Francistown�s dark cloud with no silver lining

Off to the First Division: Ecco City Greens have been relegated leaving Francistown without a Premier League team
Off to the First Division: Ecco City Greens have been relegated leaving Francistown without a Premier League team

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

Francistown’s last person out- ECCO City Greens- switched- off the Premier League lights on the way to the First Division last weekend.

When the lights went off, a dark record was created, which leaves Francistown as the only second largest city in the southern African region without a Premier League team.

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