Legon Cities declared winners of Day 23 game against Ebusua Dwarfs

Legon Cities have been declared winners of their Ghana Premier League Matchday 23 game against Ebusua Dwarfs which ended abruptly.

The Committee therefore makes the following decisions:

1. It is the holding of this Committee that the Protest of Legon Cities
FC shall succeed.

2. That for Ebusua Dwarfs FC initiating the acts responsible for causing the abrupt end of the match, Ebusua Dwarfs FC shall forfeit
the match in accordance with Article 33(1)(b) of the GFA Premier League Regulations.
3. That having been found to have forfeited the match, Ebusua Dwarfs FC shall be considered as having lost the match in accordance with
Articles 33(2) and 34(12) of the GFA Premier League Regulations and accordingly, three points and three (3) goals are hereby awarded in favour of Legon Cities FC.

4. That in addition, being the defaulting club, Ebusua Dwarfs FC shall lose three (3) points from the club’s accumulated points from their
previous matches pursuant to Article 33(5)(a) of the GFA Premier League Regulations.
5. That in addition, being the defaulting club, Ebusua Dwarfs FC is hereby fined Five Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢5000.00) payable to
the GFA, 50% of which shall be paid to Legon Cities FC pursuant to Article 33(5)(b) of the GFA Premier League Regulations.

6. That in addition, being the defaulting club and being the Home Team, Ebusua Dwarfs FC is hereby ordered to pay an amount of One Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢1,000.00) payable to the GFA, which shall be paid to Legon Cities FC as their Transportation Cost as the Away Team pursuant to Article 33(5)(c) of the GFA Premier
League Regulations.

7. That the fines mentioned in Decisions 4 and 5 above, shall be paid to the GFA within fourteen (14) days upon receipt of this Ruling, failing which Ebusua Dwarfs FC shall forfeit their subsequent matches after the said deadline.

8. That should any party be dissatisfied with or aggrieved by this Decision, the party has within one (1) day of being notified of this Ruling to appeal to the Appeals Committee of the Ghana Football Association {See Article 35(10) of the GFA Premier League Regulations}.

Click here for the decision of the Disciplinary Committee:

 DECISION – PROTEST – GPL – LEGON CITIES VS EBUSUA DWARFS (1)