Madang after new NSL franchise

By KEVIN PAMBA

Madang is expected to have a new franchise owner for its soccer team in the semi-professional National Soccer League (NSL) competition due to kick off in November.
The new franchise owner is said to be a major food manufacturing company based in Lae.
The NSL executives were in Lae early this week flashing out the deal with the company.
The initial franchise owner of the Madang Fox team was the then Madang Open Member Alois Kingsley. Although Kingsley had indicated that despite his election loss this year, his support for the Madang Fox would continue, time has run out on NSL organizers and the Lae-based company has been invited to take over the Madang franchise.
NSL chairman, John Kapi-Natto said this week that Madang must have a team in the semi-professional competition because of the huge soccer following and the standard of the game is high there.
“We have a huge following for soccer in Madang and the crowd numbers are always big so we must have a franchise there,” Kapi-Natto said.
The deal with the food manufacturer will be made public soon after the formalities are sorted out.

 

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