Ranking January 1979 pts win drw lst gf ga g+- 1. Durban City 45 20 5 1 69: 12 +57 26* 2. Suburbs United 34 15 5 5 48: 27 +21 25 3. Dynamos 33 13 7 5 42: 24 +18 25 4. Cape Town Spurs 33 15 3 7 46: 29 +17 25 5. East London United 29 9 11 6 33: 27 +6 26* 6. Bluebells United 24 8 8 8 31: 35 -4 24 7. Maritzburg United 23 10 3 13 34: 46 -12 23 8. Berea 21 7 7 10 26: 37 -11 24 9. Glenville 21 9 3 14 34: 49 -15 26 10. Swaraj 21 6 9 11 31: 45 -14 26 11. Manning Rangers 20 7 6 13 34: 45 -11 26 12. Port Elizabeth United 19 5 9 11 26: 38 -12 25 13. African Wanderers 17 6 5 15 24: 41 -17 26 14. Berea Albion 15 4 7 15 20: 44 -24 26*
_ Coca Cola KO Shield : Durban City. 18 teams started. Hellenic, Cape Town City and Roodeport Guild did not finnish the tournament. Pretoria Sundowns defected during the early stages. Teams from 1977 NFL : Durban City, Durban United, East London United, Berea Park, Marizburg, Hellenic, Cape Town City and Roodeport Guild. Suburbs United was a merger between Verulam Suburbs and NFL team - Durban United. Maritzburg was acquired by Durban based Berea! African Wanderers was a break team of 1978 NPSL African Wanderers! Durban City, Hellenic, Dynamos and Cape Town City joined 1979 NPSL . Berea Albion replaced Roodepoort Rangers late in the season but had they started from the begining they would certainly not have been wooden spoonists. The biggest dissapointment of the season was Swaraj who won the FPL league last season. This club changed hands and names, so often that the ordinary soccer follower became confused. At various stages it was known as Swaraj, Johanesburg Rangers, Johanesburg City, BP Swaraj and then Swaraj again and towards the end, Johanesburg City. Goalscorer: Ian Gillies (Maritzburg United) 18 goals. Teams to 1979 FPL : Cape Town Spurs, Bluebells United, Maritzburg United, Berea, Glenville, Suburbs United (Avalon) and Maning Rangers.
Ranking ?? pts win drw lst gf ga g+- m 1. Durban City 20 8 4 1 36: 9 +27 13 2. Hellenic 19 7 5 0 19: 7 +12 12 3. Suburbs United 17 7 3 1 23: 9 +14 11 4. East London United 16 6 4 2 17: 9 +8 12 5. Dynamos 15 5 5 1 19: 13 +6 11 6. Cape Town Spurs 12 5 2 3 16: 11 +5 10 7. Bluebells United 11 4 3 4 15: 20 -5 11 8. Manning Rangers 11 3 5 5 14: 14 0 13 9. Maritzburg City 9 4 1 7 16: 18 -2 12 10.Swaraj 8 3 3 5 14: 21 -7 11 11.Berea 8 2 4 6 9: 17 -8 12 12.African Wanderers 7 3 1 6 11: 19 -8 10 13.Port Elizabeth United 7 1 5 4 8: 16 -8 11 14.Glenville 5 2 1 7 11: 20 -9 10 15.Roodeport Rangers 2 0 2 8 6: 25 -19 10
date team 1 _________ score team 2 _________ HT Fri 21.04.78 Roodeport Rangers East London United --- --.05.78 Manning Rangers 3-1 Durban City Curries Fountain 13,000. RR2 Durban City bt Manning Rangers New Kingsmead Swaraj 0-5 Durban City Lenasia PG Blurbells 1-6 Durban City Lenasia Dynamos 2-7 Durban City Lenasia RR1 Berea Albion 0-2 Durban City Berea Park RR2 Durban City 6-0 Berea Albion New Kingsmead Durban City 5-0 Glenville New Kingsmead Suburbs United bt Dynamos New Kingsmead last matches - after ranking Cape Town Spurs --- Berea Albion Berea --- Cape Town Spurs Sun 24.10.78 Durban City 5-0 Berea New Kingsmead att: 5,582
