Why Royal AM vs Orlando Pirates match was cancelled by PSL! Will Bucs secure 3 points?

The Betway Premiership fixture between Royal AM and Orlando Pirates will not go ahead on Thursday, the league confirmed.

Orlando Pirates'match will Royal AM cancelledL. Image: Orlando Pirates website

The Betway Premiership fixture between Royal AM and Orlando Pirates will not go ahead on Thursday, said the Premier Soccer League (PSL).

The two teams were supposed to play each other at the Harry Gwala Stadium on Thursday evening. On Wednesday afternoon, the PSL decided to suspend Royal AM’s matches indefinitely.

The league said in a statement that the KZN-based side is because the club couldn’t guarantee them that they would honour their fixtures under the current curatorship. All Royal’s upcoming matches have been suspended until further notice, the league said.

Royal AM vs Pirates match cancelled

The Buccaneers will not be awarded three points as the PSL decided to postpone the match indefinitely. If Royal AM failed to honour the fixture, Orlando Pirates would have been awarded the points.

PSL will give Royal AM another opportunity to make representations on Friday, 24 January at 11AM.

On 9 January 2025 Royal AM FC informed the League that it could not meet its commitments in respect of its match against Chippa United FC on 11 January 2025 due to difficulties arising from the appointment of a Curator.
The Executive Committee (ExCo) has since convened three separate meetings to establish whether the club, under curatorship, will be able to meet its fixture commitments in a compliant fashion.
On 17 January 2025 ExCo were assured that a joint letter of comfort (from club management and the Curator) would be provided confirming that the issues that had arisen had been resolved.
No such letter of comfort has been forthcoming and ExCo has been left with no alternative but to cancel PSL Fixture 106 – Royal AM vs Orlando Pirates Harry Gwala Stadium at 19h30 – and to suspend all other Royal AM fixtures (Betway Premiership and Nedbank Cup) until further notice.

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