Sanfa was built on a solid founda­tion and 1 believe it will still be around long after the splinter groups have disappeared.

As far as the South African Soc­cer Academy Trust is concerned, it is common knowledge that it is the brainchild of Sasa and the NSL and was formed around those organisa­tions. I don’t see any logic in forming it as it was formed and then inviting Sanfa to serve on it. To us that won’t serve any purpose.

TV coverage is not a question of doing anybody any favours. It is our right. Our affiliates are subscribers to the SABC and our teams and play­ers are furious about the fact that we are denied any coverage.

They have taken a stand on the issue - they will not pay their licence fees until the issue has been re­solved.

At the moment it is Sasa and the NSL which are receiving all the bene­fits, so let their affiliates and sup­porters renew their licences.

Sanfa has a membership of about 450 000 players and I do not see why we should be denied coverage. All these players refuse to align them­selves with Sasa, so it is up to the authorities to put right the matter of TV coverage.

We approached the SABC man­agement properly, so we expect them to respond properly.

We continue to hope the media will change its attitude to Sanfa and the NPSL. Let us also enjoy the publicity and exposure that is given to the NSL and Sasa.

Then let the people decide.Right now the public is condition­

ed to believe that Sanfa is no longer in existence.

Sanfa was already in existence for many years when George Thabe appeared on the scene. Now that he is gone the organisation must go on, and will go on. We do not need the uninformed criticisms of others in the papers.

Sanfa took a knock in 1985 that would have destroyed an ordinary or­ganisation. But, as 1 said earlier, it was built on solid ground.

Most of our original teams have remained with us and many of those who left are gradually coming back.

It is not widely realised that Sa- sa’s existence was made possible by many mushrooming teams who were not there before the split, and by people who had lost their principles.

City Press Soccer Annual ’88

• THE FOOTBALL COUNCIL OF SOUTH AFRICA-----

M eshack M otloungTHE Football Council of South Africa has been deadlocked in a con­stitutional dispute since July 1982 when a rebel tour by foreign players it helped arrange was aborted after a few games.

Its three constituent members are the Football Association of South Africa, the South African National Football Association and the South African Football Association.

As in previous years, the council was, in 1987, affiliated to the South African National Olympic Commit­tee and the South African Sports Fed­eration.

Before the split in soccer in 1985, the council was nominally the ruling body for football outside the SA Soccer Federation and the other mi­nor independent associations.

It was recognised as such by the government, which made small grants to its affiliates.

The council’s member associ­ations have repeatedly failed to reach agreement on its future. The dis­pute revolves around whether it should be dissolved, and what pur­pose it should serve if it continues to exist.

In 1983/84 it administered a sponsored coaching scheme run by an English coach. Bill McGarry, but it has not been active since.

Since 1985 the council has served no purpose in local soccer, and is con­sidered a waste of time and money by the associations outside it.

An attempt was made by Sanfa and Safa in 1983 to dissolve the coun­cil and transfer its authority to Sanfa.

But Fasa objected on constitu­tional grounds, saying that unanimity was required for the council’s disso­lution.

The member associations seemed keen to revive it in 1985 because they believed that a united group could sucessfully resist the expansionist aims of the Soccer Association of South Africa.

But the will was not there and, instead, the disagreements between officials became more serious.

The council has been particularly directionless and aimless since the res­ignation of former Sanfa president George Thabe in March 1986.

Dave Marais, a former Fasa president who was the council’s vice- president, took over as acting presi­dent, but resigned late in 1986.

The council’s affairs in 1986 and 1987 were largely in in the hands of Safa’s president, Donny Gilmour, who has been secretary of the council.

The council did not hold annual general meetings in 1986 and 1987.

Sanfa and Fasa on the one hand, and Safa on the other, apparently could not see eye to eye on several issues in 1987.

Meetings reportedly went unat­tended and an interim committee made up of Sanfa and NPSL offi­cials, among others, was formed to run the council until a meeting was held and its financial statements were pre­sented.

This committee’s standing was challenged by Safa.

In the meantime, Fasa apparent­ly approached the government to stop grants to the council.

Disagreements related, among other things, to financial matters - with allegedly unpaid loans to Sanfa and the NPSL being one of the issues.

The council’s assets - mainly in the form of savings - are believed to be in the region of R150 000.

One option that some officials have considered is to disband the council and share its money among the three assoeiations.

Safa has on many occasions cam­paigned for the council’s dissolution, but that cannot happen without the agreement of the other two associ­ations.

One issue the interim committee of the council addressed itself to was the Soccer City project.

It wrote to the relevant govern­ment authority expressing the view that the proposed new stadium should be placed under the control of a local authority or a special com­mittee to serve all soccer.

That request is said to have been refused.

A meeting of the council was held in December, but it ended in dis array, with heated words being ex­changed between Fasa president David Snaier and Safa’s Donny Gil­mour.

The Safa officials walked out in a huff.

Officials said a meeting of the council to consider its finances and de cide on its future would be held ear­ly in 1988. Similar announcements were made in the last three years.

THE SOUTH AFRICAN SOC­CER FEDERATION

C o m p ile d b y R o d n e y M tshazo

Posta l A d d re ss: P O Box 4 8 0 1 6 , Q u a lb e rt 4 0 7 8Physica l A d d re ss: Su ite 3 6 J u n a id C e n ­tre, 4 B o n d Street, D u rb a n 40 01 . Te lephone: (0 31 ) 3 0 5 - 2 5 4 1 / 3 0 6 -5 8 2 7

O F F IC E B E A R E R S

Pre sident — R a m a R e ddy ; v ice-presi­den ts — D a n n y J o rd a a n a n d B o b s S itha - pe rsad ; ge ne ra l-secre ta ry - G K N a idoo ; treasure r — B o b b y Na icker; o ther e xe cu ­tive com m ittee m e m b e rs — M a tte e See- ge rs a n d M e rr im a n Z u m a .

ST R U C T U R E

The Federation h a s 19 affiliates. They are:Border Soccer Board ; Eastern Province Soccer Board; C en tra l N a m ib ia Football A ssoc ia tion ; G r iq u a la n d W e st Soccer U n ion ; K w a z a k h e le Soccer Board; M d a n t s a n e Soccer Boa rd ; N a m a q u a - la n d Soccer U n ion ; N orthern N a ta l Soc­cer Board ; N o rth W e st C a p e Soccer U n i­on; O ra n g e Free Sta te Soccer U n ion ; So u th C a p e Soccer U n ion ; So u th e rn N a - t a l-K w a Z u lu Soccer Board ; T ran sva a l Soccer Board ; U ite n h a g e a n d District Football A ssoc ia tion ; W e ste rn Province Football Board ; So u th A frican P rim ary Schoo ls ' A ssoc ia tion ; So u th A frican S e ­nior Schoo ls ' A ssoc ia tion ; So u th A frican Tertiary In s t itu t io n s ' Soccer A ssoc ia tion ; Federation P ro fe ssiona l League.

a m e m b e rsh ip of

M E M B E R S H IP

The S A S F c la im s 200 000 .

S A S F TR U ST

The fede ration fo rm ed a trust, w h ich w a s reg iste red in N o v e m b e r 1986 , to ra ise cap ita l to f in a n c e its n a t io n a l com ­petitions.

The trustees a re R a m a R e d d y (chair­m an), K ev in R o m an , Y u s u f Lorgat, B a b s S ith a p e rd a d a n d M o h a m m e d S ib d a

The trust fu n d w a s w o rth R 2 5 0 0 0 in 1987 . R IO 0 0 0 w a s d o n a te d b y BP S o u ­thern A frica.

