Highlands Park F.C.
Owen da Gama | ||
League | SAFA Second Division Gauteng Stream | |
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2020–21 | 2nd | |
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Highlands Park Football Club are a South African professional
History
The original Highlands Park were founded in 1959 and had been champions of the National Football League on eight occasions.[2][3] The club were sold to Jomo Sono in 1983, who renamed the club to Jomo Cosmos.[4] A phoenix club existed between 1990 and 1992.
Larry Brookstone became the new owner of the Highlands Park amateur and junior club in 1996. When he subsequently in 2000 also opted to purchase a 50% ownership of the football club Silver Stars, he decided together with the other owner of Silver Stars, to create a collaboration between the two clubs.[5] This meant that the professional Silver Stars top club was renamed "HP Silver Stars", while the Highlands Park junior team for a couple of years worked as the nursery team for the club.[6] As HP Silver Stars played their matches at the
After the short-term affiliation with Silver Stars, the Highlands Park amateur club had also continued to develop on its own. In 2003 the club had managed to create a second semi-professional Phoenix Club with the name Highlands Park FC. During the first four seasons, the reborn "Highlands Park FC" competed in the fourth tier of the South African football league, known as
In the next three seasons, in the
In September 2020, Highlands Park F.C. sold its PSL status (franchise) to TS Galaxy F.C. who took their place in the 2020–21 South African Premier Division (PSL) season.[9]
Highlands Park has since been playing in the Gauteng Stream of the SAFA Second Division.
Stadium
The new phoenix club moved to play their matches at Gemmel Park, at Gemmelstreet in Linksfield, about 4 km south of the previous Balfour Park Stadium,[1] because the previous stadium was rebuilt as today's Balfour Park Shopping Mall. Because of the rebuild, the memorial gates from Balfour Park was given away to the Jewish Guild club in Rivonia, 12 km north of the old Balfour Park Stadium.[10] Even though the Balfour Park Stadium no longer exists, there are still two training pitches next to the mall, where the junior clubs "Maccabi Team" and "Balfour Alexandra F.C.", also known as "Balfour Park F.C.", were located.[11] However these junior clubs were not associated with the Highlands Park F.C. phoenix club.
When Highlands Park FC won promotion to the
References
- ^ a b c d "Highlands Park Football Club". hpfc.co.za. Archived from the original on 2 September 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
- ^ "Lucke Matus...The founder of Highlands Park Football Club". www.highlandsparkfc.co.za. Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "South Africa Champions".
- ^ "Rewind: Breaking the offside rule".
- ^ a b "Highlands Park reborn". Highlands Park FC. Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ^ "All that glitters is actually Silver". Daily News. 20 October 2006.
- ^ "SAFA Official Website -database with results of Vodacom League]".
- ^ "Highlands Park Promoted To NFD!". soccerladuma.co.za. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ "Sold: PSL approves TS Galaxy Tim Sukazi purchase of Highlands Park status". Kick Off. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "Community Buzz" (PDF). SA Jewish Report (page 7). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2008.
- ^ "Balfour Alexandra F.C." Retrieved 10 December 2010.
- Highlands Park FC sale [1]