| | Final Ranking | pts | win | drw | lst | gf | ga | g+- | | | 1. | Kaizer Chiefs | 54 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 58: | 21 | +37 | M Cup | | 2. | Arcadia Pepsi | 52 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 71: | 28 | +43 | | | 3. | Highlands Park | 50 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 67: | 26 | +41 | | | 4. | Hellenic | 50 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 57: | 22 | +35 | | | 5. | Dynamos | 46 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 62: | 37 | +25 | | | 6. | Durban City | 45 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 58: | 40 | +18 | | | 7. | Witbank Black Aces | 37 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 57: | 48 | +9 | Ch Cup | | 8. | Orlando Pirates | 37 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 53: | 43 | +10 | | | 9. | Cape Town City | 37 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 52: | 43 | +9 | wtd | | 10. | Pretoria Callies | 33 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 37: | 46 | -9 | | | 11. | AmaZulu | 31 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 45: | 50 | -5 | | | 12. | Wits University | 30 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 40: | 40 | 0 | | | 13. | Moroka Swallows Ltd | 27 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 43: | 49 | -6 | | | 14. | Lusitano | 27 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 36: | 59 | -23 | | | 15. | Benoni United | 22 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 34: | 59 | -25 | | | 16. | Welkom Real Hearts | 18 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 30: | 68 | -38 | | | 17. | Vaal Professionals | 17 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 26: | 71 | -45 | rel. | | 18. | African Wanderers | 6 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 13: | 98 | -85 | rel. |
249 wins, 121 draws, 242 losses, 839:848 goals.
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| _ 1979 NPSL II, 1979 FPL, 1979 NFL>. | | Cape Town City were put into liquidation just before the end of the season for refusing to play in the Mainstay Cup and withdrew for the 1980 season. | | Promoted: Pilkington United Brothers, Leicester City and Bloemfontein Celtic. | | _ 1979 Mainstay Cup: Kaizer Chiefs 3-3aet, 2-0 Highlands Park | | _ 1979 BP Challenge Cup: Witbank Black Aces 1-1, 1-0 Orlando Pirates | | NPSL II: 1. Pilkington United Brothers, 2. Leicester City | | Promotion: Leicester City 1-2, 3-1 Vaal Profesionals, Leicester City 0-0, 3-2 Durban Bush Bucks. | | 4 teams from 1978 FPL: Durban City, Hellenic, Dynamos and Cape Town City. | | Welkom Real Hearts was nowhere near an airport and travelled only by road. |
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| Team | Kaiz | Arca | High | Hell | Dyna | Durb | Cape | Witb | Orla | Moro | AmaZ | Pret | Wits | Lusi | Beno | Welk | Vaal | Afri | | Kaizer Chiefs | -- | | 0:0 | 0:0 | 2:0 | 4:1 | 1:0 | | 1:0 | | bt | | 3:2 | 2:0 | | 4:1 | | 5:1 | | Arcadia Shepherds | 1:0 | -- | | | - | 2:1 | | 2:1 | | | | | 0:0 | | 6:1 | | | | | Highlands Park | 1:1 | 1:2 | -- | | | | | | | | | | | 1:0 | | | | 2:0 | | Hellenic | | - | | -- | | | | | | | 3:0 | | 1:0 | | | | | | | Dynamos | 1:0 | 0:4 | bt | | -- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Durban City | 1:2 | | | | | -- | | | - | | | | 1:0 | | | | 3:0 | | | Cape Town City | | | 