The Sunday Mail
Sir 18area.coms
FC PLATINUM are having everything, including the kitchen sink, thrown their way and they must be wondering what on Earth they did to deserve such vitriol.
Walter Magaya recently accused their entire team of sleeping at a sangoma on the eve of their game against Yadah FC.
If Magaya is to be believed, then FC Platinum is a juju-believing outfit!
And no sooner had the tremors caused by Magaya’s accusation died down did more noise erupt over the rate at which FC Platinum are being awarded penalties.
One social media message I received renamed the team FC Penalties and their coach Norman Mapenalties!
It gave me a real chuckle but after some bouts of laughter I tried to imagine how difficult life must be for Pure Platinum Play and their supporters.
The number of spot kicks that have gone Pure Platinum’s way this term was even used as a red herring by elements who sought to cushion the Highlanders hooligans who caused the abandonment of last weekend’s game at Mandava.
The penalty that Petroes Mhari converted to make it 1-all was the fifth to go Pure Platinum Play’s way in 11 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League outings.
Some Bosso fans felt that referee Brighton Chimene erred when he pointed to the spot deep into injury time, and decided to express themselves through throwing missiles onto the pitch.
If lunacy was currency these hooligans would be millionaires.
Police had to fire teargas to disperse the crowd but some people, including Bosso acting chairman Modern Ngwenya, accused them of overreacting.
“I think there are some better ways of dealing with crowd trouble than that,” Ngwenya was quoted saying last week.
For a guy named Modern the Bosso acting chairman sounds archaic, sounds like a man stuck in his own era of error.It is at times like these that one gets to appreciate what Peter Dube really meant to Highlanders.
Amid the Violanders, sorry Highlanders, storm FC Platinum found themselves in the dock.
However, a video of the contentious incident confirms that Ralph Matema brought down Charles Sibanda inside the box.
You were spot on Chimene; walk tall even though you are not the tallest of fellas!
You see it’s easy not to like FC Platinum, the resources – both playing and financial – at their disposal are sure to make rivals green with envy.
And the Platinum miners didn’t help their cause either when they stormed into the topflight scene with their Kugona Kunenge Kudada nickname.
Even though George Mawere and his executive have since changed the team’s nickname to Pure Platinum Play, there is still a constituency that believes this club is profligate to the extent of seeking to buy success.
If you want to get an appreciation of what Yours Truly is driving at just take a look at what will go down at Maglas this afternoon.
FC Platinum will bring the swagger but it is Shabanie Mine that will have the majority of fans.
Clearly money cannot buy you everything.
And one of the things that money will not buy FC Platinum is the ability to stop a referee from thinking twice about awarding them a penalty.
Referees will subconsciously know about the accusations that will come their way if they were to make a defining call in FC Platinum’s favour.
Spare a thought for FC Platinum and their money!
Sir exits the scene!
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