FUNNY: Nigerian Clubs Suspended After Embarassing Score-Lines

FUNNY: Nigerian Clubs Suspended After Embarassing Score-Lines

In promotion play-offs into the Nigeria Nationwide League, the lowest tier of Nigeria’s domestic league, on Monday, Plateau United Feeders beat Akurba FC 79-0, while Police Machine FC demolished Babayaro FC 67-0. The incredible results forced the NFF to suspend the teams. - See more at: http://www.naijaxclusive.com/2013/07/xclusive-sports-nigerian-clubs.html#_

The Nigeria Football Federation has placed indefinite suspensions on four clubs after two scandalous results of 79-0 and 67-0 in a promotion play-off.

In promotion play-offs into the Nigeria Nationwide League, the lowest tier of Nigeria’s domestic league, on Monday, Plateau United Feeders beat Akurba FC 79-0, while Police Machine FC demolished Babayaro FC 67-0. The incredible results forced the NFF to suspend the teams.

All the teams were involved in promotion play-offs in which the winners would qualify to play in Nigeria Nationwide League Division 3.

Before this, Ghanaian clubs had the record of such scandalous goals but they didn’t score more than 25 goals.

Chairman of the NFF organising committee, Mike Umeh, who is also NFF First Vice President, said he was alarmed when informed and promptly directed that the four teams at the centre of the scandal be grounded, pending further sanctions on all involved.

“It is unacceptable. This is a scandal of huge proportions. The four teams involved are suspended immediately and indefinitely, pending further sanctions. We will investigate this matter thoroughly and get to the bottom of it,” Umeh said on Tuesday.

NFF director of competitions, Mohammed Sanusi, assured that the organising committee would mete out severe sanctions on all persons and institutions indicted by the investigation.

“For now, that centre is suspended. The teams involved, their players and officials, match officials, coordinator and anyone found to have played some role in this despicable matter would be severely dealt with,” Sanusi said.

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Four clubs involved in two play-off matches into the Nigerian Nationwide League have been suspended. Reason?  the score-lines at the end of both matches had ended in 79-0 and 67-0; a total of 146 goals.

Plateau United Feeders were 79-0 victors over Akurba FC while Police Machine FC demolished Bubayaro FC 67-0. Feeders scored 72 of their goals in the second half, while Police Machine reportedly scored 61 times after the break in their game.

 With such a score line, one can only begin to wonder how many minutes it took Feeders to cook-up, plan and score 72 goals in 45 minutes; that is an average of 3 goals in 2 minutes. Haba! Something is definitely fishy.

Chairman of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) Organising Committee, Mike Umeh, shares the same view; "It is unacceptable - a scandal of huge proportions"

"The teams are suspended indefinitely, pending further sanctions", he added.