{"id":2931,"date":"2013-08-27T19:50:19","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T19:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=2931"},"modified":"2013-08-27T19:50:19","modified_gmt":"2013-08-27T19:50:19","slug":"derby-raised-3-9-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/derby-raised-3-9-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Derby raised 3.9 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy of goal.com<\/p>\n<p>Gor Mahia secretary general George Bwana reveals to Goal that the figure could have been significantly high had the match been played at Nyayo<\/p>\n<p>Sunday&#8217;s derby between rivals Gor Mahia and AFC Leopards\u2019 raised Sh3.9 million in gate collections, officials have confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Gor Mahia Secretary General George Bwana has revealed to Goal that this is the figure they have been given by those who handled the tickets.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Slightly more than 7,000 fans attended the derby and from it we raised Sh3.9 million,&#8221; Bwana said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the number would have been significantly high had the match been played at Nyayo Stadium and also expressed satisfaction by the security arrangements made on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fans behaved very well and I am happy by their conduct through-out the fixture. They were peaceful and determined to keep the peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gor Mahia were forced to place a Sh1million on Sunday to cover for any damages that may have occurred on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The eagerly awaited fixture observed Gor Mahia rally from behind to force a 2-2 draw against Ingwe. Gor Mahia scored through Ugandan import Dan Sserunkuma and David \u2018Calabar\u2019 Owino while Noah Wafula and winger Paul Were scored for AFC Leopards\u2019.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/derby-raised-3-9-million\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground:  !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy of goal.com Gor Mahia secretary general George Bwana reveals to Goal that the figure could have been significantly high<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2931\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}