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Monday, March 31, 2014

Absa premiership press kit Platinum Stars v Moroka Swallows 1 April 2014

ABSA PREMIERSHIP

2013/14 Season

MATCH PRESS KIT

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Platinum Stars v Moroka Swallows

Royal Bafokeng Stadium

Tuesday 01 April 2014

18h30 kick-off

Match background

- Platinum Stars will chase a second successive win in the Absa Premiership when they host Moroka Swallows at Royal Bafokeng Stadium on Tuesday, 01 April 2014, kick-off at 18h30.

- Stars claimed just a second win from their last seven league matches when they beat Maritzburg United 2-1 at home on Saturday.

- The Rustenburg side has claimed 21 points from 11 home matches so far this season.

- Their next three league opponents are Bloemfontein Celtic, Bidvest Wits (both away) and AmaZulu (home).

- Dikwena are placed fifth on the Absa Premiership log with 35 points from 23 matches.

- Swallows have won just one of their last 10 league matches and suffered a 1-0 away defeat to Orlando Pirates on Saturday.

- The Soweto side has claimed nine points from their 11 away matches so far this season.

- Their next three league opponents are Ajax Cape Town (home), University of Pretoria and Bidvest Wits (both away).

- The Birds are placed 12^th on the Absa Premiership log with 27 points from 23 matches.

- In head-to-head stats, Stars and Swallows have met in 21 league matches since 2003/04.

- The Birds have 13 wins compared to five for Dikwena, while just three matches have been drawn.

- Stars have won five of their 10 home matches against Swallows, suffering four defeats in the process.

- When the teams met earlier this season, the Birds claimed a 2-0 home win thanks to goals from Nomvethe and Chabangu.

- Stars’ line-up from their 2-1 win over Maritzburg: Mpontshane, Mpeta, Sithole, Nyanda (Ngwepe 90’), Mathe, Gumede, Semenya, Sarr, Ng'ambi, Hadebe (Makudubela 70’), S Mthembu.

- Swallows’ line-up from their 1-0 loss to Pirates: Etafia, Mapemba, Isaacs, Cohen, Mokgothu, Mbekile, Tsutsulupa, Mabalane (Wana 70’), Chabangu, Nomvethe (Bereng 83’), Obada.

Previous meetings

Last ten league meetings

Season Result Scorers

2008/09 Stars 2-1 Swallows Renteria, Grobler; Haschick

2009/10 Stars 0-1 Swallows Haschick

2009/10 Swallows 1-0 Stars Nomvethe

2010/11 Stars 2-0 Swallows Grobler 2

2010/11 Swallows 1-0 Stars Ritson

2011/12 Stars 0-0 Swallows

2011/12 Swallows 2-1 Stars Nomvethe 2 (1 pen); Botes (pen)

2012/13 Stars 3-1 Swallows Ng’ambi, S. Mthembu, Mhlongo; Chabangu

2012/13 Swallows 2-0 Stars Chenene, Mashego

2013/14 Swallows 2-0 Stars Nomvethe, Chabangu

Head-to-Head

(League only, since 2003/04)

Home

P W D L GF GA

Stars 10 5 1 4 9 6

Swallows 11 9 2 0 19 5

Away

P W D L GF GA

Stars 11 0 2 9 5 19

Swallows 10 4 1 5 6 9

Total

P W D L GF GA

Stars 21 5 3 13 14 25

Swallows 21 13 3 5 25 14

Fixtures and results

Platinum Stars

2013/14 Absa Premiership results

No Date H/A Opponent (HT) Result Goal scorers

1 04/08/13 H Wits (0-0) D 0-0

2 28/08/13 A Sundowns (0-0) D 1-1 Ng’ambi 80’

3 31/08/13 H Polokwane (1-0) W 2-1 S. Mthembu 44’, Ng’ambi 54’

4 14/09/13 A FS Stars (0-0) D 0-0

5 18/09/13 H U Pretoria (1-0) W 1-0 S. Mthembu

6 21/09/13 A Chiefs (1-1) L 1-2 Tshabalala 45’

7 22/10/13 H Aces (1-0) D 2-2 Ngele 2’, Botes 68’

8 25/10/13 A Swallows (0-0) L 0-2

9 03/11/13 H SuperSport (1-0) W 3-0 Botes 35’, Ngele 50’ 65’

10 08/11/13 A Maritzburg (1-0) W 2-1 Botes 16’, Tshabalala 90’

