CHICKEN INN have been fined $2 000 and banned from participating in the 2018 edition of the Chibuku Super Cup after the Bulawayo side was found guilty of causing the abandonment of their last 16 round match against Yadah a fortnight ago.

The Gamecocks refused to play the remaining minutes at Ascot in protest after the referee awarded a penalty to Yadah in the 89th minute.

They said the referee’s decision was not fair and it should not stand.

The Ad hoc Committee which was set-up by the PSL to look at the abandoned Chibuku Super Cup first round game has now awarded the match to Yadah FC on a 3-0 score line.

Chicken Inn and Yadah has made the decision to award the match to Yadah.

The Bulawayo side will also pay a fine of $2 000 and are banned from participating in next year’s Super Cup campaign.

Chicken Inn Coach Rahman Gumbo led his charges out of the pitch and play was stopped for over 25 minutes.

This prompted the referee to call off the match before the final whistle.

The statement reads:

“The Premier Soccer League Ad hoc Committee has awarded the Chibuku Super Cup first round match between Yadah FC and Chicken Inn FC to Yadah FC on a 3-0 score line.

Further, Chicken Inn FC has been fined $2000 (Two thousand dollars) and banned from participating in the 2018 edition of the Chibuku Super Cup.

This is in accordance with Article 7 of the Chibuku Super Cup Rules and Regulations which state that:

7.6 If a team does not report for a match except in cases of force majeure recognized by the Premier Soccer League or if it refuses to continue to play or leaves the stadium before the end of the match, the team will be considered as having lost the match in question. The match will be awarded to its opponents on a score line of 3-0 or more if in the case of an abandoned match, the winning team has already reached a higher score at the time the guilty team leaves the field of play.

7.7 The defaulting team shall be banned from participating in the next edition of the Chibuku Super Cup.

7.8 No appeals maybe lodged against these decisions.”