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| Stars rising: Dikwena celebrate their 1-0 win over SuperSport on Saturday |
SO this is how Platinum Stars, once known as Silver Stars and before that Khakhu Fast XI (established in 1937) got to earn the R1.5m prize for winning the second quarterly PSL prize for topping the Q2 table by a single point from unbeaten champions Orlando Pirates.
I'll be running a full story on the history of Dikwena as my Neal and Pray column in The New Age on Tuesday, but suffice to say they are now just a point behind leaders Kaizer Chiefs in the full PSL table.
With Moroka Swallows losing 2-1 at Bloemfontein Celtic today, the bottom of Q2 belongs to the flightless Dube Birds with Zeca Marques lamenting in Mangaung today: "We shouldn't have lost that one. It's down to individual mistakes... you can't coach that."
Team Played Won Draw Lost GF GA GD Points
Platinum Stars 7 6 0 1 14 7 7 18
Orlando Pirates 7 5 2 0 13 3 10 17
Kaizer Chiefs 7 4 2 1 13 7 6 14
Free State Stars 7 4 2 1 7 4 3 14
MamSundowns 7 3 3 1 8 6 2 12
Maritzburg U 7 3 1 3 7 6 1 10
Bloem Celtic 7 3 1 3 6 6 0 10
SuperSport U 7 1 4 2 9 9 0 7
Chippa United 7 1 4 2 8 9 -1 7
AmaZulu 7 1 4 2 5 6 -1 7
AmaTuks 7 1 4 2 4 5 -1 7
Golden Arrows 7 2 1 4 10 13 -3 7
Ajax Cape Town 7 2 1 4 5 10 -5 7
Black Leopards 7 2 1 4 5 10 -5 7
Bidvest Wits 7 1 3 3 4 7 -3 6
Moroka Swallows 7 0 1 6 6 16 -10 1
Moroka Swallows 7 0 1 6 6 16 -10 1
The eight-match Q3 battle kicks-off on Tuesday with Kaizer Chiefs playing at Soccer City against resurgent AmaZulu and declining Maritzburg United against AmaTuks at the Harry Gwala before the AFCON break.
More on this and an in-depth look at Platinum Stars in my Neal and Pray column in The New Age on Tuesday.
See www.thenewage.co.za.
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