Stakeholders meet over Francistown football crisis

ECCO City Greens joined other Francistown sides in the lower division
ECCO City Greens joined other Francistown sides in the lower division

FRANCISTOWN: The city’s civic leadership, representatives of football clubs, fans and the media met yesterday to map the way forward in the aftermath of the crisis that befell football teams here.

Currently no team in the city is competing in the country’s elite football division, beMOBILE Premier League. The only team that was playing in the premier league, ECCO City Greens, spelt doom for the city after it was relegated at the end of the league last season.

It has joined one-time premier league competitors TASC, TAFIC and Great North Tigers (GNT) who play in the dusty grounds of the Debswana sponsored northern first division league.

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