3:3 | 0:1 | 3:2 | | -- | | | 2:0 | | 3:3 | | | | | | | | Witbank Aces | 0:1 | 2:1 | | | | | 3:5 | -- | | | 0:0 | | | | | | | | | Orlando Pirates | | bt | | | | 1:1 | | | -- | | 2:0 | | 1:0 | | | 5:2 | | 0:1 | | Moroka Swallows | 1:3 | | | | | | - | | | -- | | | | | | | | 5:0 | | AmaZulu | | | | 1:1 | | 2:1 | | - | | | -- | 0:0 | | | | | | | | Pretoria Callies | | 1:2 | | | | | | | | | | -- | | | | 2:2 | | | | Wits University | | 1:2 | | 0:1 | | | | | | | | | -- | | | | | | | Lusitano | 1:0 | | | | 1:1 | | | | | | | | | -- | | | | | | Benoni United | 1:2 | | | | | | | | | 1:4 | 0:2 | | | 3:1 | -- | | 0:1 | | | Welkom Real Hearts | | | 0:1 | 1:0 | | 0:1 | | | | | | - | | | | -- | | | | Vaal Professionals | | | | 0:4 | | | | | | | | | | | - | | -- | | | African Wanderers | | | - | | | 1:3 | 0:1 | | | | | | 0:3 | | | | | -- |
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT | | --- 2-.03.79 | Kaizer Chiefs | 2-0 | Lusitano | | | --- --.04.79 | Orlando Pirates | 0-1 | African Wanderers | 0-1 | 0-1 Oscar Diamini 1T OG George Goch Stadium. | | --- --.04.79 | Witbank Black Aces | 2-1 | Arcadia Pepsi | 1-0 | | 1-0 Peter Mokotedi 15' 1-1 Don Lucas 2T pen. 2-1 Thomas Ngobe 2T Lyneville Stadium | | --- --.04.79 | Welkom Real Hearts | 1-0 | Hellenic | 1-0 | | 1-0 Wilf de Bruin 43'OG Thabong Stadium. | | --- --.04.79 | Cape Town City | 3-2 | Dynamos United | 2-0 | | 1-0 Jingles Pereira 1T 2-0 Bernie van Niekerk 41' 2-1 Mike Collins 57' 3-1 Jingles Pereira 2T 3-2 Chicken Price 83' Hartleyvale Stadium. | | --- --.04.79 | Arcadia Pepsi | 6-1 | Benoni United | 2-0 | | Vincent Julius 4 (1 1T) Geoff Wegerle 1 (1T) Don Lucas pen. --- George Serope 60'pen. Caledonian Stadium, Pretoria. | | --- --.04.79 | Durban City | 1-0 | Wits University | 1-0 | | 1-0 Brian Balfour 4-' 1T New Kingsmead underlights. The win took Durban City to the top of the NPSL log! | | Fri 13.04.79 | Moroka Swallows LTD ~$1-3 | Kaizer Chiefs | 0-1 | | 0-1 Nelson Dladla 15' 0-2 Abedingo Ngocopo 2T 0-3 Jan Lechaba 2T 1-3 Frederick Malebane 2T closing stages Orlando Stadium - Good Friday. | | --- --.04.79 | AmaZulu | 0-0 | Pretoria Callies | 0-0 | | Princess Magogo Stadium. | | --- --.04.79 | Wits University | 1-2 | Orlando Pirates | 1-1 | | 0-1 Meshak Bjangeka 1T 1-1 Rodney Bush 1T 1-2 Amos Mkari 67' Holiday Inn Stadium. | | --- --.04.79 | Welkom Real Hearts | 0-1 | Dions Higlands Park | 0-1 | 0-1 Andy Stanton 23'pen. RC: Greg Jacoby (Highlands) 2T RC: Jeremy Sadike (Welkom) 90' Thabong Stadium | | --- --.04.79 | African Wanderers | 1-3 | Durban City | 1-1 | | 1-0 Simon vuma 7' 1-1 Norman Elise 22' 1-2 Gave Grant 53' 1-3 Brian Hardie 84' Princess Magogo Stadium. | | --- --.04.79 | Witbank Black Aces | 3-5 | Cape Town City | 1-1 | | 0-1 Tony Sissons 8'pen. 1-1 Thomas Ngobe 45' 2-1 Peter Mokotedi 4-'2T 2-2 Tony Sissons 4-'2T 2-3 Tony Sissons 65'pen. 3-3 Thomas Ngobe 68' 3-4 Jingles Pereira 2T 3-5 Jingles Pereira 2T Lyneville Stadium | | --- --.04.79 | Pretoria Callies | 1-2 | Arcadia Pepsi | 1-2 | | 1-0 Gerald Julius 5' 1-1 Vincent Julius 7' 1-2 David Bukowski 10' Super Stadium, Atteridgeville att. 10,000. | | --- --.04.79 | Vaal Professionals | 0-4 | Hellenic | 0-3 | | 0-1 Wil de Bruin 1T 0-2 David Byrnes 1T 0-3 Dale Leisching 1T 0-4 Peter du Toit 2T George Thabe Stadium | | Mon 16.04.79 | Kaizer Chiefs | 2-0 | Dynamos United | 2-0 | | 1-0 Leonard Likoebe 30' 2-0 Nelon Dladla 39' (backheeled) Orlando Stadium Easter Monday | | --- 16.04.79 | Hellenic | 3-0 | AmaZulu | 0-0 | | 1-0 Dinald Reich 57' 2-0 Dale Leisching 67' 3-0 ? Hartleyvale Stadium |
