Kickoff campaign for slots in Standard Bank Cup –FAM

The Football Association of Malawi (FAM) says teams that will rely on their supporters to participate in the 2011 Standard Bank Knock-out Cup have been given a go a ahead to campaign.

Standard Bank earlier last week launched the Knockout cup with a new format in which only top six teams in the TNM Super League table of last season automatically qualify.

The eligible teams to participate therefore are Escom United, Silver Strikers, Civo United, Mighty Wanderers, Blue Eagles and defending champions Moyale.

Nyirenda: Start campaigning

The other teams have to be voted in by Standard Bank customers to give a chance for the other teams to compete for the remaining two slots in the draw.

Bullets FC, Mafco, Tigers FC Zomba United, Blantyre United and Red Lions finished outside the top six last season and will therefore rely on their supporters to participate in this year’s showpiece.

FAM’s Chief Executive Officer Suzgo Nyirenda told the media on Sunday that teams are free to campaign in whatever way to amass more votes.

“It's a competition that will depend on votes and teams are free to campaign or convince their supporters to go to any Standard bank branch and vote if the team is to be part of the action this year,” he said.

Nyirenda says team officials can organise meetings with supporters to tell them the importance of voting for their teams to participate.

Since the cup was launched, a few customers and supporters have been voting but one of the bank’s officials Maxwell Ng’ambi told the media last week that the situation will improve as teams understand the new format.

The cup will kickoff once the voting process is complete.

Nyasa Times 26 Sep, 2011

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