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the league’s purpose would be better served by sharing the proceeds among a few every year.

The four teams chosen in 1987 were Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando Pirates, AmaZulu and Moroka Swallows. Kaizer Chiefs and Moroka Swallows also qualified for the 1986 tourna­ment.

Despite the relative lack of seri­ous play on the field, the tournament proved a success as a season-opener.

attracting a large crowd. With a big stadium of fans to entertain, the clubs tried their best, although they had just begun preparations for the season and were not physically fit enough for serious competition.

The rules provided for extra time to be played and penalties to be taken in each game if that w'as necessary to decide the winnner.

Kaizer Chiefs won the trophy for the second time, beating AmaZulu in the final.

RESULTS AND GOALSCORERS

Orlando Pirates 1 Mandia Sithoh

Moroka Swallows 2Aubrey Seboke Mike M angena

AmaZulu 2 Neil Tovey Joet Faya

Kaizer Chiefs 2 Abtolum Thindwa Trevor Mthimkhulu

AmaZulu 4JuUut Chirwa (3)Joel Faya

THE FINAL

Kaizer Chiefs 3 Markt Mapenyane Patrick Ntsoelengoe (2)

Official attendance figure: 101 544 Total amount given to charity: R337 784 Beneficiaries (5): The South African Association for the Care of the Disabled (R168 892), Oper­ation Hunger (R42 223), Save Our Souls (R42 223), The African Children's Feeding Scheme (R42 223) and St John's Ambulance- /Crossroads (R42 223)Sponsorship: R135 000Total prize money: R32 500Prize money allocation: Kaizer Chiefs(R15 000); AmaZulu (R7 500); Orlando Piratesand Moroka Swallows (R5 000 each)Number of goals scored: 14Number of players who scored goals: 10Top goalscorer: Julius Chirwo (AmaZulu) — 3goalsNumber of hat-tricks: One (Julius Chirwa) Players who scored more than one goal: 3 - Julius Chirwa (3), Joel Faya ond Patrick Ntsoe­lengoe (2 each)Highest number of goals scored in a single game: 6 (AmaZulu 4, Moroka Swallows 2)

1986 TOURNAMENTParticiponts: Koizer Chiefs, Bloemfontein Celt­ic, Moroka Swallows and Jomo Cosmos

RESULTS AND GOALSCORERS Kaizer Chiefs 2 Moroka Swallows 1Nelson DIadIa Thomas HlongwaneAbsolum ThindwaCeltic 2 Jacob Pilane Albert Sibiya THE FINAL

Cosmos 0

Celtic 0Kaizer Chiefs 1 Ricky Phuka (in extra time)

Official attendance figure: 102 766 Total amount given to charity: R310 888,60 Beneficiary: Operation Hunger (R310 888,60) Sponsorship: R80 000 Total prize money: R20 000 Prize money allocation:.^ Kaizer Chiefs (RIO 000); Bloemfontein Celtic (R5 000); Mor­oka Swallows and Jomo Cosmos (R2 500 each) Number of goals scored: 6 Number of goalscorers: 6 Top goalscorer in 1986: Six players scored one goal each as aboveHighest number of goals scored in a match: 3(Kaizer Chiefs 2, Moroka Swallows 1)1986/1987 TOURNAMENTSTotal official attendance figure: 204 310Total amount given to charity: R648 672,60Total number of beneficiaries: 5Total sponsorship: R215 000Total prize money: R52 500Total number of clubs which took port: 6Clubs which took part in both tournaments:Kaizer Chiefs and Moroko SwallowsTotal number of matches played: 6Total number of gools scored: 20Total number of goolKorers: 15Total number of hot-trkks: One — Joel Faya(AmaZulu) — 1987Players who scored in both tournaments: One - Absolum Thindwa - one each year Top goalscorer: Julius Chirwa (AmaZulu) — 3 Players who scored more than one goal - Julius Chirwa, Patrick Ntsoelengoe, Absolum Thindwa, Joel Faya (2 eoch)Highest number of goals in a match: 6 (Ama- Zulu 4, Moroka Swallows 2 — 1987)

Chiefs’ and Rangers’ players exchange jerseys after the second leg of the final at Ellis Park.