Ranking 26.09.78 pts win drw lst gf ga g+- m 1. Durban City 40 18 4 1 62: 12 +50 23 2. Cape Town Spurs 27 12 3 5 40: 25 +15 25 3. Dynamos United 24 10 4 4 31: 18 +13 18 4. Suburbs United 23 9 5 4 29: 18 +11 18 5. East London United 22 8 7 5 26: 20 +6 20 6. Berea 19 7 5 8 22: 28 -6 20 7. Bluebells 18 5 8 7 22: 33 -11 20 8. Glenville 17 9 3 14 27: 32 -5 19 9. Maritzburg 16 7 2 10 26: 33 -7 19 10. Manning Rangers 20 5 6 11 28: 37 -9 22 11. Swaraj 16 5 6 9 25: 41 -16 20 12. Port Elizabeth 14 3 8 7 17: 24 -7 18 13. African Wanderers 14 5 4 11 20: 32 -12 20 14. Berea Albion 9 5 5 12 15: 37 -22 26
Round - Saturday, 30th September
date team 1 _________ score team 2 _________ HT --- --.0-.78 Glenville 1-2 Suburbs United --- --.0-.78 East London 1-1 Port Elizabeth United --- --.0-.78 Johannesburg CH 1-1 Berea Durban --- --.0-.78 PG Blue Bells 0-1 Manning Rangers --- --.0-.78 African Wanderers 3-1 Glenville Sun 01.10.78 Durban City 0-0 Dynamos United New Kingsmead --- --.0-.78 Maritzburg City 1-1 Berea Albion --- --.0-.78 Port Elizabeth United 2-3 Suburbs United
date team 1 _________ score team 2 _________ HT Wed 11.10.78 Durban City bt Port Elizabeth United New Kingsmead --- --.10.78 Durban City bt Glenville New Kingsmead
date team 1 _________ score team 2 _________ HT Final - R12 000 winners check. Sun 03.12.78 Durban City 3-1aet Suburbs United 1-1 0-1ET: Quarter-finals (/14)>. Fri 06.10.78 East London United --- Durban City
Manning Rangers: Doug Coetzee, Deena Naidu, Pravesh Mothee Ram, Mickey Pillay, Michael Samuels, Michael Moodley, Clive Daniels, Abdul Haq, Sugar Singh, Dave Durant, Victor Govindasamy, Brian Breen, Bouls Bongikosi, "Ace" Mnikathi.
Glenville: George Everts-c. Manager-coach: Ian Towers.
Dynamos United: Seraj Abbas-c. Coach: Tony Macedo.
Benson and Hedges Cup Final
date team 1 ________ score team 2 ________ HT Sun 16.07.79 Dynamos --- Cape Town Spurs
date team 1 ________ score team 2 ________ HT --- --.--.79 Dynamos 3-1 Berea --- --.--.79 Berea 0-2 Dynamos --- --.--.79 PG Blue Bells 2-0 Cape Town Spurs --- --.--.79 Cape Town Spurs 2-04-2p PG Blue Bells
date team 1 ________ score team 2 ________ HT --- --.--.79 Dynamos 2-0 Manning Rangers --- --.--.79 Cape Town Spurs 6-2 Manchester United
date team 1 _________ score team 2 _________ HT Sun 12.03.78 Suburbs United Cape Town City Sat 18.03.78 Dynamos United Manning Rangers Sun 19.03.78 Durban City Maritzburg City Sun 19.03.78 African Wanderers Port Elizabeth United Wed 22.03.78 Suburbs United African Wanderers Sat 25.03.78 Cape Town City Maritzburg City Sun 26.03.78 Berea Swaraj Sun 26.03.78 Port Elizabeth United Manning Rangers Wed 29.03.78 Suburbs United Durban City Sun 02.04.78 Manning Rangers Glenville Sun 02.04.78 African Wanderers Cape Town City Sun 02.04.78 Sundowns Berea