The race to host the prestigious Engen KO is on
The race for the hosting rights of the Engen Knockout Challenge finals is on! This follows after Safa Cape Town sent out the applications recently with the list of criteria to its various LFA affiliates. The hosting rights have been a contentious affair of late following the drama that played out at last year’s event […]
It wasn’t all plain sailing, but the ‘Beach Boys’ are riding the Third Division wave
The best of lessons is learnt through adversity – whether it is on the field or off. And for the debutant in this season’s Hollywoodbets Third Division campaign, Camps Bay FC, this is indeed the case. Needless to say, the club’s management and players will be the first to testify it is a rude awakening […]
Athlone LFA honours Kevin Fransman with tournament at Turfhall
The late president of the Athlone LFA Kevin Fransman (pictured) was a fair and just individual and therefore he must be honoured in a proper footballing manner. These are the words of Derek Wyatt, senior exco member of the Athlone LFA ahead of the third annual Kevin Fransman tournament. “Mr Fransman was one of those unselfish […]
Esau is no Kid(do) in Ladies football: ready to show his worth at Rygersdal FC
Kiddo Esau, newly appointed coach of the promoted outfit Rygersdal FC, is well aware that he has big boots to fill as the successor to Ashraf Calvert. Calvert, who subsequently moved on to the pro ranks with TS Galaxy Queens, won promotion with Rygersdal last season from the Regional Development League to the more competitive […]
Batalions fighting a losing battle as relegation seems inevitable
As cruel and sad as it sounds, there is unfortunately just no more hope for the ABC Motsepe League debutants Batalions FC (Inter Africa Football Academy) – they are a lost cause and it is inevitable that they will get relegated in their debut season. Alas! Batalions (3 points) will bark that they have a […]
Coach Winston already spinning his Magic (and developing) players at his new club
By now everyone knows that the former head coach of Spurs Ladies, the passionate Winston Zeederberg, has changed his colours and allegiance and is now ready to spin his magic at the Magic Ladies going forward But what many aren’t aware of and privy to, is what ambitions the dedicated mentor has set out for him […]
Will the Safa ‘mole’ bare its soul and score an own goal – or stay in its hole?
Everything is not always as it appears to the naked eye… Hence, Safa Cape Town is desperately trying to smoke out someone with sand on his or her face – as the starry-eyed powers that be are convinced there is a mole in its midst leaking information to No Bones with Jones and other less-threatening media. The […]
Galaxy sees stars in more ways than one at new home at Mitchells Plain LFA
In any venture, there is no better way than starting from the bottom – humble beginnings as they say. And the new kid on the block in the amateur football circles, Galaxy Spurs is a typical example thereof. After close to two decades of rebel football, the team from Rocklands is finally ready to swim […]
Is FC Hout Bay being victimised – or is this just bad organisation from club, LFA and Safa CT?
FC Hout Bay has thrown ‘The Book’ at the football’s governing body, Safa Cape Town. This follows the fixture debacle of an outstanding Hollywoodbets Third Division match against Goal50 United, which was eventually called off – compounding the misery of the coastal team which is already in a precarious (last) position on the log and battling to save […]
We need to look at new Motsepe League proposal with positive eye, says Bennett Bailey
The newly proposed additional rural stream for the ABC Motsepe League might still be in a deliberation phase and not cast in stone as yet, but the anticipation and excitement is tangible. No one is more upbeat than Safa Cape Town’s president Bennett Bailey about Safa Western Cape’s decision to make the Second Division more […]