South Africa 1971 (original) (raw)

NFL

Final Table:

1.Hellenic 26 13 9 4 51-26 35 2.Cape Town City 26 12 10 4 49-30 34 3.Durban City 26 14 5 7 60-48 33 4.Durban United 26 11 9 6 37-26 31 5.Rangers 26 12 6 8 51-41 30 6.Germiston Callies 26 10 9 7 39-30 29 7.Arcadia Shepherds 26 10 8 8 35-41 28 8.Highlands Power 26 12 2 12 45-36 26 [*] 9.Southern Suburbs 26 8 9 9 35-46 25 10.Maritzburg 26 9 6 11 41-43 24 11.Jewish Guild 26 8 5 13 41-46 21 12.Port Elizabeth City 26 4 8 14 30-54 16 13.Berea Park 26 4 8 14 25-47 16 14.East London United 26 5 6 15 28-53 16 -.Bloemfontein City withdraw on 20 May 1971 (after 8 matches) and had all results annulled

[*] merger of Highlands Park and Powerlines

Promoted: Celtic

NFL Castle Cup 1971

Round 1 [May 31] Corinthians 2-7 Cape Town City [dates ?] Rangers 6-2 Port Elizabeth City Arcadia Shepherds 6-1 Westvaal Brothers 0-1 Harmony Durban United 0-1 Berea Park Drostdy Park w/o Bloemfontein City Lusitano 0-2 Hellenic Wits Univesity 0-2 Koedoe Park Florida Albion 3-0 Parthenon Kenston Poly 1-10 Germiston Callies Germiston Primrose 0-2 Boksburg East London United 3-1 Vaal United Jewish Guild 1-0 Durban Celtic Southern Suburbs 6-1 Shamrocks Maritzburg 0-1 Highlands Power [Jun 11] Durban City 6-0 Windhoek City

1/8 Finals [Jul 20] Cape Town City 2-2 Rangers [dates ?] Arcadia Shepherds 7-1 Harmony Hellenic 6-0 Koedoe Park Drostdy Park 1-2 Berea Park Germiston Callies 4-0 Florida Albion East London United 1-0 Boksburg Southern Suburbs 1-0 Jewish Guild [Jul 14] Durban City 1-0 Maritzburg

1/8 Final Replay [Jul 27] Rangers 1-1 Cape Town City

1/8 Final Second Replay [Aug 8] Rangers 1-3 Cape Town City

Quarterfinals [Jul 25] Durban City 4-1 Southern Suburbs [dates ?] Germiston Callies 2-3 East London United Hellenic 0-1 Berea Park [Aug 13] Arcadia Shepherds 0-3 Cape Town City

Semifinals

First Legs [Aug 20] Berea Park 0-1 Cape Town City Durban City 4-2 East London United

Second Legs [Aug 27] East London United 0-1 Durban City [Sep 4] Cape Town City 2-2 Berea Park

Final [Sep 25] Cape Town City 3-3 Durban City [aet]

Final Replay [Oct 1] Cape Town City 2-1 Durban City

Coca Cola Shield 1971

NB: all rounds over two legs

1/8 Finals [Mar 23-Apr 5] Rangers - - Southern Suburbs Arcadia Shephers - - Highlands Park Maritzburg - - Berea Park
Durban United - - Jewish Guild Bloemfontein City - - East London United Durban City - - Cape Town City Port Elizabeth City - - Hellenic

NB: both Cape Town City and Durban City qualified for quarterfinals

Quarterfinals and Semifinals not known

Final

First Leg [May 12] Hellenic 5-0 Maritzburg

Second Leg [May 19] Maritzburg 1-9 Hellenic

NPSL

Final Table:

1.Orlando Pirates 24 17 4 3 81-33 38 2.Kaizer Chiefs 24 18 1 5 83-41 37 3.Moroka Swallows Big XV 24 15 5 4 75-49 35 4.Witbank Black Aces 24 17 0 7 85-43 34 5.Pimville United Bros. 24 13 3 8 79-53 29 6.Zulu Royals 24 10 3 11 80-88 23 7.Bantu Callies 24 10 1 13 64-68 21 8.Mamelodi XI 24 8 4 12 50-99 20 9.Vaal Professionals 24 7 5 12 57-68 19 10.Lamontville Golden Arr. 24 9 1 14 50-61 19 11.Real Katlehong City 24 7 1 16 57-76 15 12.Bloemfontein Celtic 24 5 4 15 42-69 14 13.Kimberly Dalton Bros. 24 2 4 18 48-110 8

NB: total goal difference +3

NB: Mamelodi XI disbanded after season

In 1972, Mangaung United were included

About this document

Thanks to Angus Gordon-Farleigh

Source: [Raa 02]

Prepared and maintained by Ian King for theRec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Ian King Last updated: 16 Mar 2023