Chiefs’ Patrick Ntsoelengoe com es face to face with W its’ Mike Rowbotham

Wits University in action against Chiefs. They lost 4-0 in this Ellis Park game which marked the debut of Terry Paine as W its’ coach.

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BP TOP EIGHT

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Chiefs reach seventh heaven in Top EightTHE BP Top Eight competition has traditionally been part of the previous season, with the top eight teams in the first division Castle League doing battle.

It was first played in 1972.The teams which qualified in

terms of the final 1986 log were: Ran­gers, Bush Bucks, Kaizer Chiefs, Moroka Swallows, Mamelodi Sun­downs, Arcadia, Wits University, AmaZulu.

The 16th BP Top Eight competi­tion, and the third under the effective control of the National Soccer League, started on January 31 and was played over four weeks, ending on February 21.

It is played on a knockout basis. The rules state that each game except the final must be played to a result, with extra time played and penalties taken to decide the outcome, if nec­essary.

The final is played over two legs and the winner determined on the ag­gregate score. If there is no winner on aggregate at the end of normal time in the second leg of the final, extra time is played.

If the teams are still deadlocked, the game is replayed, into extra time and with a penalty shootout, if re­quired, to obtain a result.

The sponsorship for the competi­tion was R200 000 - by the British Pe­troleum Company. A total of R 130 000 went towards prize money, and R70 000 for administration, travel and public affairs expenses.

For the first time, a Man of the Series award was made in the compe­tition, the sponsors making a fur­ther R1 000 available as a prize.

The draw for the first round was;

Arcadia’s John Salter tackles Ch iefs’ Absolum Thindwa in their Ellis Park game. TO PAGE 30 ^ Chiefs won 2-1.

John Salter kept a c lose watch on Absolum Thindwa. Here he kicks for touch to stop a Thindwa attack

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Kaizer Chiefs v W its Rangers v M oroka Sw a llow s Arcadia v M am e lod i Su n d o w n s A tnaZu lu v Bush Bucks

Kaizer Chiefs were in superb form in the competition, playing at­tractive, attacking soccer and easily brushing aside two of their three oppo­nents in the four matches they played.

Their defence seemed strained at times, but the team generally gave a good all-round performance.

Marks Maponyane, Patrick “Ace” Ntsoelengoe and Trevor Mthimkhulu, in particular, were outstanding.

The team nicknamed the Amak-

hosi (The Kings) were, however, a lit­tle lucky to beat Arcadia 2-1 in the semi-finals.

In the first round they thrashed Wits Univerity 4-0 at Ellis Park in a game which marked the official de­but as Wits’ coach of one-time English international Terry Paine.

Chiefs then met Arcadia - who had advanced to the semi-finals by be­ating Mamelodi Sundowns - on a wet Ellis Park pitch, beating them 2-1.

Arcadia trailed to a very early headed own goal by Mike Joubert and found themselves further in arrears when Marks Maponyane scored in the 35th minute.

They fought back determinedly in the second half, and with a little luck might have got more for their

efforts than Trevor Poole’s 62nd min­ute goal.

Rangers were fortunate to get past Moroka Swallows at George Goch in the first round, and needed a late goal by substitute Wellington Manyanthi to cancel out an Aubrey Seboko effort and take the game into extra time.

Dereck Mills scored in extra time to give them a 2-1 win.

The Bush Bucks-AmaZulu first- round game ended in deadlock when - with both teams even 4-4 on penal­ties in the shootout after 120 minutes of play had left the match score at 2-2 - the referee decided that the match could not continue because of crowd unrest and fading light.

Superb hat-trick for Maponyane

Nelson “Teenage” DIadIa Tutu looks for an opening a s Arcadia’s Dave Bukowski awaits his next move.

