South Africa National Football League 1972

South Africa National Football League 1972 - Winner Durban City

Final Ranking		pts	win	drw	lst	gf	ga	g+-	m
1.	Durban City	37	15	7	6	48:	37	+11	28
2.	Hellenic	35	14	7	7	54:	34	+20	28
3.	Berea Park	34	13	8	7	35:	22	+13	28
4.	Highlands Power	34	12	10	6	39:	29	+10	28
5.	Rangers	33	13	7	8	40:	30	+10	28
6.	Cape Town City	31	12	7	9	43:	29	+14	28
7.	Arcadia Shepherds	31	10	11	7	44:	37	+7	28
8.	Jewish Guild	30	10	10	8	40:	34	+6	28
9.	Durban United	30	9	12	7	35:	32	+3	28
10.	Maritzburg	27	10	7	11	36:	36	0	28
11.	Durban Celtic	25	8	9	11	30:	40	-10	28
12.	Germiston Callies	23	8	7	13	37:	27	+10	28
13.	East London United	18	5	8	15	25:	57	-32	28
14.	Port Elizabeth City	17	3	11	14	30:	63	-33	28
15.	Southern Suburbs	15	3	9	16	23:	44	-21	28

_ 1972 Castle Cup: Durban United 2-2, 5-2 Durban City

U.T.C. Life Bowl: Hellenic 2-1 Highland Power

Coca Cola Shield: Durban City bt Berea Park

Champion of Champions: Cape Town City

BP (North vs. South) match: Berea Park 3-2 Durban City

Southern Suburbs was relegated and replaced by Division II Winners 1972 NFL II: Lusitano.

Natal (4): Durban City (1.), Durban United (9.), Maritzburg (10.) and Durban Celtic (11.).

Western Cape (2): Hellenic (2.) and Cape Town City (6.)

Transvaal (7.): Berea Park (3.), Highlands Power (4.), Rangers (5.), Arcadia Shepherds (7.), Jewish Guild (8.), Germiston Callies (12.) and Southern Suburbs (15.).

Eastern Cape (2): East London United (13.) and Port Elizabeth City (14.).

_ Points After Rounds. 7 points between Champion and 9th.

Team

DuCi

Hell

Bere

High

Rang

Cape

Arca

Jewi

DuUn

Mari

Celt

Germ

East

Port

SoSu

Durban City

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1:1

1:0

2:1

4:0

Hellenic

---

2:0

4:0

1:1

2:2

2:0

4:0

Berea Park

---

0:2

2:1

1:0

Highlands Power

1:1

---

1:0

1:1

2:1

0:0

2:0

5:3

0:0

Rangers

0:0

---

0:0

1:1

Cape Town City

4:0

0:1

2:1

3:1

---

3:1

0:1

Arcadia Shepherds

0:1

---

Jewish Guild

1:1

0:5

---

6:1

Durban United

2:2

1:3

---

0:2

Maritzburg

6:0

1:1

1:3

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Durban Celtic

1:1

---

3:0

Germiston Callies

1:1

3:1

---

2:0

8:0

East London United

2:1

5:1

---

Port Elizabeth City

0:3

---

4:0

Southern Suburbs

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34 scores from 210.

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
	Durban City	2-1	Cape Town City
	Berea Park	1-0	Germiston Callies
	Berea Park	2-1	Arcadia Shepherds
	Cape Town City	4-0	Durban City
	Cape Town City	lt	Berea Park
	Durban United	1-3	Cape Town City
	Germistin Callies	8-0	Port Elizabeth City
	Jewish Guild	0-5	Hellenic
	Jewish Guild	6-1	Port Elizabeth City
	Durban United	0-2	Maritzburg	0-1
0-1 Francis Exall 1T 0-2 Francis Exall 75' New Kingsmead First home defeat for Durban United.
	Germiston Callies	1-1	Berea Park
1-1 Reeves 24' corner. Driehoek. Referee: Gultig.
--- --.0-.76	Highlands Power	1-0	Rangers

Round 1? - Saturday, 11th March 1972

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Fri 10.03.72	Hellenic	4-0	Port Elizabeth City
Sun 12.03.72	Durban City	1-0	Berea Park

Round 2? - Saturday, 18th March 1972

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Fri 17.03.72	Cape Town City	3-1	Rangers	0-0
0-1 Roger Wasahlo 2T

Round 3? - Saturday, 25th March 1972

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Fri 24.03.72	Hellenic		Durban United
Sat 25.03.72	Rangers	1-1	Jewish Guild	0-0
Soekoe --- West Rand Stadium.