11 27/11/13 A AmaZulu (0-1) L 0-2

12 30/11/13 A Arrows (0-1) W 2-1 Mathe 48’, Ng’ambi 56’

13 16/12/13 H Pirates (0-3) L 0-3

14 21/12/13 A Ajax (2-0) W 2-0 Mathe 24’, Ng’ambi 30’

15 04/02/14 A Polokwane (1-2) D 2-2 Ng’ambi 42’, Tshabalala 85’

16 09/02/14 H FS Stars (0-0) W 1-0 Ngele 90+3’

17 12/02/14 H Celtic (0-0) D 0-0

18 16/02/14 A U Pretoria (0-1) L 0-1

19 07/03/14 A Aces (1-1) D 1-1 Nato og 41’

20 12/03/14 H Chiefs (1-0) W 2-0 S. Mthembu 9’, Ng’ambi 59’

21 19/03/14 A SuperSport (1-0) D 1-1 S. Mthembu 33’

22 25/03/14 H Sundowns (0-1) L 1-3 Ng’ambi 81’

23 29/03/14 H Maritzburg (0-0) W 2-1 Nyanda 55’, Makudubela 78’

2013/14 Absa Premiership fixtures

No Date H/A Opponent

24 01/04/14 H Moroka Swallows

25 06/04/14 A Bloemfontein Celtic

26 09/04/14 A Bidvest Wits

27 16/04/14 H AmaZulu

28 19/04/14 H Golden Arrows

29 26/04/14 A Orlando Pirates

30 10/05/14 H Ajax Cape Town

League position – 5th

P W D L GF GA GD Pts

Home 11 6 3 2 14 10 +4 21

Away 12 3 5 4 12 14 -2 14

Overall 23 9 8 6 26 24 +2 35

Moroka Swallows

2013/14 Absa Premiership results

No Date H/A Opponent (HT) Result Goal scorers

1 03/08/13 H U Pretoria (0-0) W 1-0 Chabangu 89’

2 27/08/13 A Chiefs (0-0) D 1-1 Chabangu 55’

3 30/08/13 H Aces (2-1) W 3-2 Manqele 18’ 23’ 54’

4 14/09/13 A AmaZulu (0-1) L 0-1

5 18/09/13 A SuperSport (1-0) W 2-1 Manqele 8’, Nomvethe 60’

6 21/09/13 H Maritzburg (0-0) D 1-1 Mungomeni 76’

7 22/10/13 A Celtic (1-1) D 2-2 Nomvethe 45’ 89’

8 25/10/13 H P Stars (0-0) W 2-0 Nomvethe 78’, Chabangu 90’

9 06/11/13 A Arrows (0-2) L 1-2 Mungomeni 78’

10 22/11/13 A Ajax (1-0) W 3-1 Manqele 8’, Nomvethe 51’, Chabangu 80’

11 01/12/13 A Sundowns (0-1) L 1-2 Chabangu 88’

12 04/12/13 H Wits (0-1) L 0-1

13 18/12/13 H Polokwane (1-0) W 2-1 Manqele 6’, Isaacs 84’

14 21/12/13 A FS Stars (1-0) D 2-2 Isaacs 2’, Cohen 79’

15 31/01/14 H Chiefs (0-1) L 0-2

16 08/02/14 H AmaZulu (0-0) D 0-0

17 19/02/14 H SuperSport (1-1) L 1-2 Nergadze 4’

18 28/02/14 A Maritzburg (0-1) L 0-1

19 09/03/14 H Celtic (1-0) D 1-1 Manqele 16’

20 12/03/14 H Pirates (0-1) L 0-1

21 15/03/14 A Aces (1-2) L 2-5 Manqele 33’, Nomvethe 73’

22 18/03/14 H Arrows (0-0) W 1-0 Wana 59’

