TNM Super leaders Be Forward Wanderers have made an appeal against Super League of Malawi (Sulom) to have their game against Mzuni FC replayed at a neutral venue accusing the league body of having a bone to pick with Nomads.
On Friday, Sulom ordered for a replay of the match following recommendations from an independent committee which was assigned to look into the matter.
However, Sulom’ decision has been turned down by the league leaders who are very convinced that they deserve all the three points as Mzuni FC, who caused the boycott, never turned up for the match.
In a statement released by Wanderers on Sunday and signed by the team’ General Secretary Mike Butao, Nomads claim SULOM reached the verdict prior to hearing.
“We believe Wanderers was judged before the enquiry took place and the decision to postpone the game was made before the hearing took place and this compromised the enquiry [because] the General Secretary of SULOM apologized to the sponsors for ‘the violence’ in the Daily Times newspaper and when queried in The Nation newspaper said he had to apologize because it is not good when games are ‘postponed'”, reads part of the statement, in which it says the team had lodged official complaints with SULOM on both occasions.
The Nomads have also questioned Sulom’s decision to include in the enquiry Trouble Kalua and Crispin Sibande, who the the team claims to be staunch Nyasa Big Bullets and Silver Strikers supporters respectively despite being this season’s direct competitors.
“We protest against the composition of the enquiry team. Mr. Trouble Kaluwa is a well-known Bullets person. Mr. Crispin Sibande is a Silver Strikers person. Both these teams are our direct competitors for the league title this season being on positions two and three. And curiously issues involving teams to which these two are affiliated have not been addressed at all this season,” claims Nomads.
The team has also faulted SULOM for the verdict, saying the enquiry overstretched its mandate.
“The enquiry that took place should NOT have come up with a verdict. It was just an enquiry to establish what had happened as even the Enquiry chairperson Mr Sado said in his opening remarks. The next course of action should have been to charge the culprits and summon them for a hearing” said Nomads while defending their supporters who are alleged to have caused the pandemonium.
On Mzuni FC’ decision to leave the stadium, the statement said: “Mzuni never reported inside the stadium. Mzuni never even communicated to Sulom that they were leaving the stadium due to lack of security nor did they request additional security. They simply left, totally disregarding the rules and it was now Sulom hunting for Mzuni to get an explanation. Simply put, they did not report for the match and should lose the match.
“The referee blew the whistle to conclude the match. What should have happened is what happens when one team fails to report for the match and the referees blows to conclude the match. Points are given to the team that is present. Wanderers should have been awarded the match. The enquiry should have taken place, if at all, after the match was awarded and after Mzuni protested,” reads part of the statement.
According to Wanderers, there was no evidence that Mzuni FC officials were assaulted as nobody has come forward to testify that indeed the visiting team was assaulted by the home fans.
“Where is the evidence of assault apart from Mzuni submissions? Almost everybody says they did not witness any assault, not even the police. Even the media have been calling it an alleged violence. Most of the submissions are based on hearsay, what the stakeholders heard, not what they saw.
“Football is a crowd game. How can there be assault on a team at the stadium and no stakeholder sees it? Why has the panel taken every word in the Mzuni submission as gospel truth? From their own submission, Mzuni did not even go to the hospital from the stadium. They went to their lodge. It was Mr. Khonje of Sulom who followed them to the lodge and decided for Mzuni that they should go to the hospital.
“We believe we deserve 3 points from this game and we should not be punished for allegations. Mzuni should have asked for extra security and played the game under protest if indeed their claims of violence and intimidation are true. We should not set a precedent that will be hard to verify or to control later,” concluded the statement.
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Most of the people here are just barking in favour of Sulom’s poor decision. Sulom they don’t have enough evidence on what happened at Balaka stadium what they want it’s just money in their pockets from the teams not justice
Mzuni yomweyo kuti wawawa eeish, iyitu ndi SUPA LIG, palibe point yotengera pa tebulo , koma mbali Tina ndikukumvetsani 11 years NDE APA chikudutseni pamphuno sorry
Butao aka precontract vomelezani mubetsa zambiri kunena zoona simungapange za dala kenako muziti ku sulom akukondela mukhaula muona mzuni atibule amenewa
Sulom said there should be a replay, i wonder. How can you replay when you never play.?
