Stober backs Vasco – to save Ocean View FC from relegation
Oil and water do not mix and never will… well, maybe sometimes. Especially in this instance where it’s admirable and understandable to see how Seaside Spurs are rallying behind Hollywoodbets Third Division champion Vasco da Gama to win promotion to the ABC Motsepe League. Why? Because that way Ocean View, who finished 16th above the […]
Things can get messy as Safa CT and Electric City can’t see light in ‘Goalgate darkness’
The Golagate Scandal could still get messy before the guilty party is identified. No Bones with Jones can confirm that the case has again been postponed with no date set for its resumption. This comes after Electric City were due to appear at their hearing on Tuesday evening to explain their alleged involvement in the match-fixing allegations during […]
Coach says Electric City ready to ‘shock’ Safa CT after match-fixing allegations
Electric City FC coach Mario van der Vent has hit back saying “their gloves are off” and that they are ready for a fight, Van der Vent’s comments follow after the Elsies River-based club has now pursued the legal route to exonerate themselves for their alleged role in the infamous Goalgate match fixing scandal.The Eerste River-based club […]
Rangers’ ‘Scara’ aiming for back-to-back (First Division) Playoff titles
Three National First Division playoff campaigns on a trot is certainly no mean feat. In fact, I can’t recall it being done in the modern era. If this was achieved by perhaps a Joburg-based player then it would probably have been shown on one of SuperSport’s channels, but because it is Nuzhad Pail, aka ‘Scara’, […]
Big test awaits Pequeno as Playoffs loom for Vasco
With a host of dynamic changes and new (league) additions on the cards for Safa Cape Town’s amateur league structures, one can only hope that it will truly be in the best interest of football and not further add to the already questionable formats. One of the areas that need to be re-looked is that of […]
Calm before the First Division Play-off storm for FN Rangers
The calm before the storm… or not? Well, whatever lies in store for this season’s ABC Motsepe League champion FN Rangers at the National First Division playoffs in the Northern Cape in June, from a preparation and planning point of view, it appears that coach Arreshaat Daniels has his bases covered – on and off […]
Greenwood appeals to Safa CT after ‘kidnapping drama’ of Ladies’ team in Browns Farm
While Safa Cape Town is still awaiting a statement regarding the “lucky escape with their lives” from Greenwood Athletics’ senior Ladies team after their Safa CT’s Womens Regional Promotional League fixture against Yellow Nations Ladies at the Browns Farm Sportsfield on Saturday afternoon, the club’s chairman Noel Isaacs has voiced his relief and concern. Isaacs […]
Hallelujah! – as CDFA prepares to smoke the peace pipe with Safa CT
Well, well, well… Very few could have predicted the latest twist of events in the ongoing battle between Safa Cape Town and the Cape District Football Association (CDFA). No Bones with Jones has been informed that the CFDA has sent a proposal to the region requesting “peace talks” and for the two parties to engage on the way […]
Safa’s DC hits CDFA stalwart with no Less than 10 years
Former Cape District Football Association president Nathan Less has been suspended for 10 years for bringing the game into disrepute. No Bones with Jones is in possession of a copy of the outcome of the Disciplinary hearing which took place without Less’ presence at the Rygersdal Football Club headquarters in Rondebosch. The matter, chaired by Zolani […]
Gershin not Kok(ky) about his role, says coach Pequeno is the top hen
Vasco da Gama goalkeeper Gershin Kok has highlighted the astuteness and experience of his coach (Andrew Pequeno) as the primary reason for their unrivalled success this season. Vasco was officially crowned champions of the Hollywoodbets Third Division following their 4-1 win over Goal50 United at Parow Park last weekend. Kok, who has been around the proverbial […]