23 29/03/14 A Pirates (0-1) L 0-1

2013/14 Absa Premiership fixtures

No Date H/A Opponent

24 01/04/14 A Platinum Stars

25 04/04/14 H Ajax Cape Town

26 08/04/14 A University of Pretoria

27 15/04/14 A Bidvest Wits

28 19/04/14 H Mamelodi Sundowns

29 27/04/14 A Polokwane City

30 10/05/14 H Free State Stars

League position – 12th

P W D L GF GA GD Pts

Home 12 5 3 4 12 11 +1 18

Away 11 2 3 6 14 19 -5 9

Overall 23 7 6 10 26 30 -4 27

League standings

Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts

1 Kaizer Chiefs 22 15 4 3 34 14 +20 49

2 Mamelodi Sundowns 24 15 4 5 43 24 +19 49

3 Bidvest Wits 22 12 5 5 28 17 +11 41

4 Orlando Pirates 22 11 4 7 24 16 +8 37

5 Platinum Stars 23 9 8 6 26 24 +2 35

6 AmaZulu 25 9 8 8 24 30 -6 35

7 SuperSport United 22 9 7 6 30 24 +6 34

8 Mpumalanga Black Aces 23 9 7 7 27 25 +2 34

9 Bloemfontein Celtic 24 7 12 5 30 28 +2 33

10 University of Pretoria 24 8 4 12 21 23 -2 28

11 Ajax Cape Town 24 7 7 10 21 27 -6 28

12 Moroka Swallows 23 7 6 10 26 30 -4 27

13 Maritzburg United 23 6 6 11 25 33 -8 24

14 Free State Stars 23 5 6 12 22 34 -12 21

15 Polokwane City 24 5 5 14 24 34 -10 20

16 Golden Arrows 22 4 1 17 17 39 -22 13

Round fixtures

Tuesday 01 April 2014

18h30 – Platinum Stars v Moroka Swallows – Royal Bafokeng Stadium

Wednesday 02 April 2014

19h30 – Kaizer Chiefs v Golden Arrows – FNB Stadium

19h30 – Orlando Pirates v Mpumalanga Black Aces – Orlando Stadium

19h30 – SuperSport United v Maritzburg United – Lucas Moripe Stadium

Club information

Platinum Stars

Nickname: Dikwena

Formed: 1998

Major honours: Top Eight Cup titles: 1 (2013); League Cup titles: 2 (2006, 2013).

All-time PSL record: (Not including 2013/14 season results)

P W D L GF GA GD Pts

300 102 92 106 342 334 +8 398

Moroka Swallows

Nickname: The Birds

Formed: 1947

Major honours: League titles: 1 (1965); Top Eight Cup titles: 3 (1975, 1979, 2012); National Cup titles: 5 (1983, 1989, 1991, 2004, 2009).

All-time PSL record: (Not including 2013/14 season results)

P W D L GF GA GD Pts

534 199 152 183 634 648 -14 749

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE (UK) GIVE SA FANS AN EXCLUSIVE EXPERIENCE

To celebrate the Barclays Premier League Live South Africa event in Johannesburg, title sponsor Barclays treated a group of specially selected football fans to an exclusive match day experience.

Fans who showed passion and support for their favourite Barclays Premier League teams were rewarded with VIP seats to watch live matches, special coaching sessions with former Chelsea captain Marcel Desailly and the opportunity to take part in the #YouAreFootball Experiment at the BPL Live event at Zoo Lake Sport Club, Johannesburg on Saturday, March 29 and Sunday, March 30.

The #YouAreFootball Experiment monitored the heart rates of fans and ex-players simultaneously in South Africa and the UK on Saturday, March 29 and Sunday, March 30 during some of the biggest games of the season – Arsenal v Manchester City and Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur. The experiment was held as part of the Barclays ‘Thank you’ campaign to thank the fans, community heroes, players and managers from around the world who help make the Barclays Premier League what it is.

More than 30,000 fans flocked to the Barclays Premier League Live event over the weekend including Rishan Kulfath (pictured), 31, who was selected as one of the Manchester City super fans.

Mr Kulfath, a Home Loans Consultant from Winchester Hills who attended the event with his wife Samantha and six-month-old son Raohil, said:

“It was fantastic to be selected as one of the #YouAreFootball fans and have my heart rate monitored during the match. I am a huge Manchester City fan and never miss a game, which sometimes gets me in trouble with my wife!

“It was a really fantastic event and to have my heart rate monitored alongside legends like Marcel Desailly and fans in the UK was very special.”

Also being monitored during the 1-1 draw was Arsenal fan Mcgee Gede, 22, a Construction Manager from Edenvale who was selected by the Barclays ‘Thank you Squads’ at the event after showing great support and passion for his team and the Barclays Premier League.

Speaking at the event, Mr Gege said: “I am about the same age as some of Arsenal players like Jack Wilshere and Theo Walcott so I feel I grew up with them and I am like them.