Mwatero a mandala
well argued and articulated
Kkkk nemba chikwama kulemela eniake akubwela azakutule
In the first leg Mzuni stoned Wanderers players right on the pitch , no disciplinary action was taken. Anywhere in the world if one team fail to turn up automatically points are awarded to the team on the pitch despite whatever reasons . it is also stipulated that a visiting supposed to play under protest in case there is security breakdown like what happened to Moyale against Bullets. There is now way officials from Silver and Bullets can allow Wanderers to be awarded three points despite that there was no evidence that Mzuni players were assaulted. Where did they report their issue apart from hearsays which SULOM decided to use it as evidence to punish Wanderers . There are several grounds very substantial for Wanderers to appeal this verdict as it lacks substance as football rules are concerned .
This is good judgment don’t change cos wen you change we gonna know that you have something behind the back bhonsopo a sulomu anthu akudikilila mwa chidwi kuti awone kuti munena chani mukango gamula molakwika popeza athu anavakale chigamulo kaya muziwona enawajanso azafuna muwachotsele zigamulo munawapatsa zija
malamulo ampira salola kuti sulom kapena fam izilowerela nthito za ma refree. wanderers game the whistle ws bron to mark the end of the game. zomwe zimatantauza kuti noma yapata sure ya 3points and 2gaols izi zinachitika chifukwa mzuni sinapeleke report(. dandaulo .) kwa refree komanso murtch comisioner ndi a sulom apa ngati zipitirire zimenezi matimu azingo nyanyala game, zomwe nkoyamba patapita dzaka 50 kuno kumalawi ndipo ngatidi pali olakwa singakhale noma koma refree yemwe anaimba pintoyo malamulo agwire ntchito in shot
Asulom mbuzi zachilokolo anajutuma abb ndi silver. Mumazipopa ngati ndinu ophunzira koma ndinu mbuli zachabechabe. Mwapya mitima yanuyo bcoz tili pa top. Anthu omwe mkuononga mpira mmalawi umo ndinuyo ma supota mbuzi a bb ndi silver. Ngati zinaliko anali masapota omwewo bcoz of kaduka, or mupange sanje koma mwanyamla 90kg yamisomali season iyi. Achule stupid zanu ana amahule anakuberekerani ku bar.
Hehehe 11 yrs no lig
Kkkkkkkkk eeee man
Sulom is full of corrupt people, they judged noma before the hearing even started, this so called sulom is indeed anti noma & we r not going to allow few mad guys at sulom to obstruct noma from taking the league. Big up to all nyerere funs
Mmmmmmm noma siyamantha koma yakula ndi nsanje ndi chipongwe sulom akufuna noma isatenge chikho koma chomwe aziwe mulungu si John
Sikuti mzuni ndi team yo njenjemelesa noma mukunama
Afiti inu
Mmmm noma mukutipangitsa manyazi bwaanji,haaaaa mukuopa chani
That is nonsense. The case is or was between Nomads and Mzuni. The judge was Sulom the umbrella of FAM within the referential constitution of FIFA. So where did Silver Strikers and Big Bullets come from? Again, no all cases of the same nature carry the same judgements. There are First Time Offenders and Usual or Every time Vectors ( Behavioural Criminals). You better learn to differentiate
This has come out when wonderers secretary has seen how hard is to defeat Mzuni as witnessed on Mzuni’s game with NBB kkkkkk. Dont blame someone for being a supporter of certain team. Who doesnt know that everyone has a team he or she supports, this is not a point to make. Just play the game and lets expect an interesting match.
Thats foolish Noma
I never get surprised though..simply because the two mentioned teams have had enough of FAM…..recall how cups fixtures had been favouring nomads……
when you become desperate for something you fill like being intimidated even those hiccups seem to be far from you…..
Makape a Sulom