Round 4? - Saturday, 1st April 1972

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Sat 01.04.72	Rangers	2-3	Durban City	2-0
1-0 Wasahlo 1T 2-0 Viljoen 1T 2-1 Cooke 2T 2-2 Milne 2T 2-3 Haynes 2T Referee: B. Gultig.
Rangers: A. Morrison; Hutchinson, Davies; Frewin, Soekoe, Hill; Robertson, K. Williams, Snoyman, Viljoen, Wasahlo.		Durban City: Green; Birmingham, Munro; Forsyth, De Leur, Cooke,; Wharton, Milne, R. Mann, Haynes, Gomes.

Round 5? - Saturday, 8th April 1972

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Fri 07.04.72	Cape Town City	0-1	Durban Celtic
Harleyvale night.

Round 6? - Saturday, 15th April 1972

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Tue 11.04.72	Cape Town City		Maritzburg
Fri 14.04.72	Hellenic	4-0	Rangers

Round 7? - Saturday, 22th April 1972

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Fri 21.04.72	Hellenic	2-0	Jewish Guild

Round 8? - Saturday, 29th April 1972

date

team 1 _________

score

team 2 _________

Round 9? - Saturday, 06th May 1972

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Fri 05.05.72	Hellenic		Durban City

Round 10? - Saturday, 13th May 1972

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Fri 12.05.72	Cape Town City	0-1	Hellenic
Fri 12.05.72	Port Elizabeth City	0-3	Durban Celtic
Ford Ham, Du Plesssis 2 Referee: Geof Price.
Sat 13.05.72	Durban Celtic	3-0	Port Elizabeth City

Round 11? - Saturday, 20th May 1972

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Fri 19.05.72	Hellenic	1-0	Maritzburg

Round 12? - Saturday, 27th May 1972

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Sun 28.05.72	Durban City	3-1	Highlands Power
Ronnie Mann, Tony Coleman 2 (1p) --- Des Backos New Kingsmead 15:00.

Round ??

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Wed 07.06.72	Durban Celtic	1-1	Highlands Power
Sat 24.06.72	Rangers	0-0	Cape Town City	0-0
Rand Stadium.
Sat 24.06.72	Berea Park	0-2	Highlands Power
RR2	Arcadia Shepherds	0-1	Berea Park

	Ranking 01.07	pts	win	drw	lst	gf	ga	g+-	m
1.	Berea Park	23	10	3	4	22:	11	+11	17
2.	Hellenic	21	9	3	4	30:	17	+13	16
3.	Arcadia Shepherds	21	9	3	4	28:	18	+10	16
4.	Maritzburg	21	9	3	5	21:	14	+7	17
5.	Highlands Power	20	8	4	3	32:	14	+18	15
6.	Durban City	20	9	2	6	24:	23	+1	17
7.	Rangers	18	7	4	4	21:	17	+4	15
8.	Durban United	18	6	6	4	22:	19	+3	16
9.	Jewish Guild	17	5	7	6	23:	26	-3	18
10.	Cape Town City	14	5	4	7	24:	19	+5	16
11.	Germiston Callies	13	5	3	8	25:	25	0	16
12.	Durban Celtic	12	4	4	8	17:	23	-6	16
13.	Southern Suburbs	9	3	3	10	15:	22	-7	16
14.	Port Elizabeth City	9	2	5	9	15:	36	-21	16
15.	East London United	8	2	4	11	11:	36	-25	17

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Sun 02.07.72	Durban City	1-1	Hellenic
Fri 07.07.72?	Maritzburg	1-1	Berea Park
Sat 08.07.72?	Cape Town City	3-1	Durban United
Sun 09.07.72?	Highlands Power	2-1	Jewish Guild
Sun 09.07.72?	East London United	2-1	Berea Park
Sun 09.07.72	Durban United	2-2	Rangers

