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	Moroka Swallows Football Club - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Moroka Swallows, is a South Africa football team based in Johannesburg.
		According to the club's website [1], Ishmael Lesolang, Strike Makgatha and Johnny Kubheka founded the club as the Congregated Rovers, which became the Moroka Rovers, then the Moroka Swallows 1947.
		Moroka is the name of a Soweto suburb that developed out of the Moroka Emergency Camp.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Moroka_Swallows_Football_Club (264 words)

	SaRugby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Swallows fans were incensed at the thought of losing their hero to the Orlando Club and threatened Mbanya with dire consequences if he were to leave.
		Moroka Swallows Football Club, under the influence of Dan Twala, joined the newly established nonracial South African Soccer League from the outset.
		Membership of the Johannesburg Football Association was not a reasonable proposition as it was ruled that such membership would entail that the club, renamed Kaizer Chiefs Football Club, should graduate to the NPSL through the JBFA ranks.
	www.sarfu.org.za /printer.asp?cid=5295&type=print (9569 words)

	Ajax Cape Town - Urban Warriors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Moroka Swallows Football Club, in conjunction with new sponsor Volkswagen, have put plans in place to regain their position at the top of South African football.
		Moroka Swallows are pleased to announce that in line with the new partnership deal between us and Volkswagen, there are some exciting changes in the pipe-line.
		One of the most important goals the club and Volkswagen have set is the consolidation of Moroka Swallows current supporters' base, and the launch of a new and improved supporters club that will rival the best in the land.
	www.ajaxct.com /News/Ajax_News/story_9992.shtml (541 words)

	Wits University Football Club
		A spirited second half comeback saw Wits convincingly beat Johannesburg rivals Moroka Swallows 3-1 in their PSL match at the Rand Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
		Swallows lead 1-0 at the break through a goal from South African international left winger Japhet Zwane, but a mesmerizing second half display from Roger de Sa's team saw three classic goals and the confirmation of three important points.
		De Sa's re-inclusion of striker Manqoba Ngwenya proved to be a masterstroke, as within a minute of the restart, the 21 year-old came within centimeters of an equalizer, when his powerful shot rebounded off the crossbar.
	www.witsfc.co.za /news/24nov_swallows.asp (168 words)

	The Herald : Sport
		Swallows last played in a cup final in 1991, so it is an occasion that all at the club would not want to miss.
		As for Swallows, although they want to win the cup, they also know that their league form is important, as they have a long, hard season ahead.
		Nevertheless, Swallows should be able to pick up all three points in what will be a good clash, as both sides play attractive fast-flowing football.
	www.theherald.co.za /herald/2003/09/10/sport/sp08_10092003.htm (323 words)

	RedTram News Search Engine \| News on Football in Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		FOOTBALL can be a cruel game at times, and Moroka Swallows supporters have experienced more heartbreaks than they care to remember this season.
		Some 40,000 Nigerian football fans gathered in Abuja's National Stadium Sunday were given an early Christmas present as Enyimba of Aba State won the Confederation of African Football's prestigious champions league trophy for the second year running.
		DYNAMOS Football Club players are angry with the Premier Soccer League management's decision to suspend their remaining league programme, accusing the soccer-running body of being insensitive to their plight.
	www.redtram.com /catalogue/africa/football/20041213 (641 words)

	Sunday Times Heritage
		Club members also contributed a shilling a month to a compensation fund to be used if any of them missed work due to injuries suffered on the pitch.
		The history of the club is also marked by splits, the best-known being the breakaway of star player Kaizer Motaung, to form the club’s current-day fiercest rival, Kaizer Chiefs, in 1969, and in the ’80s, Jomo Sono leaving to found Jomo Cosmos.
		People networked through the club and those who worked for the Johannesburg council helped others get what was referred to as a “special”, or Section 188, in their passbooks to enable them to seek employment.
	www.sundaytimes.co.za /heritage/bethuel/bethuel03.asp (1517 words)

