A BITTER row between South China boss Steven Lo Kit-shing and the Hongkong Football Association could result in the season-ending FA Cup losing its sponsor.
Lo and senior South China official Bruce Mok were refused entry to last night's HKFA annual general meeting because of a technicality over the club's registration form.
The pair stormed out of the North Point restaurant, venue of the AGM, after FA officials said the form, which had been sent to the FA last week, was missing the club secretary's signature.
Lo, who is also boss of Regal Films, sponsors of the Regal FA Cup, said he might consider withdrawing his company's backing for the competition.
''We are both very angry over the matter. We sent our registration form before last Thursday's deadline and if the FA thought something was wrong with it, they should have informed us beforehand,'' said a furious Lo.
Mok said even though there were no important issues on the AGM agenda, he and Lo had still shown up to demonstrate their support.