[ 2016-07-13 ]

GFA Ex-Co member Winfred Osei aka Palmer

Tema Youth wins case against Ghana FA at CAS
Tema Youth have won their case against the Ghana
Football Association (GFA) at the Court of
Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over their protest
case against Dreams FC, GHANAsoccernet.com can
reveal.

The Swiss-based body has ruled that a new Appeals
Committee panel must be set up by the GFA to hear
the case of the Tema-based club against Dreams
FC.

The ruling means the case will be heard again
with fresh facts to be tabled as Tema Youth seek
to have Dreams FC relegated to the second tier
league.

The ruling offers a glimmer of hope for Tema
Youth who were seeking the re-hearing of their
case at the Appeals Committee of the GFA. But it
doesn't mean they are out of the woods yet.

The Tema-based second tier club took its case to
CAS early this year contesting the status of
Dreams FC in the country's top-flight claiming
they fielded an ineligible player.

Wilfred Osei Palmer, owner of Tema Youth, went to
CAS after the judicial bodies of the GFA declared
them losers of their protest against Dreams FC for
fielding an unqualified player in their Division
one League game.

Palmer, who is the current vice chairman of
Ghana’s Black Stars Management Committee and a
leading member of the FA, insisted his side were
not treated fairly.

Tema Youth are unsatisfied with an earlier
decision by the Discipline Committee and have gone
through other redress channels over an issue in
which they contend that Dreams FC were involved in
fraudulent deals or acts in the process of
registration of some two players thereby making
the players unqualified to play in that match.

However, the DC found that there was no evidence
adduced by the applicants in support of their
allegation of fraud and consequently dismissed the
protest, which decision was upheld by the AC.

The issue delayed the start of this season and
the ruling is not expected to affect the ongoing
league.

Source - GHANAsoccernet.com

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