Trouble brewing in Khomas Second Division

THE Khomas Second Division is heading for total chaos, after it emerged that premiership players were illegally loaned to Monitronic Hotflames Football Club in an attempt to help them win the league.

Club officials of Arcadia FC and Spoilers FC, whose teams are involved in the second division, wrote letters to the Namibia Football Association (NFA), asking which rule allows players from premiership clubs to play for the lower divisions well after the window period for transfers has ended. Arcadia FC treasurer Nelson Kambombo claimed in a letter that Tigers FC, a premiership club, loaned Pineas Jacob, Kevin Bock, Petrus Gideon and G.Mutimba to Monitronic Hotflames on May 15, primarily to boost the team’s performance to help them win the league.Kambombo said the transfers of the four players were made after the Namibia Premier League (NPL) had completed its season on May 12.”There was no circular issued by the association stating that the loan transfer season was open,” said Kambombo.Spoilers FC spokesperson Tebs !Omeb said they too were unhappy about the transfers, adding that there was no proof given that the players were indeed transferred from Tigers to Monitronic Hotflames.”Our request is that the NPL league administrators give us proof, but not examples, of the same incidents in the past.We want them to show us if this is in line with the constitution of the association and the rules and regulations of the game,” he said.Kambombo said they found the transfers in direct contravention of Article 7 of the NFA Rules and Regulations governing the transfer of players, as well as Article 6 of the Fifa Regulations on the status and transfer of players.”Arcadia FC finds this situation very unhealthy for the development of the game at the second-division level, especially if a club, because of its financial muscle in the case of Monitronic Hotflames,” he said.Monitronic Hotflames officials, according to Kambombo, said they had done everything procedurally and that the blame was at the door of the NPL and the NFA.The Namibian Sport could not get comment from the NPL office because its league administrator, Tovey //Hoebeb, was out of the country, while none of the officials of Monitronic Hotflames wanted to discuss the issue yesterday.Monitronic Hotflames are likely to be expelled from the league or their points may be deducted, while Tigers players and officials can be suspended or fined if found guilty of trading players illegally.Kambombo further called on the Khomas Second Division, NPL and the NFA to investigate the matter and find a solution before the conclusion of the league, while !Omeb said that his club wants an independent disciplinary committee be set up by the Namibia Sports Commission (NSC) to look into the matter.Arcadia FC treasurer Nelson Kambombo claimed in a letter that Tigers FC, a premiership club, loaned Pineas Jacob, Kevin Bock, Petrus Gideon and G.Mutimba to Monitronic Hotflames on May 15, primarily to boost the team’s performance to help them win the league.Kambombo said the transfers of the four players were made after the Namibia Premier League (NPL) had completed its season on May 12.”There was no circular issued by the association stating that the loan transfer season was open,” said Kambombo.Spoilers FC spokesperson Tebs !Omeb said they too were unhappy about the transfers, adding that there was no proof given that the players were indeed transferred from Tigers to Monitronic Hotflames.”Our request is that the NPL league administrators give us proof, but not examples, of the same incidents in the past.We want them to show us if this is in line with the constitution of the association and the rules and regulations of the game,” he said.Kambombo said they found the transfers in direct contravention of Article 7 of the NFA Rules and Regulations governing the transfer of players, as well as Article 6 of the Fifa Regulations on the status and transfer of players.”Arcadia FC finds this situation very unhealthy for the development of the game at the second-division level, especially if a club, because of its financial muscle in the case of Monitronic Hotflames,” he said.Monitronic Hotflames officials, according to Kambombo, said they had done everything procedurally and that the blame was at the door of the NPL and the NFA.The Namibian Sport could not get comment from the NPL office because its league administrator, Tovey //Hoebeb, was out of the country, while none of the officials of Monitronic Hotflames wanted to discuss the issue yesterday.Monitronic Hotflames are likely to be expelled from the league or their points may be deducted, while Tigers players and officials can be suspended or fined if found guilty of trading players illegally.Kambombo further called on the Khomas Second Division, NPL and the NFA to investigate the matter and find a solution before the conclusion of the league, while !Omeb said that his club wants an independent disciplinary committee be set up by the Namibia Sports Commission (NSC) to look into the matter.