THE Premier Soccer League (PSL) Board of Governors (BoG) is believed to have terminated beleaguered club Royal AM’s membership after a day-long meeting held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on Thursday.
The nail in the Royal AM coffin came after recommendations made by the PSL’s Executive Committee (Exco) last week that the Pietermaritzburg-based club be put under a guillotine.
Royal AM were under SA Revenue Service (SARS) curatorship over a tax debt of around R40 million linked to owner and businesswoman Shauwn Mkhize.
Royal AM “superfan” Mama Joy Chauke was among the first people to break the news that Royal AM is no more as the club has been expelled from the Premier Soccer League, after months of chaos emanating from curatorship by the South African Revenue Services.
“It’s over yes, thanks Ma for giving me an opportunity to be a Royal AM Superfan. You treated me with dignity, with like one of your family members. I enjoyed and thanks to other Royal AM supporters for showing me love. Royal AM was my family. No home,” wrote Chauke on X (formerly Twitter).
MamaJoy left Pirates, where she made her name and gained popularity in football circles as a supposedly die-hard fan.
Many were surprised when she left an institution like Pirates for Royal AM, who showed early signs of trying to run before they finished crawling.
Royal AM dragged the league to the mud this season as they last kicked the ball on December 29 when they lost to TS Galaxy at Harry Gwala Stadium.
As things stand right now, Royal AM played only 11 games in the league this season.
Their expulsion stands to disrupt the league even further as the points that other teams had gained from them, are reportedly going to be expunged.
The PSL have yet to confirm the board decision to expel Royal AM, although there are a number of media reports stating that the club will now no longer be part of the league.