It looks a s if Arcadia’s Mike Lambert has just slipped the ball past M arks Maponyane

Wearing a Rangers’ jersey, Chiefs’ captain Maponyane show s the fans the Top Eight trophy

Bush Bucks went through to the semi-finals in a mid-week replay with a 4-1 win, Mlungisi “Professor” Ngubane getting three of the goals for the victors.

In the next round, against Rang­ers, they had most of the play and nu­merous scoring chances, but Rang­ers took their chances well and ad­vanced to their first ever cup final in either the National Professional Soccer League or the National Soc­cer League.

The Chiefs-Rangers final over two legs was for the most part an ex­tremely one-sided contest. Chiefs dominating the 1986 Castle League champions to win 5-1 on aggregate.

The first leg, at King’s Park Sta­

dium in Durban, was an almost com­pletely one-sided match, with Chiefs outplaying and giving a foot­ball lesson to a frustrated Rangers team.

In goal for Rangers was teenager Gerhard Bolus, in place of the newly- married Charlie Cleeve, who gave as good an account of himself as his team-mates could have expected.

Chiefs played scholar Doctor Khumalo in place of an injured Trevor Mthimkhulu, and the 21-year-old did not disappoint in his first big out­ing.

The Man of the Match was un­doubtedly Chiefs’ captain, Marks Ma­ponyane, who hit three goals - all

superb efforts.Rangers fared better in the sec­

ond leg, but a Chiefs team in which Marks Maponyane and Ace Ntsoe- lengoe shone, outclassed them.

Rangers led 1-0 at halftime through a Julian Prien goal, but Chiefs hit back twice in the second half to win the match 2-1 and take the trophy on a 5-1 aggregate.

It was the 10th time they had reached the final of this competition in 16 years, and they won it for the seventh time.

The main contenders for the Man of the Series award were Marks Ma­ponyane and Patrick “Ace” Ntsoe- lengoe. It went to Maponyane.

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Marks Maponyane in pursuit of the ball

Referee Sylvester Ndaba looks on a s the two captains, M arks Maponyane and Greg Jacoby, shake hands and pose for pictures.

Rangers’ Julian Prien tackles to shield the ball from Chiefs’ Absolum Thindwa.

The surfacing of a ‘submarine’MARKS Maponyane was born in Meadowlands, Soweto, near Johannesburg, on February 16, 1962. He started playing soccer at the age of six. He first played formally at school and for a club called Meadowlands Submarine.

After four years with Submari­ne he moved to Meadowlands Sham­rock in 1972. He donned Sham­rock’s colours for nearly eight years.

At this time he was also playing for Kelokitso High School in Mea­dowlands.

Maponyane joined Kaizer Chiefs, then in the National Professi­onal Soccer League, at the begin­ning of 1980. He completed his ma- tric the same year.

The club was then coached by Eddie Lewis and captained by Jo­hannes “Ryder” Mofokeng. The team finished runners-up in the lea­gue championship, having won the BP Top Eight and Champions of Champions competitions.

Maponyane didn’t feature in those cup final teams. He has, howe­ver, featured in all, except one, subsequent Chiefs’ cup finals. He did not play in the 1984 Mainstay Cup final against Orlando Pirates, which Chiefs won, with coach Joe Frickleton in charge.

In all, he has played for Chiefs in 18 cup finals and won two league championship medals.

Maponyane, who is about to turn 26, spent 1987 as a representati­ve of a sports equipment manufac­turing company. Early in 1987 he took over the Chiefs captaincy from Nelson “Teenage” Tutu Dlad- la.

Chiefs’ players celebrate their victory.

