FUFA Big League: Maroons stutter against Kira
Mar 24, 2017
Maroons lose to Kira but still top Elgon Group on 39 points
FUFA BIG LEAGUE
Thursday results
Kira United 2 Maroons 1
Nyamityobora 0 Synergy 2
Maroons FC will have to wait a little longer if they are to gain promotion to the Azam Uganda Premier League after they lost 2-1 to Kira United.
They went into Thursday's FUFA Big League game knowing victory would leave them only another win away from the lift.
But they fell to Kira late on after the game remained tied on 1-1 for long periods.
Maroons still top Elgon Group on 39 points, four and six adrift of second- and third-placed Ndejje University and Kira respectively.
Kira have a game in hand.
Elsewhere, Nyamityobora lost 2-0 to Synergy.
At the end of the regular season, leaders from both groups (Elgon and Rwenzori) are promoted to the topflight automatically.
The second and third teams in both groups go for play-offs to decide the other team to join the premier league.