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The Harare giants’ bouncers assaulted the Hwange gaffers before the team’s league encounter at Rufaro Stadium.
Dynamos went on to win that game 4-2 with Hwange’s kit manager Andrew Zulu and fitness trainer Kenny Nyape taking charge of the match after Dube and Njekwa had been rushed to hospital.
Hwange secretary Burzil Dube in his club’s complaint that he wrote on 6 May, said they notified match commissioner Wilfred Mukuna that they were playing the game under protest as they did not want to embarrass the sponsor.
The coalminers are also demanding a replay. “We are kindly requesting a replay as the club feels that the players were traumatised and affected psychologically hence did not put maximum effort as this incident affected them and was also compounded by the absence of the coaches who were injured in this barbaric act caused by Dynamos marshals.
“The marshals who assaulted the coaches are Abraham Kwenda, James Dzamu and Simbarashe Zviitwa. Our technical bench was severely affected as the fitness trainer doubled up as the coach as we sought not to embarrass the league’s sponsors who have invested so much into development of the country’s Premier Soccer League,” wrote Dube.
Hwange prayed for disciplinary action to be taken against Dynamos whose marshals they allege are bent on bringing football into disrepute.
According to a letter of summons, Dynamos violated Order 31 of the Rules and Regulations.
“It is an act of misconduct on the part of the club where;
31.1.23 “its officials, players, servants or duly authorised (express or implied) representatives assault, threaten, intimidate, coerce, interfere, mislead or insult a match official, player, official of the league, public, press or media or any other person, before, during or after any match.
31.2 “on the part of a player, official,servant or duly authorised (express or implied) representatives of a club, official of the league, member of the Executive Committee or member of any Sub-Committee as the case may be, who,
31.2.1 “directly or indirectly interrupts, obstructs or disturbs the normal proceedings of a game, before, during or after a match.
31.2.17 “behaves in a manner which brings the League or any of its sponsors into disrepute or endangers the welfare of the League,” reads the summons.”
The Harare giants are likely to be fined by the league, which already has seen four cases having to be dealt with in less than two months. Already, newboys Quelaton lost three points after being found guilty of fielding a suspended player Zibusiso Sibanda when they played Motor Action at Luveve and were fined $5 000.
Yesterday the league’s disciplinary committee hauled Caps United to its chambers following crowd trouble that forced a premature end to their last month’s clash against Chicken Inn with the Bulawayo side leading 2-0. Makepekepe fans, unhappy with the poor showing by their team, threw missiles onto the pitch with two minutes remaining.
Motor Action and Caps United have been summoned for hearings today. The Mighty Bulls failed to fulfill their fixture against the Green Machine last month after challenging the league’s decision to stage the game at Gwanzura Stadium.
It is the Dynamos case that most will be keen on as hooliganism has always been a problem in the game.
In a bid to restore confidence to the corporate world and also send warning signals to clubs whose followers might want to be violent, the disciplinary committee might come up with an exemplary judgement on DeMbare.
Online Reporter