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT | | --- --.05.79 | Kaizer Chiefs | 1-0 | Orlando Pirates | | | 1-0 Leonard Likoebe | | --- --.05.79 | Durban City | 1-2 | Kaizer Chiefs | | | 1-2 Ngcobo att. 30,000 | | --- --.05.79 | Durban City | drw | Dynamos | | | --1 --.05.79 | Orlando Pirates | --- | Benoni United | | | --1 --.05.79 | Witbank Black Aces | --- | Durban City | | | Linville Stadium. | | --1 --.05.79 | Welkom Real Hearts | --- | Cape Town City | | | Sat 12.05.79 | Kaizer Chiefs | 0-0 | Hellenic | 0-0 | | Sun 13.05.79 | Cape Town City | 3-3 | Dion Highlands Park | | | Sun 13.05.79 | AmaZulu | 2-1 | Durban City | |
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT | | --- --.0-.79 | Durban City | 3-0 | Vaal Professionals | | | New Kingsmead. 9th siccessive win for City. | | Sun 03.06.79 | Kaizer Chiefs | 5-1 | African Wanderers | | | --- --.--.79 | Moroka Swallows | 0-1 | Helenic | 0-0 | | 0-1 John Paskin 2T George goch Stadium. | | Fri --.--.79 | Herllenic | 1-0 | Wits University | | | Green Point | | Fri --.--.79 | Helenic | --- | Welkom Real Hearts | | | Green Point |
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT | | --- --.06.79 | Welkom Real Hearts | 0-1 | Durban City | | | 0-1 Brian Hardje 1T Thabong Stadium. Durban City was second due to inferior goal difference. | | --- --.06.79 | Cape Town City | 3-3 | Pretoria Callies | 2-1 | | 1-0 Gary Francis 29' 1-1 Selby Busang 31' 2-1 Alan Walsh 45' 2-2 Andy Anderson 4-' 2T 3-1 Dicky Benjamin 67' 3-3 Kaiser Ramathlabe 72' Hartleyvale night 2nd lost home point by Cape Town. | | --- --.06.79 | Highlands Park | 1-2 | Arcadia Shepherds | 1-2 | | 1-0 Andy Stanton -' 1-1 Vincent Julius -+1' 1-2 Geoff Wegerle 15' Dions Stadium night. | | --- --.06.79 | African Wanderers | 0-3 | Wits University | 0-2 | | Toni Jacobson 2, Stephen Haupt S.J. Smith Stadium | | --- --.06.79 | Orlando Pirates | 2-0 | AmaZulu | 2-0 | | 1-0 Meshack Mjangeka 30' 2-0 Meshack Mjangeka 32' Orlando Stadium | | --- --.06.79 | Benoni United | 1-2 | Kaizer Chiefs | 1-0 | | 1-0 W. Mahlangu 1-1 N. Dladla 1-2 E. Ngidi Sinnaba Stadium. Kaizer Chiefs saved its unbeaten record. |
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT | | Sun 01.07 | Kaizer Chiefs | 4-1 | Welkom Real Hearts | | | Tue 17.07 | Arcadia Pepsi | 6-2 | Lusitano | 2-0 | | 1-0 Geoff Wegerle 40' 2-1 Geoff Wegerle 41' 2-1 Carlos de Oliveira 2T 2-2 | Alex Swide 2T 3-2 Ian Gilles 2T ; @*G Brian Stoddart 2, Laurence Chelin. | | --- --.07.79 | Highlands Park | 1-1 | Kaizer Chiefs | 0-1 | | 0-1 Shaka Ncgobo 1T 1-1 Hennie Joubert 2T Rand Stadium. Referee: Caleb Ngxabane. |
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT | | Sat 28.07.79 | Lusitano | 1-0 | Kaizer Chiefs | | | 1-0 Alvaro Pedrosa. Rand Stadium. First loss to Kaizer Chiefs. | | Sat 28.07.79 | Wits University | 0-1 | Hellenic | | | Sat 28.07.79 | Highlands Park | 2-0 | African Wanderers | | | Sat 28.07.79 | Cape Town City | 2-0 | Moroka Swallows | | | Sat 28.07.79 | Witbank Aces | 0-0 | AmaZulu | | | Sat 28.07.79 | Benoni United | 0-1 | Vaal Professionals | | | Sat 28.07.79 | Pretoria Callies | 2-2 | Welkom Real Hearts | | | Sat 28.07.79 | Dynamos | 0-4 | Arcadia Pepsi | | | Sat 28.07.79 | Orlando Pirates | 1-1 | Durban City | |
