Eastern Cape Peace Lovers FC from Ngcobo has started to prepare for the brand new 2025 Sasol League season, which is expected to start on 29 March.
Last season, the Ngcobo-based team, Eastern Cape Peace Lovers FC, were left disappointed after they finished their league campaign behind Sasol League Inland Stream winners, Executive Ladies’ FC, from Ntabankulu.
Although the team finished in second place last year, the Ngcobo outfit was hoping to do better, as their target was to play in provincial playoffs to stand a chance of playing in the Sasol League national promotion playoffs.
Despite their previous season plans not coming through, the team is not discouraged by that as they are starting afresh this season, looking to build on last year’s performance.
In a recent interview with Mthatha Express, one of the club officials, Dumisani Gcina, said they have started to prepare for the upcoming league campaign and are targeting to do better than last season.
“Recently, our players have been working hard in training sessions to get their fitness back so that they can be ready for the new season,” said Gcina.
He said their main target this season is to perform better than last season so that they can have an opportunity to win their Stream.
Furthermore, he said last season they dropped important points in games that they shouldn’t have, and they have learnt their lessons from those mistakes.
Gcina concluded by saying they have a good squad that can compete in the division, and they are hoping to get positive results when the league starts.
During this week, the South African Football Association (SAFA) in the Eastern Cape is expected to publish all the league fixtures, with the first matches starting next weekend on Saturday.
Butterworth team, Thunderbird Ladies’ FC, who were relegated last season from the Hollywoodbets Super League, is also among the teams getting ready for the start of the Sasol League.
The division is expected to be more interesting this time around as teams like Ayakha Stars from Mthatha, Thunderbirds Ladies, and others, will try their best to dethrone Executive Ladies, who have won the Sasol League Inland Stream for four successive years.
