SDCA unhappy, threaten to form break-away soccer league
THE Super Division Clubs<br>Association has threatened to start<br>a break-away league due to what it<br>describes as gross mismanagement of Uganda’s top soccer competition.
BY JAMES BAKAMA
THE Super Division Clubs Association has threatened to start a break-away league due to what it describes as gross mismanagement of Uganda’s top soccer competition.
SDCA chairman Godfrey Kisekka warned FUFA’s competitions’ committee yesterday to streamline its operations or face a parallel league.
Kisekka said his members’ main complaint was the frequent postponement of league games.
“As SDCA we are dissatisfied by the way the league and Kakungulu Cup have been organised but we complied for sanity’s sake,†Kiseka said.
Kisekka warned: “We shall soon succumb to the radicals amongst us and run a runaway league if Moses Magogo (FUFA competition committee secretary) and company don’t repent.â€
But Magogo was not only shocked by SDCA’s stand, but also described the association’s reaction as unfair.
He insisted that what SDCA described as arbitrary postponements were only as a result of a meeting of all Super League teams.
“We agreed on tight schedules and even morning games, to give Cranes enough preparation for the World Cup qualifiers,†Magogo said.
He said cases where teams have played despite having national team players only arise after an agreement between the sides either to play, or not to.
Magogo also explained that the KCC vs Bunamwaya game was put off for genuine reasons, since visiting.
AS Vita of DRC had to train at Nakivubo a day later than planned because of their late arrival.
He said the pressure of the league race was getting to some club officials who in turn are hitting at him.