Ncobo won’t back down amid threat

DEFIANT Andile “Ace” Ncobo says he is yet to be charged by the SA Football Association (Safa) after he was this week accused of continuously bringing the governing body into disrepute.

Safa chief executive Dennis Mumble indicated this week that they would throw the book at Ncobo but the former Premier Soccer League general manager was seemingly unfazed as his long-running feud with Safa House continued unabated yesterday.

“The only correspondence I have received was a threat from the Safa chief executive [Dennis Mumble] that he was intending to charge me and seek my expulsion‚” said Ncobo.

“And then the trial by media through a press statement issued before any charges are preferred. I await to receive the charge sheet and will comment once that’s received.”

Mumble said Ncobo has dragged Safa’s name in the mud for the past few months despite numerous warnings.

“We did warn him about this before‚” said Mumble. “Obviously he was not happy about it but we are going to charge him. We can’t let someone continue to rubbish the association like he has done.

“We are not happy that Safa’s name continues to be brought into disrepute by someone who feels he is equal to the organisation by throwing bricks at it in the manner he has done. This organisation is bigger than all of us‚ we can’t have this association insulted in this way.

“There are rules and regulations and one of those things is that communication must be done in an orderly manner‚ it must be done internally within the structures and not to go and stand in front of a soap box which is what is happening.”