Kaizer Chief star midfielder Morgan Gould has been fined for assaulting Bidvest Wits player Getaneh Kebede Gibeto during their Absa Premier League match at the FNB Stadium on 9 November.
He fined following his guilty plea before the Premier Soccer League Disciplinary Committee on 26 November. Gould was fined R100 000 of which R500 000 was suspended for 12 months on condition he is not found guilty of a similar within the specified period.
Gould, who will sit out two matches with immediate effect, was also ordered to submit a written apology to Gibeto within seven days of the sentence. The apology will also be published on the league’s website.
He was also ordered to personally pay for the unspecified costs of the Disciplinary Committee sitting. For his club, Kaizer Chiefs, they were ordered to submit proof of payment of the club’s own internal fine on Gould within seven days of the Disciplinary Committee sentence being passed on the player.
Update: 27 November, 12pm
Kaizer Chiefs midfielder Morgan Gould will face the music before the Premier Soccer League disciplinary committee today (26 November).
Gould will be charged with assault after he allegedly punched Bidvest Wits player Getaneh Kebede in the face during their league match played at FNB Stadium on 9 November.
Wits CEO Jose Ferreira had protested to the league and the South African Football Association, demanding that action be taken against Kaizer Chiefs, Gould and referee Lwandile Mfiki, but the league seems to be hauling only Gould before its committee.