	THISDAYonline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Football in Madagascar is on the upgrade and their national team has improved in leaps and bounds in recent months.
		Mabhuti Khanyeza of Golden Arrows, Lucas Sebona of Moroka Swallows and Dynamos' Joel Seroba are included in the squad.
		The trio have done well at club level, but whether they have what it takes at national level is moot.
	www.thisdayonline.com /archive/2003/03/26/20030326spo10.html (557 words)

	SI.com - Soccer - Africa: Egypt announces bid for 2010 World Cup - Tuesday May 27, 2003 03:30 PM
		Gaddafi, a former president of the Libyan football association and part-time international, declared his candidacy in Tripoli at the weekend, telling journalists the financial woes of African football associations would end if he was voted into power.
		Moroka Swallows, championship contenders until a few weeks from the end of the season, ended a disappointing fourth after they lost 2-0 at home on Saturday to Lamontville Golden Arrows in Johannesburg.
		The 16 clubs in the Ivorian league were divided into two pools for the first round with the top three finishers going onto the super league.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/news/2003/05/27/africa_rdp (1797 words)

	maltafootball.com - January 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The club is claiming that Agius relied on what he had been told by one of the assistant referees.
		Portuguese football legend Eusebio drew the balls from the pot together with UEFA Chief Executive Gerhard Aigner and France were pitted with Slovenia, Israel, Cyprus and Malta in Group 1.
		Although clubs only had till the end of the year to sign new players, Agius can sign for Valletta since players who are returning from a loan period with a foreign club are eligible to register for a club.
	www.maltafootball.com /archive/news/02jan.shtml (7390 words)

	Albion Road: A Soccer Club Encyclopedia
		This is a record of how many seasons each club has spent in their respective top divisions - Premier League, Bundesliga, Serie A, etc. There are three categories - Total seasons, current streak of seasons and percentage of seasons at the top.
		The percentage is the number of seasons that club has been in the top division, not the percentage of that particular club's history that has been spent at the top.
		One of the founder members of the Football League and one of the most important clubs in the formative years of the sport.
	www.albionroad.com (964 words)

	Mail & Guardian Online:
		After acquiring the club from struggling Mamelodi doctors, Mahobe transformed the club from perennial relegation candidates to the superpower it is today.
		Most [club owners] do it for the love of the game and use the money to run the clubs that they should be spending on their children.”
		Makaab says if the clubs do sell their most prized assets, they could “realistically” expect to earn between $100 000 and $500 000 a player depending on the country and the player’s profile.
	www.mg.co.za /articledirect.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__sport&articleid=28890 (1771 words)

	Strides FC Business Plan
		Strides Football Club was founded in March 1999 in Atterifgeviile by Sizwe Nkosi, the current Director of the club.
		As the picture about club strategies got more and more clearer in mind, we made a realization that although Strides FC started having aims of going further in as far as football structures are concerned, its main aim is to promote local talent.
		The constitution of the club however allows for open debate on the issue of playing at higher leagues, as long as the objectives of the club will be achieved at the end of the season without bringing about financial constraints.
	www.webspawner.com /users/stridesfc/busplan.html (1307 words)

	Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club
		Moroka Swallows retained their two-year long unbeaten record at Rand Stadium when they held Mamelodi Sundowns to a goalless draw in a Premier Soccer League encounter on Saturday.
		Dennis Lota could have put Swallows into the lead after 27 minutes, but was unlucky when his shot narrowly missed the target.
		Sundowns 'keeper Andre Arendse denied Swallows an opportunity to take the three points when he saved Lota's powerfully struck shot during referee's optional time at the end of the match.
	www.sundownsfc.com /?id=136303&des=article (233 words)

	tBlog - Football World Cup 2010
		Labelled "Team 2010", one of the key elements of the ambitious programme is the planned appointment of a national technical director at the helm of a revamped technical committee that will consist of a maximum of nine members.
		Football World Cup 2010 - In 2010 the world will feast on a soccer spectacular played to the beat of a South African drum.
		A couple of clubs were formed during the period 1880 and 1900 that are still around today.
	2010.tblog.com /archive/2006/05 (4094 words)

	SI.com - Soccer - Africa: Kanu out of Nigeria's 18-man squad - Thursday July 31, 2003 07:06 PM
		The Dar-es-Salaam-based club are training on the island of Zanzibar before leaving for Nigeria for their opening group A match against Enyimba on August 10.
		Malawian football officials on Wednesday appealed for government assistance to pay English coach Alan Gillett, just two weeks before their team are scheduled to play in the semi-finals of the Cosafa Cup.
		Ouham Pende from the village of Bozoum, some 400km north of Bangui, and Haute Korro, who are based at Bria almost 600km north-east of the capital, requested a postponement because they said they were not able to guarantee arrival in time for their matches.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/news/2003/07/31/africa_rdp (901 words)

	Latest News - Republic of Botswana
		SA soccer dream Playing for South African clubs such as Moroka Swallows, Orlando Pirates and Bush Bucks is a dream which young players are still to achieve.
		It is the year in which he joined Moroka Swallows where he played along side the likes of Steve Mokone.
		Our first club was known as Malachite and when BCL mine was in full operation in 1972 the team was renamed Nico United.
	www.gov.bw /cgi-bin/news.cgi?d=20000728 (4754 words)

	Zamnet Communication Systems Limited (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Swallows General Manager Gavin Bernstein, however, says the terms of the contract are still to be agreed with Biemba.
		It would be different if it was the young, inexperienced players being embarrassed like that in front of the home fans,” Ngubane fumed adding that his radical decision has the backing of club management.
		Solopi who locally played for Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) Division One South side Profund Warriors’ contract expires on May 31 this year, the same time with Nkathazo, formerly of now Division One North side Mufulira Wanderers.
	www.zamnet.zm /newsys/news/viewnews.cgi?category=13&id=1043149840 (350 words)

	The Herald Online News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Nash said that the Premier Soccer League and Moroka Swallows provided the ideal platform to further entrench one of the country’s most popular car brands.
		Leon Prins, Swallows chief executive, said: “With 2010 on the horizon, it is heartening to have an industrial giant like VWSA support local football.
		Swallows, meanwhile, have agreed to provide technical support to the Mvela Gold League side Maritzburg United, whose franchise was recently purchased by VWSA.
	www.theherald.co.za /herald/2005/09/02/news/n17_02092005.htm (293 words)

	Bruce Grobelaar, Zimbabwe Soccer Team, Zimbabwe Warriors
		In total there are 25 Zimbabweans playing their football in SA, 18 of them in the premier league and seven in the first division.
		Wilfred Mugeyi has been banging in important goals for his club Ajax Cape Town lately and Edzai Kasinauyo is also on top of his game at Moroka Swallows.
		Kelvin Mushangazhike is probably the best player at his club, Black Leopards, although he has been caught on the wrong side of soccer laws more often than he should.
	www.zimbabwesoccer.com /00001.htm (483 words)

	sport.iafrica.com \| soccer \| sa \| player profiles Japhet Zwane
		Moroka Swallows have for some time now now lived on the periphery of big time football in South Africa.
		Zwane is an uncomplicated footballer, but his mastery of the simple tenets of football have made him the anchor of Swallows football.
		His success with Swallows has not gone unnoticed, and Zwane made a very successful for debut for the national side against the Ivory Coast in an a qualifier for the African Cup of Nations.
	sport.iafrica.com /soccer/sa/player_profiles/186303.htm (455 words)

	Second winter break friendly against Moroka Swallows (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		As for the second friendly: the schedule change does not seem to make much of a difference when it comes to the quality of the opposition.
		Mamelodi Sundowns are currently second in the top flight of South-African football with 23 points from 13 games.
		Moroka Swallows, South-African champions in 1965 and nicknamed The Beautiful Birds, are third with 21 points from the same number of matches, directly above Ajax Cape Town.
	www.ajax-usa.com /news/2004-2005/second-winter-break-friendly-against-moroka-swallows.html (172 words)