C O M P E T IT IO N S

The S A S F ran tw o na t io na l sen ior com petit ions in 1 9 8 7 a n d on e junior tou rnam en t:

D A n inter-p rovinc ia l to u rn a m e n t in tw o group s. The A section is run on a decen tra lised b a sis a n d the B section on a centra lised b a sis

n A c lub c h a m p io n s tou rnam en t. A ffili­a te s a lso host c lub to u rn a m e n ts to w h ich a re in v ited c lub s from other un its

D A n u n d e r -1 8 tou rnam en t.Goalkeeper Adieb Abrahams, the S A S F ’s 1987 Footballer of the Year and the Saco s Sportsperson of the Year

SOUTH AFRICAN SOCCER FEDERATION (SASF)

By Rama R eddy P residen t o f SASFBORN out of a commitment in 1951 to play non-racial football at all levels and highlight sporting and so­cial injustices, the SASF as a people’s organisation has made significant progress. Our role has become widely ackowledged.

Football, being only one aspect of society’s activities, cannot exist in iso­lation. It must be seen to address itself to the the greater issues that af­fect the daily lives of the people.

There is no morality in engaging in “token” mixing on the sportsfields for 90 minutes and then returning to the ghettos and racially segregated areas.

There is equally no justification in using high-powered propaganda to impress the international communi­ty how non-racial football is in South Africa when education, welfare, workers, social and political rights are racially fettered.

The same disenfranchised foot­ballers who grace our fields are the daily victims of this inhuman poli­cy. Can normal sport be played under such conditions?

The SASF believes that we as people are entitled to non-discrimina- tory development, free from restric­tions that infringe on our human rights and dignity.

We see no reason why the com­radeship and atmosphere that pre­vails on the sportsfields should not ap­ply equally in society.

The role of the SASF, therefore, is to promote the game in a non-racial, democratic South African society.

The price we pay for this commit­ment is high - but we see a light at the end of the dark tunnel.

The repeated denial by big busi­ness of meaningful support to the SASF, and its refusal to identify with particular organisations, is unfor­tunate.

Even SABC television finds it convenient to identify with organisa­tions that sing to their tune.

Such attitudes have long been the trend in South Africa.

The SASF has no reason to de­spair because, in the final analysis, it is the direction the SASF pursues that will determine the destiny of foot­ball in South Africa.

For how long can the SASF be ignored?

Much has been said about foot-

Abrahams is the Fed’s top starIt was a memorable year for star goalkeeper Adieb Abrahams. He won the Sasfs Footballer of the Year award and the South African Council on Sport (Sacos) “Sportsperson of the Year” trophy.

The 28-year-old Battswood and Western Province footballer beat a strong field of 15 Sacos candidates, including top all round cricketer Saiiet Magied.

Abrahams has been playing for Battswood since he was a member of their under-10 league.

1987 was the second year the Sasf captured the Sacos award - giv­

en to members for their their anti­apartheid commitment and their out­standing ability to promote sport and coaching in the community.

In 1984 footballer Geofrey Ga- miet won the award.

Abrahams is one of the three Sasf players due to enrol for a coach­ing course in London in July 1988.He has coached juniors in the Western Province, and has long wanted to improve his coaching knowledge and abilities.

The outstanding amateur goal­keeper, Abrahams has played profe- sional soccer in the Federation Pro­fessional League.

In 1986 he made guest appear­ances for Santos, and featured in both the Golden City Homes and Os­man’s Spice Works KO Cup finals.

The two other players who will take part in the London coaching course are due to be named in 1988.

Rama Reddy

ball unity. A lot of hot air has been blown about the strength and func­tioning of other bodies.

Unsubstantiated claims which sometimes border on the ridiculous have been made, and never proven - even when requested. Those who know the situation as it exists will always ask: Who is fooling who?

There can be no principled unity based on financial inducements, as op­posed to a commitment to attain people’s rights and dignity and thereby ensure a people’s unity.

The SASF has, however, de­clared its willingness to talk to any or­ganisation. I believe that if football bodies in South Africa are honest about their intentions they should not fear to talk to the SASF.

Despite the numerous obstacles, the SASF met the challenges in 1987 and has grown from strength to strength. With membership through­out the country having now in­creased to 19 associations, including primary schools, senior schools and tertiary institutions, the SASF is in a

strong position.Our affiliates made good pro­

gress during the year. A few areas en­joyed the benefits of sponsorship. They all fulfilled their roles to the ful­lest.

The FPL, as the professional wing of the SASF, concluded another difficult year without any big spon­sorships. We are deeply grateful to the few sponsors who kept aloft the FPL nag.

None of our national tourna­ments was sponsored.

Sanroc has kindly agreed to co­sponsor three candidates for coaching courses in London in July 1988. Among those will be our Footballer of the Year, Adieb Abrahams, of the Western Province.

For the first time, the SASF will feature a selected national amateur team against a selected national professional team as part of the Sa­cos sports festival in April 1988.

The incentives are necessary for our deprived footballers.

The SASF looks to the new year with confidence. We expect to further increase our membership in the var­ious areas.

It will not be long before business houses will have to’realise that we are also their consumers and the activi­ties of the SASF deserve support.

To continue to deny the SASF support will not be in the interests of good community relations.

We believe that the path we fol­low with sincerity and conviction will lead to a people’s victory.

Results

A Section Interprovincial

Border 1 W estern Province 1Southern N a ta l K w a Z u lu 3 Northern Nate!0Eastern Province 4 Northern N a ta l 0 Southern Nata l I Border 1W estern Province 2 Northern N a ta l 1W estern Province 0 Southern Nata l 0Eastern Province 2 Border 1Eastern Province 1 W estern Province 0 Eastern Province 5 Southern N a ta l K w a ­Zu lu 1Northern N a ta l 1 Border 0

A Section LogP W L D F A Pts

E Province 4 4 0 0 12 2 8W Province 4 1 1 2 3 3 4S Nata l K w a Z u lu 4 1 1 2 5 6 4Border 4 0 2 2 3 5 2N Natal 4 1 3 0 2 9 2

B Section Interprovincial G roup 1

O A t Beaufort West in A u g u st 1987

Central Karoo 5 U itenhage 3Eastern Province B 3 N a m a q u a la n d 0N a m a q u a la n d 4 U itenhage 1M d a n tsan e 1 Eastern Province 1Eastern Province B 4 U itenhage 1N a m a q u a la n d 3 Central Karoo 1M d a n tsa n e 2 N a m a q u a la n d 1M d a n tsa n e 2 U itenhage 1Central Karoo 2 Eastern Province B 1

B Section G roup 1 Log M d a n tsa n e 4 2 0 2 8 6 6E Province B 4 2 1 1 9 4 5Central Karoo 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 5N a m a q u a la n d 4 2 2 0 8 7 4U itenhage 4 0 4 0 6 15 0Team of the tournam ent — N a m a q u a la n d Team scoring h ighest goa ls — Central Karoo Player of the tournam ent — W a n d a Nd lebe (Eastern Province B)

B Section Interprovincial G roup 2

O At Bloem fontein on 2 9 -3 0 A u g u st

O FS 7 North West C ape 2G riqua land W est 4 Central N am ib ia I North West C ape 5 Central N a m b ia 4 G riqua land W est 10 North West C ape 0 O FS 6 Central N a m b ia 0G riqua land W est 2 O F S 2