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT | | Sat 04.08.79 | Arcadia | 2-1 | Witbank Black Aces | 1-0 | | 1-0 Brian Stoddart 6' 2-0 Geoff Wegerle 60' 2-1 Thomas Ncobe 62'. Pretoria | | Fri 05.10.79 | Arcadia | 0-0 | Wits University | 0-0 | | Caledonian Stadium 6,000. | | Wed --.10.79 | Dynamos | 1-0 | Kaizer Chiefs | | | Rand Stadium |
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| Ranking after 209 matches | pts | win | drw | lst | gf | ga | g+- | m | | 1. | Arcadia Pepsi | 37 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 54: | 24 | +30 | 24 | | 2. | Kaizer Chiefs | 34 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 35: | 11 | +24 | 21 | | 3. | Hellenic | 34 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 35: | 12 | +23 | 24 | | 4. | Highlands Park | 33 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 43: | 16 | +27 | 22 | | 5. | Cape Town City | 32 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 40: | 25 | +15 | 23 | | 6. | Witbank Aces | 30 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 49: | 36 | +13 | 25 | | 7. | Durban City | 30 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 32: | 27 | +5 | 22 | | 8. | Dynamos | 27 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 40: | 31 | +9 | 24 | | 9. | Orlando Pirates | 23 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 36: | 30 | +6 | 23 | | 10. | AmaZulu | 22 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 28: | 29 | -1 | 23 | | 11. | Pretoria Callies | 22 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 30: | 34 | -4 | 23 | | 12. | Wits University | 20 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 25: | 29 | -4 | 24 | | 13. | Benoni United | 16 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 23: | 41 | -18 | 24 | | 14. | Moroka Swallows Ltd | 15 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 24: | 30 | -6 | 21 | | 15. | Welkom Real Hearts | 13 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19: | 37 | -18 | 25 | | 16. | Lusitano | 12 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 19: | 46 | -27 | 23 | | | 17. | Vaal Professionals | 12 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14: | 51 | -37 | 24 | | 18. | African Wanderers | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11: | 55 | -44 | 22 | |
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT | | --- --.--.79 | Benoni United | 0-2 | AmaZulu | | | A.j. Smith. | | Fri --.--.79 | Hellenic | | Arcadia Shepherds | | | Sat 13.10.79 | Kaizer Chiefs | 3-2 | Wits University | | | --- --.11.79 | Kaizer Chiefs | 1-0 | Cape Town City | | | --- --.11.79 | Moroka Swallows | 5-0 | African Wanderers | 3-0 | | 1-0 Brian This 1T 2-0 Frederic Molebane 1T 3-0 Danile Pohosho 1T 4-0 Frederic Molebane 2T 5-0 Frederic Molebane 1T George Goch Stadium. | | --- --.11.79 | AmaZulu | 1-1 | Hellenic | 1-1 | | 0-1 David Byrne 10' 1-1 Caei Chilies 20' Princess Stadium. | | --- --.11.79 | Orlando Pirates | 5-2 | Welkom Real Hearts | 2-2 | | 1-0 Keith Brad 5' 1-1 Lebone Moretlo 1T 1-2 Machone Moloj 25' 2-2 Keith Broad 45' 3-2 Jomo Sono 2T 4-2 Keith Broad 2T 5-2 Kholoane 2T | | --- --.11.79 | Benoni United | 3-1 | Lusitano | 2-0 | | 1-0 Samuel Nkomo 23' 2-0 Vincent Makroti 24' 2-1 Alfredo Pedrosa 2T 3-1 Toy Ramosa 2T Sinaba Stadium. | | --- --.11.79 | Arcadia Pepsi | 2-1 | Durban City | 0-1 | | 0-1 Brian Hardie 38' 