Legends Football Club (FC) is turning five years old this year. We interviewed the chairman of the club: Brandon Agulhas, just to get a profile of Legends FC. According to Agulhas, the club has one senior team and four junior divisions which are made up of U11, U13, U15, and U17.
Agulhas along with Francois Kemp and Franklin Rabie are the owners of the club. In order for a club to run well, the club needs a team of dedicated members and the chairman acknowledged his team: senior team’s coach: Francois Kemp, assistant: Jose Fernandez, fitness and first aider: Franklin Rabie, and then the junior sides coaches: U11; Lukman, U13; Levandre Cornelius, U15; Clement Isaac, U17; Levandre Cornelius.
The club is participants of the Eldorado Park Local Football League since the club started. Agulhas shared that the senior team ended up 10th on the log in the 2015/2016 season, in their second year they finished in third place (2016/2017), in their third season they came out fourth. In the fourth year of the club’s existence, they did not participate in the league games, and in their fifth year which is this year, the chairman stated that they are currently sitting in fifth place on the log with 11 games to be played 2019/2020.
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When it comes to cup competitions, the senior team has been finalists for the Annual Legends and Honeys Tournament for the last two years. Agulhas added that the U13 side were league champions for 2018, and their U15 side won a local tournament in 2017 which took place in Toekomsrus.
When asked if the club has any girl teams, the chairman stated that they had a girls’ team back in 2016 the team soon failed due to the commitment of the players. “Our immediate goal is to win the Eldorado Park Local Football Associations league and reach SAB League (The South African Breweries Regional League).
“Our biggest goal to be the first team from Eldo’s to make it or the PSL (The South African Premier Division),” said Agulhas.
The club also partakes in development tournaments such as Engen Knockout Challenge and The Bayhill Premier Cup in Cape Town. We asked how has the club been dealing with fitness as lockdown does not allow them to train or play, Agulhas said: “fitness videos have been shared within our respective teams on WhatsApp groups and we share some videos and tips with the public on our legends page.” The club’s home grounds are at the grounds in Extension 6 in Eldorado Park.
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