | | 1–0 | 6–1 |
| Lommel SK B | 0–4 | | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
| City Pirates | 0–3 | | 1–3 | | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 6–2 | | 2–2 | 3–2 | | — | 3–0 | 1 Mar. |
| Betekom | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 2–3 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 1–3 | | 2–1 | — | |
| Bevel | | 1–3 | | | 0–2 | 2–4 | | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | — |

## Belgian Division 3 ACFF A
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Braine | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 49 | 22 | +27 | 42 | Promotion to the 2025–26 Belgian Division 2 |
| 2 | Flénu | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 56 | 23 | +33 | 41 | Qualification for the Promotion play-offs ACFF |
| 3 | Sporting Bruxelles (X) | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 18 | +19 | 38 | Qualification for the Promotion play-offs ACFF |
| 4 | St-Ghislain Tertre Hautrage | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 40 | 16 | +24 | 37 | Qualification for the Promotion play-offs ACFF |
| 5 | Evere | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 49 | 31 | +18 | 32 | Qualification for the Promotion play-offs ACFF |
| 6 | Arquet | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 30 | |
| 7 | Monceau | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 27 | |
| 8 | Ciney | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 32 | −9 | 21 | |
| 9 | Buzet | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 35 | −15 | 18 | |
| 10 | Rebecq | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 45 | −19 | 16 | |
| 11 | Biesme | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 15 | |
| 12 | Jodoigne | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 38 | −18 | 13 | |
| 13 | Aische | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 39 | −24 | 13 | Relegation to the 2025–26 Belgian Provincial Leagues |
| 14 | Loyers | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 52 | −31 | 13 | Relegation to the 2025–26 Belgian Provincial Leagues |
| 15 | Belœil (R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Disqualified, Relegation to the 2025–26 Belgian Provincial Leagues |
| 16 | Perwez (R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Disqualified, Relegation to the 2025–26 Belgian Provincial Leagues |
* ↑ Following three consecutive forfeits Beloeil were forced to forfeit the remainder of their season and to be relegated to the Belgian Provincial Leagues
* ↑ Following three consecutive forfeits Perwez were forced to forfeit the remainder of their season and to be relegated to the Belgian Provincial Leagues

### Period champions

* First period: Sporting Bruxelles (25 Points)
* Second period: TBD (Flenu OR Arquet)

### Results

| Home \ Away | BRA | FLE | SPO | STG | EVE | ARQ | MON | CIN | BUZ | REB | BIE | JOD | AIS | LOY |
| Braine | — | 5–3 | 3–0 | | | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Flénu | | — | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 9–1 |
| Sporting Bruxelles | | 1–0 | — | | 4–1 | 3–1 | | | | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 |
| St-Ghislain Tertre Hautrage | 3–3 | | 2–2 | — | 4–2 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 5–0 |
| Evere | 4–0 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | | 3–2 | 5–1 | 6–2 | | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| Arquet | 1–1 | 1–5 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | | |
| Monceau | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | | 4–0 | — | 3–1 | | | | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| Ciney | | 1–2 | 1–0 | | | 1–5 | 1–0 | — | 1–3 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Buzet | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | | | 0–4 | 3–2 | 0–2 | — | | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 |
| Rebecq | 1–5 | 1–4 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–2 | 3–2 | | |
| Biesme | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | | — | | 5–1 | 3–0 |
| Jodoigne | 0–4 | | | 2–1 | 1–7 | 0–1 | 2–3 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | | 2–3 |
| Aische | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–5 | | | | 3–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | — | |
| Loyers | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | | | | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | — |
* ↑ Forfeit loss for Aische as the game could not be completed due to a powercut.

## Belgian Division 3 ACFF B
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Richelle United (X) | 21 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 55 | 14 | +41 | 48 | Promotion to the 2025–26 Belgian Division 2 |
| 2 | Sprimont | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 43 | 24 | +19 | 40 | Qualification for the Promotion play-offs ACFF |
| 3 | Elsautoise (X) | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 23 | +18 | 39 | Qualification for the Promotion play-offs ACFF |
| 4 | Du Geer | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 34 | Qualification for the Promotion play-offs ACFF |
| 5 | Mormont | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 34 | Qualification for the Promotion play-offs ACFF |
| 6 | Tilff | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 34 | |
| 7 | Aubel | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 31 | |
| 8 | Meix-dt-Virton | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 30 | |
| 9 | Eupen 1963 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 35 | 48 | −13 | 28 | |
| 10 | Waremmien | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 27 | |
| 11 | Libramont | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 25 | |
| 12 | Gouvy | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 25 | |
| 13 | Harre-Manhay | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 37 | −15 | 23 | Relegation to the 2025–26 Belgian Provincial Leagues |
| 14 | Marloie | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 22 | Relegation to the 2025–26 Belgian Provincial Leagues |
| 15 | Hamoir | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 43 | −25 | 15 | Relegation to the 2025–26 Belgian Provincial Leagues |
| 16 | Oppagne-Weris | 21 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 56 | −35 | 10 | Relegation to the 2025–26 Belgian Provincial Leagues |

### Period champions

* First period: Richelle United (25 Points)
* Second period: Elsautoise (22 Points)

### Results

| Home \ Away | RIC | SPR | ELS | DUG | MOR | TIL | AUB | MEI | EUP | WAR | LIB | GOU | HAR | MAR | HAM | OPP |
| Richelle United | — | | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 7–0 | | 3–1 | 6–0 |
| Sprimont | 3–2 | — | | | | | 3–1 | | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Elsautoise | | 2–2 | — | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | |
| Du Geer | | 1–0 | 0–5 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | | 2–0 | 1–5 | | |
| Mormont | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | — | | | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Tilff | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | | 3–1 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 0–1 | | | |
| Aubel | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | |
| Meix-dt-Virton | | 2–2 | | | | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | | 3–0 |
| Eupen 1963 | 0–4 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | — | 1–1 | | 3–1 | | 1–4 | 4–2 | 2–4 |
| Waremmien | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 0–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 | — | | 4–0 | | 7–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 |
| Libramont | 0–2 | 4–2 | | | 2–0 | | | | 2–3 | 2–1 | — | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| Gouvy | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 1–2 | | | 0–3 | | — | 0–4 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 |
| Harre-Manhay | 0–2 | 1–1 | | | | | | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | — | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Marloie | 0–4 | | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | | | 0–0 | | — | 1–2 | 3–3 |
| Hamoir | | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | | 1–0 | | 1–2 | | — | 2–1 |
| Oppagne-Weris | 0–6 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | | | 2–1 | | | | 2–3 | — |
* ↑ Due to insufficent lighting the game was called off and later the away side were awarded a forfeit victory.