StatisticsRESULTS FIRST ROUNDEllis Park Stadium, JohannesburgKaizer Chiefs 4 Wits Univeristy 0Mork$ Maponyane (2)

Rangers 0

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George Goch Stadium, Johannesburg Moroka Swallows 1 Rangers 1Aubf0y Smbeko WBlIington Manyafhi

In extra timeMoroka Swallows 0 Rangers 1

D0f0ck MillsScore after extra timeMoroka Swallows 1 Rangers 2Super Stadium, Atteridgeville, Pretoria Arcadia 3 Sundowns 2NO0I Cousins (2) Pitso MosimanoDylan Korr Lovomoro Chafvnya

King's Park Stadium, DurbanAmaZulu 1 Bush Bucks 1Julius Chirwa M iungisi NgubanoIn extra timeAmaZulu 1 Bush Bucks 1Julius Chirwa Mivngisi Ngubano

Score after extra timeAmaZulu 2 Bush Bucks 2The teams then took penalties and were level at 4>4 when the referee stopped the game because of crowd unrest and fading light. A replay was ordered.

F IR ST -RO U N D REPLAY

Um lazi Stadum , DurbanBush Bucks 4 A m a Z u lu 1Mlungisi N gubano (3) Arehio RadoboRoggio Jantjios

AmaZulu protested on the grounds that Jant- jtes was not properly registered with Bush Bucks ond that he was, in fact, a Hellenic player. The protest was dismissed. (Later the NSL ruled that Jontjies was indeed a Hellenic player.)

SEM I-F IN ALS

Ellis Park Stad ium , Johannesburg Kaizer Chiefs 2 A rcad ia 1Marks M aponyane Trevor PooleMiko Joubort (og)

King's Park Stadium, DurbanRangers 3 Bush Bucks 1Los Groblor Sam MnkomoDoroek MillsJulian Prion

King's Park Stadium, Durban Kaizer Chiefs 3 Marks Maponyano (3)

SECOND LEG

Ellis Park Stadium, JohannesburgKaizer Chiefs 2 Rangers 14 W u m Thindwa Trevor Mthimkbulu

Aggregate score Kaizer Chiefs 5 Rangers 1The 1987 cup final squads: k a iz e r CHIEFS: William Shongwe, Isaac Chir- w a, Sylvester Kole, Howard Freese, Ntsie Me- philce, Philemon Mohaneloa, Jack Chamang- wane, Nick Sikwane, Jacinto Simone, Bernard Fernando, Doctor Khumalo, Ronnie Molotsane, Marks Maponyane (captain), Patrick "A ce " Ntsoelengoe, Nelson "Teenage" DIadIa Tutu, Absolum Thindwa, Johannes "Ch ippa" Mola- tedi, Moran "Sam ora" Khulu, Abel Shongwe, Zebulon Nhiapo.Coach: Theodore Dumitru.Assistant coach: Gabriel ''T ikkie" Khoza. RANGERS: Gerhard Bolus, Greg Jacoby (cap­tain), Peter Budde, Andy Cencig, Les Grobler, Julian Prien, Shane McGregor, Dereck Mills, Kevin Mudie, Andrew Ramsden, Aaron Nkosi, Ian Palmer, Graham Lowe, Wellington Manya- thi, Peter Ratlapane, Alex Byrne, Dean Ran­dall, Gary Mathews, Bobby Forbes.Coach: Alex Forbes.Manager: Des Backos.

Highest goalscorer: Marks Maponyane (Kaizer Chiefs) — 6.Second highest goalscorer: Mlungisi Ngubane (Bush Bucks) — 5.Number of hat-tricks: 2 (Marks Maponyane and Mlungisi Ngubane).Number of players who scored goals: 20 (in­cluding one own goal).Number of players who scored more than one goal: 7 (Marks Maponyane, Mlungisi N gu ­bane, Absolum Thindwa, Noel Cousins, Julian Prien, Julius Chirwa, Dereck Mills).Highest score in a game: 5 (Bush Bucks 4, AmaZulu 1).PREVIOUS WINNERS IN THE NSL1985 — Kaizer Chiefs.1986 — Arcadia.BP TOP EIGHT 1985The qualifiers according to the final 1984 National Professional Soccer League log were: Kaizer Chiefs, Moroka Swallows, Durban City, Arcadia, Hellenic, Wits University, Witbank Black Aces, Bloemfontein Celtic.

