Heavy fines for MMK League clubs

Several cases were heard during the MMK Administrators Soccer League’s disciplinary committee meeting held at the league’s offices last Friday evening.

Madadzhe Eversmiling FC were heavily penalised for failure to provide an adequate venue for the match against Sereni Home Boys. The committee found that Home Boys managed to arrive at the Madadzhe grounds shortly before the scheduled 15:00 kick-off time. Realizing that the field was not properly marked at the scheduled time, the referee blew the final whistle and thus prompted Home Boys to pack their bags and leave the place. Eversmiling were ordered to pay a fine of R4000 and forfeited the match points to Home Boys.

Bofulamato FC were found guilty of breaking the goal posts in their game against Tshiphuseni All Stars. They were ordered to pay R3 000 and the points for the match were forfeited to All Stars.

Phadziri FC arrived late in their match against Madadzhe Ever Smiling and the game was subsequently not played. They were found guilty and a fine of R3 000 was imposed on them, apart from the fact that they forfeited the points for the match to Eversmiling.

Dopeni Mighty Comrades were charged with causing the abandonment of their game against Mikhado FC at the Dopeni grounds. This after the players of Mikhado left the pitch during the game, saying they felt that their safety was at stake. Comrades were acquitted and the result of the match stands. Mighty Comrades were leading 2-1 at the time of the abandonment.

Mathieledzha Blue Birds were also acquitted after being charged with failure to provide an adequate venue for their match against Tshivhulana Real Aces. The committee ordered that the match should be replayed on a date and venue to be decided by the league.

Date:08 June 2017

By: Frank Mavhungu

Frank is a Human Resources Manager at the Department of Public Works in Limpopo. He is the longest serving correspondent of the Mirror, having joined us at the end of 1990.  He mainly writes sports reports and resides at Tsianda Village. In 2004, Frank won the National Castle League Award, an award for the best reporter in the SAB league in South Africa.

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