Published: Friday | November 7, 2014 3 Comments
President of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) Captain Horace Burrell, says there could be serious implications if investigations reveal any case of match-fixing in two Inter-Secondary School Sports Association (ISSA)/LIME Manning Cup football games on Tuesday.
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In one game at Constant Spring, Jamaica College mauled Denham Town 16-0 - scoring six times in six minutes added for stoppages.
In the other match, Excelsior swamped Holy Trinity 12-0. Jamaica College and Excelsior ended on seven points apiece. However, defending champions JC advanced to the semi-finals on a superior goal difference. JC scored 18 goals and conceded one, while Excelsior scored 15 times and had one goal against.
"The JFF is concerned and we have formally requested a response from the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) on what took place and circumstances surrounding the games. It is very unusual," Burrell told The Gleaner yesterday afternoon.
"We are not implying anything, but we await a report from ISSA that should be on the desk of the JFF's general secretary (Raymond Grant) early Monday morning," a serious-sounding Burrell disclosed.
The JFF president, a long-serving and influential member of FIFA'sdisciplinary committee, pointed out that only days ago a seminar looking at match fixing was held here involving law enforcement and otherstakeholders, as he stressed the serious nature of match-fixing, which has led to the imprisonment of persons who have been found to violate fair play. more
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