TOP 10 JUICY Quotes From The 2011 FOOTBALL CALENDER

Below are the top 10 crazy moments that spiced Zambia’s football landscape in 2011.

10. I was forced to withdraw the motion because many people told me our club and myself would suffer reprisals after the AGM-Evans Mushiba the Mazabuka United official, a club that sponsored the vote of no confidence against Kalusha Bwalya.

9. We have never seen the details of the contract and so we do not know anything about them. No one has spoken to us, we have no details and people cannot come and just put adverts in the stadium without our permission-Zanaco chairman Edward Mutale on removing MTN Billboards from Sunset Stadium saying the club was not aware of contents of the K7 billion FAZ/MTN deal.

8. What does he mean I refused a house; I told them (FAZ) I found a house, how long did it take them to avail the key? I chose a house in the Roma but there was no bed. The house was not ready. There was no bed how could I move in? If Kasengele (George) is used to sleep in a house without a bed, why should I?-ex-Chipolopolo trainer Dario Bonetti on Kasengele’s sentiments that FAZ had done everything to make his life comfortable.

7. We are ambitious as an association; unfortunately Bonetti’s work ethics and foul manners did not meet our expectations- Kasengele speaking to the Daily Mail on Bonetti’s legal suit at FIFA headquarters.

6. is this meeting between the National Sports Council and FAZ or it’s between FAZ and its affiliates? I did not know we were coming to meet affiliates here-Bwalya said before storming out of the NSCZ boardroom at the height of the FAZ wrangles in March.

5. I have nothing in writing I was just called on phone by Kalusha. I am still waiting for official documents right now-Bonetti on being fired by FAZ after Football House claimed the dismissal was by mutual consent.

4. Its not true that I called Dario and told him on phone that he had been fired, we had a meeting at Pamodzi Hotel and he (Bonetti) came with an interpreter. The meeting went well and we agreed to separate amicably-Kalusha Bwalya.

3. It was not the Football Association of Zambia that recruited Bonetti; so he was just handed to us as the coach and in many ways did not respond to our command. You know he respected command from a higher source which I don’t think is a good working relationship- Bwalya told SuperSport Soccer Africa Programme recently.

2. He (Herve Renard) should have checked with his bosses [on Roderick Kabwe]. This kind of behaviour amounts to unruly conduct of an employee. In fact, he should be fired. Who is he to comment on football politics?- Kabwe Warriors chairman Andrew Kamanga after Renard accused the club of playing politics by not releasing Kabwe for the India trip. Kabwe was on his way to Italy and France for trials.

1. I have run my race and served this nation diligently through FAZ. As I leave this executive, I will be able to walk with my head up, and I hope those who will remain will carry on with the vision. They have forced me to do it. When I woke up today, I had no idea that I was going to leave in such circumstances. But that is life,” FAZ vice president Boniface Mwamelo after a brief resignation that lasted less than 48 hours.

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Posted by Editor on January 2, 2012. Filed under SPORTS. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry