Francistown�s dark cloud with no silver lining

The parlous state of Francistown’s football was eloquently illustrated last weekend when the 2007 league champions, ECCO City Greens crushed into the iceberg and irretrievably sunk. Then, out went the lights. The dirge rose a crescendo. Mourning begins. The country’s second largest city was immediately plunged into football mourning and an ineffaceable record had been inked. Francistown became the only second largest city in Southern Africa without a Premier League team, writes MQONDISI DUBE