62nd CC Meet 2019 : Laban Club, KLASA scrapped; SSU in final
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 04 2020:
Laban Club, Shillong and KLASA, Keinou have been scrapped from the 62nd Sir Churachand Singh KCSI, CBE Memorial Invitation Football Tournament being organised at Mapal Kangjeibung under the supervision of All Manipur Football Association (AMFA).
The decision to remove the two teams, Laban Club and KLASA, Keinou who faced off on December 28 in a quarter final match of the tournament, was taken by the organising committee as per the Art 4 (1) of the tournament conduct rule after the two sides were found featuring non bona fide players.
It may be recalled that KLASA had a verbal protest briefly before they face Laban Club, claiming that two in the later players' list are not genuine members.
The match however ended 4-2 in favour of the Shillong team.
To address the claim made by KLASA, AMFA had asked Laban Club to furnish full documents of the players (including on loan and transfer) they were featuring but the Laban Club failed to provide necessary documents within stipulated time.
Interestingly, KLASA which lodged the protest were too found fielding a non bona fide player and thus the two teams were scrapped.
Laban Club were to face SSU, Singjamei in the semi-final, however their removal from the tournament gave SSU the direct final berth.