AFC Leopards has withdrawn from the April 1 KPL Top Eight knockout clash against rivals Gor Mahia, after the violence that marred Sunday’s league derby at the Nyayo Stadium.
The fixture was planned for Moi International Stadium Kasarani,chairman Alex Magelo announced that they will not honour it to fight impunity in the sport and avoid revenge plans by their fans. Football Kenya Federation (FKF) chairman Sam Nyamweya, however, said that they would convince Leopards to honour the fixture, but announced that it will be moved to a neutral ground.

"Serious punishment should also be meted out on their fans since a number of our fans were seriously injured from the fracas. The team should also compensate our injured fans and pay for damages," said Magelo. He added: "We want to fight hooliganism in football and we cannot allow some things to go on. We will not play the Top Eight competition because of various reasons because we understand that our fans are also planning revenge on that day."

The club also demanded that KPL award them the maximum points from the derby that ended in a barren draw claiming that it should have been called off after being stopped for close to 25 minutes and three points awarded to the visiting team.
"We are protesting the inability of match officials to stop the match and award us the three points after the match had been stopped for about 25 minutes following crowd trouble caused by our opponents.
Leopards suffered the same fate during the semi-final of last year’s Cup competition when our fans started chaos and the match was awarded to Gor after it had been stopped for 13 minutes," Magelo said.
No decision has been made yet as FKF has given KPL 48 hours to furnish them with their action plan following the fracas on Sunday.

What next,i ask for this beautiful game.....