Cosmos Charged By The PSL Again, Three Other Clubs Also In Trouble
By Sono Soomro - May 24, 2017 11:42 AM
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The Premier Soccer League has confirmed that Jomo Cosmos is one of the clubs charged and set to appear before the PSL’s Disciplinary Committee this week.
As confirmed by the league in a statement, Cosmos is one of the clubs set to appear before the PSL’s Disciplinary Committee on Thursday, 25 May 2017.
The Premier Soccer League has charged the following clubs for various offences. They will appear in front of the PSL Disciplinary Committee this week, Thursday 25 May 2017 at 18h00.
MTHATHA BUCKS: The club has been charged with contravening Rule 35.2 of the NSL Handbook after they allegedly failed to field the stipulated number of U23 players during their fixture against Stellenbosch FC on 15 February 2017 at Athlone Stadium.
Mthatha Bucks have also been charged with intimidating and insulting a match official when they played FC Cape Town at NNK Stadium on 06 May 2017.
CAPE TOWN CITY: The club has been charged with contravening the Compliance Manual after their representative arrived 25 minutes late for the pre-match meeting three hours before kick-off ahead of their Absa Premiership fixture against Maritzburg United at Harry Gwala Stadium on 01 May 2017.
MILANO UNITED: The club has been charged with misconduct and behaving in an improper manner after their officials demanded access to the match official’s change room following their NFD fixture against Witbank Spurs on 26 April 2017 at Puma Stadium. The club officials further demanded that the change room of the match officials be searched by SAPS alleging that match officials were bribed.
JOMO COSMOS: The club has been charged with contravening the League’s Compliance Manual after they failed to submit the provisional line-up to the match commissioner three hours before kick-off ahead of their NFD fixture against Royal Eagles at Tsakane Stadium, on 07 May 2017. The club has also been charged with Rule 15.8 for refusing access to the dressing room to the opposing club Black Leopards ahead of their NFD fixture at Tsakane Stadium on 26 April 2017.
As confirmed by the league last week, Cosmos were charged with misconduct pursuant to a NFD fixture played on 16 April 2017 against Thanda Royal Zulu FC at the Tsakane Stadium, where the club’s representative arrived late for the pre-match meeting which was in contravention of the Compliance Manual.
The club was fined R 10 000.
At the beginning of the month, the Disciplinary Committee found Cosmos guilty of failing to fulfil their NFD fixture against Cape Town All Stars FC scheduled for 31 March 2017.
The match was awarded to Igugu Lekapa with a 3-0 goal difference. Cosmos were sentenced to a fine of R 50 000, suspended for one year. The club was also ordered to pay the costs of the sitting.