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In the Wake of
Unprecedented Drubbing:
Barrolle Dissolve Technical
Staff
Launch Full-scale Investigation into
Match-fixing
August 28, 2002
Following an incredulous 5-0 spanking last Sunday by George Haddad’s
Alliance FC at the Antoinette Tubman Stadium, the Barrolle Sports
Association yesterday dissolved its entire technical staff and caretaker.
According to a BSA release quoting Barrolle
president Lewis Brown, an interim technical staff will immediately conduct
investigation among players to ascertain evidence of match-fixing.
The interim technical staff, headed by renowned
Liberian coach and former Lone Star player Josiah N. Johnson (alias JNJ),
has been further mandated by the Executive Committee to immediately submit
its finding for prompt action, the release said.
Barrolle was last Sunday dragged 5-0 by Alliance
FC in a do-or-die match for George Haddad’s boys. A loss for Alliance would
have meant missing the elite Big Eight league.
Meanwhile, officials, staff and players of the Alliance FC say they are
“shocked” over allegations of match fixing.
An Alliance FC release issued yesterday dismissed the allegation as
unsportsmanlike.
Mr. Haddad assured the public that
his team is geared towards promoting the youths of Liberia and in investing
substantially in training and educating to develop its team to uplift the
standard of football in Liberia.
Alliance is therefore urging all television
stations to replay the game so that the public can discern for themselves if
indeed the match was fixed.
This is the second Alliance defeat for Barrolle
since the inception of LFA 2002 national league. Alliance flogged Barrolle
3-2 at the beginning of the league. |
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