The competition was actually administered by the NSL, but technically was held under the auspices of the National Professional Soccer League.

Wits University 1 Gavin Lambort

1987 STATISTICSOfficial attendance figure: 210 944 (including complimentary tickets).Total sponsorship: R200 000 (plus R1 000 for Man of the Series award).Total prize money: R130 000 (plus R1 000 for the Man of the Series award).Prize money allocation: Kaizer Chiefs(R45 000); Rangers (R25 000); Bush Bucks and Arcadia (R15 000 each); Moroka Swallows, Mamelodi Sundowns, Wits University and AmaZulu (R7 500 each).Travel, administration and public affairs allo­cation: R70 000.

Arcadia 1 Trovor Poolo

Man of the Series: Marks Maponyane (Kaizer Chiefs).Man of Series prize: R1 000.Total number of matches played: 9.

THE RESULTS AND GOALSCORERS FIRST ROUND Durban City 2Kevin Mudie Brnio Wallis

Kaizer Chiefs 2 Bloemfontein Celtic 0Patrick Ntscolongoo Trevor Mthimkhulu

Hellenic 1 Francis Tana Arcadia won 3^1 on ponaltios.

Witbank Black Aces 2 Moroka Swallows 1 Harris Choou Andrios MpondoMatthews Msibi

THE SEMI-FINALSKaizer Chiefs 2 Durban City 1Marks Maponyano (2) Stophon Gouw$

Witbank Black Aces 0 Arcadia 1Nool Cousins

THE FINAL FIRST LEG

THE FINALFIRST LEG

Total number of goals scored: 34 (including one own goal).Total number of penalties scored: 4 (Bush Bucks V AmaZulu, first round).

King's Park Stadium, Durban Kaizer Chiefs 2 Nelson DiadIa Trover Kloin (og)

Arcadia 1 Noel Cousins

SECOND LEG ..s,

Rangers. Standing — from left: Victor Sithole (official), Andrew Ramsden, Shane McGregor, Andy Cencig, Peter Budde, Graham Lowe, Julian Prien, Charlie Cleeve, Joe Mtshali (team assistant). Front row — from left: Dereck Mills, Wellington Manyathi, Gary Matthews, Aaron Nkosi, Les Grobler, Greg Jacoby, Kevin Mudie.

Ellis Park Stadium, JohannesburgKaizor Chiefs 0 Arcadia 0Aggregate scoreKaizer Chiefs 2 Arcadia 1The 1985 Cup final squads:KAIZER CHIEFS: Peta Bala'c, Isaac Chirwa, Johannes "Ryder'" Mofokeng, Nick Sikwane, Jimmy Joubert, Garth Allerdyce, Sylvester Kole, Nelson "Teenage" DIadIa Tutu, Trevor Mthimkhulu, Marks Maponyane, Jan "Ma> lambo" Lechaba, Moran "Som ora" Khulu, Jo> hannes "C h ippa " Molatedi, Patrick "A ce " Ntsoelengoe, Wellington Manyathi, Aaron Nkosi.Coach: Joe Frickleton.Assistant coach: Eliakim "P ro " Khumalo. ARCADIA: Deshi Baktawer, Gary Dodd, Dave Bukowski, John Salter, Terry Cooke, Trevor Klein, Ian Byrne, Trevor Poole, Noel Cousins, Mark Seligman, Robbie de Graaf, Steve Yates, George Matjilo, Charlie Smalley, Michael Arauja.Coach: Stan Lopot.Assistant coach: John Latham.1985 STATISTICSOfficial attendance figure: Unavailable.Total sponsorship: R 160 000.Total prize money: R94 000.Man of the Series: None.Total number of matches played: 8.Total number of goals scored: 17 (including one own goal).Total number of penalties scored: 4 (Arcadia v Hellenic).Highest goalscorers: Marks Maponyane (Kaizer Chiefs) and Noel Cousins (Arcadia) - 2 each. Second highest goalscorer: 13 players scored one goal each, inicuding one own goal. Number of haMricks: None.Number of players who scored more than one goal: Marks Maponyane and Noel Cousins — 2 each.Number of players who scored goals: 15, including one own goal.Highest number of goals scored in a Match - 3. BP TOP EIGHT 1986The qualifiers according to the 1985 NSL log were:Bush Bucks, Rangers, Bloemfontein Celtic, Jomo Cosmos, Arcadia, Wits University, Dur­ban City, Kaizer Chiefs.