B Section G roup 2 lo g G riqua land W est 3 2 0 1 16 3 5O F S 3 2 0 1 15 4 5North West C ape 3 2 1 0 7 21 4Central N am ib ia 3 0 3 0 5 15 0

B Section FinalP layed in M d an tsa n e on October 11, 1987 M d an tsa ne 2 G riqua land West 1

CLUB C H A M P IO N S T O U R N A M EN T P layed in Port Elizabeth on Septem ber IB - 20

Battsw ood 2 Rabbits 2 Sw a llow s 3 Battsw ood 2 Sw allow s 4 Battsw ood I

G roup 1Sw a llow s 0 Hotspurs I Hotspurs 1

Rabbits 0 Rabbits 1

Hotspurs 1

Battsw oodSw a llow sRabbitsHotspurs

Blackpool 3 City lads 1 Blackpool 2 City Lads 2 Sa p p i 3 Blackpool 4 S a p p i 2 Blackpool 3 M erchants 2 City Lads 4

LogP W L 3 2 0 3 2 I 3 1 2 3 0 0

Group 2

F A 5 1 7 4 3 7 3 6

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Sapp i 1 M erchants 3 M erchants 0

Sapp i 5 Luton 2 Luton 1

M erchants 1 City Lads 0

Luton 1 Luton 0

LogBlackpool 4 4 0 0 12 2 8Sapp i 4 3 1 0 1 1 8 6M erchants 4 2 2 0 6 6 4City Lads 4 1 3 0 7 1 1 2Luton 4 0 4 0 4 13 0

FinalBattsw ood 4 Blackpool 2

Team of the tournam ent - Sapp i Player o f the tournam ent — Ralton Pot- gieter (Blackpool)Team scoring most goa ls — Western Prov­inceFootballer o f the Year — A d ieb A b raham s (Battswood), Western Province S A S F nom inee Sacos Sportsperson o f the Year contest — Ad ieb A braham s

U n d e r-18 Tournament Durban, July, 1987

Section A

Western Province 3 K w azakhe le 0SA Senior Schools 1 Northern N a ta l 1 Western Province 9 Northern N a ta l 0SA Senior Schools SA 0 K w azakhe le 2 Western Province 3 SA Senior Schools 0 K w azakhe le 5 Northern N a ta l 1

Section B

Southern N a ta l 1 Central N am ib ia 1 Eastern Province 2 G riqualand W est 1 Southern N a ta l 3 G riqualand West 1 Eastern Province 3 Central N am ib ia 1 Southern N a ta l 0 Eastern Province 0

LogsSection A P W D L F A PtsWestern Province 3 3 - - 14 0 6K w azakhe le 3 2 - 1 7 3 4SA SS A 3 - 1 2 1 6 1Northern N a ta l 3 - 1 2 2 15 1

Section B

Eastern Province 3 2 1 - 5 2 5Southern N a ta l 3 1 2 - 4 2 4Central N am ib ia 3 1 1 1 4 4 3G riqua land West 3 - - 3 2 7 0

Play-offs

8th position; G riqualand W est 07th positon: Northern N a ta l 26th position; N am ib ia 05th position; SA Senior Schools 54th position; K w azakhe le 13rd position; Northern N a ta l 2Runners-up; Eastern Transvaal 0Winners; Western Province 4Team of the tournam ent — Kw azakhe lePlayer o f tournam ent — Sh a u n de Vries (NNatal)

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Pule M okhine

Watch it guys, the girls can also playWOMEN’S soccer in South Africa is divided into three groupings.

Some women play under the South African Women’s Football As­sociation, some in district leagues affiliated to the South African Soccer Federation, and others in indepen­dent leagues which often play only ca­sually.

Women have also played in men’s teams. The most notable of these was Gloria Hlalele, who played in a men’s representative provineial team in the Soccer Association of South Africa’s Impala inter-provincial tour­nament in 1986.

The Women’s Football Associ­ation was formed in 1976, and in 1987 comprised seven provincial affili­ates - Natal, Border, Eastern Trans­vaal, Northern Transvaal, Southern Transvaal, Western Province and Western Cape.

It has a membership of approxi­mately 1 500 players and is affiliated to the South African Sports Feder­ation.

Each provincial unit has its own league and knockout competitions.

The national body stages an inter­provincial tournament in a different centre every year.

Each province selects 16 players and two officials to represent their province at the tournament, which is run on a league basis over two days.

The 1987 tournament was won by Natal. It was sponsored for R3 000.

Twenty players and two offieials were selected for the first time to re­ceive Springbok colours after the 1987 tournament.

They are: M Niewenhuizen (E Tvl), J Sedan (E Tvl), L Coetzee (E Tvl), L van Eyden (E Tvl), M Varner (Border), C Harrison (W Prov), A Childs (W Prov), D Gil­bert (NOFS), V McMurray (S Tvl), B Peterson (S Tvl), H Ford (W Cape),

A match played under the SA Women’s Football Association.

L Kallis (W Cape), J Hastings (W Cape), T Rodrigues (W Cape), M Jordaan (W Cape), M Kallis (W Cape), D McCann ( Natal), E Tcrblanche (Natal), D Mayes (Natal), G Peters (Natal), R Ertekes (Natal) and A Singh (Natal).

Two inter-club tournaments were held, one in Newcastle and one in East London.

Umbilo Women’s Football Club from Natal won the Newcastle tourna­ment and Sybrand Park WFC from the Western Cape won the East Lon­don event.

The office bearers of the associ­ation are: Cynthia Mackay (presi­dent), Tel (Oil) 339-4821; Gwen Scullard (vice-president); Karen Neil-

son (secretary) Tel (Oil) 583-375; Jackie Seddon (treasurer). The postal address is: PO Box 2445, Edenvale 1610.

Previous inter-provincial winners: 1976 (Western Province and Southern Transvaal), 1977 (Natal), 1978 (Natal), 1979 (Natal), 1980 (South­ern Transvaal), 1981 (Natal), 1982 (Western Province), 1983 (Natal), 1984 (Natal), 1985 (Natal), 1986 (Natal).

The 1987 inter-provincial logNatal 6 6 0 0 20 2 12E Transvaal 6 5 0 1 25 4 10Western Cape 6 4 0 2 22 6 8S Transvaal 6 3 0 3 21 4 6W Province 6 1 1 4 3 13 3N OFS 6 1 1 4 5 20 3Border 6 0 0 6 1 34 0 Gloria Hlalele.

FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA (F asa)

By A n th o n y W ilcox, Vice-President o f FasaAS the Football Association of South Africa approaches its 100th year of existence, so its significance as a force in the country’s football in­creases.

At its disposal it has a vast reser­voir of administrative skills and a rich and colourful history.

These skills and its heritage will carry Fasa forward into the next 100 years and provide the platform for establishing unity in our game so that we can take our rightful place in the forefront of world soccer.

The strength of Fasa lies in its di­visional associations. Development over the past years indicate that a renaissance has taken place in certain associations and that a renaissance is necessary in other areas.

The Western Province Football Association and the Natal Football Association have established them­selves in a most encouraging way.

The Southern Transvaal Football Association has revitalised its organi­sation in a very short space of time and the Eastern Transvaal has shown phenomenal growth.

The Eastern Province has launched a coaching scheme that will be the envy of the whole country, and, to their great credit, they have shown their willingness to share their expertise with their fellow-asso­ciations.

