THERE are plenty of sideshows to Ajax Cape Town’s hosting of Moroka Swallows in a crucial Premiership match at Athlone Stadium on Wednesday night.Chief of these is the Birds’ desperation for the three points that could ensure no automatic relegation and move them out of the drop zone.Victory for Swallows could take the Soweto club out of reach of AmaZulu below them if Usuthu do not match their result at University of Pretoria, and also above Chippa United if the Port Elizabeth side continue their poor form at Mpumalanga Black Aces.That would leave Swallows’ destiny in their own hands going into the final round of matches on Saturday, a considerable carrot to be dangled in front of the players.The match will also see a return to Ajax for Craig Rosslee, who was head coach of the Urban Warriors between 2007 and 2009, and led them to the Telkom Knockout in 2008.He started the season in charge of AmaZulu and so knows all about the pressures at the bottom of the league. He hopes Swallows’...
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