Chilisa a straight talker who frowned upon 'spoken' football

I knew Chilisa back in 1990 when I was playing for Gaborone Kicks in the inaugural First Division.When I joined Gaborone Kicks, they had just been promoted to the First Division.  Kicks had outwitted Sharps the previous year in the promotional games. It was a bitter pill for Chilisa to swallow, as he used to talk about the game and this spurred him on to get Sharps promoted to the First Division.

At the time there was one national first division and it entailed much travelling as there were teams in far flung areas like Tsabong (Desert Nxau), Orapa (Orapa Bucs and White Diamonds), Francistown (Young City), Letlhakane (Diamond Chiefs) and Selebi-Phikwe (Continental Aces).