Derek Blanckensee

NFD teams to boycott fixtures

National First Division teams to continue boycott

Posted: 17 September 2012 Time: 03:37 pm

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The National First Division teams face the possibility of heavy fines from the League after they failed to honour their scheduled fixtures this past weekend.

However, the teams have vowed to continue the stay-away action until the League listens to their grievances.

The NFD was supposed to kick off the past weekend but all the teams, with the exception of Roses United who reported to Botshabelo Stadium for their game against Witbank Spurs, failed to show up.

The NFD, who broke away from the PSL at the start of the season, are demanding prize-money of R1million for winning the League, and that the R800 000 for the Q-Innovation not be deducted from their initial annual grant of R115million.

PSL General Manager Derek Blanckensee says the League is still waiting for the match commissioners’ report before deciding their next move.

“Once we receive the reports, we will hand them to our legal team to deal with the issue,” he says.

He adds: “We expect the fixtures to go on as scheduled next week Wednesday.”

But NFD teams have vowed not to honour their fixture until their demands with the PSL are met.

“Nothing has changed; we will not attend the games until our demands are met,” a NFD team official who wanted to remain anonymous tells KickOff.com.

“It’s just unfortunate that Roses United acted funny after everybody agreed that we would not honour any fixture until our demands are met. Maybe they think they are still in the Vodacom League where, if you do not attend a game, you will be deducted three points.”

Article by: Ernest Fakude

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Bin Laden
posted: 03:45 pm
Shame to Roses FC..but anyway,,1 Million really?? considering 10 million in the top fight...The gap between NFD and PSL is nothing healthy,,,,,The team that got religated are in deepsh!t,,
Glorified Champion Magaya (to defend it for 8 yrs)
posted: 03:46 pm
All reminiscent of the tiff between ANC and its youth wing.
Pirates is not 1 skipper team, you must show for the Zulu Ass
posted: 03:48 pm
This is Mjomane doing.
Mfana Wa Style
posted: 03:48 pm
The PSL must just take the R500 000 to be used for bribing journalist to write favouribly about th PSL and pump it into NFD, eish Khoza will kill our football!!
KingVusi
posted: 03:48 pm
Start your comment here
I lyk the last Wordz thr.l0l.VODACOM LEAGUE...AHA
Baatile
posted: 04:02 pm
The next thing Malema will be called to address them.
Eight
posted: 04:05 pm
wats happening with our soccer mara he??
T'zozo
posted: 04:07 pm

Baatile

posted: 04:02 pm | Report

The next thing Malema will be called to address them.
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Hahahahahahahahahahaah.....this is funny. I hear that Juju was seen addressing supporters of Chibuku FC last week who were unhappy with their team's inability to score goals.
Bin Laden
posted: 04:12 pm
Khoza has turned PSL into the political party
bucsdelegend
posted: 04:13 pm
This should hv been avoided simple, scrap this quoters 1,5 m and that half million and give the frst division teams that will benefit our soccer and icrease competion at lower division rather than individual an certain teams only
Musekwa
posted: 04:28 pm
I think is A gud thing nfd to boycott fixtures bcs if the way team 4 pls he gate a lot 4 money dis seasen is lot is de better 2 give nfd 1M
Mthinayi (Bugs Killer)
posted: 08:35 pm
Mjomane when he got relegated last season he did mention that, people will be suprised to see his team back to Psl this current season (12 and13). I see now what he meant.
delux2
posted: 08:53 pm
It is unfortunnate because our soccer is run by greedy and heartless people and that's why our national team will struggle forever. A lot of money is pumped into psl but our standard of football remains low compared to our african counterparts with litlle or no infrasrtucture. As long as we don't support delopment leagues our soccer won't improve.
Gordo
posted: 10:47 pm
Pls guys clarify few issues 4 me. Isn't NFD independent from PSL. If yes why they r demanding money from PSL, why they don't seek sponsors of their own as an entity? To me this doesn't make any sense,its been a long time guys fighting 4 their independence now they want to be funded by the sme entity they were breakin form
Teko
posted: 08:57 am
poor under 23 for Amajita will suffer for good,i feel pain for the coach cause next thing he will use so many players from one team try to balance with other players,

as per BB(Chiefs) played Mozamb under 20 and they brag about it.loosing against under 23 of Brazil ,and no one keep asking Qs why our standard of football so low but we claim that our league is one of the top in the world.
Khosiologist
posted: 03:04 pm
Hola Mjomane, If you thought he was not powerful you will see him now! I applaud this guys, they are fighting for what belongs to them
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