Sinenkani FC made history this past weekend as they became the first ever team from the small town of Bizana to qualify for the illustrious Nedbank Cup since its inception. For the Mases, as they are affectionately known amongst footballing fans, manage to brush aside Champion FC with a 2 – 0 score line in a game that was played in Lusikisiki on Saturday, 23 October. The atmosphere was electrified with frantic scenes of celebration amongst loyal fans of the club on the day.
The energy was replicated by the club’s chairman, Nathi Nqoko, who made his excitement known in the post-match interview with Inkonjane FM. “It is not the first time we are playing here in Lusikisiki, we have played here before and you saw our players greeting spectators” he told the reporter, “We have managed to take all the fans and they want to support Sinenkani” he continued. The club chairman continued to make a bold statement showing confidence in his troops by stating that they want to make history in their quest to qualify for promotion to the Glad Africa Championship by winning every game.
At the moment, For the mases are currently sitting at the summit of their stream in the ABC Motsepe League after their win against Bush Pirates FC in their previous game, however they still have the daunting task of playing against tough opponents in Birmingham City FC up coming fixture.
Big ups to the boys???