“I have followed them through their careers and, despite the fact that they were not playing in the match, to be part of the #YouAreFootball Experiment and represent my team was very memorable.”

Commenting on the experiment, David Wheldon, Managing Director of Brand, Reputation, Citizenship and Marketing at Barclays, said: “Fans are at the very heart of football and help make the Barclays Premier League what it is. The #YouAreFootball Experiment is a fantastic way to show our appreciation to the fans for their support. South African fans are some of the most passionate and dedicated in the world, so to be able to thank those fans by hosting Barclays Premier League Live and getting them involved in the #YouAreFootball Experiment has been a great way to say thank you.”

Over the weekend an estimated 30,000 fans visited the Zoo Lake site and were treated to five live Barclays Premier League matches, which were televised on a giant screen at the fan park as well as numerous interactive football activities.

For more information visit facebook.com/barclaysfootball and join the conversation on Twitter with #YouAreFootball.

Saturday, March 29, 2014

KZN schools compete in the Danone Nations Cup for a chance to play football in Brazil

Twelve schools will be contesting the under-12 Danone Nations Cup KwaZulu-Natal provincial finals on 29^th March, at the Princess Magogo Stadium in KwaMashu, KZN. The winning school will progress through to the national finals, with the ultimate winner going on to represent South Africa at the Danone Nations Cup world football finals in Brazil later this year.

Emmanuel Mkhize, team manager of Siphumelele Primary School in Pinetown is happy his school has once again qualified for the provincial finals. Last year they went all the way to the national finals and they are hoping to do so again, and possibly win the national title this time. With the support of the teachers, who ensure the players are at practice on time, this could well become a reality

“The team is looking good; they play very well as a united front. I have been watching them closely during games and I can safely say that the team is looking much better and stronger than last year’s team. However, we just need to tighten up our defence,” he said.

Siphumelele will be fielding a totally new team this year, made up of players who also play for local clubs. “I asked the club coaches to help me select the top players,” Mkhize said. “They made good selections, which is one of the reasons why the school has won all games they have played in the tournament so far this year.”

Another advantage this year, Mkhize believes, is the fact that there is a new coach, Mr SC Ndwandwe. “He has brought a different style of coaching to the team. He allows the boys to express themselves.”

According to Mkhize, he is expecting tough competition at the provincial finals where the number one school from the respective regions will be competing. “We have been preparing the boys physically and psychologically. They are fit enough to compete at the next stage and have a better understanding the game,” he said.

If Mkhize were to single out a key player in the team it has to be the goalkeeper, Siyabonga Mkhize. “He has been excellent in all our games, he made the most impressive saves and I believe he is the next Itumeleng Khune.”

As for preparation for the provincial finals, Mkhize said they are continuing doing what they have been doing as there’s no point in changing a winning formula. “We do need to tighten up our defence, though.”

One of the schools up against Siphumelele at the provincial finals will be first time provincial final contenders, Siyenzele Primary School. Their team manager and coach Lindelani Sibiya said the team is motivated and excited to have reached this level of the competition. “Last year we were knocked out in the cluster level,” he said.

The most challenging part about coaching at this level, according to Sibiya, is the fact that you are dealing with different personalities, and even though they are still at a tender age there are still individual personalities that often clash. “As a coach I need to find a balance and be able to accommodate everyone in the team,” Sibiya said. “It’s difficult but doable, when you have the love and passion for soccer that I do.”

Sibiya has a completely new team this year, and even though they have the same coach, they take instructions differently. “What I have noticed with my team is that they take too long to enforce action in a game. There’s no fire during the first half, they bring it on in secondhalf, that needs to be rectified,” Sibiya said. “They need to be fired up as the game starts and score goals to take the pressure off and defend in the second half.

Games begin at 11am on Saturday, 29 March with the final kicking off at 2.30.

Competing teams:

District	School
Amajuba	Zithuthukise Primary
Ilembe	Maqumbi Primary
Umgungundlovu	Mthethomusha Primary
Sisonke	Indawana Primary
Umkhanyakude	Machibini Primary
Uthukela	Watersmeet Primary
Ugu	Nkosiyethu Primary
Umzinyathi	Ithaka Primary
Empangeni	Sinaye Primary
Umlazi	Ndongeni Primary
Pinetown	Siphumelele Primary
Vryheid/Zululand	Siyazenzela Primary