Stellenbosch FC: Into rugby’s heartland
Stellenbosch FC aim to shake things up in the local football landscape
Hanging over the local football landscape is an unmistakable cloud of déjà vu. The same high-profile clubs play the same derbies at the same time of the year. The winners of the league come from a precious handful of clubs (no Leicester or Lincoln City miracles here), and Bafana Bafana regularly fail to qualify for showpiece events like the Africa Cup of Nations. While names and scorelines might differ, the view from the grandstand seat looks frighteningly like it did five and 10 years ago. From Stellenbosch, of all places, a different story. Last August, a Gauteng-based consortium bought the remaining minority shares in the Bellville-based Vasco da Gama, a club — it is fair to say — with a record of feisty underachievement. Their home ground of Parow Park was known as a fortress, but come the end of the season and Vasco’s challenge traditionally melted away. It was no different in the National First Division (NFD) last season, with Vasco hanging on to their status by a priceless po...
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