THE RESULTS AND GOALSCORERS

Bloemfontein Celtic 0

Kaizer Chiefs 1 Jficicy Phuka

Jomo Cosmos 2 Pitte Motimanm William Zondi

Bush Bucks 3 MIvngisi N gvbana (2) David M agw axo

THE SEMI-FINALS Wits 1Howard Kosoff

Cosmos 0

Durban City 2 Jockh Potghtor

Noil Tovoy

Rangers 1 Les Groblor

Arcadia 4 Noe/ Cousins (2)

Dylan Korr Arthur Simolano (og)

Durban City 0

Arcadia 2 Nool Cousins Trovor Poole

THE FINAL FIRST LEGKing's Park Stadium, Durban Wits 1 Andy Goddes

Arcadia 3 Trevor Klein Paddy Hall

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Wits University 1Jacob PHane (og)

SECOND LEGEllis Park Stadium, Johannesburg

Wits 1 Arcadia 1Andy Goddes Noel CousinsAggregate scoreArcadia 4 Wits 2

The 1986 cup final squads:ARCADIA: Deshi Baktawer, Mark Seligman, Trevor Klein, Dave Bukowski, John Salter, Rob­bie de Graaf, Paddy Hall, Sammy Troughton, Trevor Poole, Noel Cousins, Dylon Kerr.Coach: Stan Lapot.Assistant coach: John Latham.

WITS UNIVERSITY: Nelson Castro, Brian Pom- roy, Dickie McMillan, Eddie Campodonico, Conrad Barnard, Rod Anley, Scott Simpson, Andy Geddes, Peter Frielick, Frank McGrellis, Howard Koseff.Coach: Joe Frickleton.Assistant coach: Brian Goldrick.

1986 STATISTICS

Official attendance figure: 120316.Total sponsorship: R 160 000.Total prize money: R99 000.Man of the Series: None.Total number of matches played: 8.Total number of goals scored: 23, including 2 own goals.

Total number of penalties: None.Highest goalscorer: Noel Cousins (Arcadia) — 4. Second highest goalscorers: Andy Geddes (Wits University), Mlungisi Ngubane (Bush Bucks) ond Trevor Poole (Arcadia) — 2 each. Number of hat-tricks: None.

Number of players who scored goals: 17, including 2 own goals.

Number of players who scored mere than one goal: 3 (Andy Geddes, Mlungisi Ngubane and Trevor Poole).

Highest number of goals in a match: 7 (Bush Bucks 3, Arcadia 4).

STATISTICS - BP TOP EIGHT 1985-1987 Total sponsorship: R505 000.Total prize money: R323 000.Total number of matches played: 25.Total number of goals scored: 74.Total number of penalties scored: 8.

Highest goalscorers: Noel Cousins (Arcadia) and Marks Maponyane (Kaizer Chiefs) — 8 each.

Second highest goalscorer: Mlungisi Ngubane (Bush Bucks) — 7 goals.Third highest goalscorer: Trevor Poole (Arcadia)- 4.

Total number of hot-tricks: 2 (Marks Mapon­yane and Mlungisi Ngubane).

Total number of players who scored goals: 42 (including 4 own goals).

Total number of players who scored more than one goal: 13 - Marks Maponyane, Noel Cous­ins, Mlungisi Ngubane, Trevor Poole, Julian Prien, Julius Chirwa, Dereck Mills, Pitso Mosi- mane, Absolum Thindwa, Les Grobler, Dylan Kerr, Andy Geddes, Trevor Mthimkhulu. (Tre­vor Klein scored one goal for Arcadia (1986) and an own goal (1985).

