Dynamos FC retain their NFD status

After months of speculation and uncertainty, Dynamos FC are now sure of retaining their National First Division (NFD) status.

This came after the disciplinary committee of the Premier Soccer League pronounced the sanction in the case between Dynamos and Carara Kicks last Friday.

Dynamos sent a complaint to the league three days after the last league matches of the previous season. The complaint came after the league officially announced that Dynamos and Atlie FC had been relegated to the Vodacom Promotional League.

In their complaint, Dynamos alleged that Carara Kicks and Bay United had fielded improperly registered players in some of their league fixtures. It took the disciplinary committee three months to conclude the case, before announcing both the verdict and the sanction last Friday.

Carara Kicks were found guilty of fielding an improperly player. Carara Kicks were fined an amount of R200 000, half of which was conditionally suspended for 12 months. The remaining R100 000 is payable within 30 days.

Apart from the monetary sanction imposed on Carara Kicks, the committee also ordered that the points gained in the matches in which the player in question was fielded, should be expunged. That is a blessing in disguisefor Dynamos.

Carara Kicks will now face  relegation, following the expunction of points and thereby allowing Dynamos to retain their franchise.

The club’s chairman, Mr Pat Malabela, welcomed the sanction. At the time of going to press, Dynamos were still waiting for the outcome of the appeal in their case against Bay United. The league’s disciplinary committee found Bay United guilty of fielding an improperly registered player two weeks ago. Dynamos filed an appeal after realising that the committee had not ordered the expunction of the points for the matches in which the player was fielded.

Malabela indicated that they had already started preparing for the new season. The affiliates for the NFD will start their matches in five weeks' time.

Sport - Date: 17 August 2012

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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