Wed 05.04.78 Berea Park Suburbs United Fri 07.04.78 East London United African Wanderers Sun 09.04.78 Durban City Bluebells United Sun 09.04.78 Dynamos United Maritzburg City Wed 12.04.78 Manning Rangers Maritzburg City Wed 12.04.78 Cape Town City Berea Sat 15.04.78 Dynamos United African Wanderers Sat 15.04.78 Bluebells United Suburbs United Sun 16.04.78 Durban City Cape Town Spurs Wed 19.04.78 Berea Port Elizabeth United Fri 21.04.78 Roodeport Guild East London United Sun 23.04.78 Durban City Sundowns Sun 23.04.78 Maritzburg City Glenville Sun 23.04.78 African Wanderers Manning Rangers Fri 28.04.78 Durban City African Wanderers Sat 29.04.78 Dynamos United Berea Park Sat 29.04.78 Sundowns Maritzburg City Sun 30.04.78 Suburbs United Glenville Wed 03.05.78 Manning Rangers East London United Fri 05.05.78 Glenville African Wanderers Sun 07.05.78 Maritzburg City Bluebells United Sun 07.05.78 Berea Hellenic Mon 08.05.78 Cape Town Spurs Suburbs United Wed 10.05.78 Berea Bluebells United Sat 13.05.78 Sundowns Manning Rangers Sun 14.05.78 Suburbs United Port Elizabeth United Sun 14.05.78 Swaraj Durban City Sun 14.05.78 African Wanderers Hellenic Mon 15.05.78 Cape Town Spurs Maritzburg City Wed 17.05.78 Manning Rangers Suburbs United Sun 21.05.78 Durban City Berea Sun 21.05.78 Maritzburg City African Wanderers Sat 27.05.78 Bluebells United Manning Rangers Sun 28.05.78 Maritzburg City Hellenic Sun 28.05.78 Berea Glenville Mon 29.05.78 Cape Town Spurs African Wanderers Wed 31.05.78 Suburbs United Swaraj Fri 02.06.78 Hellenic Suburbs United Sat 03.06.78 Swaraj Manning Rangers Sat 03.06.78 Roodeport Guild Durban City Sun 04.06.78 Berea Maritzburg City Fri 09.06.78 East London United Berea Sat 10.06.78 Dynamos United Durban City Sun 11.06.78 Maritzburg City Suburbs United Sun 11.06.78 Manning Rangers Cape Town Spurs Sun 11.06.78 African Wanderers Roodeport Guild Wed 14.06.78 Manning Rangers Roodeport Guild Sun 18.06.78 Durban City Cape Town City Sun 18.06.78 Maritzburg City Port Elizabeth United Sun 18.06.78 African Wanderers Bluebells United Wed 21.06.78 Suburbs United Dynamos United Fri 23.06.78 Sundowns African Wanderers Fri 23.06.78 Cape Town City Manning Rangers Sat 24.06.78 Swaraj Maritzburg City Sat 24.06.78 Roodeport Guild Berea Sun 25.06.78 Suburbs United East London United Sun 25.06.78 Port Elizabeth United Durban City Fri 30.06.78 Hellenic Durban City Sat 01.07.78 Roodeport Guild Maritzburg City Sun 02.07.78 Manning Rangers Berea Sun 02.07.78 African Wanderers Swaraj Wed 05.07.78 Berea African Wanderers Wed 05.07.78 Roodeport Guild Suburbs United Fri 07.07.78 Hellenic Manning Rangers Sun 09.07.78 Durban City East London United Wed 12.07.78 Manning Rangers Durban City Sun 16.07.78 Suburbs United Sundowns Sun 16.07.78 Maritzburg City East London United Mon 17.07.78 Cape Town Spurs Berea Wed 19.07.78 Manning Rangers Dynamos United Mon 24.07.78 Glenville Durban City
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