A few areas are struggling to come to terms with changed circum­stances, but given time and support, they will take their rightful place on the field.

The future of any association lies in its juniors. Unique among the sports codes in this country is the fact that our junior soccer is practised at two levels: at a rapidly increas­ing rate in the schools of South Africa and and at a very satisfactory rate at our clubs.

The standard of soccer at all ju­nior and schools tournaments this year has been most gratifying. This is the vehicle that we must use to launch ourselves into the 21st century.

The referees associated with all levels of football in the Fasa family are undergoing tremendous renais­sance pangs. The resusitated National Referees’ Association of South Africa is slowly but surely building up its infrastructure.

Of necessity there will be periods of anguish and despair, but like the phoenix of antiquity, there will rise

Anthony Wilcox.

a body of referees which will exercise their skills in abundance and with­out fear or favour in a climate of self- respect and respect for others.

The prime spot in the Fasa calen­dar is the Currie Cup tournament.

The structure of this tournament has undergone many changes in its long history. Even at the present time it is being re-examined.

It is hoped that out of the present deliberations a format will emerge that will reflect the times in which we live.

Easa has stood the test of time and must not hesitate to share its knowledge and heritage with all lev­els of football in this country.

FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA (F asa)

M eshack M otloungStreet Address; 413, 4th Floor, Corporation Build ing, 105 Com issioner Street, Joha n ­nesburg 2001.Postal Address: PO Box 2694 , Johannes­burg 2 0 00Telephone number: (021) 29 -1086

ADMINISTRATIVESTRUCTUREFASA is divided into local, district, and provincial units.

Those units which took part in a Currie Cup inter-provincial competi­tion and enjoyed direct or associate membership were: Natal, the South African Defence Force, the South African Police, South West Africa (Namibia), Northern Orange Free State, Orange Free State, Southern Transvaal, Border, Griqualand West, Northern Transvaal, South Af­rican Universities, Western Provin­ce, Eastern Transvaal, South African

Technikons, Vaal and Western Transvaal.

Also associated with Fasa are pri­mary, secondary and schools soccer, which is administered by a Fasa committee. It organises various schools and junior tournaments.

OFFICE BEARERSThe Fasa executive committee: president - Dave Snaier; vice-presi­dents - SC Hendersen and A Wil­cox; secretary - RR Parker; treau- surer - N Flaum; members - JG Cox (Natal), KC Openshaw (Border), J Turner (Northern OFS), CJJ Trader (Eastern Province).The Fasa Selection Committee: W Anderson, AR Clifton, D Forsythe.

COMPETITIONSFasa ran one national inter-provin­cial tournament, the Currie Cup. Sev­enteen centres took part in the one- week tournament at Boksburg from August 30 to September 5. It was sponsored by Holiday Inns.

The tournament was divided into two preliminary groups, with the win­ners in each section playing in the Currie Cup proper and the others in the President’s Cup.

The South African Defence Force Football Association beat Natal 1-0 in the final of the Currie Cup. The Orange Free State Football Asso­ciation beat Eastern Province 3-0 in the final of the President’s Cup.

A South African Currie Cup team was chosen after the tourna­ment. The squad was as follows: R de Sa (Southern Transvaal), K Capes (Western Province - captain), B Pomroy (Southern Transvaal), G Pelser (Border), S Simpson (South­ern Traqsvaal), G Halfpenny (Natal), M Smith (Natal), N Smith (De­fence Force - vice captain), R Rudy (Border), H van Zyl (Eastern Transvaal), T Hughes (Natal), D Ben­jamin (Western Province), P Jobo (OFS), G Steward (Defence Force). Manager - J Hooper (Eastern Transvaal). Coach J Grant (Border).

SOCCER ON THE MINES

Theo M thembu

SOCCER is a major sport on the mines in South Africa and it enjoys the support of nearly half a million fans. It is as much the national sport of the black people in the mining industry as it is of all black South Africans.

Soccer was introduced on the gold and diamond mines in the Trans­vaal and Northern Cape early this century when black miners became in­volved in the formation of the first organised competitions among blacks.

Teams from the mining industry, nearby villages and from other nearby industries and organisations took part in regular league, knockout and friendly matches on weekends and public holidays.

Most of these soccer matches were played on mine-owned grounds and the spectators were mainly mine employees.

Today the standard of soccer on the mines has improved tremendously. There are 12 mining houses which are affiliated to the Chamber of Mines of South Africa.

Each of these groups organises annual soccer competitions, adminis­tered by their welfare and/or sports and recreation departments.

Mining houses involved in the or­ganisation of the sport on a large scale are: Anglo American Corporation, Anglovaal, Gencor, Gold Fields of South Africa, South African Iron and Steel Industrial Corporation, Jo­hannesburg Consolidated Invest­ment, Kangra, Lonrho and Rand Mines.

There were an estimated 30 000 registered mine footballers in 1987.

For the past 13 years teams re­presenting the mining groups have taken part in an annual inter-group soccer tournament.

The tournament was launched by the Chamber of Mines’ black newspa­per, Mining Sun, in 1975. The tour­nament is known as the Mining Sun Champion of Champions. All the groups take turns hosting the tourna­ment at different venues where there are suitable facilities.

Since the tournament was first played at Welkom in November 1975, only three group teams and an East­ern Transvaal colliery side have won it.

Football enjoys vast support by miners

Gold Fields, JCI and Anglo American Corporation have won the Mining Sun Floating Trophy four times each in its 13-year existence.

Gold Fields won the trophy dur­ing the first three years, 1975-1977. For the next three years JCI won the championship, and in 1981 and 1982 Anglo American took over as the mining industry’s soccer kings.

In 1983 a team made up of play­ers from the Eastern Transvaal collier­ies broke the monopoly the three major mining groups had, beating Gold Fields 2-1 in the final at the President Steyn Gold Mine Stadium, Welkom.

Anglo American regained the ti­tle in 1984 but their reign was short-lived. In 1985 JCI were the champions and in 1986 Gold Fields took over the championship after eight years.

The 1987 tournament, the 13th, spelt luck for Anglo American and the mining industry as a whole.

Anglo American won the Mining Sun trophy for the fourth time by beating the defending champions. Gold Fields, 3-2 in extra time at Har- tebeestfontein Gold Mine, Stilfon- tein.

After the match the tournament committee announced a Mining Sun team, representing all the major mining houses. It was the first time such a team was selected.

The team played in curtain-rais­ers at two important fixtures of the Soccer Association of South Africa. On November 12 the team played against an Eastern Transvaal Col­lieries Hostel Managers’ Association side as a main curtain-raiser to the final of the Transvaal Smirnoff League at Secunda Stadium.

On December 12 the Mining Sun team took on the Sasa All Stars at the Oppenheimer Sport Centre, Vaal Reefs, Orkney.

The mining industry has also made its presence felt in national pro­fessional soccer circles. Professional soccer in the mining industry first broke into the limelight in 1981

when Stilfontein Big XI qualified to play in the National Professional Soccer League’s first division.

Although Stilfontein Big XI played for only one season in the first division they were not disgraced.They beat Soweto soccer giants Mor- oka Swallows and Orlando Pirates in Castle League fixtures.

Since then there has been a con­stant stream of top first division pro­fessional players, especially from the National Soccer League, who have been recruited to play and coach mine teams.

In recent years there has been a growing number of mine teams and players in the NSL second division. Among those are Hlobane Silver Spurs, Lorraine Lions and Vaal Reef Stars.

