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Finschhafen demand K5,000 from PNGFA
By SAMPSON BONAI
PNG Football Association Cup holders Finschhafen have called on
PNGFA to give them their first prize money of K5,000.
Former international player and acting district sports co-ordinator
Ogeng Pengekeo told The National by telephone from Finschhafen
yesterday that they supported the PNGFA senior vice-president Seth
Daniels’ call for a shake-up of the executives.
“PNGFA had done injustice to us,” he said.
“We won the FA Cup by defeating Port Moresby in the PNGFA Cup
national championships and had been given a raw deal by the mother
body for not paying us our prize money of K5,000.”
Pengekeo blamed the mother body for placing too much emphasis on
international soccer and less time on the national scene to
promote and develop soccer in many areas around the country.
“I appeal to (David) Chung and his administration to come down to
the rural areas and to see for themselves how soccer is developing
at the small centres rather than staying in Lae and talking about
not meeting all the requirements of PNGFA to become full members,”
he said.
“We want to see a change in the soccer leadership of this country.
“We want people who have vision to develop soccer and administer
the game by working closely with all the soccer playing
associations around the country to promote the code.”
 
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