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Wise forfeits match-day-22 fixture

14 years ago
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Eleven Wise would forfeit their match-day-22 fixture on June 14 at home against All Stars in the Glo Premier League for using an unqualified player.

The Sekondi-based side has been found at fault by the Disciplinary Committee of the Ghana Football Association for the use of player, Abdullai Zakaria, in the said match at the Sekondi Sports Stadium following a protest filed by Sporting Mirren.

Mirren protested the use of Zakaria for the match-day-22 fixture despite the player having picked up three yellow cards in the 5th, 9th and 21st round of matches in competition.

Zakaria, then a Mirren player before his switch to Wise had received two cautions - in the 5th and 9th round of matches before picking another caution in the 21st week game, this time as a player of Eleven Wise.

The player was said to have failed to serve the mandatory one-match suspension before he was subsequently used in the match-day-22 fixture against All Stars.

According to the Disciplinary Committee statement: “Therefore, Sekondi Eleven Wise cannot be excused for not taking account of Zakaria Abdullai’s disciplinary records with his former club in the same 2008/2009 Glo Premier League.”

The DC’s decision reads: “For fielding an unqualified player, Sekondi Eleven Wise is to forfeit Week 22 of the 2008/2009 Glo Premier League match against Wa All Stars in line with GFA Regulation 34(2).”