Highest score in a match: 7 (Bush Bucks 3, Arcadia 4, 1986).

Clubs who appeared in all three competitions: Kaizer Chiefs, Arcadia and Wits.Most successful club: Kaizer Chiefs • winners in 1985 and 1987.

Second most successful club: Arcadia — win­ners in 1986 and runners-up in 1985.O For previous BP Top Eight winners (1972- 1984) see National Professional Soccer League.

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JOHN PLAYER SPECIAL KNOCKOUT CUP

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THIS competition caught the imagination of the public immediately it was introduced in the NPSL in 1984, when it replaced the Datsun Challenge.

It has grown in popularity each year, and for some, was a serious rival to the Mainstay Cup as the NSL’s premier knockout competition.

The competition claims to have established a South African spectator record in the 1986 cup final be­tween Kaizer Chiefs and Moroka Swallows - 100 283 people are said to have packed Ellis Park for the match.

The JPS KO was sponsored by the United Tobacco Company for R325 000 in 1987 - R50 000 more than in 1986.

The competition provides a cash first prize of R70 000.

Man of the Match awards are made for every game, and a Man of the Series award has also been tra­ditional with this competition. The Man of the Match awards are usu­ally made by soccer journalists atten­ding the game.

Five media and other awards were once again made in 1987.

However, the media awards hopelessly lacked credibility because no criteria were officially an­nounced for judging and the names of the persons who made the choices were not revealed.

The trophy is competed for by all the 18 first division clubs on a knock­out basis.

The draw for the first round is seeded, the top team in the previous

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Bush BucksBack row, from left — Michael DIamini (coach), Sam Mnkomo, Ronnie Mashego, Victor Twala, Andrew Mokgatle, David Magwaza, Dave Watterson, Michael McManus, M lungisi Ngubane, Mark Tovey.Front row — M ose s Maboa, Barnett Gondwe, Ernie W allis (captain), Daniel Ramarutsi, Alfred Malete, Calvin Petersen.

Bush Bu cks’ Ernie Wallis, M lungisi Ngubane and Calvin Petersen show off the trophy

Calvin Petersen ponders his next move.

David Magw aza and Nick Seshweni in a challenge a s Isaac M agagabe (left) and Daniel Ramarutsi keep up with play.

ORLANDO P IRATESStanding — from left: Ace Tshabalala (team assistant), supporter, Frank Pereira (coach), Isaac Magagabe, Bruce de Villiers (masseur). Professor Chipeya, Manny Faria, Lingford Setlalekgosi, Graham Johnson, Hillary Jooste, Edison Sithole, Jacob Mahlangu, Johannes Khomane (assistant coach), and a supporter.Front row - from left: Huwett Klaasen, Sipho Sikhonde, Ernest Makhanya, Basil Steenkamp, Mandia Sithole, Nick Seshweni, M oses Siw isa, Tebogo Moloi.

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year’s Castle League playing the club at the bottom (actually one of the promoted teams) the runner-up playing the second from bottom, and so on.

Nine teams emerge from the first round, and a second round elimination game is held at this stage to bring the number of clubs to eight for the quarter-finals.

For the first time in recent mem­ory, three major matches were played on one day as part of a “triple-head­er” at Ellis Park.

The semi-finals and the final are played over two legs, with the aggre­gate score determining the winner.

The rules were changed for the 1987 competition so that teams would have to replay a drawn match.

Previously a penalty shootout would take place in all matches which envied with the teams level, except in the final.

Now it is only after extra time in a replayed match where a penalty shootout is allowed. According to the sponsors, the change “does more to ensure that the better team wins”.

The competition was played over nearly four months, starting on May 8 and finishing on August 23.

