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DON’T GO TO COURT, FA TELLS ‘BULL’

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MBABANE – The National Football Association of Swaziland (NFAS) has responded to part of Mbabane Highlanders’ demands by furnishing them with a written verdict of the adhoc Appeals Board.


The documents were collected yesterday from the FA by the capital city giants, which also included a letter dated July 28 advising them to take the matter to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). 


The adhoc committee sat over the derby mayhem appeal in May and issued a verbal judgment, which referred the case back to the FA DC to allow Highlanders to forward its defence.


The club had been charged for having caused the abandonment of the December 7, MTN Premier League match against rivals Mbabane Swallows.

The game was abandoned with eight minutes to go following the mayhem and Swallows were leading 4-1 at the time.
An FA Disciplinary Committee had found Highlanders not guilty, a decision that the Premier League of Swaziland, which was the applicant in the matter, appealed. An adhoc committee headed by lawyer Lucky Howe sat over the matter.


The black and white giants had, through their lawyer Martin ‘Internash’ Dlamini, sought a court order last Friday compelling the FA adhoc Appeals Board to issue a written verdict of the matter held in May.


They also wanted the original FA Appeals Board, chaired by Magistrate Joe Gumede, to issue a written verdict of the missing cards case, where the club had appealed a DC ruling after being found guilty of having caused the abandonment of their MTN League match against Royal Leopard. The club went to the stadium without players’ registration cards, forcing the game to be called off.

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