In an unprecedented application of the NPFL Framework and Rules, a three point deduction has been imposed on Sunshine Stars by the LMC.
Akure fans showed the ugly side of football for the umpteen time on Sunday after match officials of Sunshine vs Kano Pillars NPFL game were attacked after the game ended goalless.
The League Management Company will allow Sunshine Stars field seven newly signed players after it “relaxed” the rule to halt the registration of new players to clubs that deferred in the payment of players’ salaries.
A depleted Rangers side staved off fellow relegation battlers Sunshine Stars in a Matchday 34 NPFL game at the Nnamdi Azikwe Stadium on Sunday.
Sunshine Stars Technical Adviser, Duke Udi has suggested that only a post season Super Four competition can determine the true and worthy winner of the NPFL.
Udi was recently appointed by Sunshine Stars and has managed to steer the Owena Waves from the cusps of relegation.
Nonetheless, he insists the club could have snapped up a first league title a couple of seasons back because they were just as strong as eventual winners Enyimba.
‘A super four will reveal the true champion of the league. The LMC have done well, the Referees have also tried, but we can also do better.
‘When Enyimba won the league in 2015, we were very strong, that league title should have been decided at the Super four and we could have had a real shot at winning it,’ Udi said.
Duke Udi has revealed he was called “crazy” by friends when he decided to take the Sunshine Stars job.
Enyimba had to drag themselves from the dead to secure three points against a ferocious Lobi Stars led by in form Anthony Okpotu on Wednesday in the NPFL.
Sunshine Stars have released a statement lauding the decision of the LMC to “temporarily” lift the behind closed doors order on the team’s home matches for the remainder of the 2016/17 NPFL season.
Four second half goals secured a 4-2 win for Sunshine Stars FC in a week 28 NPFL tie against ABS FC at the Kwara State Sports Complex, Ilorin on Sunday.
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