Among the many professionals who joined mine teams either as play­ers or coaches are Herbert “Man O’Man’’ Leroke (Randfontein Es­tates), James “Mebra” Gqosha (East Driefontein), the late Benjamin Mfundisi (Greenside), Shakes Nhlapo (Rietspruit), Matthews Msibi (SA Coal Estates), Ace Mnikathi (Hlobane), Jimmy “Akulalwa” Ma- bena (Westgold) and Ephraim “Shakes” Mashaba (Vaal Reefs).

Another mine side, Westgold, played in the regional NSL second di­vision.

At the beginning of 1987, a group of mine welfare officials and those working at power stations under the Electricity Supply Commission, formed a new soccer controlling body on the mines - the South Afri­can Mines and Energy Football Asso­ciation.

Membership of Samefa is open only to Escom, Sasol, Iscor and cer­tain mines. At the start of the sea­son Samefa had 66 teams.

The teams were divided into four zones and teams in each zone compet­ed against each other in league and knockout competitions.

The zones into which Samefa was divided were the Rand and Free State, Eastern Transvaal, North­western Transvaal and Natal.

THE MAJOR INDOOR SOCCER LEAGUE

Meshack M otloung

Indoor soccer is action soccerPostal Address PO Box 261586, Excom 2123Physical A dd ress Ellis Park Stad ium ,Doornfontein, JohannesburgPhone num ber (011) 4 0 2 -3 3 6 8 / 9

THE Major Indoor Soccer League was formed as a business venture in 1986 by a commercial company. Project Marketing.

It introduced the six-a-side game in South Africa as it is played in the major indoor soccer league in the United States.

Although it has mainly been played at indoor venues, the game is now called “action soccer” because of the “action” it provides and be­cause it may be played outdoors.The organisers hope it will be increas­ingly played outdoors in future.

The people behind the MISL are its president Andre Bruyns; executive members Joe Tozzoni, Mike Ken­ning and Roy Matthews; marketing manager George Page; tournament organiser Hazel Page and tournament manager Warren Page.

It has associated with the MISL Referees’ Association, whose chair­man is Ivor Bould.

The game as it is played under the MISL is an adaptation of the English five-a-side indoor game and includes elements of ice-hockey.

The field of play is about 36m long by 25m wide. The perimeter wall, which fully encloses the area, is 107cm to 138cm high. The goals are 2m high by 3,5m wide.

A softer ball than is used for “outdoor” soccer is used and players use soft shoes instead of soccer boots.

Six players - a goalkeeper and five others - play in a team, but 12 may take part in a match. Substitu­tions may occur on an unlimited basis, provided a player leaving the field arrives at his bench before his replace­ment enters the field.

The game is played in four quar­

:

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Eusebio and team mates salute the crowd

ters of 10 minutes each, with one six- minute halftime interval and two two-minute quarter intervals. It is planned to play the game in two halves at club level in 1988.

The game is played at two levels - amateur and semi-professional.Prize money is provided in some competitions and appearance mon­ey is payed to foreign teams.

The MISL started with the Goodyear International Cup in Sep­tember 1986 at the Standard Bank Indoor Arena in Johannesburg.

Various “community” teams re­presenting various nationalities were formed to play against each other on an “inter-nation” basis. The format has been criticised on the grounds that it causes further artificial divi­sions in South African society.

But Bruyns rejects the criticism, saying the MISL is anti-apartheid, to­tally non-racial and committed to a policy of equal opportunities for all in South Africa.

He adds that the format is a suc­

cess because it arouses emotions in the spectators, who enjoy becoming in­volved in the game.

The Goodyear Cup featured var­ious local players representing their countries of origin - England, Scot­land, Italy, Portugal, South Africa, Argentina, Israel and Switzerland.

In 1987, the MISL staged infor­mal games. Clubs were formed in preparation for various league com­petitions in 1988. It expects Action Soccer to grow considerably in pop­ularity, even among children and women.

The league expects several “ac­tion soccer centres” to be established in various areas in the country over the next few years.

Some indoor soccer tournaments have already been staged by district associations in a few areas around the country.

The MISL uses two indoor play­ing areas in a building at the Ellis Park Rugby Stadium and one at the Standard Bank Indoor Arena.

Indoor soccer at the Standard Bank Arena

It staged two official competi­tions in 1987. The first was a series of “tests” against a team of Portu­guese veterans in July. The foreig­ners included Eusebio da Silva, a star of the 1966 World Cup finals in England.

The team raised only mild contro­versy in South Africa and has appar­ently not experienced much politi­cal pressure for having played here.

Although Fifa has plans to con­trol the organisation of five-a-side soc­cer worldwide, “action soccer” at this stage does not fall under any in­ternational jurisdiction.

The South African team which played in the three “tests” included Gilo Peneda, Franco Monzeglio, Hendrick Coetzee, Richard Cardoza, Roger da Sa, Jose Soares, Manny da Sousa, Carlos Antonio, Gigi de No- briga, Gavin van Wyk, Basil Gwangwa, Lawrence Chelin and Car­los D’Oliviera (captian).

Mike Kenning, Manny Pinheiro and Roy Matthews jointly managed

the team.The Portuguese team included

Jose Manuel Mota, Eusebio da Silva Ferreira, Arsenio Rodrigues Jar- dim, Victor Pinho Esmoris, Joao Alves, Paul Santos Sambinha, Humberto Coelho, Diamantino da Costa, Antonio Bastos Lopes,Amando Goncalves and Anatonio Si­mones Costa.

The team was managed by Louis Pina.The results

S tandard Bank Arena, Johannesburg South Africa 3 Portugal 2

Pretoria University, Pretoria South Africa 4 Portugal 4

G oodhope Centre, C ape Tow n South Africa 5 Portugal 5

W estridge Park, Durban South Africa 4 Portugal 3

Standard Bank Arena, Johannesburg South Africa 4 Portugal 3

The second tournament was the Canon Copiers Cup. It was billed as a mini world cup tournament.

The “countries” and the manag­ers of the respective teams were: Eng­

land (Mike Kenning), Scotland (Roy Matthews), Israel (Martin Co­hen), South Africa (Eddie Lewis), Italy (Joe Tizzone), South America (Carlos Donaires), Portugal (Jingles Perreira), Switzerland (Roland Dill), Holland (Hermann Haarhoff), Ire­land (Jimmy Mcrory), France (Clem­ent Falanga), Greece (Luigi Pelim- pasakis), Lebanon (Jimmy Backos) and Pakistan (Yusuf Hatia).

Portugal beat Lebanon 8-4 in the final.

The MISL planned at least two series of “tests” with overseas teams in South Africa in 1988.

The National Soccer League and the Soccer Association of South Af­rican have barred their players from playing in the MISL without per­mission, mainly because of the risk of injuries.

The NSL announced that it would hold its own tournament for its first division clubs in 1988. Bruyns said the MISL had offered it its full support.

22 • City Press Soccer Annual ’88

SCH(X)LS SOCCER

R odney M tshazo

Schools Sports Covincil runs DET soccerTHERE are several different school sports associations in South Africa, all of them catering for soccer.

The Schools Sports Council con­trols all sport in primary and secon­dary black schools in South Africa.It has jurisdiction over all school sport played under the Department of Education and Training.

The Council is not affiliated to any of the national soccer associati­ons.

The Football Association of South Africa has developed close links with the South African Primary Schools’ Football Association and the South African High Schools’ Foot­ball Association.

Competitions are administered by a committee appointed by Fasa.

