Satmos to appeal sentence
Thursday, November 26, 2015
The DC on Tuesday ruled that FC Satmos forfeit three points and two goals to Green Lovers for using Takunda who they ruled was improperly registered.
They have also been fined P1, 000 for each of two other counts in which they used the player against Police XI and Mochudi Centre Chiefs. They lost 1-0 in each of the two games. Against Green Lovers, Satmos had walloped the new Premier League entrants 3-0. The DC had recently found FC Satmos guilty but held onto the sentence awaiting the Selebi-Phikwe side to mitigate, which they did last week. Satmos have however vowed to appeal the sentence with the Botswana Football Association (BFA) DC after being given 10 working days to do so. They have also been given 30 days to pay the fines for other counts of misconduct.
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