In a bid to clear the mist that surrounded the revenue made from the recent CAF Champions League preliminary round, second leg fixture, Big Bullets FC management yesterday clarified that tickets amounting to K24.7 million were sold of which the club got and spent K18.050 million.
The clarification was made yesterday during a press briefing held at the club’s secretariat in Blantyre by acting treasurer Trust Nkhoma who was accompanied by chairperson Kondi Msungama and general secretary Harold Fote.
Msingama (L) streeing a point as Nkhoma listens
Big Bullets clarify conflicting Fomboni game revenue
The press briefing came in the wake of conflicting figures that made rounds after the match.
Outlining the breakdown, Nkhoma said initially the tickets meant for sale amounted to K33.4 million, but the value of tickets that were unsold came up to K8.652 million and the difference was the K24.770 million worth of tickets that were purported to have been sold.
“There was a C. Magola from the stadium who sold tickets worthy K1 million and another J. Magola also from the stadium who sold tickets amounting to K2.2 million which is in the hands of the stadium authorities and that can be verified. There were also part of tickets to Steers, Chabvi Mbewe and Mabvuto Chibambo that have not been collected.
“We also distributed complementary tickets to corporate sponsors such as TNM and NBM worth K401 000 and also players for their familes amounting to K30 000 and all this amounts to K20.5 million from which K2.47 million went towards commission on sales, collection and verification, leaving us with K18.5 million that we used to pay other service providers.
Asked why there were unsold tickets valued at K8.6 million when they resorted to selling counterfeits after it was learnt that there were no tickets at the stadium, Msungama chipped in to say: “There were some tickets that we distributed to our agents outside Blantyre at places such as Phalombe, Mulanje and Thyolo and, therefore, considering time factor, we could not call for them and that is why the treasury, in liaison with other stakeholders such as FAM and stadium authorities resorted to counterfeits.
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