The Schools Sports Council and the schools’ associations affiliated to Fasa compete under the South Afri­can School Sports Union.

The National Schools Sports As­sociation (Nassa) runs schools’ sport in the homelands.

The South African Soccer Feder­ation has affiliated to it on an associ­ate basis the South African Senior Schools Sports Association and the South African Primary Schools Sports Association.THE SCHOOLS SPORTS COUNCIL

Each school, school circuit and region has schools’ sports commit­tees. The regions are affiliated to the council, which has 28 officials.

There are 59 circuits in South Africa under the DET, and seven re­gions - the Cape (the West and Eastern Provinces), the Highveld, Natal, the Free State, Orange-Vaal, Johannesburg and Northern Trans­vaal.

D a liw o n g a te a m ca p ta in R ic h a rd K h u m a io re c e iv e s the tro p h y f ro m DE^ d ire c to r G u n th e r M e rb o id .

The council said it had a mem­bership of two million pupils in 1987 playing a variety of sports.

No official figures are available for participation in soccer. Some offi­cials say that over 600 000 school­boys play soccer at school, either regu­larly or casually.

The Schools Sports Council or­ganises the sponsored Milk Cup soc­cer and netball competitions annu­ally. The competition started in 1986, and was sponsored for R160 000 in 1987.

Some 7 149 primary schools and and 343 post-primary schools took part in 1987.1986 RESULTS

Prim ary final: Ekulchanyeni (H igh ­veld) 2, Q am bekile (Natal) 0. Post-prim a­ry: M a b u y a (H ighveld) 1, Buhlebuyeza (Natal) 0.

The w in n in g team s received trophies a n d R1 0 0 0 a s cash prizes each.

League results:Prim ary — 1. Ekukhanyen i (Highveld);

2. Q am bekile (Natal); 3. W alter Teka (Western Cope); 4. Colesberg (Eastern Cape) 5. Zam aleka (O range Vaal); 6. Hlo- lohelo (Free State); 7. M am elod i (North­ern Tvl); 8. Sapebuso (Johannesburg).

Post-primary — 1. M a b u y a (Highveld);2. Buh lebuyeza (Natal); 3. D a liw ingo (Jo­hannesburg); 4. Enyindini (Highveld); 5.

Bud ibeng (O range-Vaal); 6. Rethab ile (Northern Tvl); 7. Ikaelelo (OFS); 8. N o - m atham sanqa (Eastern Cape).

1987 RESULTSRegional W inners. Prim ary — 1. E k u k ­

hanyen i (Highveld); 2. Q am bekile (Nato*3. M am elod i (Northern Tvl); 4. C o leburg (Eastern Cape); 5. W alter Teka (W estern Cape); 6. Hlolohelo (OFS); 7. Z a m a le k a (O range-Vaal); 8. Sapebuso (Joh an ne s­burg).

Post-primary - 1. N o m a th a m sa n q a (Eastern Cape); 2. M a b u y a (H ighveld); J D a liw onga (Johannesburg); 4. Ikaele lo (OFS); 5. Buh lebuyeza (Natal); 6. Re thab ' (Northern Tvl); 7. Emjindini (H ighveld);8. Bud ibeng (O range-Vaal).

F INAL N A T IO N A L RESULTSThirty-two team s from eight re g ion s

competed in the finals in Durban in O c ' ber.

Prim ary — H am bana th i from N a ta l

beat Tshepiso of the H ighve ld region 2-1. Other positions: 3. M abo le la (OFS, Rc gion Two); 4. Hinge (Cape); 5. Ithute (Johannesburg); 6. Q h o w e n g (O range - Vaal); 7. M arob i (OFS, Region One); 8. Ruskraal (Northern Tvl).

Post-prim ary schools — D a liw onga (Johannesburg) beat M o q h a ka (O range ' Vaal) 2-1 in the final. Other positions: 3. M oem ed i (OFS, Region One); 4. H lan ga n a n i (Northern Tvl); 5. Zinekeleni (Natal); 6. Thanduxo lo (Cape); 7. E tw atv (Highveld); 8. Rearabetsw e (OFS, Re­gion Two).

SOCCER in most Indian and coloured schools outside the Free State is played under the South African Primary Schools’ Sports Association and the South African Senior Schools’ Sports Association.

Both associations are affiliated to the SA Council on Sport and are associated with the SA Soccer Federation.

Junior and senior championships are held annually.

In the junior section in 1987, Western Province won both the under-12 and under-14 categories in a tournament held in the Bo­land.

In the senior group, soccer was played in two age-group divisions - the U /15 and open sections.

The 1987 championships took place in Queenstown.

Selected team s

Under-15: Ryan Sanger (Western Province); Daniel Dean (Western Province); Sagren M ood ley (Natal); Kevendhren G ovender (Natal); C lint G room (Natal c); Leo Joseph G ovender (Natal); Patrick Hansle (Western Province); K am aa l Saa in t (Western Prov­ince); Raphael Rickets (Western Province); Randall Rayners (Eastern Province); Clint Houlie (Eastern Province); Randall A rendse (Western Province); A l­phonse O 'B rien (Border); M oh a m m ed K han (Bor­

der) a n d M ichael Joubert (Border).M anage r: N C row ee (Western Province).

Open section: Lognathan G ovender (Natal); C raig Tom linson (Natal); Se lw yn M ooda ley (Natal); Ro- bendren Langan than (Natal); Andre W illiam s (Natal); G lenford Paulse (Western Province); Edries Burton (Western Province); Trevor Darocha (W est­ern Province); Gerald Stober (Western Province c); M e rvyn Fritz (Border); B randon van der Haer (Transvaal); Patrick Koopm an (Transvaal); Silvester Peterson (Transvaal); Kurt Dear (Transvaal) and Fernando Ross (Border).

LogsU nder-15

WHITE schools’ soccer is administered by a special committee of the Football Associ­ation of South Africa.

The schools’ body - the SA Schools Committee - is not directly affiliated to Fasa, but is appointed by it.

It runs three national competitions for the SA Primary and SA High Schools’ Foot­ball Associations.

A few black children attending private intergrated schools also take part in Fasa’s school soccer activities.

Three national tournaments were held in 1987. They were for under-13s, under-16s and an open high schools’ tournament. All three were sponsored by Coca-Cola.

All were played in Port Elizabeth in July.

In the under-13 primary schools’ tourna­ment, Southern Transvaal came out tops.

The format of the tournament was the same as in previous years. There were two pools - Red and Black pool teams repre­sented national school soccer teams.

P W L D GF G A PtsW Province 5 5 0 0 29 1 10Nata l 5 4 1 0 22 7 8Border 5 3 1 1 14 5 7E Province 5 2 2 1 18 5 5Transvaal 4 2 1 1 13 6 5Boland 4 2 1 1 4 3 5O PEN

P W L D GF G A Pts1. EProvince 5 4 0 1 11 4 92. Nata l 5 4 1 0 17 3 83. WProvince 5 4 1 0 15 2 84. Border 5 2 2 1 11 3 55. Transvaal 4 2 1 1 9 2 56. Boland 4 2 1 1 10 5 57. N W C * 4 1 3 0 3 10 27. N W D * 4 1 3 0 3 10 29. SC 4 0 4 0 2 16 0

10. K A R O O 4 0 4 0 1 24 0E] Joinf seventh

Johannesburg 5 2 1 2 4 6 5E Transvaal 5 1 3 1 3 5 5East Rand 5 0 2 3 2 7 2SA SC H O O LS T O U R N A M E N T under-16 Results

The under-16 S A Schools' Tournam ent w a s w on by N a ta l w ith the Southern T ransvaal team fin ish ­ing in second place.