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O Rangers v G ian t Blackpool [H Bu sh Bucks v Leeds n W its Uiversity v W itbank Black Aces CD M am elod i Su n d o w n s v Jomo Cosm os G M oroka Sw a llow s v Fa irw ays Stars G Arcad ia v O rlando Pirates G A m a Z u lu v African W anderers G Hellenic v Celtic G Kaizer Chiefs v D urban City

The competition produced its fair share of surprises - the biggest two were the elimination of defending champions Kaizer Chiefs by Hellenic in the quarter-finals and the fact that a young Orlando Pirates team, struggling to find its feet, reached the final.

It took three games to decide the winner in the final.

Chiefs were beaten by Hellenic on their home ground at Ellis Park - a solitary goal by Reggie Jantjies sep­arating the teams.

Hellenic, who had earlier beaten Bloemfontein Celtic, should have been in the final and had only them­selves to blame for not reaching it.

In both their semi-final matches against Bush Bucks they dominated play but failed to convert good moves into goals.

The teams drew 0-0 in the first leg in Cape Town and a goal late in the first half of the second leg in Durban by Bush Bucks’ David Mag- waza decided the outcome.

Bush Bucks beat Leeds and Mor­oka Swallows to earn a place in the semi-finals.

Orlando Pirates beat Arcadia 2-1 in the first round, and after being held to a goalless draw by Blackpool in the second, they went into the semi­finals with a 2-0 win.

Their first-leg match in the semi­finals against Wits at Milpark ended goalless, but a Basil Steenkamp goal in the first half of the replay at Orlando Stadium earned them their first cup final appearance since the 1984 Mainstay Cup.

Despite their poor performance against Hellenic, Bush Bucks entered the final very much the favourites.

But in the first leg in Durban they were rudely shocked by a team which played with great determina­tion to win 3-1 in a one-sided match.

Man of the Match Basil Steen­kamp scored twice for Pirates and young Tebogo Moloi, playing his first season for the club, got the third.

Bush Bucks had opened the score in the first half. Mlungisi “Professor” Ngubane gloriously curled a free kick into the net to beat goalkeeper Edison Sithole.

Against expectations. Bush Bucks turned the tables in the second leg to win 2-0 and take the match to a replay.

But a section of Pirates’ fans did their club’s reputation no good in the

this game when they threw objects onto the field late in the second half, causing a 30-minute stoppage.

Referee David Nungu called the teams off the field and had apparently decided to abandon the game when he was persuaded to re-start it.

Ngubane, who scored one of the two goals - the other came from Bar­nett Gondwe - refused to continue playing, fearing for his safety.

In the replay, two headed goals by an unmarked Calvin Petersen early •n the game proved sufficient to win Bush Bucks the cup they lost to Kaizer Chiefs in 1984.

A revived Pirates team got back into the game through a Tebogo Moloi goal in the second half, but it was too late.

fh e cup final squad s Bu s h b u c k s — Dave W atterson, Alfred Malete, Victor Tw ala, A n d re w M okgatle, Ernie W allis (captain), M a rk Tovey, M ike M c M a n u s , D a v id M a g w a z a , S a m M nkom o, D an Ram arutsi, Calvin Petersen, M lung isi N gubane , Barnett G ondw e, Bonnie M ashego .

O R L A N D O P IRATES - Edison Sithole, G ra ­ham Johnson, H illary Jooste, Lingford Setla- lekgosi, S ipho Sikhonde, Nick Se shw en i (captain), Tebogo Moloi, Ernest M a kh a n ya , M oses Siw isa, Basil Steenkam p, M a n d ia Sithole, Isaac M a g a g a b e a n d Jacob M a h - langu.

Referee — D avid N u n gu .Linesmen — Ernest Brow n a n d Robbie W il­liams.

Man of the Series Mark Tovey (right) with Kaizer Ch iefs’ Wellington Manyathi.

Pirates’ Lingford Letlalekgosi fails to stop a shot from Victor Twala

Collection Number: AG3403 Collection Name: Non-racial Sports History Project, Transvaal

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