1-1 Brian Harman 56'2-1 Brian Stoddard 75' Caledonian Stadium. | | --- --.11.79 | Highlands Park | 1-0 | Lusitano | 1-0 | | 1-0 Andy Stanton 34' floodlights Referee: Lenie Fine. | | --- --.11.79 | Cape Town City | 0-1 | Hellenic | 0-0 | | 0-1 K. Forrest Harlteyville Stadium night match | | --- --.11.79 | Orlando Pirates | 1-0 | Wits Universuty | | | --- --.11.79 | Arcadia Pepsi | 1-0 | Kaizer Chiefs | | | --- --.11.79 | Kaizer Chiefs | drw | Highlands Park | | | --- --.11.79 | Kaizer Chiefs | bt | AmaZulu | | | --- --.11.79 | Dynamos | bt | Highlands Park | | | Mon 17.12.79 | Kaizer Chiefs | 4-1 | Durban City | |
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT | | -- --.1-.79 | Lusitano | 1-1 | Dynamos | | | -- --.1-.79 | Vaal Professionals | 0-0 | Pretoria Caliies | | | -- --.1-.79 | African Wanderers | 0-3 | Orlando Pirates | | | -- --.1-.79 | Kaizer Chiefs | 1-0 | Cape Town City | | | -- --.1-.79 | Arcadia | 2-1 | Witbank Aces | | | -- --.1-.79 | AmaZulu | 2-0 | Benoni United | | | -- --.1-.79 | Wits University | 0-0 | Highlands Park | | | -- --.1-.79 | Hellenic | 1-0 | Welkom Hearts | |
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| Hellenic: Donnely, Guliver, Reich, Danilez, Schneider, Forrest, Kitchin, Farrell, Liesching, Byrne, Du Toit, Sank, Macha, Anderson. | | Arcadia Pepsi: Tutt, Bukowski, Delacour, Naude, Herhokt, Morrison, Bush, Walters, Stoddard, Julius, Wegerle, Gilles, Harman De Graf. |
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| Internet Ranking | pts | win | drw | lst | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. | Kaizer Chiefs | 54 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 58: | 21 | +37 | | 2. | Arcadia Pepsi | 52 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 72: | 29 | +43 | | 3. | Highlands Park | 51 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 64: | 26 | +38 | | 4. | Hellenic | 49 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 53: | 20 | +33 | | 5. | Dynamos | 46 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 62: | 33 | +29 | | 6. | Durban City | 45 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 58: | 40 | +18 | | 7. | Cape Town City | 41 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 58: | 38 | +20 | | 8. | Witbank Black Aces | 36 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 59: | 48 | +11 | | 9. | Orlando Pirates | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 48: | 42 | +6 | | 10. | Moroka Swallows Ltd | 29 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 49: | 43 | +6 | | 11. | AmaZulu Durban | 29 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 43: | 51 | -8 | | 12. | Pretoria Callies | 29 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 36: | 49 | -13 | | 13. | Wits University | 28 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 36: | 40 | -4 | | 14. | Lusitano | 25 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 36: | 55 | -19 | | 15. | Benoni United | 21 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 33: | 60 | -27 | | 16. | Welkom Real Hearts | 19 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 30: | 60 | -30 | | 17. | Vaal Professionals | 15 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 21: | 70 | -49 | | 18. | African Wanderers | 6 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 13: | 97 | -84 |
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