SEC T IO N A: N a ta l 1, Northern Tvl 0; Eastern Tvl 3, W estern Province 1; Southern Tvl 0, N a ta l 1; SW A ./N a m ib ia 1, W estern Province 2; Eastern Tvl 2, Northern Tvl 1 and Southern Tvl 4, SW A / N a m i- bia 2.SEC T IO N B: Border 8, G riquas 1; Eastern Province 1, W estern Tvl 0; O FS 1, Western Tvl 1; Eastern Province 0, Border 2; G riquas 0, V a a l 7, O FS 0, V a a l 2.

F IN AL LO G U nder-16 Section A

NASSATHE National School Sport Association is the co­ordinating body for school sport in the homelands, ex­cluding Transkei, Bo- phuthatswana and Kwa- Ndebele.

Affiliated to it in 1987 were Ciskei, Gazankulu, KaNgwane, KwaZulu, Lebowa, QwaQwa and Venda.

Some 700 schools par­ticipate, with an estimated 10 000 soccer players.

Nassa ran the Coca- Cola Soccer Championships at the University of the North in Lebowa in August. The tournament was sponsored for R31 000.

The competiton was won by QwaQwa’s Moteka High School. Second were Lebowa’s Makgofe High School.

Prizes: First prize —R900 plus a floating trophy. Second prize - R600.Third prize - R300.

The Educum floating trophy for the best team went to QwaQwa’s Mo­teka High school, and the best player award went to Bushy Carling, of Moteka High School.

LO G PO S IT IO N S Section A

RED1. Border2. E Province3. East Rand4. Far North5. Johannesburg6. N Transvaal7. W Province8. W estern Transvaal9. W est Rand

FINAL LOG under-13

BLACK1. E Transvaal2. G riquas3. Nata l4. OFS5. Port Elizabeth6. Pretoria7. S Transvaal8. S W Africa9. Vaa l

P W 0 L F A PtsNata l 5 4 0 1 6 3 8S Transvaal 5 4 0 1 13 7 8W Province 5 2 1 2 8 9 5E Transvaal 5 3 0 2 10 10 6N Transvaal 5 1 1 3 5 6 3SW A / N a m ib ia 5 0 0 5 7 14 0

Section B

Border 5 5 0 0 14 2 10E Province 5 4 0 1 8 4 8V aa l 5 3 0 2 12 5 6W Transvaal 5 1 1 3 6 7 3OFS 5 1 1 3 5 8 3G riquas 5 0 0 5 3 22 0

P W D L F A PtsJohn Orr Tec 3 2 1 0 4 2 5O ueensb rough 3 2 0 1 7 3 4Milnerton 3 1 0 2 2 3 2H udson Park 3 0 1 2 3 8 1

Section B

Benoni 3 3 0 0 8 3 6Eesterus 3 2 0 1 7 4 4A labam a 3 1 0 2 3 5 2A lexandra Road 3 0 0 3 3 9 0

P W D L F A PtsS Transvaal 5 2 3 0 7 3 7W Province 5 2 2 1 4 2 6Nata l 5 1 3 1 6 3 5

H IG H SC H O O LS

In the SA schools' open football tourna­m ent Benoni m a n a ge d to clinch the national h igh schools' football Trophy w ith John Orr Techniknon in second place. O u eensb rough a n d Eesterus were joint third.

PLAY-OFFS

7-8 H udson Park 3 A lexandra Road 5-6 M ilnerton 2 A la labam a 3-4 Eesterus 1 Q ueensborough1-2 Benoni 3 John Orr Tech

FINAL P LA C IN G S

1. Benoni2. John Orr Technikon3. O ueensb rough 3. Eesterus5. A lab a m a6. M ilnerton7. H udson Park8. A lexand ra Road

The NSL - all you need to knowTHE N A T IO N A L SO C C ER LEAG UE

Postal Address: PO Box 2994, Johannes­burg 2000.Physical Address: 301 Com m ercial Centre, 251 Bree Street, Johannesburg 2001. Telephone num bers: (011) 29 -2924 ; 29- 2971.Telex: 488470 .Durban office: 3 0 7 G O Centre, 12 Albert Street, D urban 4001.Telephone num bers. (031) 301 -4243 ; 301 - 4256.

A D M IN IST R A T IV E STRUCTURE

The league is adm inistered by a m a n a ge ­m ent committee of 10, nine of w h om are elected to office ann ua lly by the clubs, and a general m a na ge r w h o is em ployed full­time.

The general m anage r heads a staff of 16 employees.

The NSL has its headquarters in Johan ­nesburg a nd has a regional office in Dur­ban, w h ich is adm inistered by Penwell N k w a n k w a .

In 1987 it ran three separate divisions — a first division, a national second division, the first ever in the country, a n d a num ber of "re g io na l second d iv isions".

The first division com prised 18 clubs, 10 from the Transvaal, five from Natal, two from the Free State and one from the Cape.

The NSL ran five official competitions in the first division — a tw o-round hom e-and- a w a y le ague cham p ionsh ip and four knockout competitions.

In addition, it staged its a nn ua l charity tournam ent a n d a representative gam e betw een an "In te rnationa l X I " a n d a "S o u th African X I " featuring first division players.

All the first division competitions were sponsored.

The national second division, adm in is­tered by D an Leboa, w a s also m ade up of 18 clubs. N ine w ere from the Transvaal, four from Natal, tw o from the Free State, two from the C ape a n d one from the Transkei.

The clubs com peted in one competition

Roger Sish i - chairman of the National Soccer League since April 26,1987

only — a tw o-round hom e-an d -aw ay league w h ich started in M a y and w a s due to finish at the end of January, 1988.

The national second division w a s not sponsored, but w a s subsid ised by the league.

Tw o clubs w ere re legated from the first division a n d tw o w ere due to be promoted from the second.

The regional second division, adm in is­tered by Joyce M oga le , w a s divided into 17 "s t re a m s " — eight in the Transvaal, two in the Free State, tw o in the C ape and five in Natal.

The clubs p layed in a league competition in their "s t re a m s".

The NSL provided "sp o n so rsh ip " for this division am oun tin g to R100 000. O f this R1 4 0 0 w e n t to adm inistrative costs and R98 6 0 0 to prize money.

Each of the stream s received R5 80 0 as prize money.

OFFICE BEARERS

The fo llow ing were elected to office at the le agu e 's an n u a l m eeting in Johannesburg

on April 26, 1987.C ha irm an — Roger Sishi; vice-chairm an — Leon Hacker; treasurer - John de C anha ; public relations officer — A b d u l Bhamjee; committee m em bers — Raym ond Hack (W its University), Clarence M Iokoti (Kaizer Chiefs), Jam es Letuka (Frazers Bloem fon­tein Celtic), Coloured Passm ore (G iant Blackpool), a nd Godfrey G x o w a (M oroka Swallows).

G eneral m anage r (non-elective) — Cyril Kobus.

D ISC IP L IN A R Y C O M M IT T EES

The league has tw o disciplinary com m it­tees, one based in Johannesburg a n d the other in Durban.

The Johannesburg committee comprised G odfrey Pitje, Sayed Cachalia, Keith Kun - ene a n d Trevor Ternent.

