On Moyale’s ban

On Moyale’s ban

Well, I don’t know where to start from but let me start by admitting that the issue I am to discus here it is one of the footballs awful actions, to have happened in Malawi.

I will start by going to the point; last week big bullets played Moyale barracks at the Mzuzu stadium in a much anticipated TNM super league match. The game promised to be a breathtaking encounter as it was like a rematch of the presidential cup finals, which big bullets won narrowly defeated Moyale barracks in Lilongwe by 1 goal to nil.

Football enthusiasts had high expectations to see how big bullets would perform without three of their influential stars namely Owen Chaima, Gabadinho Mhango and Chimango Kayira as they were on national duty.

The match which proved to be an exciting encounter, it would soon turn into a stage of horrifying events, Big bullets won the match 1 nil, and Moyale had what they claimed to be two clear goals disallowed by the referee. After the match Moyale barracks four players along with the teams’ supporters beat up referee Mabvuto Godoya and his assistants Victor Nkhata and Williams Chidyaonga over the decisions which went against them.

In response to the unbecoming behaviour the super league organization of Malawi slapped a Mk 300 000 fine to the club, and for his supporters behaviour they ordered the Mzuzu based outfit to play four of its games away from home. The four players Victor Phiri, Timothy Nyirenda and Lovemore Mitengo 000who were in the forefront of these barbaric actions have not went away with their conduct no, they have been banned from participating in league action for six months and ordered to pay fines ranging from K50,000 to K70,000.

Let me give kudos to SULOM for its decision on the issue (ayi zikamatrere bwezi zikoma).issues of violence are not tolerated in the game of football. As football followers, we still have fresh memories of the issue of sponsorship drought which so nearly crippled Malawi’s football due to the issues of violence.

Any acts of violence have to be condemned in the game of football, Malawians we should learn how to accept results and the fact that football it’s just a game, ‘in a game you lose some and you win some’.

Resorting to violence is not the best way to solve our differences and misunderstandings, as this will just hurt our clubs, and on a larger level Malawi’s football in general.

Lets me finish this post, by pleading with SOLOM to condemn the act of violence in our game.