Ranking 09.07?		pts	win	drw	lst	gf	ga	g+-	m
1.	Berea Park	24	10	4	5	24:	14	+10	19
2.	Hellenic	22	9	4	4	31:	18	+13	17
3.	Highlands Park	22	9	4	3	24:	15	+9	16
4.	Maritzburg	22	9	4	5	22:	15	+7	18
5.	Arcadia Shepherds	21	9	3	4	28:	18	+10	16
6.	Durban City	21	9	3	6	25:	24	+1	18
7.	Rangers	18	7	4	4	22:	17	+5	15
8.	Durban United	18	6	6	5	23:	22	+1	17
9.	Jewish Guild	17	5	7	7	24:	28	-4	19
10.	Germiston Callies	13	5	3	8	25:	24	+1	16
11.	Cape Town City	12	4	4	7	27:	20	+7	15
12.	Durban Celtic	12	4	4	8	17:	23	-6	16
13.	Port Elizabeth City	12	2	8	9	15:	36	-21	19
14.	East London United	10	3	4	11	13:	28	-15	18
15.	Southern Suburbs	9	2	5	9	13:	26	-13	16

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Tue 11.07.72	Durban City		Port Elizabeth City
Sun 16.07.72	Maritzburg	1-3	Highlands Power
Fri 21.07.72	Hellenic	4-0	Durban Celtic
Green PArk Stadium.
--- --.07.72	Cape Town City	0-0	Berea Park
Sat --.07.72	Berea Park	1-0	Germiston Callies	0-0
1-0 Roger Hugo 60' Referee: Bil Gultig.
Sat 22.07.72	Highlands Power	1-1	Durban City
Fri 28.07.72	Cape Town City	2-1	Highlands Power
Sat 29.07.72	Jewish Guild	1-1	Durban City
Sat 29.07.72	Germiston Callies	2-0	East London United
Sun 30.07.72	Durban City	4-0	Maritzburg

Ranking 01.08		pts	win	drw	lst	gf	ga	g+-	m
1.	Hellenic	27	11	5	5	38:	23	+15	21
2.	Durban City	27	11	5	6	33:	26	+7	22
3.	Highlands Power	26	10	6	4	30:	20	+10	20
4.	Berea Park	26	10	6	6	27:	18	+9	22
5.	Arcadia Shepherds	24	9	6	5	32:	25	+7	20
6.	Maritzburg	23	9	5	7	24:	22	+2	21
7.	Durban United	22	7	8	5	28:	25	+3	20
8.	Jewish Guild	22	7	8	7	31:	31	0	22
9.	Rangers	21	8	5	6	25:	22	+3	19
10.	Cape Town City	20	7	6	7	31:	23	+8	20
11.	Germiston Callies	16	5	6	8	27:	26	+1	19
12.	Durban Celtic	16	5	6	10	20:	30	-10	21
13.	Port Elizabeth City	12	2	8	9	18:	39	-21	19
14.	East London United	12	3	6	11	14:	39	-25	20
15.	Southern Suburbs	10	3	4	11	16:	26	-10	18

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Fri 04.08.72	Highlands Power	1-1	Arcadia Shepherds
Sat 12.08.72	Durban City		Durban Celtic
Fri 11.08.72	Germiston Callies	3-1	Highlands Power
Thu 17.08.72	Highlands Power	0-0	Southern Suburbs	0-0
Fri 18.08.72	Hellenic	2-2	Arcadia Shepherds
Sat 26.08.72	Rangers	0-0	Highlands Power

Ranking 01.09		pts	win	drw	lst	gf	ga	g+-	m
1.	Durban City	32	13	6	6	41:	31	+10	25
2.	Hellenic	31	12	7	6	46:	27	+19	26
3.	Highlands Power	31	11	9	5	34:	24	+10	25
4.	Cape Town City	28	11	6	9	41:	28	+13	26
5.	Arcadia Shepherds	28	9	10	6	39:	32	+7	24
6.	Berea Park	28	11	6	6	28:	18	+10	23
7.	Rangers	27	10	7	7	32:	27	+5	24
8.	Jewish Guild	22	7	8	7	31:	31	0	22
9.	Maritzburg	25	9	7	9	29:	29	0	25
10.	Germiston Callies	23	8	7	9	34:	30	+4	24
11.	Durban United	23	7	9	6	31:	29	+2	22
12.	Durban Celtic	23	7	7	10	25:	33	-8	24
13.	East London United	15	4	7	15	18:	54	-36	26
14.	Port Elizabeth City	14	2	10	11	22:	46	-24	23
15.	Southern Suburbs	14	3	8	13	19:	31	-12	24

