Cape Town Spurs put in a formal protest about the status of players of Moroka Swallows ahead of Sunday’s DStv Premiership match and will now wait to hear the outcome of their complaint to the Premier Soccer League.
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The protest was formalized, in accordance with league rulers, before the kick off of the match with the two captains both signing they had received notice of the protest before kick off of the game at the Athlone Stadium.
Spurs are protesting that Swallows players are not registered, or alternatively improperly registered, following the club‘s decision to deregister all their players following the strike at the club in December when players refused to play the league matches against Mamelodi Sundowns and Lamontville Golden Arrows because their wages had not been paid.
That led the cash-strapped Swallows to terminate the contracts of all players and resign squad members on allegedly reduced salaries.
Spurs are contesting that all Swallows players’ registrations had fallen away because they have lapsed at the end of their contracts and that their players needed to be re-registered.
Their protest claimed a number of players who completed against them on Sunday were not properly registered and therefore Swallows fielded defaulters.
After registering their protest with the referee, Spurs have until the end of business on Tuesday in which to lodge a fully written protest with the league and pay a fee of R20 000.
According to PSL rules, the onus is now on Spurs to set out the reasons for the protest, including the facts. If not their protest will not be entertained.
But if the comply with the rules, then the league is obliged to charge swallows and the case moves to a hearing in front of the Disciplinary Committee.
The league will update the proceeding once they are completed, as is the case with all other DC matters.