The D urban committee w a s m ade up of Japan Phoh lw ana, M a gn e tt Ntom bela, G era ld Ferrow, Linda Zam a and G eorge Webster.

SECU RITY

The NSL has a seven-m an gate control

Gratifying advances in the NSLBy R oger Sishi C hairm an o f th e NSLThe 1987 season saw further in­credible advances in the growth of the NSL.

Attendances at cup, league and other competitions all increased rather dramatically, to the extent that soc­cer today is South Africa’s sporting success story and one that is unpar­alleled in South African sporting his­tory.

Sponsors have been unstinting in their praise and we are all very proud of the achievements of the clubs and the officials responsible for our success.

For example, the construction of “Soccer City,” which at times ap­peared to be a pipe-dream, has now virtually become a reality, with our loyal and faithful sponsors making landmark contributions, thus re­cognising that soccer is the sport of the nation.

The fact that more than five-mil- lion spectators went through the turn­stiles in 1987 is a significant pointer to the popularity of the sport.

The various competitions includ­ed the charity match, which has be­come an annual feature. As a conse­quence, many thousands of rands are distributed by us to worthy causes.

While the league was getting on its feet in the last three seasons, we understandably did not make any big profits.

However, we have not been in

any financial difficulties and we will be in a far healthier financial posi­tion in future.

As far as sponsorships are con­cerned, we have a very bright future indeed. We have certain con­straints, in that we cannot accept all the sponsorships that we are of­fered.

We hope to secure sponsorships for our national second division and regional second divisions.

The national second division, which started in 1987, has been a suc­cess so far, and will improve.

It clearly has a bright future and will become even more competitive when it is sponsored.

The conduct of most of our clubs is fairly good, but that of some of them leaves much to be desired. We have taken strong disciplinary action where necessary, but nothing seri­ous has really happened.

As far as the standard of play in the first division is concerned, it has been encouraging to see that it has risen. There isn’t much difference be­tween the teams and it’s never a for­gone conclusion who will win the tro­phies.

The Castle League competition is as competitive as ever.

Many people expected Mamelodi Sundowns, and then Kaizer Chiefs, to win it as the season drew to a close.

It came as a surprise to many when Cosmos eventually emerged champions in a photo-finish.

The South African Soccer Acad­emy laid the foundations in 1987 for its programs which will eventually play an important role in developing soccer at all levels throughout the country.

It is unfortunate that it has not had a positive response from all the other soccer bodies.

It is meant to benefit not only the NSL, but everybody.

I believe that time will prove this to be the case and more and more footballers and administrators will take part in its activities.

The management of the Soccer City project will be divorced from the administration of the NSL. It will be managed by an independent com­pany, which will run it as Ellis Park is run.

The stadium will be hired out and the NSL will itself rent it for its ac­tivities.

The soccer situation in the coun­try is very fragmented now, and this is a matter of concern to all of us in the game.

But I believe that in five years time there will be much less disunity in our soccer, although it is not pos­sible to predict that there will be total unity.

There are people who are really interested in reducing the current sta­te of fragmentation in the game and many are realising the disadvantages of being disunited.

committee w h ich w a s led by C row n M on - nagotle.

REFEREESThe Referees Association of South Africa, w h ich w a s led by Zach M oseh le a nd is affiliated to the Soccer Association of South Africa, served the NSL.A D M IS S IO N A N D G AT E RECEIPTSThe adm ission price for first division league gam es w a s R2,50 a n d R3 for knockout competition matches.

Spectators u sua lly p ay R5 to see "d o u ­b le -heade rs" a n d cup finals.

The tw o com peting clubs in any match share the ga te tak ings after the paym ent for g round rental, security, referees and linesmen, paym ent of a percentage to the league a n d a percentage to the Soccer Association of South Africa.

FIRST D IV IS IO N C O M PET IT IO N S

□ Iw isa M a ize M e a l Spectacular (charitytournam ent)G BP Top Eight D Castle League

G O h isson 's Cha llenge G Representative gam e G JPS K O G M a in sta y C up

THE CLUBS

FIRST D IV IS IO N

Transvaal; Jomo M id a s Cosmos, Iw isa Kai­zer Chiefs, O rlando Pirates, M am elod i S u n ­dow ns, Arcadia, W its University, G iant Blackpool, G rinaker Rangers, M oroka Sw a llow s a nd W itbank Black Aces.Natal; A m an d ia A m aZu lu , D urban City, Bush Bucks, African W anderers a n d Leeds United.Free State; Fa irw ays Stars a n d Frazers Bloem fontein Celtic.Cape; Hellenic.

Eleven of the clubs w ere sponsored by commercial com panies. Those w h ich were not are Arcadia, W itbank Black Aces, Dur­ban City, Bu sh Bucks, African W anderers, Hellenic a n d Leeds.

SEC O N D D IV IS IO N

Transvaal; V a a l Reef Stars (Vaa l Reefs),

Vosloo Sporting (Vosloorus), Com puter Stars (Soweto), Motherw ells (M ahw e le - reng), Pretoria City (Eersterus), Klerksdorp City (Klerksdorp), Benoni United (Benoni), F lam ingo (Stilfontein), Publican Brothers (Mamelodi).Natal; M p u m a la n g a United Brothers (M pum a langa), Royal Tigers (U m bum - bulu). Nylon C ity (Lamontville), Silver Spurs (Em pangeni).Free State; Lorraine Lions (A llanridge) and Sham rock Flowers (Kroonstad).Cape; Cape Tow n Spurs (Cape Tow n) and H igh land Spurs (U itenhage, Port Eliza­beth).Transkei: Um tata Bush Bucks (Umtata).

R EG IO N A L SEC O N D D IV IS IO N

There w a s a total of 162 clubs in the regional second division.

AFFILIAT IO N

The NSL is affiliated to the Soccer Associati­on of South Africa. The exact terms of that affiliation have not been spelt out. The NSL is independent.

26 • City Press Soccer Annual ’88

CHARITY TOURNAMENT

Sw allow s’ Thom as Hlongwane turns quickly to evade a tackle by Am aZulu’s Menzi Xulu.

Rodney Charles and Special Sithole battle for p ossession

Chiefs’ Howard Freese shadow s Pirates’ Basil Steenkamp.

Patrick Ntsoelengoe is off balance and Steve Makua is in control.

THE NSL held its second annual charity tournament, sponsored by the Premier Milling company and offi­cially called the Iwisa Maize Meal Soccer Spectacular, at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg on Satur­day, January 17, 1987.

The three-match knockout tour­nament was held as part of what the NSL called its “social responsibility program” with the proceeds going to charitable institutions.

It was sponsored for R135 000 in 1987. That money went towards the costs of grounds, security, musical entertainment between matches and cash' prizes for the competing clubs.

The manner of choosing the par­ticipants for the competition was un­usual. Through coupons published in newspaper advertisements, the pub­lic was invited to vote for the clubs they wished to see take part.

The four clubs which received the highest number of votes qualified. This method obviously favoured the clubs which enjoyed big spectator sup­port.

The unusual way of selecting the teams was generally accepted by the clubs. The tournament was not an official competition. Its financial suc­cess depended on the fact that it featurd clubs which had wide spec­tator appeal.

Charity begins at home forKaizerChiefs

The basic idea was to raise as much money as possible for charity. The entrance fee was R5.

Whereas one organisation bene­fited from the proceeds in 1986, five were beneficiaries in 1987. The NSL originally planned that each year’s proceeds would go to a single charitable institution. However, it lat­er decided that, given the large number of such institutions in need.

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