	Abbey shines for Eagles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The defender, who has a Welsh mother and Nigerian father, was involved in the two goals the Eagles scored on their way to a 3-1 victory over 'old enemy' Ghana.
		He signed for his little English club in 1999 and this season he has scored once as the 'Silkmen' finished 16th on the table.
		The early goal appeared to have unnerved Etafia, whose composure and agility stood him with Moroka Swallows in South Africa's Premier Soccer League this season.
	www.kickoffnigeria.com /stories/story3252.html (244 words)

	Brian at trials with 'The Birds'
		Gurirab, who started his football career at second-division side Young Tigers in Karibib in the nineties, thanked his current coach Max Johnson for believing in him when he brought him to Chief Santos.
		The soft-spoken Gurirab, before moving to Santos, played for Chicago Football Club which is also based in Karibib.
		Gurirab, who can play in the left or right attacking midfielder position, is also useful as the last man in defence, as he has developed a sense of adaptability since he joined the national junior ranks when he was 19 years old.
	www.namibian.com.na /2005/May/sport/05AFB3618A.html (557 words)

	Hummel is set to join Russian club
		The Moroka Swallows web site reported that Hummel, nicknamed Roadblock by his fans, was on trial when Luch Energy had their off-season camp in Turkey recently.
		The 27-year-old central defender explains on the Swallows web site how his move came about: 'I was in Turkey, were I played some games for the Vladivostok club, who were touring that country.
		They play in the first division in Russia and I was so impressed by the way they play their football,' said Hummel, who lists Dutch international defender Jaap Stam as his idol.
	www.namibian.com.na /2004/february/sport/0421612287.html (390 words)

	FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
		Moroka Swallows fell six points behind after a 1-1 draw at Santos in Cape Town while Wits University were held to a goalless draw at home by Jomo Cosmos, both on Saturday.
		Africa Sports remain leaders in pool B but were held to a 1-1 draw by Jeunesse Club Abidjan at the Houphouet-Boigny stadium on Sunday.
		The Luanda club, coached by Dutchman Jan Brouwer, looked lethargic a week after their surprise elimination from the first round of the African Cup Winners Cup in front of just 600 spectators at the capital's Cidadela stadium.
	www.fifa.com /en/print/article/0,4039,68844,00.html (1199 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Football \| African \| Lota moves to Swallows
		Swallows director Gavin Bernstein said the striker, a member of Zambia's 1996 Nations Cup team, signed a two-year contract with the club.
		The 29-year-old striker is expected to partner Shaun Permall in the Swallows attack.
		Lota was part of the new Zambian national team built after the 1993 Gabon air crash, which wiped out an entire generation of the country's finest footballers.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/hi/football/africa/3089849.stm (137 words)

	Wits University Football Club
		In front of a capacity crowd, the point for the home side was the least they deserved after an impressive display of football.
		They were made to pay however for two lapses in concentration in defence during the first half, as Swallows quickly asserted a 2-0 lead.
		The deficit could have been even greater, but missed chances from Swallows were to cost them as Wits stepped up a gear and got back an all-important goal just before half time when Meshack Tsotetsi's deflected shot was knocked home by Ivan Winstanley.
	www.witsfc.co.za /news/13april_swallows.asp (248 words)

	SABCnews.com - sport/soccer
		Moroka Swallows Football Club had a sad start to the year with the loss of one of their best goalkeepers.
		Hendricks will be remembered for his brave saves during the penalty shootout of the 2004 Absa Cup semi-final match between Swallows and Wits University.
		Sipho Xulu, the Moroka Swallows spokesperson, says Hendricks was known as their number two goalkeeper but in real sense he was not number two, he was equal to Greg Etafia.
	www.sabcnews.com /sport/soccer/0,2172,119667,00.html (265 words)

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