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Fri 01.09.72	Highlands Power	2-0	East London United	1-0
1-0 Dorfel 1T 2-0 Dorfel 2T
Sat 02.09.72	Hellenic		Berea Park
Mon 11.09.72	Cape Town City	2-1?	Rangers
Tue 12.09.72	Highlands Power	0-0	Durban United
--- --.09.72	Durban City	3-1	Rangers	0-0
1-0 Coleman 69'pen. Ronnie Mann 79' 3-0 Geyer 2T 3-1 Wosahlo 2T New Kingsmead nigth 9.800. Referee: Milne.
Durban City: Green, Enders, Patzke, Forsyth, Munro, Beyer, Haynes, Mline, Skirton, Mann, Coleman. Subs: Miller and Wharton.					Rangers: Jones, Fre-vin, Davis, Soekoe, Koekoemoer, Hill, Robertson, Stewaart, Woshlo Viljoen, Snoyman.
Fri --.09.72	East London United	5-1	Maritzburg
Sun --.09.72	Maritzburg	6-0	Hellenic	4-0
New Kingsmead

Ranking		pts	win	drw	lst	gf	ga	g+-	m
1.	Durban City	35	14	7	6	43:	33	+10	27
2.	Berea Park	32	12	8	6	32:	21	+11	26
3.	Highlands Power	32	11	10	5	34:	24	+10	26
4.	Hellenic	31	12	7	7	46:	33	+13	26
5.	Cape Town City	30	12	6	9	43:	29	+14	27
6.	Rangers	29	11	7	8	33:	30	+3	26
7.	Arcadia Shepherds	28	9	10	6	40:	34	+6	25
8.	Jewish Guild	28	9	10	8	39:	34	+5	27
9.	Maritzburg	27	10	7	10	36:	34	+2	27
10.	Durban United	26	7	12	6	33:	30	+3	25
11.	Germiston Callies	23	8	7	11	35:	33	+2	26
12.	Durban Celtic	23	7	9	10	27:	35	-8	26
13.	East London United	18	5	8	15	25:	57	-31	28
14.	Southern Suburbs	15	3	9	13	20:	32	-12	26
15.	Port Elizabeth City	15	2	11	12	24:	53	-29	25

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Fri 15.09.72	Hellenic	2-0	Highlands Power
Sun 17.09.22	Durban Cuty	bt	Germiston Callies
Fri 22.09.72	Highlands Power	5-3	Port Elizabeth City
29..72	Port Elizabeth City	4-0	Southern Suburbs	0-0
1-0 Hugh Maxwell 56' 2-0 David McLeland 58' 3-0 Hugh Maxwell 66' 3-0 Hugh Maxwell 73' Crusader ground.
29..72	Southern Suburbs	1-6	Hellenic
Rand stadium.

Points After Rounds

Ranking	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	7.	8.	9.	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
1.	Durban City																	20	21			25	27			32	33	35	37
2.	Hellenic																21	22				27				31	31	33	35
3.	Berea Park																	23					26	28			32		34
4.	Highlands Power															20	21	23	25	26	26	27	27	28	29	31	32	32	34
5.	Rangers															18				21					27	29	29	31	33
6.	Cape Town City																14				20				24	26	28	30	31
7.	Arcadia Shepherds																21				24				28	28			31
8.	Jewish Guild																		17				22				26	28	30
9.	Durban United																18				22		23			26			30
10.	Maritzburg																	21			23	23				25		27	27
11.	Durban Celtic																12					16			21				25
12.	Germiston Callies																13			16					23		23		23
13.	East London United																	8			12						15		18
14.	Port Elizabeth City																9			12					14	15	15	15	17
15.	Southern Suburbs																9			10						14	15	15	15

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